John Williams
E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
Williams' conjures up another classic score, this time for Steven Spielberg's tale of friendship between a boy and an alien lost on Earth. Fleeting violins, tender harps, heroic horns, rumbling brass and B-movie style keyboards chart the action from enchanted forest to quiet suburbia and (with the authorities in hot pursuit) back again by means of an exhilirating BMX chase to see E.T. safely home. Full of heart-string-plucking magic and edge-of-the-seat excitement this is one of Williams' finest