E.T
John Williams/The Boston Pops Orchestra Lyrics

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JS

2y↑17

John Williams is a force of nature. He has The Stuff. He's so tremendously good. Spielberg and Lucas are so lucky to have had his magic. What an artist.

B Crater

3y↑10

My best friend played horn for the Pops and BSO for 20+ years, so I was surrounded by this music first hand all my adult life. I surely drew the aces on that.

Carl welch

5y↑19

This music touches the soul !

s rico

3y↑13

Although ET is just one movie it is Johnny Williams best and most evocotive score as a whole. The Star Wars , Supermans, Indiana Jones , Minority Report etc were also amazing but the way the Et main and secondary theme evolve is so extrordianary. I cant think of any other theme that starts so simply and then evolves into symphonic greatness aside from a Handful of Baroch , CLASSICAL AND ROMANTIC PEICES .

Colleen Cupido

3y↑2

S.Rico:I don't quite understand what you mean that "only a handful of Baroque Classical and Romantic pieces" evolve this way. To say Beethoven's music lacks melody is ridiculous, but his standard method was to take a short motif and develop the heck out of it. The most obvious example is the four note motif that starts his 5th Symphony

mydogskips2

2y↑2

"I cant think of any other theme that starts so simply and then evolves into symphonic greatness..."

Harry Potter, Jaws, Superman... not to mention Saving Private Ryan, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind... I think that should say enough.

But I agree that this may well be Johnny (I'll go with Johnny) Williams' best and most evocative score, it's actually the comment I was going to write until I stopped to read yours.

P.S. I would just point out that it's Baroque, not Baroch, unless you are talking about Spinoza, but even that's a bit different.

Jim Hults

43w↑1

Minority Report, what that? Is that a new 1993 movie coming out this year.

White Horse Entertainment

5y↑11

Though everything he composes is fabulous this is definitely one of his best works! Simply sublime!

mydogskips2

2y↑1

I would argue that as a single standalone piece, it is the very best of his works.

Kandi Sofia Dahlan

6y↑7

Delightful music 👑 made me smile 😊 thank you, John Williams is a genius

SAIGONONINDOU

3y↑4

Todo lo que toca este señor lo transforma en oro.Amen

mybonneval

6y↑11

Magnificent!!!

Angela Romano

2y↑2

The section from 5' to 6' is one of the most authentic, moving jewels of this incredible composer...

John Cribbs IV

1y↑3

Genuinely genius masterpiece and the best composer born 1932-whenever eternity comes for you buddy your legacy legendary timeless music itself is great this concert from Japan tour is going to be 30+ years counting next year and the future present coming years to come until eternity comes for yourself and ourselves thanks buddy peace.

ertatta

5y↑6

One of the most amazing orchestras of all time. The brass section and their principals are the real stars here. Bravo!!!

mydogskips2

4y↑1

Yes, and the woodwind principles have some petty prominent parts in some places too.

ertatta

4y↑1

@mydogskips2 very good point! love the that English horn solo.

wizdofaus

3y↑2

Agreed, I've listened to some of the London Symphony recordings of his music and they just don't bring the same life to it.

mydogskips2

2y↑1

@wizdofaus Well, you got John Williams here(while still in his prime) conducting his own music with his own orchestra, it's hard to get better than that.

Michael Holmes

3y↑1

That horn solo from 5:01...no words to describe.

Eric Irizarry

4y↑13

Genuis, just genuis..absolutely beautiful

Juraj Miskovic

5y↑34

John Williams IS Richard Strauss of our times. Long live the KING of 21st century.

mydogskips2

4y↑1

Well, considering how he wrote space operas, I'd say he is more akin to the Richard Wagner of our age. But Strauss ain't bad, he did give us Eulenspiegel and Zarathustra in music.

edit: I actually get what you're saying, coming back and listening to this, the first thing that comes to my mind is TONE POEM. This is John Williams' version of a modern tone poem, the music of E.T.

macbessert

3y↑2

I think it is more the idioms of Gustav Mahler (i.e. Symphony No.1) and Gustav Holst (The Planets). However, it's fantastic music!

wizdofaus

3y↑1

Indeed the last 3 bars are an almost exact echo of the beginning of Also Sprach Zarathrusta. But yeah, when I grow up (hah, already over 40!) I wanna be John Williams...

sydile

7y↑6

une orchestration sublime

Germán

2y↑1

Magnífico esos cellos y violines, algo en tus corazón y en tu alma va creciendo y descubriendo hasta llegar a un clímax que te hace pasar por varias emociones con forme avanza la obra..

Jorge Ramírez

7y↑6

The kids giving gifts at the end just encouraged me more towards following the dream of one day becoming a composer and orchestra director...

squerra

2y↑1

Help ,,,,, I need link to full concert ❤️

This concert is really spectacular

Logan Fruchtman

I love seeing movie scores live becuase I can watch a movie while at a concert in my mind.

Daniel Esteve

2y↑1

This man will b remembered for centuries on end

Jackson Palmer

3y↑2

Incredible. This sounds much better than the actual studio recordings. God...you can hear the orchestra struggling to get the music out and hear the frustration in the studio recordings on the official soundtrack. Don't be mislead: the incidental music of John Williams is notoriously hard to perform, even for seasoned professionals, especially when you have to cut and clip and edit stuff and work on timings. This recording, on the other hand, is clean, clear, has wonderful depth, gorgeous timbre, and is so warm.

Honestly, I think some of the best music and recordings to come out of the USA are from John Williams and the Boston Pops.

Maestro Williams seems the most at home and comfortable with the Boston Pops, and I can't say I blame him because they are an exception orchestra. <3

I feel lucky just to have been alive for John Williams' reign, and to have been able to see him in concert and give him 5 standing ovations, just cheering my head off. May he and his incredible body of music live forever! <3 <3

flashgamer1275

2y↑1

You are absolutely right. I love how the Boston Pops can play a live performance with such completion as the edited recordings.

John Cribbs IV

2y↑2

True and you’re always right that us humanity can’t do anything everything right perfectly just always keep practicing for the just right perfection in perfect shape for us I guess it’s uneasy so hopefully we’ll be better hopefully buddy thanks peace and blessings to you buddy peace.

Matthew Blurton

2y↑1

John Williams and Hans Zimmer, two of the best.

MD

3y↑2

I love E.T. I seen this movie three or four times when it was in the theater I was just 10 years old it was the first movie I ever seen and I still love it to this day and I own it on dvd and digital in my vudu account. My favorite scene in the movie is when E.T and Elliot are on the bicycle flying past the moon also when Elliot and his brother and friends are also flying in the air on their bicycles so cool I wish I could fly like that I know it’s just a movie but it would be very cool.

John Cribbs IV

2y↑2

Thanks I love it the same way whenever the guys Elliott and Michael and friends taking ET to his spherical sphere spaceship and just 3 years back Actor-Henry Thomas and his son wife and daughter in a 2019 (37 years ahead later from the movie, 1982,2002,2012, and this year 2022) Xfinity commercial legendary tragic scene when ET leave again back to space how tragic and true remember of life itself is way too long or short remember respect whatever happens and yourself thanks buddy peace and blessings to you peace.

alan williams

what is it with this incredible composer in the first minute of listening to this piece i am crying like a baby and remained so throughout. he is the man WOW

robert zigmont

5y↑12

Music can change the way we see the world. Like Elliot, may we welcome the alien, the stranger, and not fear them. Look for what we have in common. Do not demonize the stranger. Look at others through the eyes of a child. Judge not, lest ye be judged. Peace.

Daniel Esteve

2y↑1

Such a beautiful and powerful message!

Narco

Beautiful.

John Cribbs IV

2y↑2

The Boston pops orchestra from 1993 in Japan from just about 30 years back long live the Boston pops orchestra and the London symphony orchestra and the London philharmonic orchestra from other movie scores from 40 years back this year is sadly the 40th anniversary of the legendary Keith green passing and E.T.-The extra terrestrial (1982,2002,2012,2022) congratulations ET and rip Keith green thanks peace and blessings to you all peace.

thethikboy

5y↑11

Elliot:
He's a man from outer space and we're taking him to his spaceship.

Greg:
Well, can't he just beam up?

Elliot:
This is REALITY, Greg.

John Cribbs IV

2y↑2

Splendid script quotes from the legendary movie from 40 years back this year 2022 this decade is the same 30th anniversary of tv shows and legendary timeless extraordinary movies from years back and true movie legendary movies never nevertheless dies just like humanity human heroes and heroines from past-present and future thanks peace.

Bill Jenkins

Beautiful

ScotsBiochemistry

4y↑4

Reminds me of 1982 and a certain cinema visit.

Adam Gallant

7y↑4

Thank you! A great way to start my morning :-)

GGbreizh

7y↑1

You're welcome!

mildred highcock

2y↑1

2:58 there's almost a bit of piano in there I hadn't heard before -

Nick Schneider

2y↑2

Happy 90th, John Williams.

Joao Marcelo Fonseca De Oliveira

6y↑4

Wonderful

Marcos Benaia

2y↑1

Divinal

paulhorn27

6y↑21

There are no words.

thethikboy

5y↑2

The boisterous idealism of youth

MM Q

6y↑5

wow

Robin Garrido

2y↑2

thanks boston pops. pretty cool i have to say. cute B) i must say

ScotsBiochemistry

4y↑3

Adjusted for inflation ET would take about 3.5 billion in 2019. And that was when the former communist countries, never got Hollywood films. Dwarfs Endgame and Avatar.