Album
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1977 · Electronic, Stage & Screen
27 collectors on Gatefold own this
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is a Soundtrack & Scores album by John Williams, originally released in 1977. On Gatefold: 89 pressings tracked, owned by 27 collectors.
About
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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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Main Title And Mountain Visions3:22
- A2Nocturnal Pursuit2:34
- A3The Abduction Of Barry4:32
- A4I Can't Believe It's Real3:15
- A5Climbing Devil's Tower2:10
- A6The Arrival Of Sky Harbor4:31
Side B
- B1Night Seige6:22
- B2The Conversation2:21
- B3The Appearance Of The Visitors4:49
- B4Resolution And End Title6:50
Side C
- CTheme From "Close Encounters Of The Third Kind"3:13
Sound DNA
- Soundtrack & Scores
- Compiled Soundtrack
- layered
- driving
- cinematic
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Abe LuboffBASS
- Alex TregerVIOLIN
- Alexander NeimanVIOLA
- Alfred LustgartenVIOLIN
- Allan HarshmanVIOLA
- Anatol KaminskyVIOLIN
- Arnold BelnickVIOLIN
- Art MaebeFRENCH HORN
- Arthur HobermanFLUTE
- Assa DroriVIOLIN
- Barrett O'HaraTROMBONE
- Bill WatrousTROMBONE
- Bob CooperSAXOPHONE
- Bob DaughertyBASS
- Bonnie DouglasVIOLIN
- Bud ShankSAXOPHONE
- Byron PeeblesTROMBONE
- Caesar GiovanniniKEYBOARDS
27 collectors on Gatefold own this · 89 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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