The session pianist on the film E.T. is Ralph Grierson, a first-call recording musician for many years. Ralph talks about those E.T. sessions on the video interview Studio Legends Part 1 at: FilmMusicFoundation.org/interviews. Other session players featured in the interview are Tommy Morgan (harmonica), Louise Di Tullio (flute) and Gene Cipriano (woodwinds). The interviewer is conductor Richard Kaufman, himself a former studio violinist on over a dozen John Williams' scores. If you click on the photo, you'll see a ten-minute highlight. Click under the photo for the full 2 1/2 hour interview.
