crumbs 14,301 Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 How's about some discussion on the Alien3 score? I personally find it one of the most engrossing, frightening and apocolyptic atonal scores of the 90s. It's so atmospheric and disturbing, even if a little loud and noisy. Adagio is definitely a highlight, but some other cues have their moments. Wreckage & Rape and Agnus Dei introduce some strong thematic ideas that are never properly fleshed out, but the score adds sigifnicantly to the tight atmosphere of this underrated and now newly appreciated film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 The music outscared the film and tried to manoeuvre you into thinking that what you are watching is very frightening. It's like adding a laugh track to a comedy. They have decided where you should laugh. In Alien3 the music decided where you should be scared. The new public likes to be spoonfed, so it is only natural that Alien3 is being rediscovered.Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,301 Posted May 31, 2006 Author Share Posted May 31, 2006 Ouch! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 Alex is wrong!Music! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 It's not bad. It certainly beats John Frizzell's Alien: Resurrection score, but it's no match for Goldsmith and Horner's works. Especially Goldsmith's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Coscina 3 Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 I don't think Alien3 meant to push the scare button but more to mirror the atmposphere of the planet and the savagery of the alien. Goldenthal brought together styles of Xenakis, Varese, Crumb, and married them to more tonal emotive passages inspired by Bruckner and Wagner. Personally, I think Alien3 is one great symphonic tone poem of dread and humanity. It certainly did a better job of illustrating the narrative than Fincher's clunky direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 390 Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 Definately music, and quite good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 Music and it's very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisAfonso 186 Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 Music.I also happen to like Frizzell's "resurrection" score quite a lot, although not everything of the score can sustain the same excitement. Frizzell should get more scoring assignments, I find his style very interesting. (Beavis and Butthead do America is hilarious ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 it's no match for Goldsmith and Horner's works. Especially Goldsmith's.For once, I actually prefer James Horners action packed score over Goldsmith's quieter suspense effort. The LSO's percussion deserves a special mention as it is absolutely top-notch in Aliens. Oh and I think it was the first time I'd heard Horner's clanging metal fetish, though it suits this particular film superbly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futuremartymcfly 0 Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 Just wondering, but what exactly is it that Horner is clanging during his action sequences? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 Metal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futuremartymcfly 0 Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 Yes... but what kind of insturement or object is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,625 Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 I'll say noise.K.m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,174 Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 Not easy music. But great music. Just wondering, but what exactly is it that Horner is clanging during his action sequences?Anvils, often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ymenard 54 Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 It's a rare case of true 20th Century contemporary/avant-garde classical music in film. There's so few of them (Corigliano, etc...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 57 Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 And it was Elliot Goldenthal's breakthrough movie. He got seriously recognised after this movie. I enjoy his score. Pity some of it is found in later Goldenthal scores like A TIME TO KILL.So for me...it's Music. To hear Metal...beat two crowbars together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrygollay 0 Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 Yes... but what kind of insturement or object is it?The instrument is an ANVIL ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,174 Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 Pity some of it is found in later Goldenthal scores like A TIME TO KILL.Well, parts of Goldenthal's style is that you always get bits and pieces that clearly remind you of his earlier works. There's traces of Interview with the Vampire in most of his later scores, for example... and Alien³ is one of the most prominent examples. I don't mind though, he always makes it work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisAfonso 186 Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 It's a rare case of true 20th Century contemporary/avant-garde classical music in film. There's so few of them (Corigliano, etc...)Don't forget Davis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 57 Posted June 2, 2006 Share Posted June 2, 2006 It's a rare case of true 20th Century contemporary/avant-garde classical music in film. There's so few of them (Corigliano, etc...)Don't forget Davis How could one not mention Miles Davis. Bravo Chris! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ymenard 54 Posted June 2, 2006 Share Posted June 2, 2006 errr Don, not Miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 57 Posted June 3, 2006 Share Posted June 3, 2006 errr Don, not Miles.Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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