theme you re listening to right now on making history at this year s oscars announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening we re glad you re with us tonight a double murder case that has drawn national attention with a prominent south carolina family at its center is inching toward its conclusion tonight with the prosecution resting its case against alex murdaugh, but not before the jury saw for itself the family property where the former attorney allegedly shot and killed his wife and son. the jury driven to the crime scene. later in the courtroom the lead prosecutor delivered his closing arguments telling jurors murdaugh was the only one with the motive, means, and opportunity to commit the murders, and painting murdaugh as someone whose financial misdeeds were about to be exposed and killed his wife and son to buy time to figure a way out. murdaugh has denied committing the murders. catie beck has more for us tonight reporter: alex murdaugh was l
old and working that long reporter: his nominated this time for the fabelmans. once more showcasing one of hollywood s most lasting partnerships, john williams and director steven spielberg it seemed that our score should be very lean, very simple, very touching, if possible reporter: the fabelmans is personal for spielberg, a loose telling of his own story. did that present a challenge to you as you began to score the film well, every film is a challenge, of course you want to search for what should the film sound like, as well as look like. this is a particular and interesting challenge. it s sten being so frank, so unguarded about his family. reporter: the pair s work spans five decades. williams last oscar win was nearly 30