E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

~ Release by Michael Jackson (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Annotation

The release type would best be described as both soundtrack and audiobook.

All three release events with barcode 07674100001 are the same release. MCA-5240 was the catalog number of side A, and MCA-5241 was the catalog number of side B.

This release was released both officially and as a promotional release, with the same tracks, catalog numbers, etc. for each. The album was withdrawn in early 1983 due to legal issues.

SubOptimal Credits:

  • Album concept: Kathy "Leen" Carey
  • Production coordinators: Freddy DeMann and Ron Weisner
  • Production assistants: Pam Crocetti, Madeline Randolph, Corinne Alicia, and Bonnie Sachs
  • Charles L. Campbell's ARs should be for "supervising sound editor"
  • Project coordinator: Nancy Cushing-Jones
  • Bruce Swedien's release-level AR should be for "storybook album engineering"
  • Re-recording mixers: Buzz Knudson, Robert Glass and Don Digirolamo
  • Sound effects editors: David A. Pettijohn, Louis L. Edemann, Richard C. Franklin, Jr., and Samuel C. Crutcher
  • Michael Jackson appears courtesy of Epic Records
  • Quincy Jones appears courtesy of Quest Records

In 1984, this release earned Michael Jackson the Grammy Award for Best Recording for Children.

Tracklist

1▼Vinyl
#TitleArtistLength
1Someone in the Dark (opening version)
assistant engineer:
Matt Forger
assistant executive producer:
Kate Barker
executive producer:
Kathleen Kennedy and Steven Spielberg
producer:
Quincy Jones
mixer:
Don Digirolamo, Robert Glass and Buzz Knudson
editor:
Charles L. Campbell and Bruce Cannon
lead vocals:
Michael Jackson
conductor:
Jeremy Lubbock
arranger:
Jeremy Lubbock
recording of:
Someone in the Dark
lyricist:
Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
composer:
Rod Temperton
Rod Temperton4:36
2Landing / Discovery
assistant engineer:
Matt Forger
assistant executive producer:
Kate Barker
executive producer:
Kathleen Kennedy and Steven Spielberg
producer:
Quincy Jones
mixer:
Don Digirolamo, Robert Glass and Buzz Knudson
additional editor:
Samuel C. Crutcher, Louis L. Edemann, Richard C. Franklin, Jr. and David A. Pettijohn
editor:
Charles L. Campbell and Bruce Cannon
spoken vocals:
Michael Jackson
conductor:
Jeremy Lubbock
contains samples by:
Drew Barrymore, Robert MacNaughton, Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace-Stone and Pat Welsh
arranger:
Jeremy Lubbock
recording of:
Landing / Discovery (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial)
composer:
John Williams
librettist:
Quincy Jones, William Kotzwinkle, Peggy Lipton and Steven Spielberg
John Williams16:30
3Home / Intrusion / Chase / Good-bye
assistant engineer:
Matt Forger
assistant executive producer:
Kate Barker
executive producer:
Kathleen Kennedy and Steven Spielberg
producer:
Quincy Jones
mixer:
Don Digirolamo, Robert Glass and Buzz Knudson
additional editor:
Samuel C. Crutcher, Louis L. Edemann, Richard C. Franklin, Jr. and David A. Pettijohn
editor:
Charles L. Campbell and Bruce Cannon
spoken vocals:
Michael Jackson
conductor:
Jeremy Lubbock
contains samples by:
Drew Barrymore, Peter Coyote, Sean Frye, C. Thomas Howell, Robert MacNaughton, K. C. Martel, Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace-Stone and Pat Welsh
arranger:
Jeremy Lubbock
recording of:
Home / Intrusion / Chase / Good-bye (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial)
composer:
John Williams
librettist:
Quincy Jones, William Kotzwinkle, Peggy Lipton and Steven Spielberg
John Williams15:10
4Someone in the Dark (closing version)
assistant engineer:
Matt Forger
assistant executive producer:
Kate Barker
executive producer:
Kathleen Kennedy and Steven Spielberg
producer:
Quincy Jones
mixer:
Don Digirolamo, Robert Glass and Buzz Knudson
editor:
Charles L. Campbell and Bruce Cannon
lead vocals:
Michael Jackson
conductor:
Jeremy Lubbock
arranger:
Jeremy Lubbock
recording of:
Someone in the Dark
lyricist:
Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
composer:
Rod Temperton
Rod Temperton3:10