In 52 years of working together, Steven Spielberg has never told John Williams “this isn’t working.”

Not once.

Think about the stakes: Jaws, E.T., Schindler’s List, Jurassic Park, and more.

In a world obsessed with “radical candor” and “aggressive feedback,” the most successful creative duo in history used a different system — one that is a familiar tune.

This is how they made it work: