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Close Encounters of the Third Kind: 40th Anniversary Remastered Edition

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind: 40th Anniversary Remastered Edition

Album cover for Close Encounters of the Third Kind: 40th Anniversary Remastered Edition by John Williams - La-La Land Record…
Album cover for Close Encounters of the Third Kind: 40th Anniversary Remastered Edition by John Williams - La-La Land Record…
Main Artist(s)
John Williams
Country
United States
Released
November 28, 2017
Format
2xCD Album
sold out limited (5,000 copies)

Identifiers

No identifiers available.

Release Credits

No release credits.

Tracks

CD (#1):

# Title Duration
1.
Main Title and The Vision ••
1:29 m:s
2.
Navy Planes
2:15 m:s
3.
Lost Squadron
2:34 m:s
4.
Trucking
2:09 m:s
5.
Into the Tunnel and Chasing UFOs
3:56 m:s
6.
Crescendo Summit
1:25 m:s
7.
False Alarm and The Helicopter
4:20 m:s
8.
Barry’s Kidnapping
6:22 m:s
9.
Forming the Mountain
1:58 m:s
10.
TV Reveals / Across Country
2:53 m:s
11.
The Mountain
3:36 m:s
12.
The Cover-up and Base Camp
3:56 m:s
13.
The Escape
2:20 m:s
14.
Climbing the Mountain
2:36 m:s
15.
Outstretched Hands
2:50 m:s
16.
The Light Show
3:47 m:s
17.
Barnstorming
4:31 m:s
18.
The Mothership
4:35 m:s
19.
The Dialogue
4:28 m:s
20.
The Returnees
3:58 m:s
21.
The Appearance of the Visitors +
4:56 m:s
22.
Contact
3:22 m:s
23.
End Titles +
4:27 m:s

• Previously unreleased •• Contains previously unreleased material

  • Contains “When You Wish Upon a Star” (interpolated), written by Ned Washington and Leigh Harline, published by Bourne Co. (ASCAP). Used with permission. All Rights Reserved.
Total for CD (#1) 78:43 m:s

CD (#2):

# Title Duration
Alternates and Additional Music
1.
Main Title ••
1:18 m:s
2.
Roy’s First Encounter
2:44 m:s
3.
Encounter at Crescendo Summit
1:25 m:s
4.
Chasing UFOs
1:22 m:s
5.
Watching the Skies
1:20 m:s
6.
Vision Takes Shape •
0:42 m:s
7.
Another Vision •
0:42 m:s
8.
False Alarm
1:45 m:s
9.
The Abduction of Barry
4:36 m:s
10.
The Cover-up
2:31 m:s
11.
TV Reveals
1:52 m:s
12.
Roy and Jillian on the Road
1:20 m:s
13.
I Can’t Believe It’s Real
3:25 m:s
14.
Across the Fields
1:20 m:s
15.
Stars and Trucks
0:49 m:s
16.
Who Are You People?
1:38 m:s
17.
The Escape (Alternate)
2:41 m:s
18.
Climbing Devils Tower
2:11 m:s
19.
Dark Side of the Moon
1:34 m:s
20.
The Approach •
4:32 m:s
21.
Night Siege
6:27 m:s
22.
The Conversation
2:23 m:s
23.
Inside •+
2:34 m:s
24.
Contact (Alternate) •
2:51 m:s
25.
Eleventh Commandment •
2:00 m:s
26.
TV Western •
1:06 m:s
27.
Lava Flow •
1:47 m:s
28.
The Five Tones •
2:25 m:s
29.
Advance Scout Greeting •
2:58 m:s
30.
The Dialogue (Early Version) •
3:12 m:s
31.
Resolution and End Title
6:55 m:s

• Previously unreleased •• Contains previously unreleased material

  • Contains “When You Wish Upon a Star” (interpolated), written by Ned Washington and Leigh Harline, published by Bourne Co. (ASCAP). Used with permission. All Rights Reserved.
Total for CD (#2) 74:25 m:s
Total: 153:08 m:s
Productions

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Movie, United States, 1977

Expanded Score
Remastered

Credits