Top 10 Favorite Film Scores #1 – ET
15:30 Andrew
Entertainment Tonight, duda dunt dunt duh
don’t know how this was your #1 Chris
15:31 Chris
Actually, I was going for the Katy Perry song…that has to be in some movie, right?
15:31
probably Smurfs
15:32
Seriously though, I’m very honored to present our combined number one film score of all time: The brilliant John Williams tops our list with his music from E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial.
This is, and probably always will be, my personal favorite film score of all time.
I believe the entire film, from start to finish, is perfection, and the music more than helps the film.
15:34
I can say that going on the ride in Universal studios, it was pretty fantastic hearing the theme as you passed the moon
15:35
It’s moving, it’s dramatic, it’s scary at some times, but above all, it’s just plain enjoyable.
Seriously, when I went to Universal Studios this summer, I made my friends go on the ride just so I had an excuse to listen to the music.
15:36
It’s not a bad ride
a little dated perhaps but not bad
I was also 8 when I rode it so…
15:37
When compared to the other rides, it’s a bit dated. But it’s fun.
15:37
I think what J Will really achieves here is the sense of wonder that ET has
its a movie about kids, and being a kid is full of all sorts of things that are exciting and new
15:39
Exactly: the audience automatically feels linked to Elliot and have a connection to his wonderment of discovering this alien, but what’s so brilliant about the music is that it almost always lines up with the emotions that ET if feeling at the time.
I don’t know if you notice, but the music goes dead in the film during the sequences following ET’s “death”, and comes right back to life when he wakes back up.
15:40
Thats because J Will stepped out for a cigarette
15:40
The few cues of music during that time are very dull, extended horn sounds that are like him flatlining.
Well, we all know they have the band right next to the camera playing the music, if we learned anything from Family Guy: Blue Harvest.
15:41
yea, you do it live or you go home
losers record in a studio
15:43
A lot of attention is given to the music used ath eend of the film and, of course, the Flying sequence.
I however, would like to give a shout out to two sequences that are looked over quite a bit with this film.
The first is opening of the movie, as ET is left behind and chased by the government peeps.
15:44
government peeps?
are they marshmallows?
15:44
The music is just devestating, and you feel for the little prune as he sees his ship fly away.
The second, and I would argue the best, musical cue in the movie comes when the government scientists enter the house.
That entire sequence is just plane scary.
I hated watching it as a kid, and I love watching it now, because it is just so intense.
15:46
Indeed
but there is a reason that the famous part of the score is famous
when I talk about wonder, or joy, or something uplifting the flying theme comes to mind
15:47
Of course. How can you not look at the DVD cover or the movie poster and just hear the theme in your head?
15:47
that little flute riffing in the background
I always imagine a midget just popping up whenever he plays that, from different places in the orchestra
like Ron Burgundy playing Aqualung
15:49
So, to be clear…the ET theme makes you think of midgets playing Aqualung?
15:49
no, it makes me think of midgets playing flutes in a manner reminiscent of Ron Burgundy in Anchorman
also, I love how it all gets silent and the builds back up for the final climax when the ship takes off
15:50
Ok, just clarifying.
Seriously, that little flute interlude at the end may just be the most perfect moment of music ever.
It makes me cry every time.
I’m not kidding…I’ve literally cried every time I’ve seen this movie.
15:51
thats a bit much
you need to get those emotions and burry them deep down inside you where they belong
15:54
One last note on why I love the movie score so much…the piano tune during the credits of the movie. I sit through the credits every time jus to listen to it.
