Selections from "ET" (The Extra-Terrestrial)

From Wind Repertory Project
John Williams

John Williams (arr. John Cacavas)


General Info

Year: 1982 / 2002
Duration: c. 9:40
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print.

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Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra Alto Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
E-flat Horn or Alto I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano
Timpani
Percussion, including:

  • Bass Drum
  • Chimes
  • Crash Cymbals
  • Gong
  • Orchestra Bells
  • Snare Drum
  • Suspended Cymbal
  • Triangle
  • Vibraphone


Errata

In Parts:

  • Percussion. m. 13: Add a courtesy 2/4 meter signature at the start of this repeat.
  • Percussion, m. 21: Move the 2/4 meter signature closer to the repeat sign, to clearly indicate that meter change occurs in the first measure of the repeat (meas. 13).
  • Percussion, m. 192, 202–203: Add three slashes to the snare drum half notes to indicate a roll.


Program Notes

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is a 1982 American science fiction fantasy film co-produced and directed by Steven Spielberg, and written by Melissa Mathison. It tells the story of Elliott (Henry Thomas), a lonely boy who befriends an extraterrestrial, dubbed "E.T.", who is stranded on earth. He and his siblings help it return home while attempting to keep it hidden from their mother and the government.

Longtime Spielberg collaborator John Williams, who composed the film's musical score, described the challenge of creating one that would generate sympathy for such an odd-looking creature. As with their previous collaborations, Spielberg liked every theme Williams composed and had it included. Spielberg loved the music for the final chase so much that he edited the sequence to suit it. Williams took a modernist approach, especially with his use of polytonality, which refers to the sound of two different keys played simultaneously. The Lydian mode can also be used in a polytonal way. Williams combined polytonality and the Lydian mode to express a mystic, dreamlike and heroic quality. His theme—emphasizing coloristic instruments such as the harp, piano, celesta, and other keyboards, as well as percussion—suggests E.T.'s childlike nature and his "machine."

- Program Note from Wikipedia


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