E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial La-La Land ANNOUNCEMENT Thread

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

It will likely only be what we already have in better quality and playing at the correct speed.

[King Mark 3,626]

I hope we get clarification as to who composed some the other parts of the ride music like the weird song at the end

[scallenger 483]

Joseph Williams, of course!

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

The thing is, it sounds like Williams. It has that synthy Williams sound of the era. It's like E.T. interpreted by Ewoks in the style of Always. There's a photo of him inspecting the model of that scene in the ride. What, did they show him the model and then ask him not to score it?

[King Mark 3,626]

10 hours ago, crumbs said:

Now, given that we were challenged to find flaws in this release, I'll raise the first: why did the concept art list 20 tracks on Disc 2 and yet the official tracklist only has 19? There's a missing track after Searching For E.T. (Alternate) that was previously included, based on the publicity material...

 

 oh no, it was the song from the E.T. Adventure

[scallenger 483]

There are 20 tracks:

 

     THE 1982 SOUNDTRACK ALBUM

 

            1          Three Million Light Years From Home 3:01

            2          Abandoned and Pursued 3:02

            3          E.T. and Me 4:54

            4          E.T.’s Halloween 4:11

            5          Flying 3:25

            6          E.T. Phone Home 4:21

            7          Over the Moon 2:12

            8          Adventure on Earth 15:10

 

                        ADDITIONAL MUSIC

 

            9          The E.T. Adventure * 4:12

            10        Far From Home / E.T. Alone (alternate) ** 7:00

            11         The Encounter * 1:49

            12        Meeting E.T. (alternate) * 2:20

            13        E.T.’s New Home (alternate) 1:27

            14        The Kiss * :49

            15        Levitation * :41

            16        Searching for E.T. (alternate) 4:19

            17        Invading Elliott’s House (alternate) ** 2:24

            18        E.T. Is Dying 2:24

            19        The Departure (alternate) 7:06

            20       End Credits (alternate) 3:55

[King Mark 3,626]

8 minutes ago, Evil-Lyn said:

There's a photo of him inspecting the model of that scene in the ride.

 can you post that?

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

"This is where you're not going to compose any music, John."

"This looks like something George Lucas will have in a Star Wars movie in 15 years."

 

 

 

This video is incredible. Skip to around 7:10 after the unnecessary air blasts signaling your arrival on the planet. It's the part with the aliens that sounds the most like Williams, although the Ewokiness of the little E.T. music is undeniable. Now, refer the Universal promotional video for the ride here that features alternate music for the planet scenes around 2:54 that sounds like Williams.

[King Mark 3,626]

it sounds like parts of Botanicus Theme with some other music playing on top of it (the 7.06-7.35 part) , then the celebration music

 

the alternate music in the link doesn;t sound like Williams

[crumbs 14,305]

Slightly OT but I Just watched this wonderful making-of on John's 2002 live performance of E.T. Turns out it was Kathy Kennedy who had the idea (or at least presented the idea to JW):

 

According to JW, a live-to-projection performance had never been done for a film before E.T.

 

Nowadays they're common and continue to grow in popularity the world over! It's wonderful to think that one of John's masterpieces continues to promote the proliferation and popularity of film music to this day.

[ciarlese 248]

This release already belongs to the history of the greatest soundtrack releases.

I don't think it will sell out fast though: the average film-score fan has almost everything already available from the previous releases and the sound quality is not an issue for many.

For some reasons I would have preferred the track "kiss" on disk 1 (it would have fitted).

Does anyone else think the Amblin logo music merging with the e.t. theme should have been in this set as well? I love having botanicus but I think that intro deserved to be there even more.

 

Don't get me wrong, it's a first day buy for me 

 

 

 

 

[Marian Schedenig 8,178]

7 hours ago, crumbs said:

According to JW, a live-to-projection performance had never been done for a film before E.T.

 

 

And AOTC had the first love theme ever written.

[filmmusic 1,823]

10 hours ago, Jay said:

 

 

The complete score was too long to fit on one disc. 

 

Scroll back just one page and read my chronological track list. The complete score is 81:16 long. 

Yeah, but they could place all the cues in chronological order, and continue in disc 2.

Not complaining, just saying.

Maybe in the end it's artistic reasons, and not the cd space.

[Frank Vincent 227]

23 minutes ago, filmmusic said:

Yeah, but they could place all the cues in chronological order, and continue in disc 2.

Not complaining, just saying.

Maybe in the end it's artistic reasons, and not the cd space.

 

If they placed the cues chronological only the end credits would fit on disc 2. That would be weird.

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

I'm listening to the 1996 CD right now. Track 1 AKA Far From Home/E.T. Alone is one of all-time top tracks, but I always get slightly annoyed somehow towards the end when it deviates from the OST version. Musically, that version is better. Performance-wise, the later CDs are superior.

[Disco Stu 15,495]

I just found out that Botanicus (the character) has been removed from the waiting line of the ET ride.  I don't know what's sacred anymore.

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

He comes and goes. From what I hear, he'll be back. Without him, though, the music doesn't play. In recent videos of the waiting line, it's just the sound of the forest with all Williams music removed. It's kinda creepy.

[Disco Stu 15,495]

Do they really release pine scented air freshener to make it feel more like a forest?

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

I wouldn't say it smells like pine. Whatever it is, it smells amazing.

[Erik Woods 555]

14 hours ago, phbart said:

The funny thing about JP is that, while some people here claims it's compressed compared to previous releases, Adobe Audition readings of the dynamic range shows that the 2016 has higher dynamic range than the previous releases. I compared tracks that were common to all three releases, and in all cases, the 2016 won. I don't know how accurate those readings are, but they show what they show.

 

I use my ears to listen to music.

 

But I understand where you are coming from but 2016 JP is compressed... or at least SEEMS compressed to my ears.

 

-Erik-

[TownerFan 4,983]

2 hours ago, filmmusic said:

Yeah, but they could place all the cues in chronological order, and continue in disc 2.

Not complaining, just saying.

Maybe in the end it's artistic reasons, and not the cd space.

 

When it comes to details like these, decisions have to be made in one way or another. Matessino has a huge track record of right decisions in this sense (in cooperation with JW himself), so we're in very good hands. I think "Levitation" is right to be placed in the extras (it's music for a deleted scene) and I agree also with having "The Encounter" as a bonus since is virtually the same piece as the Main Title and it would have feel repetitive as the third track on the main program (also, it's more a musical effect than a proper piece of composition). I would have loved to have "The Kiss" in the main program however, but since it contains music not written by JW himself and since it's also a very short cue, I guess Matessino and JW felt it stays nicely in the bonus area. Also, there's the pure technical problem of filling the disc to its maximum capacity--it's not that uncommon that an 8o-minute CD could have some issues during the mastering/printing phase. So, in the end, I think all the right decisions were made.

 

But all these are really minutiae, and basically non-issues. Most people listen to music on portable devices and everyone can create his or her own favorite playlists.

 

This is the perfect, most comprehensive and definitive release of John Williams' magnum opus. And I already thank Mike and the gang at LaLaLand for giving us this wonderful early Christmas present. This is one for the ages!

[phbart 609]

1 hour ago, Evil-Lyn said:

I'm listening to the 1996 CD right now. Track 1 AKA Far From Home/E.T. Alone is one of all-time top tracks, but I always get slightly annoyed somehow towards the end when it deviates from the OST version. Musically, that version is better. Performance-wise, the later CDs are superior.

This track in the OST is a concert version, not a film recording.

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

Yes, I know that?

[phbart 609]

13 hours ago, Jay said:

 

 

The complete score was too long to fit on one disc. 

 

Scroll back just one page and read my chronological track list. The complete score is 81:16 long. 

Nobody burns CDs anymore, but to those who still keep this habit, you can burn around 82 mins on CD that's perfectly playable on any player right to the last second. Nero burning software has some twicks that allow this to be made, and it's quite simple.

[Luke Skywalker 1,793]

i am bewildered by the tracklist. completely unexpected to have the ride music there. Mattessino is a miracle for us JW fans. i hope he continues doing Williams releases forever...

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

You didnt expect the ride music?

[Jay 37,322]

I never had a doubt that Mike M would know about it and try to include it. I didn't know if JW would nix it, or if the master recordings wouldn't be located. 

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Same here.

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

So, no. We didn't expect it.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

I did!

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

I had no idea there was a ride at all, let alone music.

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

It's okay. Most people don't know Australia had a Titanic movie attraction where you are on the ship as it sinks.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Will that music be on the new E.T.  CD set?

[Jay 37,322]

33 minutes ago, phbart said:

Nobody burns CDs anymore, but to those who still keep this habit, you can burn around 82 mins on CD that's perfectly playable on any player right to the last second. Nero burning software has some twicks that allow this to be made, and it's quite simple.

 

Another option is to put The Kiss and The Levitation in, and leave out the synth cues (Main Title and The Encounter) that to me feel incongruous  to the rest of the score.  Like Spielberg decided last minute to move the main titles out from the forest footage into its own black screen section and asked JW to do what they were doing in Poltergeist, and also whip something up for the cornfield scene that probably originally just went unscored.  Then you'd have this

 

1-02 Far From Home / E.T. Alone 6:57
1-03 Bait for E.T. 1:45
1-04 Meeting E.T. 2:08
1-05 E.T.’s New Home 1:28
1-06 The Beginning of a Friendship 2:53
1-07 Toys 3:13
1-08 I’m Keeping Him 2:20
1-09 E.T.’s Powers 2:44
1-10 The Closet 0:53
1-11 E.T. and Elliott Get Drunk 2:57
1-12 Frogs 2:12
2-14 The Kiss 0:49
2-15 Levitation 0:41
1-13 At Home 5:38
1-14 The Magic of Halloween 2:55
1-15 Sending the Signal 3:58
1-16 Searching for E.T. 4:18
1-17 Invading Elliott’s House 2:24
1-18 Stay With Me 2:24
1-19 Losing E.T. 2:04
1-20 E.T. Is Alive 4:22
1-21 The Rescue and Bike Chase 8:07
1-22 The Departure 7:07
1-23 End Credits 3:55
 
TOTAL TIME - 78:13

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

Unless you have some sort attachment to the film and want to hear the isolated score, you don't need the main titles, cornfield, closet, kiss, levitation etc. The score starts best as it is on the OST and 1996 remastered expanded CD rather than with horror movie music. The rest of those tracks are short cues that make for an awkward listening experience.

[Jay 37,322]

I just found this poster I hadn't seen posted here yet

 

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Cool

[Ricard 2,244]

That image is from The Second Disc page, which was linked from these pages exactly 24 hours ago by... Steef.

[Jay 37,322]

Yes, I know that.

[Ricard 2,244]

But Steef seems to have forgotten about it.

[Jay 37,322]

It happens

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

Especially when post padding.

[Disco Stu 15,495]

I'd rather have main titles/corn field in than levitation.  They were in the movie.

[Jay 37,322]

What is the source of the "not shipping until the 22nd" info?  I just scanned through the FSM thread for ET and LLL's Facebook page and see no mention of it.

 

People really need to link to the source when they provide this "info"!

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

I don't even know what the levitation music sounds like. I'm curious to hear it, but I can see it being like the Typewriter Chord and Shark Tows Orca from Jaws where I only listen to it a couple of times before it becomes an "archival" track in a collection and not something I actually listen to on a regular basis. By the way, that cut scene with Harrison Ford is terrible. It seems like a mistake that it ended up on the LaserDisc because scenes cut from Spielberg films are rarely ever seen and it's because they're usually quite bad.

[Jay 37,322]

Here's the Harrison Ford / Levitation scene on youtube for anyone that hasn't seen it

 

 

Oddly, they tracked in music from another cue for the laserdisc deleted scene instead of using the actual Levitation cue.

 

That's why we never knew it was recorded until the tracklist was announced!

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

It's astounding how completely wrong it is for the film. What the hell are "angel wings"? Certainly none of these Urban Dictionary entries?

[Jay 37,322]

Spielberg was so right to cut the scene.  And the accent/dialect Harrison Ford went with is odd

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

He sounds like he did when he was still an iffy actor in the old Star Wars or something. Like when he says, "What an incredible smell you discovered!"

[Jay 37,322]

16 hours ago, OneBuckFilms said:

Looks like the new E.T. release will ship around the 22nd.

 

What is the source of this information?