"Theme from Close Encounters of the Third Kind" is a 1978 instrumental hit single by composer John Williams.

The song became a hit in the United States (#13) and Canada (#12) during the winter of that year.

Both artists simultaneously again issued competing versions of scores from the Close Encounters movie.

In 1979, "Theme from Close Encounters of the Third Kind" won a Grammy award for best instrumental composition.

In 1977, Gene Page recorded a disco version of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind."