Alien 3 (soundtrack)

Alien³
Soundtrack album by Elliot Goldenthal
Released June 9th, 1992
Genre Classical, avant-garde, modernist, musique concrète, electronic
Length 47:58
Label MCA
MCA MCAD-10629
Producer Matthias Gohl
Elliot Goldenthal chronology
Pet Sematary
(1989)		 Alien³
(1992)		 Demolition Man
(1993)
Alien film series soundtrack chronology
Aliens
(1987)		 Alien³
(1992)		 Alien: Resurrection
(1997)

The avant-garde Alien³ score was written for the motion picture of the same name. Scored by Elliot Goldenthal, it was his first big mainstream score; he described it as an experiment and spent a whole year creating it.[1]

The score

Goldenthal cites the score as one of his six stand-out soundtracks.[2] Whilst creating the score in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles riots of 1992 were going on and he has noted that the wild and tempestuous atmosphere in the city was an influence on the score's dark and visceral sound.

In 1995, the Industrial band Front Line Assembly sampled the cue "Agnus Dei" on the track "Infra Red Combat" from the album Hard Wired.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Filmtracks[4]
Movie-wave.net[5]

Movie-wave.net said that most of the cues are quite "dissonant" and "bleak" for a casual movie score listener.[5] AllMusic described it as "...mandatory for all serious enthusiasts of film music."[1][6]

Track listing

  1. "Agnus Dei" – 4:29
  2. "Bait and Chase" – 4:42
  3. "The Beast Within" – 3:09
  4. "Lento" – 5:48
  5. "Candles in the Wind" – 3:20
  6. "Wreckage and Rape" – 2:43
  7. "The First Attack" – 4:19
  8. "Lullaby Elegy" – 3:41
  9. "Death Dance" – 2:18
  10. "Visit to the Wreckage" – 2:04
  11. "Explosion and Aftermath" – 2:21
  12. "The Dragon" – 3:08
  13. "The Entrapment" – 3:42
  14. "Adagio" – 4:14

Audio
"Agnus Dei"
Sample of "Agnus Dei" from the album Alien³.
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The menacing cue that comes with the opening sequence of the Sulaco being evacuated by the on-board computer because of the alien presence and fire. This sample is taken from the part where the escape pod is hurtling through the planet's atmosphere.
"Explosion And Aftermath"
Sample of "Explosion And Aftermath" from the album Alien³.
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Cue of the failed attempt to capture the alien.
"The Entrapment"
Sample of "The Entrapment" from the album Alien³.
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Cue from the scene where the sprinkler system is activated to destroy the alien.
"Adagio"
Sample of "Adagio" from the album Alien³.
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The cue from the scene where Ripley commits suicide in the blast furnace.

Crew/Credit

References

  1. 1 2 Goldenthal: Alien 3
  2. ↑ Filmtracks: Elliot Goldenthal
  3. ↑ Alien 3 (soundtrack) at AllMusic
  4. ↑ (13 August 2006). Alien³ soundtrack review, Filmtracks.
  5. 1 2 Southall, James (2006). ALIEN 3: Wildly experimental music is a hard slog, but worth it, Movie-wave.net.
  6. ↑ Alien 3 - Elliot Goldenthal

External links

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