Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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• Soundtrack & Scores
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• layered
• driving
• cinematic

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John Williams' score for Steven Spielberg's 1977 fx-pioneering meditation on extraterrestrial visitation too often gets musically lumped in with the composer's blockbuster scores that historically bookend it, <i>Star Wars</i> and <i>Superman</i>. In fact, Williams' inventive, impressionistic work here is among the most unique and emotionally challenging of his long and storied career. Williams stirs together a symphonic melange that draws on such disparate 20th century influences as Debussy, Schoenberg and even Disney's <i>Pinocchio</i>, segueing from quasi-serialism to stately romanticism with remarkable grace. Williams' turns the film's payoff musical gambit — a five-note motif the aliens use to communicate — into a playful, experimental musical romp that recalls the loopier moments of Brian Wilson's original <i>Smile</i> sessions.

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