E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (album) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (album) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is an audiobook and soundtrack album for the 1982 blockbuster film of the same name directed by Steven Spielberg. Narrated by American recording artist Michael Jackson and featuring music composed by John Williams, the album was produced by composer Quincy Jones and distributed by MCA Records. The production of the audiobook brought Jackson together with several former collaborators, such as Rod Temperton, Freddy DeMann, and Bruce Swedien. The "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" audiobook was released by MCA on November 7, 1982—the same month as Jackson's acclaimed sixth studio album "Thriller" despite conditions given by
Michael Jackson's This Is It (album) as a compact disc and on the iTunes Store as a digital download. As planned, "This Is It" was released on October 26, 2009 in the US and worldwide on October 27 and 28. The press release announcing the two-disc album describes it as a "stand-alone companion" to the motion picture. "This Is It" was released as a two-disc compilation album. The first disc consists of 16 tracks, 14 of which were already released on Jackson's previous studio albums: "Thriller" (1982), "Bad" (1987), "Dangerous" (1991) and "" (1995), and one from The Jacksons' album "Destiny" (1978). The album does not