E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
by John Williams (US)
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John Williams (US) bestography
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is ranked 7th best out of 42 albums by John Williams (US) on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by John Williams (US) is Star Wars which is ranked number 3671 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 405.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 | 58/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | jlsfourth | Top 80 Music Albums of the 1980s | 62/80 | 5 |
| 2026 |  AwaitingAndrew | My Favorite Film Scores & Soundtracks | 7/73 | - |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 82 Music Albums of 1982 | 73/82 | 1 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 | 51/100 | 3 |
| 2025 | AwaitingAndrew | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 11/100 | 18 |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Favourite Instrumental Albums | 63/66 | - |
| 2025 | Igtonumama | Favourite Film Soundtracks | 13/100 | - |
| 2024 |  CharlieBarley | My Favourite Movie Soundtracks | 13/100 | - |
| 2024 | jlsfourth | Top 10 John Williams Scores | 3/10 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 30 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 67 | |||
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E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 11/06/2024 11:41 | matterhornrider | 5,182 | 81/100 |
| ! | 04/19/2024 04:08 |  ScrumpyArbuckle | 1,131 | 78/100 |
| ! | 04/17/2024 17:35 |  HoldenM | 1,898 | 84/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.2/100, a mean average of 78.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.7.
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pedro1976 09/14/2026 11:36 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
Hayden 11/21/2022 22:37 in Best Films of The 80s (V2) [List]E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) comments
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1234567890 05/13/2009 13:40 | #4195
Im not gonna lie to ya. i always got physically ill whenever i watched this movie. thats why i havnt watched it since i was a kid.
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