Alien 3 (soundtrack)

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Alien 3: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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Soundtrack album by
Elliot Goldenthal
ReleasedJune 9, 1992
RecordedApril–May 1992
Genre Classical, avant-garde, modernist, musique concrète, electronic
Length47:58
Label MCA
MCA MCAD-10629
Producer Matthias Gohl
Elliot Goldenthal chronology
Pet Sematary
(1989)		Alien 3: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(1992)		 Demolition Man
(1993)
Alien soundtrack chronology
Aliens
(1987)		Alien 3
(1992)		 Alien Resurrection
(1997)

The avant-garde Alien 3: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 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]

Contents

The score

Goldenthal cites the score as one of his six stand-out soundtracks. [2] While 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. [3] [4]

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

In 2007 the UK dubstep artist Burial sampled the soundtrack in the first track of his album Untrue. [5]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Movie-wave.net said that most of the cues are quite "dissonant" and "bleak" for a casual movie score listener. [8] AllMusic described it as "...mandatory for all serious enthusiasts of film music." [1] [9]

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

2018 Special Edition Track Listing

CD 1 The FILM SCORE

  1. "20th Century Fox Trademark (Alien Version) / Main Title" - 4:53
  2. "Status Reports" - 2:59
  3. "The Survivor Is a Woman" - 1:59
  4. "The Wreckage" - 2:08
  5. "Lullaby Elegy (Extended Version) " - 5:28
  6. "The Cremation" - 4:04
  7. "Chow Down With the Boys" - 2:28
  8. "How Do You Like Your New Haircut? " - 1:46
  9. "The First Attack (Film Version) " - 1:18
  10. "Appreciative of Your Affections" - 1:45
  11. "That’s His Boot" - 2:29
  12. "A Mark, A Burn" - 0:57
  13. "Wreckage and Rape" - 2:43
  14. "Candles in the Wind" - 3:24
  15. "Bishop Turned On" - 2:29
  16. "You’re Going to Die Too" - 2:01
  17. "It’s a Long Sad Story / Clemens Dies" - 4:21
  18. "Andrews’ Sting / What Are We Going to Do? " - 4:53
  19. "Explosion and Aftermath (Extended Version) " - 3:13
  20. "I Have to Get to the Ship" - 4:17
  21. "In the Basement" - 1:33
  22. "Alien’s Lair" - 3:33
  23. "The Beast Within" - 3:12
  24. "Visit to the Wreckage" - 2:05
  25. "Bait and Chase (Extended Version) " - 4:56

CD 2 THE FILM SCORE (Continued)

  1. "It’s Started" - 3:36
  2. "More Bait and Chase" - 2:21
  3. "Trap the Alien / Dillon’s Deliverance" - 2:04
  4. "Gotcha / Hello, I Must Be Going" - 2:29
  5. "Adagio" - 4:18

ALTERNATES

  1. "The Cremation (Alternate) " - 4:34
  2. "You Can Still Have a Life (Alternate) " - 4:04
  3. "20th Century Fox Trademarks / Alien Version" - 1:15

The Original 1992 MCA Album (remastered)

  1. "Agnus Dei" - 4:29
  2. "Bait and Chase" - 4:42
  3. "The Beast Within" - 3:10
  4. "Lento" - 5:49
  5. "Candles in the Wind" - 3:21
  6. "Wreckage and Rape" - 2:44
  7. "The First Attack" - 4:20
  8. "Lullaby Elegy" - 3:41
  9. "Death Dance" - 2:17
  10. "Visit to the Wreckage" - 2:04
  11. "Explosion and Aftermath" - 2:21
  12. "The Dragon" - 3:07
  13. "The Entrapment" - 3:42
  14. "Adagio" - 4:16

[10]

Crew/Credit

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References

  1. 1 2 Goldenthal: Alien 3
  2. ↑ Filmtracks: Elliot Goldenthal
  3. ↑ Vincent Ward, David Giler, Ezra Swerdlow, Sigourney Weaver, Paul McGann, Alec Gillis (2010). Wreckage and Rage: Making Alien 3 (Blu-ray). 20th Century Fox.
  4. ↑ Entrevista a Elliot Goldenthal, compositor de Alien³ (Español/English)- Universo Alien on YouTube
  5. ↑ "Untrue by Burial: Album Samples, Covers and Remixes". WhoSampled .
  6. ↑ Alien 3 at AllMusic
  7. ↑ (13 August 2006). Alien³ soundtrack review, Filmtracks.
  8. 1 2 Southall, James (2006). ALIEN 3: Wildly experimental music is a hard slog, but worth it, Movie-wave.net.
  9. ↑ "Alien 3 - Elliot Goldenthal". Archived from the original on 2007-10-15. Retrieved 2008-01-30.
  10. ↑ "Alien 3: Limited Edition (2-Cd Set)".
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