E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial: The 20th Anniversary Edition [Extra tracks, Original recording remastered, Soundtrack]

John Williams (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: John Williams
• Audio CD (March 19, 2002)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered, Soundtrack
• Label: Mca
• ASIN: B0000639AI
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #60,619 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Customer Reviews

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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The one soundtrack that made me cry, January 27, 2002

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Reginald D. Garrard "the G-man" (Camilla, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

Besides being the film that Walt Disney would've made had he been alive, "E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial" is one of those genuine "great" films that works on all levels. Without one of its strengths lies in the superb scoring of John Williams. He has fashioned music that is endearing, lush, thrilling, illuminating, frightening, and heavenly.

It is the end where the score really gets emotional. The final medley ("Escape/Chase/Saying Goodbye) is a triumph of Williams' genius. As the ship closes, taking the little alien back to his world as the boy looks on, Williams delivers an emotional punch that literally "knocks" the listener on his/her feet. The familiar "E.T. Theme" is played again, but this time the skies open and all who listen feel the bond so shared by Elliott and the little creature.

Like I said, when I heard this in the theater, I jumped up and applauded, like everyone else this little tale so wondrously told in sight and sound.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Farewell E.T. ...., December 2, 2004

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Peter - See all my reviews

This review is from: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

The finale to this piece is so emotionally charged and moving, I cannot recall another movie soundtrack fitting so completely congruently, especially with the final events of the movie itself. What is that magical, secret ingredient that Williams captures so well within the main E.T. theme, that leaves such an indelible impression? A truly magnificent, timeless and powerfully moving composition - in an instant reminding the listener of the desperately sad and tear-jerking farewell scene as our beloved alien leaves to return home.

Gosh, cinematic goodbyes have never been so powerful, before or since. Williams was born to write for the screen.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Phone Home, July 7, 2002

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Erik North (San Gabriel, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial: The 20th Anniversary Edition (Audio CD)

John Williams has created literally dozens of great movie scores in his time, but few have been as emotionally amazing as the one he composed for Steven Spielberg's 1982 sci-fi/fantasy masterpiece E.T.: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL. The score has been expanded for the film's twentieth anniversary release this year, and the results do not fail to satisfy.

This compact disc release contains excerpts (such as the witty "Frogs" cue) that had not been available on previous CD or LP versions of the soundtrack. The same familiar cues that accompany E.T. and Elliott's flight across the face of the Moon, the climactic bike ride, and E.T.'s farewell all remain, only now they have been remastered for maximum audio and emotional impact.

Even if you've had old LP or CD recordings of the score, this new version, which now probably stands as the official COMPLETE version, as did the CLOSE ENCOUNTERS score, is worth getting for your collection. It is Williams, the greatest living composer of film music today, at his very frequent best. Grab it!