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For fans of Jerry Goldsmith's score for Ridley Scott 1978 movie Alien, this two-disc Intrada set is the ultimate fantasy. Everything is here and then some. Disc 1 contains Goldsmith's entire score as he originally intended it with every cue in place, including those that were later cut from the film plus his recomposed versions of cues the director made him change (Goldsmith's original main theme, for example, appears without its signature heroic trumpet melody because the director thought it wasn't creepy enough). Disc 2 includes the original soundtrack as issued on LP plus six other bonus tracks of demonstration takes and even the brief except from Eine kleine Nachtmusik used in the film. The stereo sound here is fabulous, the performances definitive, and the liner notes exhaustive. And the score, like the film, is a classic of its genre. With its mixture of the ecstatic chromaticism of Scriabin, the skittering strings of Penderecki, the harmonic waves of Ligeti, and the atmospheric percussion of Herrmann, Goldsmith's score became a template for all subsequent science fiction/horror movies. But as this splendid release so amply shows, the original still can't be beat.
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Jerry Goldsmith, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Lionel Newman, Conductor
℗ 1979 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jerry Goldsmith, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Lionel Newman, Conductor
℗ 1979 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jerry Goldsmith, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Lionel Newman, Conductor
℗ 1979 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jerry Goldsmith, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Lionel Newman, Conductor
℗ 1979 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jerry Goldsmith, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Lionel Newman, Conductor
℗ 1979 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jerry Goldsmith, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Lionel Newman, Conductor
℗ 1979 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jerry Goldsmith, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Lionel Newman, Conductor
℗ 1979 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jerry Goldsmith, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Lionel Newman, Conductor
℗ 1979 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jerry Goldsmith, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Lionel Newman, Conductor
℗ 1979 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jerry Goldsmith, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Lionel Newman, Conductor
℗ 1979 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
For fans of Jerry Goldsmith's score for Ridley Scott 1978 movie Alien, this two-disc Intrada set is the ultimate fantasy. Everything is here and then some. Disc 1 contains Goldsmith's entire score as he originally intended it with every cue in place, including those that were later cut from the film plus his recomposed versions of cues the director made him change (Goldsmith's original main theme, for example, appears without its signature heroic trumpet melody because the director thought it wasn't creepy enough). Disc 2 includes the original soundtrack as issued on LP plus six other bonus tracks of demonstration takes and even the brief except from Eine kleine Nachtmusik used in the film. The stereo sound here is fabulous, the performances definitive, and the liner notes exhaustive. And the score, like the film, is a classic of its genre. With its mixture of the ecstatic chromaticism of Scriabin, the skittering strings of Penderecki, the harmonic waves of Ligeti, and the atmospheric percussion of Herrmann, Goldsmith's score became a template for all subsequent science fiction/horror movies. But as this splendid release so amply shows, the original still can't be beat.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:36:41
- Main artists: Jerry Goldsmith
- Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
- Label: Island Def Jam
- Genre: Soundtracks Film Soundtracks
© 2007 The Island Def Jam Music Group ℗ 2007 The Island Def Jam Music Group
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