Overview

This is a 10-minute concert version of themes from the movie including Flying Across the Moon. The matching CD is the Spielberg/Williams Collaboration from Sony. This is one of the best pieces to study for orchestration technique.

Says John Williams:
"Adventures On Earth is part of the score that I composed for Steven Spielberg's classic film, E.T (The Extra-Terrestrial).

The music was designed to accompany the bicycle chase near the end of the film and as the young cyclists reach escape velocity, E.T.'s theme is heard as they fly "over the moon". The more sentimental music that follows, accompanies the dialogue as E.T. bids farewell to his earthling friends. This is followed by timpani and brass fanfares as the orchestra brings the film to a close."

John Williams

Score Specs

Duration 10:00 minutes

64 pages

10"x14" spiral bound full orchestral study score

Instrumentation

FLUTE 1
FLUTE 2
PICCOLO (Flute 3)

OBOE 1
OBOE 2 (English Hom)

Bb CLARINET 1
Bb CLARINET 2

BASSOON 1
BASSOON 2
CONTRA BASSOON (Bassoon 3)

F HORN 1
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 1 (B.D., S.D., Sus. Cym.)
PERCUSSION 2 (Triangle, Tam-Tam, Piatti)
PERCUSSION 3 (Glockenspiel, Xylophone, Vibraphone, Chimes)

HARP
PIANO/CELESTE

VIOLIN I
VIOLIN II
VIOLA
VIOLONCELLO
CONTRABASS