Contact: Music From The Motion Picture
The Robert Zemeckis 1992 adaptation of famed astronomer Carl Sagan's sometimes muddled novel about human interface with extraterrestrials was admirable for its deft, artistic handling of the story's elusive spirituality and metaphysical vagaries. While composer Alan Silvestri doesn't quite reach the heights of John Williams'sClose Encounters of the Third Kindhere, he does provide a fine emotional underpinning for often intangible intellectual elements. The composer also provides a memorable main theme that bolsters audience empathy for Jodie Foster's often conflicted lead character; the best yet from Silvestri, clearly a talent to reckon with. --Jerry McCulley