E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Several of the contributors to the "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" storybook album had worked with Jackson on his solo projects in the past. Rod Temperton, who had written several songs featured on "Off the Wall" and "Thriller", wrote the music for "Someone in the Dark". Freddy DeMann and Ron Weisner, former managers of The Jacksons, served as the production coordinators for the album. Bruce Swedien engineered "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial", a task he had performed on "Off the Wall" and "Thriller" and would go on to perform for the next albums of Jackson. Dick Zimmerman photographed Jackson for the "Thriller" album cover, before again capturing the singer for the accompanying poster to the "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" album.