Alien (soundtrack)

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Alien:
Original Motion Picture Score
Soundtrack album by
Jerry Goldsmith
Released1979
Genre
Length33:37 Original
126:18 Complete Edition
Label20th Century Fox Records Original T-593
Intrada Complete Edition
ProducerJerry Goldsmith
Alien soundtrack chronology
Alien
(1979) 		Aliens
(1987)
Alternative cover
Cover of the Intrada Complete Edition
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Soundtrack.net
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Alien: Original Motion Picture Score came out in 1979 and achieved critical acclaim, being released commercially in multiple forms during the following decades. The iconic, avant-garde score to the film Alien was composed by Jerry Goldsmith and is considered by some to be one of his best, most visceral scores.[5] Rather than focusing on themes, Goldsmith creates a bleak and dissonant soundscape that fits the film's dark and intense atmosphere, with only a few "romantic" cues.[6][7]

Background

The music was performed by the

Freud (which were that film's Main Title, as well as the tracks Charcot's Show and Desperate Case[8]), and the first movement (adagio) from Howard Hanson's 1930 "Symphony No. 2, Romantic" for the film's end credits.[9]

The complete intended score was first released as an isolated track on a 1999 20th Anniversary DVD edition on

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (it has subsequently appeared on budget DVD and Blu-ray releases of the film). On November 15, 2007, Intrada Records
released this same intended score with additional alternate score tracks and the original LP program in a 2-CD set. This release is the first to publish Jerry Goldsmith's complete score remixed and remastered from the original 1" master tapes.

Track listing

Original track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Main Title"3:30
2."The Face Hugger"2:32
3."Breakaway"7:34
4."Acid Test"4:35
5."The Landing"4:29
6."The Droid"4:40
7."The Recovery"2:44
8."The Alien Planet"2:28
9."The Shaft"3:57
10."End Title"3:02

Complete edition track listing

Disc 1
  1. "Main Title" (4:12)
  2. "Hyper Sleep" (2:46)
  3. "The Landing" (4:31)
  4. "The Terrain" (2:21)
  5. "The Craft" (1:00)
  6. "The Passage" (1:49)
  7. "The Skeleton" (2:30)
  8. "A New Face" (2:35)
  9. "Hanging On" (3:39)
  10. "The Lab" (1:05)
  11. "Drop Out" (0:57)
  12. "Nothing To Say" (1:52)
  13. "Cat Nip" (1:01)
  14. "Here Kitty" (2:08)
  15. "The Shaft" (4:31)
  16. "It's A Droid" (3:28)
  17. "Parker's Death" (1:51)
  18. "The Eggs" (2:24)
  19. "Sleepy Alien" (1:04)
  20. "To Sleep" (1:56)
  21. "The Cupboard" (3:05)
  22. "Out The Door" (3:13)
  23. "End Title" (3:09)
  24. "Main Title" (Rescored Alternate) (4:11)
  25. "Hyper Sleep" (Rescored Alternate) (2:45)
  26. "The Terrain" (Rescored Alternate) (0:58)
  27. "The Skeleton" (Rescored Alternate) (2:31)
  28. "Hanging On" (Rescored Alternate) (3:08)
  29. "The Cupboard" (Rescored Alternate) (3:12)
  30. "Out The Door" (Rescored Alternate) (3:02)
Disc 2
  1. "Main Title" (3:37)
  2. "The Face Hugger" (2:36)
  3. "Breakaway" (3:03)
  4. "Acid Test" (4:40)
  5. "The Landing" (4:31)
  6. "The Droid" (4:44)
  7. "The Recovery" (2:50)
  8. "The Alien Planet" (2:30)
  9. "The Shaft" (4:01)
  10. "End Title" (3:09)
  11. "Main Title" (film version) (bonus) (3:44)
  12. "The Skeleton" (alternate take) (bonus) (2:34)
  13. "The Passage" (demonstration excerpt) (bonus) (1:54)
  14. "Hanging On" (demonstration excerpt) (bonus) (1:08)
  15. "Parker's Death" (demonstration excerpt) (bonus) (1:07)
  16. "It's A Droid" (unused inserts) (bonus) (1:27)
  17. "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" (source) (bonus) (1:49)

Credits

credits for the original edition by 20th Century Fox Records[10]

  • Conductor – Lionel Newman
  • Engineer [Mixing Engineer] – Eric Tomlinson
  • Orchestra – The National Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Orchestrated By – Arthur Morton
  • Producer, Composed By – Jerry Goldsmith
  • Remix, Edited by – Len Engel

References

  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ Filmtracks review
  3. ^ "Soundtrack-express review". Archived from the original on 2008-02-23. Retrieved 2008-03-13.
  4. ^ Soundtrack.net
  5. ^ "Alien - Jerry Goldsmith". Archived from the original on 2008-02-23. Retrieved 2008-03-13.
  6. ^ A L I E N by Jerry Goldsmith
  7. ^ "Alien - Jerry Goldsmith". Archived from the original on 2008-02-23. Retrieved 2008-03-13.
  8. Varèse Sarabande Records and USI B Music Publishing
    (BMI)
  9. ^ "Great American composers".
  10. ^ Jerry Goldsmith: Alien (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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