Contact Soundtrack

6m

Young 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.

11m

Playing in the background at the cantina in Puerto Rico.

14m

Playing at the reception in the cantina after Drumlin arrives.

21m

Young Ellie's father collapses and she goes to get his medicine.

34m

Ellie hears the alien signal, radios in, and races back to base track it.

56m

Public event at the VLA: Played when you see the Human Cannonball with "Next Stop: Vega" painted on the side of the cannon.

56m

Public event at the VLA: First song played as the camera pans across the crowd.

57m

Public event at the VLA: Played as the preacher rants about the evils of science.

57m

Public event at the VLA: Playing as some ladies in green shirts dance on top of a trailer.

1h 0m

On-board Hadden's airplane, when Ellie and Hadden are discussing The Primer.

1h 21m

Ellie 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.

1h 26m

Drumlin is chosen to go in The Machine, and the press and the public await the testing at Cape Canaveral.

1h 31m

NASA performs a test on the machine. Meanwhile, a terrorist sneaks onto the platform and destroys it.

1h 39m

Reprised -- Hadden on MIR telling Ellie about the existence of a second machine.

1h 45m

Reprised -- The new machine is revealed by the news media shortly before Ellie boards it.

1h 48m

Ellie is in the "Pod" and they close and seal the door around her.

1h 50m

Ellie in the Pod ready to make her trip.

1h 58m

Ellie sees a celestial event that is too beautiful to describe.

2h 0m

Ellie wakes up on a re-creation of her drawing of Pensacola where she meets an alien who takes the form of her father.

2h 15m

The end of Ellie's hearing, followed by a big press event outside, where Rev. Joss offers his support for her.

2h 19m

Reprised -- Ellie giving a tour of the VLA, discussing whether life exists elsewhere in the galaxy.

2h 20m

Played during the ending credits of the movie.