Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1977 · Film · John Williams

Label: Columbia Pictures
Release date: 1977
Format: Film score
Genre: Science Fiction Drama

After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.

Tracklist

#	Title	Duration
1	Main Title and The Vision	1:29
2	Navy Planes	2:13
3	Lost Squadron	2:34
4	Trucking	2:09
5	Into the Tunnel and Chasing UFOs	3:56
6	Crescendo Summit	1:25
7	False Alarm and The Helicopter	4:20
8	Barry’s Kidnapping	6:23
9	Forming the Mountain	1:56
10	TV Reveals / Across Country	2:53
11	The Mountain	3:37
12	The Cover-up and Base Camp	3:55
13	The Escape	2:20
14	Climbing the Mountain	2:36
15	Outstretched Hands	2:52
16	The Light Show	3:46
17	Barnstorming	4:31
18	The Mothership	4:37
19	The Dialogue	4:28
20	The Returnees	3:56
21	The Appearance of the Visitors	4:56
22	Contact	3:22
23	End Titles	4:27
1	Main Title	1:16
2	Roy’s First Encounter	2:44
3	Encounter at Crescendo Summit	1:25
4	Chasing UFOs	1:22
5	Watching the Skies	1:20
6	Vision Takes Shape	0:42
7	Another Vision	0:43
8	False Alarm	1:45
9	The Abduction of Barry	4:36
10	The Cover-up	2:31
11	TV Reveals	1:52
12	Roy and Jillian on the Road	1:20
13	I Can’t Believe It’s Real	3:25
14	Across the Fields	1:20
15	Stars and Trucks	0:49
16	Who Are You People?	1:38
17	The Escape (alternate)	2:41
18	Climbing Devils Tower	2:11
19	Dark Side of the Moon	1:35
20	The Approach	4:31
21	Night Siege	6:27
22	The Conversation	2:23
23	Inside	2:35
24	Contact (alternate)	2:52
25	Eleventh Commandment	1:58
26	TV Western	1:06
27	Lava Flow	1:49
28	The Five Tones	2:25
29	Advance Scout Greeting	2:58
30	The Dialogue (early version)	3:11
31	Resolution and End Title	6:55