Overview

"In the film E.T. (The Extra-Terrestrial), director Steven Spielberg gives us scene after scene during which we willingly "suspend" our "disbelief." Toward the end of the film, Spielberg has the group of youngsters featured in the story mount their bicycles and hurry to take E.T. back to his spaceship and safety.

They're hotly pursued by the local police, and a brilliant chase ensues. The children accelerate their bikes to the point where gravity is neutralized... they reach "escape velocity" and majestically soar over the moon. Watching all of this, we accept it as reality and fly along for the ride.

Of the countless scenes I've scored in films, I think that this one is perhaps my favorite of all. It continues to hold a very firm, fond and permanent place in my memory."

John Williams

Score Specs

Duration: 3:45

23 pages

10"x14" spiral bound full orchestral study score

Instrumentation

FLUTE 1

FLUTE 2

PICCOLO (Flute)

OBOE 1

OBOE 2

Bb CLARINET 1

Bb CLARINET 2

BASSOON 1

BASSOON 2

BASSOON 3

F HORN1

F HORN 2

F HORN 3

F HORN 4

Bb TRUMPET 1

Bb TRUMPET 2

Bb TRUMPET 3

TROMBONE 1

TROMBONE 2

BASS TROMBONE

TUBA

TIMPANI

PERCUSSION SCORE

PERCUSSION 1 (Triangle, Sus. Cym., Piatti)

PERCUSSION 2 (Glockenspiel, Chimes, Triangle)

HARP

PIANO/CELESTA

VIOLIN 1

VIOLIN 2

VIOLA

VIOLONCELLO

CONTRABASS