E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial: Music from the Original Soundtrack is an album containing John Williams' score for the 1982 Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg

Steven Allan Spielberg KBE is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, video game designer, and studio entrepreneur. In a career of more than four decades, Spielberg's films have covered many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as an...

 movie of the same name

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is a 1982 American science fiction film co-produced and directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Melissa Mathison and starring Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore, and Peter Coyote...

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Background

The soundtrack for the film has actually been issued numerous times. The original issue was a re-recording of concert arrangements based on the film's music. Later issues contain the actual soundtrack cues as heard in the film, although most cues are alternates originally recorded for the movie but replaced by new cues.

The score was recorded in Los Angeles, and thus not using the London Symphony Orchestra

London Symphony Orchestra

The London Symphony Orchestra is a major orchestra of the United Kingdom, as well as one of the best-known orchestras in the world. Since 1982, the LSO has been based in London's Barbican Centre.-History:...

. However, the score did win an Academy Award for Best Original Score

Academy Award for Best Original Score

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On the track "The Magic Of Halloween," when E.T. sees a child wearing a Yoda

Yoda

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 costume, John Williams included a portion of Yoda's Theme, which he had composed for The Empire Strikes Back in 1980.

Original 1982 issue

• Three Million Light Years From Home (02:59)
• Abandoned And Pursued (03:03)
• E.T And Me (04:54)
• E.T.'s Halloween (04:11)
• Flying (03:25)
• E.T. Phone Home (04:21)
• Over The Moon (02:12)
• Adventure On Earth (15:08)

1996 Re-issue

• Far From Home / E.T. Alone (06:49)
• Bait For E.T. (01:43)
• The Beginning Of A Friendship (02:50)
• Toys (03:11)
• I'm Keeping Him (02:19)
• E.T.'s Powers (02:42)
• E.T. And Elliott Get Drunk (02:53)
• Frogs (02:10)
• At Home (05:37)
• The Magic Of Halloween (02:53)
• Sending The Signal (03:57)
• Searching For E.T. (04:16)
• Invading Elliott's House (02:22)
• E.T. Is Dying (02:17)
• Losing E.T. (02:00)
• E.T. Is Alive! (04:18)
• Escape / Chase / Goodbye (15:04)
• End Credits (03:52)

2002 Re-issue

• Main Title (01:07)
• Far From Home / E.T. Alone (06:47)
• Bait For E.T. (01:44)
• Meeting E.T. (02:06)
• E.T.'s New Home (01:39)
• The Beginning Of A Friendship (03:03)
• Toys (02:44)
• "I'm Keeping him" (02:18)
• E.T.'s Powers (02:43)
• E.T. And Elliott Get Drunk (02:54)
• Frogs (02:10)
• At Home (05:38)
• The Magic Of Halloween (02:52)
• Sending The Signal (03:56)
• Searching For E.T. (04:16)
• Invading Elliott's House (02:22)
• E.T. Is Dying (02:20)
• Losing E.T. (02:03)
• E.T. Is Alive ! (04:06)
• Escape / Chase / Saying Goodbye (15:02)
• End Credits (03:49)