Contact, released on 11 Jul 1997, consists of a playlist of 23 credited songs, from various artists including
Alan Silvestri, Sally Field, Efrin Toro, Oskar Cartaya and and Ramon Stagnaro. The original score is composed by Alan Silvestri.
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List of Songs Awful Waste of Space • Alan Silvestri 6m
Young Ellie and her father discuss life on other planets. She tries to contact her mom via radio. The scene fades to Adult Ellie at Aricebo.
Who Needs Wings To Fly? (Main Theme From "The Flying Nun") • Sally Field 11m
Playing in the background at the cantina in Puerto Rico.
Heart Attack • Alan Silvestri 21m
Young Ellie's father collapses and she goes to get his medicine.
Ellie's Bogey • Alan Silvestri 34m
Ellie hears the alien signal, radios in, and races back to base track it.
Spaceman • Harry Nilsson 56m
Public event at the VLA: Played when you see the Human Cannonball with "Next Stop: Vega" painted on the side of the cannon.
The Purple People Eater • Jimmy Buffett 56m
Public event at the VLA: First song played as the camera pans across the crowd.
Old-Time Religion • The Forester Sisters 57m
Public event at the VLA: Played as the preacher rants about the evils of science.
Spirit In the Sky • Norman Greenbaum 57m
Public event at the VLA: Playing as some ladies in green shirts dance on top of a trailer.
The Primer • Alan Silvestri 1h 0m
On-board Hadden's airplane, when Ellie and Hadden are discussing The Primer.
Really Confused • Alan Silvestri 1h 21m
Ellie and Palmer discussing her reasons for wanting to go to Vega and the dangers involved. Continues as she is interviewed by the panel of experts.
Media Event • Alan Silvestri 1h 26m
Drumlin is chosen to go in The Machine, and the press and the public await the testing at Cape Canaveral.
Test Run Bomber • Alan Silvestri 1h 31m
NASA performs a test on the machine. Meanwhile, a terrorist sneaks onto the platform and destroys it.
The Primer • Alan Silvestri 1h 39m
Reprised -- Hadden on MIR telling Ellie about the existence of a second machine.
Test Run Bomber • Alan Silvestri 1h 45m
Reprised -- The new machine is revealed by the news media shortly before Ellie boards it.
Button Me Up • Alan Silvestri 1h 48m
Ellie is in the "Pod" and they close and seal the door around her.
Good to Go • Alan Silvestri 1h 50m
Ellie in the Pod ready to make her trip.
No Words • Alan Silvestri 1h 58m
Ellie sees a celestial event that is too beautiful to describe.
Small Moves • Alan Silvestri 2h 0m
Ellie wakes up on a re-creation of her drawing of Pensacola where she meets an alien who takes the form of her father.
I Believe Her • Alan Silvestri 2h 15m
The end of Ellie's hearing, followed by a big press event outside, where Rev. Joss offers his support for her.
Awful Waste of Space • Alan Silvestri 2h 19m
Reprised -- Ellie giving a tour of the VLA, discussing whether life exists elsewhere in the galaxy.
Contact - End Credits • Alan Silvestri 2h 20m
Played during the ending credits of the movie.
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