FREE: Close Encounters of the Third Kind Soundtrack Original Vinyl Record LP (1977) 12 inch and 7 inch

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John Williams –CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND Soundtrack LP Record Album (1977)

Arista AL9500

Cool Gatefold.

You also get the 7" record that originally came free with the album. The 7" just has the theme song on it.

CONDITION: Cover on bottom of fold was lightly chewed on by a cat (see pic) some damage but it could have been worse. The 12 inch record is in very good almost mint condition as well as the one sided 7 inch.

Side 1
1. Main Title and the Mountain Visions
2. Nocturnal Pursuit
3. Abduction of Barry
4. I Can't Believe It's Real
5. Climbing Devil's Tower
6. Arrival of Sky Harbor

Side 2
7. Night Siege
8. Conversation
9. Appearance of the Visitors
10. Resolution and the End Title
11. Theme from Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Steven Spielberg's extraterrestrial-themed follow-up to the Jaws phenomena cemented his reputation as a cinematic wunderkind capable of shameless emotional manipulation and continued blockbuster ticket sales. But Close Encounters also displayed Spielberg's wise confidence in at least one of his collaborators.

Composer John Williams, fresh from the Wagnerian success of Star Wars, was allowed the unusual luxury of composing much of the Close Encounters score before principal photography began. Thus Spielberg was able (as had Sergio Leone with Morricone's Once Upon a Time in the West) to stage much of his action to the Williams music playing on the set in a rare way. The entire special-effects finale was in fact edited to match the composer's rhythms.

For his part, Williams composed arguably his most ambitious and accomplished score. Balancing his more obvious sentimental skills with refreshingly bracing doses of atonality (and just a nod to the modern Ligetti pieces Stanley Kubrick had wedded so well to 2001: A Space Odyssey). Williams produced a mature work that holds up remarkably well 20 years on; a true classic. --Jerry McCulley

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