• John Williams – Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1977) [JAPAN TARGET ERA]
  • John Williams – Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1977) [JAPAN TARGET ERA]
  • John Williams – Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1977) [JAPAN TARGET ERA]
  • John Williams – Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1977) [JAPAN TARGET ERA]
  • John Williams – Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1977) [JAPAN TARGET ERA]
  • John Williams – Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1977) [JAPAN TARGET ERA]
  • John Williams – Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1977) [JAPAN TARGET ERA]
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John Williams – Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1977) [JAPAN TARGET ERA]

John Williams – Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1977) [JAPAN TARGET ERA]

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Artist John Williams
Album Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Label Arista
Catalog Number ARCD 8365
Matrix Number ARCD-8365 1A1 66
Format CD
Pressing JAPAN TARGET ERA
Year 1977
Genre Soundtrack
Media Condition NM
Case / Sleeve Condition NM

Seller's Notes: Import

Collector Notes: John Williams wrote two landmark scores in 1977, Star Wars and this one, and they went up against each other for the Oscar. Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters Of The Third Kind is built around its famous five-note motif, from Main Title And Mountain Visions through The Abduction Of Barry and Climbing Devil's Tower to The Appearance Of The Visitors, which quietly quotes When You Wish Upon A Star. Resolution And End Title closes the score. Disc made in Japan for Arista. Disc is in near mint condition. Booklet is clean and sharp. Smooth edge case.

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