E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial OST Escape/Chase/Saying Goodbye 2

[@ReggieDable]

For those of us who saw this film as children in the theater in 1982 this soundtrack is musical poetry. Conjures up so many emotions and memories you can literally see every image play across your mind. Hands down one of the most beautiful scores ever conceived. John Williams has no equal.

[@IWDTC]

Jedi Mindtrick brother to brother....you said it. I was 13.....perfect age to be when this came out.... can't explain the magic the world felt at that time over this fine film to another generation....

[@patgogan7324]

I wasnt around for the film when it was released but i grew up with it and it had the same impact Williams score is genius

[@bodalix18]

Maybe James Horner was an equal. Just sayin. Much respect for Williams all the same.

[@nickp2271]

My dad, late uncle, and aunts did. The barn scene scared my aunts.

[@zaxxon32]

@@bodalix18 Horner? Please... Vangelis, Morricone, Goldsmith, Bernstein and others, yes, but Horner wasn't that good.

[@woodchuk1]

JW's music emphasizes the sadness that E.T. and Elliott are feeling, but the music then goes on to illustrate that this is not really a goodbye. It has hope (that maybe E.T. will see Elliott again someday), promise (that E.T. will never truly leave Elliott through their link), and peace (even if they don't see each other again, neither character will ever be crippled by grief). The music helps to make sure the audience leaves realizing that this is a HAPPY ending for all. Well done JW!

[@connormason6495]

woodchuk1 I’d say this aged well

[@hybrid5568]

Fast forward to when they were reunited I'n a et commercial few years back

[@jermainehaslam5634]

Very well said!

[@tylerswitala1932]

And don’t worry everyone, they did eventually reunite! Remember that one time over Christmas lol 😂

[@bruhmaster6950]

They foreshadowed the ending when E.T. leaves in the Universal logo as the logo is reversed, almost as it's leaving Earth, just like E.T.

[@mmsw.9255]

when i was a kid, my aunt and i actually cried together from this scene. so powerful..

[@GamingFanactic911]

This is why I love John William's music. The way he grasps our minds emotionally is beyond incredible. The musical score of E.T. is probably one of if not my favorite scores by John Williams. This guy is a classical masterpiece legend. :)

[@monosound81]

YES! You nailed it!

[@omegaswiper]

This is the kind of movie today that needs to be made and will never die. E.T. is a classic that will forever be remembered and I hope E.T. 2 and 3 are made one day with the right story for all.

[@ScoreHeroMusic]

2:30 just tears at your heartstrings

[@RapFanatic4ever]

ScoreHero they get heavy

[@Plathismo]

YES.

[@stormcloudtheory]

Dude, this is really depressing. Someday John Williams will die. That day will be extremely sad. Every one of us has to go through it, but just the idea of us ever losing him is already horrible. I really wish I could prepare for it, to make it less painful, to wave him goodbye and try to accept it and move on, whenever it happens, but there's no preparing for it. We have to celebrate him while we still have him, he's an irreplaceable Treasure. More than National, or International, John Williams is a *Human Treasure.*

[@agustinfodrini]

Even more: he's a Universal treasure. I'm sure even real ET's, far, far away, tucked in some lost corner of our immeasurable cosmos, will one day in the event of finding our species, even if long gone already, enjoy the marvellous remnants of it. Williams will never truly die...

[@JoseCavendish]

So true

[@carombonation]

calm down buddy, john williams is still alive :D

[@adamzanzie]

Was lucky to get to see John Williams perform some of his greatest hits in LA in 2018. Spielberg was there to introduce him. What an awesome night that was. Anyone who has a chance to see Mr. Williams conduct live should do so while there's still time.

[@benacing]

@@adamzanzie not sure if you were at the same concert but i remember they showed like the first 10 minutes of Last Crusade without any music, and then with music, and it really goes to show that if it weren't for Williams, Spielberg's films wouldn't be nearly as iconic

[@johnevans2710]

This is the best piece of music from one of the greatest soundtracks ever written.

[@ryanberry8395]

John Evans I couldn’t agree more its a flawless movie that never gets old

[@guytoigo4939]

2:30: In 1975, he directed Jaws. In 1977, he directed Close Encounters of the Third Kind. In 1981, he directed Raiders of the Lost Ark. And now, Steven Spielberg brings us...E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial.

[@jaythebillz9543]

You were using the right version, too.

[@goatlips8127]

@@jaythebillz9543 sort of, an excerpt from this version, which wasn't in the film, as you should know: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWiQY4N4ac-daNE

[@mydogskips2]

And we must not forget that John Williams did the music/scores for them ALL, each one being truly spectacular, some of the greatest ever written.

[@eddietheguy12]

2:30 instant tears

[@bodalix18]

Cut it out! You're gonna make me cry too.

[@RapFanatic4ever]

That’s where it starts for us all

[@Dragonator92]

So true... I am already at my 4th paper tissue q.q

[@steelstreet79]

I am a 45 year old man but when I hear this song it reminds me life goes on in life. No matter what ends or new challenges comes. Just embrace it and learn from it.

[@emilyindri1836]

Who doesn't like the music from ET? John Williams is an amazing composer and this is some of his best work.

[@mydogskips2]

Given all the great scores John Williams has written, and he has written a great many as I'm sure you know, it's hard, really hard, to pick just one as being the best, but I think if I were forced to choose, taking nothing away from any of the others, I would pick this score for E.T. as being his greatest work.

[@マシュードーラン]

@@mydogskips2Agreed! I’ve heard many many many of his works and I have to say this piece is his greatest achievement! It’s got everything and it’s absolutely magical!

[@EverAppl14]

Ugh, that theme stays with you forever. This movie came out 3 years before I was born and it's stapled into my childhood memories. Simply unforgettable. What a beautiful moment, when E.T. is returned to his ship.

[@TheMikeholly]

The score at the beginning (when e.t.'s ship lands) is the biggest tear jerker for me.

[@RapFanatic4ever]

Me too 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@sammywestenberger9303]

Announcement 📢: In 1975, He Director Of Jaws. In 1978, He Director Of Close Encounters Of The Third Kind. In 1980, He Director Of 1941. In 1981, He Director Of Raiders Of The Lost 😞 Ark. and Now Steven Spielberg Brings Us, E.T. The Extra Terrestrial.

[@leahblume5561]

4:15-4:23 "I'll...be...right...here."

[@kabellion]

Fck Yeah!

[@Stukov16]

Open the dam!

[@Sailorpiamoon]

E.T: Siempre..... Estaré.... Aquí Eliott: adiós... 😢

[@iamchrishundreds]

I’m 23 years old and still get emotional at the end of the movie

[@HunterDvorak98]

Get chills every time at 2:31

[@RapFanatic4ever]

Hunter Dvorak tears you mean 😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰

[@XSonicbladeX2189]

5:11-5:50 in my opinion

[@danielwoodwardcomposer2040]

Films don't feel like this anymore!

[@monosound81]

It's so true. I watched ET last night and I was thinking just that. I can't think of any modern films that hit me as hard as ET or other films from that era. I think the music played such strong role in ET. There's so much feel in a John Williams scorer regardless of the movie. I get instant goosebumps during the final 20 seconds of this track. So powerful and moving. A Williams score is so unique. More recently ive started listening to just the score and I'm hearing things I never did before. I notice so many similarities in every score he does. Despite that, every score is unique and original in it's own way. The day we lose John will be a very very sad day for film and music.

[@MilesEdgeworth129]

Idk... Interstellar hit me pretty hard.

[@yorickmoran4823]

Most of Pixar movies hit me hard. Espcially Inside Out

[@kobipbip1448]

expecto whotronum Sorry mate...i don't find it as touching as the ones i wrote...i find harry potter to be realy recycling and stealing from tuns of other stories i read or film ive seen in my lifetime...guess i just knew a little bit too much and most of the time felt like :" ive seen it or heard it before, and it just makes me miss the original ones and want to go back to them".

[@patgogan7324]

@@MilesEdgeworth129 hans Zimmer is like a prototype williams thats why lol

[@roquefortfiles]

This music is absolutely shattering. Its an entire suite!!.. John Williams knocked it out of the park on this one. The themes and emotions in this are absolutely incredible. Beyond inspired. Every note perfect. Every emotion perfect. Its truly a masterpiece. When the violins come in full blast for the ending.. OMG!!! THIS IS MUSIC!!

[@IsaacGallegos]

"Hey John, were doing a flick that might bomb in the theater. Want to participate?" John williams: 100% "A" GAME

[@roquefortfiles]

@@IsaacGallegos The last 15 minutes of ET is probably John Williams finest hour. The man was absolutely on fire. Every emotion, PERFECT. Every accent, PERFECT. The final good bye was a knife through your heart.

[@woodchuk1]

NOBODY will ever surpass John Williams. Of all the pieces he has composed, the 15 minutes of E.T.'s ending is to me his finest work. Hell, it's probably my favorite film score of all time. Of those 15 minutes, everything from 2:30 to the end of this clip is pure gold. As good as SS made the movie, the ending wouldn't have had nearly the impact it did on me without the music. (Continued)

[@goatlips8127]

The track above isn't in the film, it's this one called #AdventureOnEarth, which is different here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGangICCjtaXbKc

[@Plathismo]

Total agreement. Overall I'm not sure I can call this his best score--I can't bring myself to say that any film score is actually better than his music to the original Star Wars--but the last 15 minutes or so of E.T. is the best passage of film music that Williams--or anyone else--ever composed.

[@GonzoGonschi]

This got to be one of the most beautiful movie music ever made. Used to listen to this in my boyhood. it still touches the deepest parts of me. Thank you dear Mr. Williams :)

[@sammywestenberger9303]

MR. Williams: You’re Welcome

[@kevinshort4829]

I saw E. T. in the fall of 1982 with my girlfriend at the time, and her parents. Her father passed in 2020, and her mom has dementia now. It's only a matter of time before she passes away too. I cried so hard at ending of the movie because of this brilliant music. Everytime I've heard this I think of them and what a special memory it has been for me. This music is so emotional for me.

[@themarymount255]

A mis 39 años aún se me hace un nudo en la garganta. La mejor y más lacrimógena escena de despedida del cine de fantasía y ciencia ficción. Perfecta.

[@BebeLush2]

This makes me feel exactly as I did the first time I saw it. Amazing film, amazing music!

[@monosound81]

This track on it's own just goes to show how powerful music is.

[@mydogskips2]

And how powerful a film score can be. It is truly amazing how great music can elevate emotions to another level.

[@kbros9698]

TOTALLY AGREE! When I first watched Super 8 in the theater, I thought "My God! This Giacchino guy is the next John Williams" as that score screamed Close Encounters and E.T.! Also, take a look at the score for "Up" as it was Amazing too. :D

[@TheDionysiac]

I love all of JW's work, especially from this period - but this is the one for me. It somehow tells the entire emotional story with music alone, and in such a salient way that I don't even feel the need to watch the movie again. It's the one movie where I think the film gets completely outshined by its music. It's like Spielberg made a movie just so that John Williams could write a masterpiece of a score.

[@Code_Fish]

Thank you john Williams for creating this beautiful masterpiece of a soundtrack and creating a plethora of memories that will never be forgotten.

[@sammywestenberger9303]

John Williams: You’re Welcome

[@Waterboyofsuperman]

Extremely excited to see this performed live to the movie in a couple of weeks, and this track is one of those I’m most looking forward to hearing live!

[@mitchl.5549]

4:21 - "I'll, be, right...here"... Chills everytime

[@guytoigo4939]

6:23: E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial. E.T.: I'll...be...right...here. Only In Theaters, March 2002.

[@archerzombiemonreal]

I'll be right here

[@lugialover2496]

3:11 The feels...🥺😌

[@andreadelcorvo6890]

one of the best soundtrack ever

[@nicelyfaithful]

27 Year Old Male, damn this score has one of my biggest hearts in history of cinema.

[@Plathismo]

The finale of this film is the best passage of film scoring ever written. Full stop.

[@coyote520]

John Williams is one of the most amazing people who has ever graced this world. His music is to be treasured forever.

[@KendallMcGee]

John Williams is one the best composer's of our time

[@DARTHCOHENswgoh]

It's not the sister or brother that gets you its Elliot every time saying goodbye to E.T John Williams youre a master at pulling our heartstrings.

[@kellymcfarland4639]

This is by far the best ending music ever made.

[@leodelaguila1543]

Yeah, especially in Universal's Cinematic Spectacular.

[@boltmarksman488]

This is my childhood...

[@RapFanatic4ever]

I can’t hear this whole thing and not cry if you don’t cry during this you’re not human 😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰it’s just that powerful

[@Eragarev]

The ending to E.T. is still tear jerking to this day.

[@DeckyStrikesBack]

I can see every single frame of the scene in my mind as the music plays. Name me a film that has done that since.

[@RapFanatic4ever]

DeckyStrikesBack none

[@fabulousfrance]

Basically all movies John Williams scored.

[@jmcieslak0]

Midsommar

[@zmanrockz6358]

Spider-man: Into the Spiderverse

[@themauvewitch]

5:20 is such a beautiful buildup to the main theme

[@roquefortfiles]

OMG when that full string section comes in at the end? for the big goodbye?.. WOW!! If you don't feel that you're dead.

[@SuperBeautifulNoise]

Or a robot.

[@monosound81]

It's so powerful! I get goosebumps every time I hear those last 20 seconds.

[@ohfiddlydiddlydoodoo]

Or you don't have feelings.

[@michaela.mccracken4461]

I'll be right here.

[@RapFanatic4ever]

YouDoBlooper yep

[@Zilkenian_Davenport]

E.T.: Come. Elliot: Stay.

[@RapFanatic4ever]

Zef Davenport 😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰

[@SuperBeautifulNoise]

If you did not cry when ET says goodbye to Elliot then there is something wrong with you.

[@RapFanatic4ever]

SuperBeautifulNoise plesse I lost it still do

[@codyhaight9586]

SuperBeautifulNoise I fight tears listening to this

[@AutisticYooHooFan]

The sad thing is this song reminds me of my great grandma who passed away, That's why I cry.

[@nickwindu9476]

Let´s talk about the chord at 3:28. Stabbs me through the heart everytime (in context with the previous ones, of course). The subdominant played by the horns or whatever it is is magical. Like a sky opening.

[@TheScientist43]

40 years old and I still cry at the end. 😭

[@zmanrockz6358]

Love that ending fanfare. Well, I love the whole thing, but nobody’s talking about the fanfare.

[@dylanmorgan2374]

I tried so hard not to cry 😭 but OMG this is the most emotional piece of music I've ever heard.. At 2.31 the tears are all down my face 😭😓😓 Such a great movie and score.... John Williams is the greatest !! Nuff said

[@RapFanatic4ever]

Dylan Morgan it grabs you defeniteley

[@sammywestenberger9303]

2:31

[@osimeon00]

Saw the re-release 40th anniversary in theaters yesterday and cried at this scene. The music was haunting.

[@tiffanyvictoriaporchiazzo8605]

I love john Williams his music is so awesome !#💓 💜 💓 💞 💝

[@rafipel8753]

Elliot:"i love you".....et"i'll be right here"

[@moviemaniac14]

If this hadn't won Best Score at the Oscars, I would've considered it the WORST snub of all time.

[@Samuel-b]

Since it did win i would consider The Empire strikes back the worst snub of all time, at least in the best original score category.

[@jermainehaslam5634]

It was the musical score that made this film have the emotional impact it did and as well as Henry Thomas's great performance!

[@MrTony-rx7tk]

I refuse to believe that John Williams is just a mortal human being.

[@endrightwinglunacy]

This is the music that stirred the emotions of wide-eyed eight year olds and world-weary old curmudgeons. What power!

[@jacktayl]

6:14 The rocket leaves a rainbow trail. Then we see Mary and Keys. Then Greg, Steve and Tyler. Then Gert and Michael. Then the same shot of the rainbow. And finally Elliott.

[@RapFanatic4ever]

Oh my God brought back my childhood thank you

[@Camop-iz9kt]

I always think of pets I've lost when I hear this. This was recorded in the legendary MGM scoring stage, one of John Williams' favorite places to record.

[@マシュードーラン]

I was gifted the chance to see John conduct this section of the film live and when I say it was emotional and gorgeous I mean it! I even touched the place where John stood after the show. Just wanted to absorb some of that amazing energy! He’s a brilliant man and such a treasure. Thank you John for bringing our childhoods to life and being a beautiful person 🖤

[@rafagomez533]

no more films like this will ever be made

[@Aroreiel08]

The most emotive score that's ever been written.

[@emilyindri1836]

That's sad. This is a movie everyone should see.

[@hileewhitaker6855]

"I'll...be.... right... here..."

[@bradrevitt9548]

Always makes me cry every time that scene and the music

[@マシュードーラン]

This is sheer genius, mesmerizing in it’s execution and ultimately tragic yet gorgeous. Such a fantastic piece of music! Thank you John Williams!

[@PKP405]

5:03 to the finale…just moves me to tears everytime! I cannot think of another orchestral composition in existence that would have the same effect on me! 😢

[@Jetta912]

John Williams you are just simply AWSOME!!!!!!!!!

[@ElizabethMarten]

the music is half the reason I watch the movie- I think this track might be the best piece of music ever written :)

[@lpycb42]

Oh God... I cannot watch this scene without crying like a baby. The music is what makes me so emotional. Damn you John Williams.

[@ForceMaximus84]

In a long line of remarkable pieces of film music that he's created and have become the most iconic pieces of music in any genre in the last forty years, this piece of music is undeniably his best. Incredible!

[@marksy64]

This is a fucking masterpiece of music score. John Williams at his very best !

[@JG088]

Who are the people who give dislike to this? They're crazy

[@RapFanatic4ever]

JG088 they’re not human obviously

[@masteric123]

So haunting and magical.

[@asusedz]

Wow just wow ! I was 8 when I saw this and those emotions are still as strong. Beautiful !

[@papytromblon]

If i must cry i just have to listen to this

[@roquefortfiles]

This is, without doubt, one of John Williams most shining moments. The whole thing is absolutely brilliant. It just bubbles with feeling and emotion. When those strings come in for the big goodbye at the end... whooa!!. Powerful stuff.

[@YoshiAngemon]

At 6:30, "Universal Pictures: 100 Years is just the beginning." - Morgan Freeman, Universal's Cinematic Spectactular, 100 Years of Movie Memories.

[@omegaswiper]

There is hope E.T. returned how could he not. The darkness in this world we need E.T. and his beautiful flowers back. More children need E.T. now more than ever and children are dying and this ugly to me only sometimes little alien is the love of all of us. E.T. made flowers and we love him so much. Return to us E.T. I miss you Elliott and his family need you.

[@RapFanatic4ever]

It’s like your eyes know to cry the minute this comes on 😨😨😨😨😨😨😨😨😨😨😨😨😨😰😰😰😰😰😰😰

[@markdoyle2880]

I love this piece so much. I know what clip goes with the music just brillant. Love when he says Thank you to Elliots brother.

[@shaneshields304]

1:40 - 2:15 Just takes me to a very happy place.

[@EasternMerchant]

For me...it's a special place locked away in memory kept alive in my mind until the fading of my life....and those who shared that memory with me....and if I'm the only one left with that memory ....and this memory must live on beyond my life.......may I leave a remnant for other souls discover.....learn....and ... ...prosper from....

[@shenloony3898]

John Williams at his greatest

[@joaomonteiro3672]

Incrível...a sensação é a mesma de quando assisti o filme pela primeira vez... marcante, emocionante... inesquecível.

[@pattyrick99dad]

5:58 to 6:13 is my favorite.

[@Autostade67]

Sometime in late 1981 I saw an edition of 'Entertainment Tonight' where one of the bits was a 'check in' on Spielberg who was still riding high on the runaway success of 'Raiders' (which, as we often forget, salvaged his career after the beautifully produced but less than successful '1941'). There were some shots of him on the set of 'E.T.' and I distinctly remember the reporter referring to Spielberg being at work on "two smaller films" ('E.T' and 'Poltergeist'), which, at the time, was true (their shared cost was something like $25 million...and there was no guarantee either would be box office hits). It is this moment, reflective of our inability to accurately predict the effect certain films will have on cultures, that has stayed with me. Some 35+ years on, 'E.T's success seems impossible to disinvent, to dislodge from consciousness, a fait-accompli. So enraptured were some that upon its release it was suggested it might be the greatest movie ever made (which seems a little strange today...can ANY any film be given such an absolute superlative and shoulder such a burden?. And yet one thing is clear, that John Williams' score may be (one of the) greatest score(s) ever composed for a film and, if I may be so bold, that the final 6.5 minutes may be the greatest single piece of music ever composed for a film, for even if you don't care for Williams' style, even if you are a chilly and humourless academic (and trust me, I met plenty of 'em in film school), you cannot argue that it takes a genius of both composition and control to compose work such as this. Consider Williams' challenge: to underscore a protracted farewell scene that, if you analyze it, at least in terms of the plastics of the film, is fairly static. The dynamics are emotional ones and this is tricky territory: too little control and the scene collapses into the maudlin, too much restraint and you have stalled emotional ascension that betrays the build of the entire film. And there IS build in this music: there is build and build and build - but always cannily tempered by plateaux in between. I won't do a deep analysis here, only invite you to carefully consider the structure of this piece and sense how many times the emotionality is intensified and then marked by a pull-back. This is Williams at his most knowingly Wagnerian where, as a nod to the 'liebestod' from 'Tristan and Isolde", he braids all his motifs together in a slowly rising flow, pushing emotion to the point of excruciation but offering no release (hence the impulse to sob through most of the scene!) - at least until the penultimate moment of the brass fanfare. This is no big melodramatic hack work, but the creation of composer whose musical intelligence as it relates to the rhythms of film is a rare gift. Incredible. Absolutely incredible. The great Jerry Goldsmith might have been capable of this, and maybe Elmer Bernstein, but few others...and I can't imagine any of the young composers today possessing such mastery, no matter how admirable their talent. P.S. If you mute the sound and play the second part of the 'liebestod' from "T & I" over the visuals, you will be amazed at how well it works with the goodbye scene...and it clocks in at the exact length of this scene (gave or take a few seconds)...it's uncanny.

[@mike12tag]

john williams is god!!! lol!!!! man...... he is so deep!!!!!!!!!!!!! nuthing else to say.....

[@fobypawz418]

This whole piece is like death and transfiguration as if we have died and now floating to the light of heaven!

[@rocker4ever17]

heaven

[@omegaswiper]

I imagine one day the return of E.T. as a film and why by no means going to be a perfect sequel it will not be just about being money grab but essential to the human race about taking us into space where we can all go now.

[@DougUnfunny]

4:50 is where it gets me.

[@bluelightning777]

6:15-6:47 is my favorite part. 😭😭😭

[@AlekWheeler]

Shit why is my face so wet? My ceiling must be leaking again.

[@dylanmorgan2374]

I know right 😭😭😥 I can't help but cry..

[@tmzissupergay]

Must be from that moneyshot

[@RapFanatic4ever]

Same 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@ZeusAssassin]

6:24 is the BEST part of this piece. I'm glad I get to play to this masterpiece with the band every week as part of the marching knights.

[@JakeGranbell]

Universal Orlando Always plays E.T At the Parks ;-;

[@Striljr]

and it still has the ride open. last of the classics.

[@xXChildofMusicXx]

I had a dream before that John Williams was playing this song just for me. *sigh* I hate dreams they always lead me on. :'(