I'm looking forward to CLOSE ENCOUNTERS even more now...! Read like an interesting approach.
I'm also warm to the idea of having a slightly different approach to CLOSE ENCOUNTERS this time. I've said it before the OST album and the previous expanded album were two different animals. I find that the OST to be more of a concept album or a big suite than a typical soundtrack album.
CE is one of the only scores where I listen almost exclusively to the original and not the expanded.
I remember an interview with Matessino back in the 90's where he said that he would rather have an album that worked musically rather than chronologically for Close Encounters. How exciting that he's getting to do that!
There was some lingering question about what was recorded analog and what was recorded digital for ET, so Mike M was kind enough to ask Bruce about it and I've added a new bit to the article about it, including 3 new pictures. Check it out!