Taikomochi 1,144 Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Of all six movies featuring aliens, which score was your favorite?-Alien-Aliens-Alien3-Alien : Resurrection-Alien VS. Predator-Alien VS. Predator 2(unfortunately)To me, it's close between Alien3 and Aliens. I really liked "The Entrapment", but i gotta say, Horner's score is just superior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indiana_Fett 0 Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Aliens for me. I like to play 'Ripley's Rescue' when I'm out for a drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taikomochi 1,144 Posted January 12, 2008 Author Share Posted January 12, 2008 I like that track particularly. Also, in my opinion, "Going After Newt" is great! That's why i wanted the soundtrack in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Alien, easily, followed by Aliens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Do i even need to say it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldsmithFanatic2000+ 0 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Alien, easily, followed by Aliens.Ditto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixers 0 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Alien with "Parker and Lambert's Demise" being my favorite cue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,240 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Alien of course. Hard to decide the 2nd best - Goldenthal's is probably quite a bit "better" than Horner's, but Horner's *is* a lot of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Andrade 1,267 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Alien and Alien3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,069 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Alien followed by Alien 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Aliens.Alien, for me, is too much ambient sound rather than score. It works amazingly in the film, but I just can't listen to it aside and enjoy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,240 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Actually, it works surprisingly well in the film considering all that happened to it, but it can't be judged that way - because most of the great music didn't even appear in the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,070 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Alien ----- Big GapAlien 3----------Massive, Epic Proportions Gap Aliens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 1. Alien2. Aliens3. Alien³4. Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem5. Alien vs. Predator6. Alien: Resurrection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,276 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Alien is a masterful score, hands down.Alien 3 is pretty unique, and I'm always very fond of Goldenthal.Aliens is Horner doing his thing, not really original, but still fun.But Alien is the best, followed by Alien 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Aliens, closely followed by Alien which is almost as good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Holdo 16 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Alien3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neimoidian 14 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Alien and Alien3.My pick too. I can't really say which is better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Both are "Gold". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Smithenthal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taikomochi 1,144 Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 Although, had i asked "Which score do you think is matched up with the movie best" that Alien3 might not be in so many answers. Even Goldenthal freely admits they weren't put together right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Both Alien and Aliens had their scores butchered without pity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Although, had i asked "Which score do you think is matched up with the movie best" that Alien3 might not be in so many answers. Even Goldenthal freely admits they weren't put together right.Same with the first two. Alien movies have a string of bad luck in regards to the marriage of editing and music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,240 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Although, had i asked "Which score do you think is matched up with the movie best" that Alien3 might not be in so many answers. Even Goldenthal freely admits they weren't put together right.And still it works magnificently. As does the movie, I keep saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,070 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 I agree with Schedenig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taikomochi 1,144 Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 Although, had i asked "Which score do you think is matched up with the movie best" that Alien3 might not be in so many answers. Even Goldenthal freely admits they weren't put together right.And still it works magnificently. As does the movie, I keep saying.Perhaps. I think one place the butchering worked in 3 was "The Entrapment" scene. That wierd horn-type sound they added added a dramatic feel i enjoyed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixie_twinkle 48 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Alien, the original. It's a wonderfully creepy score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vmw331 2 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I got a three-way tie between Alien, Aliens, and Alien 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Since I know very little of the Alien score I'll gladly vote for Aliens. Probably my favourite militaristic score along with Predator. The LSO's untouchable brass and percussion in Aliens just blows me away every time.I'm uncertain on this, but wasn't there a reference to Goldmith's Alien towards the end of Aliens? The bit where the Alien queen appears in the lift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Horner ripps of one of Goldsmith's themes from Alien, though he did do something differnt with it. Not sure about that particular moment, but I believe music from Alien was actually tracked into Alien.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Yes, tracked is probably the better the description. I seem to remember my ears perking up at the sudden and familar sound of it. Baring in mind that I'm not entirely sure of its timing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,069 Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Goldsmith's music is tracked into the scene where the Queen is coming out of the elevator just before Bishop picks them up.Horner did "borrow" Goldsmith's Capricorn One theme, used during the first half of "Futile Escape". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrygollay 0 Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Alien and Alien 3, Aliens sounds to me as a "pot-pourri" of earlier Horner's score with his famous but over used Klingons theme he toke from a portion of OUTLAND main theme ... Alien ressurection was fun to have "the temple of doom" again ( the percussions , ahahaha ) ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Goldsmith's music is tracked into the scene where the Queen is coming out of the elevator just before Bishop picks them up.Wasn't some of that Goldsmith music not even used in Alien?To make things even more crazy, one of the unused cues from Aliens eventually ended up in... Die Hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 58 Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 For me, it's..AliensAlienAlien cubedAVP:RThe less said about the other scores, the better.Yeah, the Resolution part of "Resolution and Hyperspace" of the Aliens score was used very effectively when foul-mouthed John McClane and his gun-totting cop friend Al Powell blow away the Karl the bad guy at the end of Die Hard movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 It contrasts quite a bit with Kamen's score, though.I've liked its use in the film less and less because of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,069 Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Wasn't some of that Goldsmith music not even used in Alien?Yes.To make things even more crazy, one of the unused cues from Aliens eventually ended up in... Die Hard. And just before that cue they also tracked in music from John Scott's Man On Fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maglorfin 196 Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Definitely Aliens. Amazing job by the LSO and Eric Tomlinson. I can listen to this CD all day. One of my all-time fav soundtracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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