Contact Soundtrack
10 Jul 1997
Complete List of Songs
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- Awful Waste of SpaceAlan Silvestri0:06Young 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. (Reprised during a flashback around 0:16.)0535tomm098
- Heart AttackAlan Silvestri0:21Young Ellie's father collapses and she goes to get his medicine.0357tomm098
- Ellie's BogeyAlan Silvestri0:34Ellie hears the alien signal, radios in, and races back to base track it.0316tomm098
- The Purple People EaterJimmy Buffett0:56Public event at the VLA: First song played as the camera pans across the crowd.00rickyd184
- SpacemanHarry Nilsson0:56Public event at the VLA: Played when you see the Human Cannonball with "Next Stop: Vega" painted on the side of the cannon.0313rickyd184
- Old-Time ReligionThe Forester Sisters0:57Public event at the VLA: Played as the preacher rants about the evils of science.18rickyd184
- Spirit In the SkyNorman Greenbaum0:57Public event at the VLA: Playing as some ladies in green shirts dance on top of a trailer.1203rickyd184
- The PrimerAlan Silvestri1:00On-board Hadden's airplane, when Ellie and Hadden are discussing The Primer.0166rickyd184
- Really ConfusedAlan Silvestri1:21Ellie 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.0151tomm098
- Media EventAlan Silvestri1:26Drumlin is chosen to go in The Machine, and the press and the public await the testing at Cape Canaveral.0105tomm098
- Test Run BomberAlan Silvestri1:31NASA performs a test on the machine. Meanwhile, a terrorist sneaks onto the platform and destroys it.089rickyd184
- The PrimerAlan Silvestri1:39Reprised -- Hadden on MIR telling Ellie about the existence of a second machine.0130tomm098
- Test Run BomberAlan Silvestri1:45Reprised -- The new machine is revealed by the news media shortly before Ellie boards it.0123tomm098
- Button Me UpAlan Silvestri1:48Ellie is in the "Pod" and they close and seal the door around her.0106tomm098
- No WordsAlan Silvestri1:58Ellie sees a celestial event that is too beautiful to describe.0123tomm098
- Small MovesAlan Silvestri2:00Ellie wakes up on a re-creation of her drawing of Pensacola where she meets an alien who takes the form of her father.0155tomm098
- I Believe HerAlan Silvestri2:15The end of Ellie's hearing, followed by a big press event outside, where Rev. Joss offers his support for her.0121tomm098
- Awful Waste of SpaceAlan Silvestri2:19Reprised -- Ellie giving a tour of the VLA, discussing whether life exists elsewhere in the galaxy.0106rickyd184
- Contact - End CreditsAlan Silvestri2:20Played during the ending credits of the movie.0233tomm098
- Who Needs Wings To Fly? (Main Theme From "The Flying Nun")Sally FieldAdd scene description0206rickyd184
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