Editing E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (section)

===Music===
{{Main|E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (soundtrack)|E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (album)}}
[[File:E.T. Flying Theme by John Williams.ogg|right|thumb|The "Flying Theme"]]
Spielberg's regular collaborator [[John Williams]] described the challenge of creating a score 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.<ref>{{cite video | people = [[John Williams]] | title = A Conversation with John Williams | medium = DVD | publisher = Universal |year= 2002}}</ref> 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".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Karlin |first1=Fred |first2=Rayburn |last2=Wright |title=On the Track: A Guide to Contemporary Film Scoring |location=New York |publisher=Schirmer Books |date=1990}}</ref> The soundtrack album was first released on June 11, 1982, the same day as the film.<ref name="lawson-macdonald-92">{{cite book |last1=Lawson |first1=Matt |first2=Laurence |last2=MacDonald |title=100 Greatest Film Scores |year=2018 |publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]] |isbn=9781538103685 |page=92}}</ref> An [[audiobook]] companion album featuring Williams's score, produced by [[Quincy Jones]] and narrated by [[Michael Jackson]], was released on November 15, 1982, exactly two weeks prior to Jackson's acclaimed sixth studio album ''[[Thriller (album)|Thriller]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AiQEAAAAMBAJ&q=ET+storybook&pg=PP1|title=Billboard|date=November 6, 1982|via=Google Books|access-date=August 8, 2022|archive-date=August 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814185432/https://books.google.com/books?id=AiQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PP1&dq=billboard+november+6,+1982&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj9z5O_l7HyAhWbHM0KHS8CAwUQ6AEwAXoECAYQAg#v=onepage&q=ET+storybook&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref>