This man wrote the soundtrack to not just my childhood but the childhoods of multiple generations… I present you the brilliant and underappreciated composer John Towner Williams born Feb 8th 1932 and still with us =)

Short list of films he wrote the music for:

Jaws

Star Wars trilogy

Superman

Indiana Jones trilogy

E.T.

Home Alone

Hook

Jurassic Park

Harry Potter

edit: Obviously he's appreciated among many, I shouldn't have said "underappreciated" because that's only true in my small circle.