Prometheus (soundtrack)

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Prometheus: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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ReleasedMay 15, 2012 (iTunes)
June 4, 2012 (Audio CD) (UK)
June 12, 2012 (Audio CD) (US)
Recorded Abbey Road Studios
Genre Soundtrack
Length57:07
Label
Alien soundtrack chronology
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
(2007)
Prometheus: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(2012)
Alien: Covenant
(2017)
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Prometheus: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is an original motion picture soundtrack album for the 2012 science fiction film, Prometheus . Written by German composer Marc Streitenfeld, the soundtrack also features two supplemental pieces by English composer Harry Gregson-Williams, [2] and it was conducted by Ben Foster. [3]

Contents

Development

Marc Streitenfeld is a frequent collaborator with Ridley Scott. [4] The Prometheus project becoming the fifth collaboration between the composer and the director. The score was recorded over one week with a 90-piece orchestra at Abbey Road Studios in London, England, [5] where it was also processed by Scott after the fact. [6] Streitenfeld began coming up with ideas for the score after reading the script prior to the commencement of filming. To create an "unsettling" sound, he provided the orchestra with reversed music sheets to have them play segments of the score backwards, before then digitally reversing it. [5] The track "Friend from the Past" reprises Jerry Goldsmith's original main title from the Alien soundtrack.

Release

The Prometheus soundtrack album was released on iTunes on 15 May 2012 [7] and in audio CD on June 4 in the United Kingdom. [8] It was released in the United States on June 12. [9]

Track listing

All music is by Streitenfeld, with the exception of the two supplemental score tracks by Gregson-Williams as noted. [2]

No.TitleArtistLength
1."A Planet" Marc Streitenfeld 02:36
2."Going In"Marc Streitenfeld02:06
3."Engineers"Marc Streitenfeld02:32
4."Life" Harry Gregson-Williams 02:33
5."Weyland"Marc Streitenfeld02:07
6."Discovery"Marc Streitenfeld02:35
7."Not Human"Marc Streitenfeld01:51
8."Too Close"Marc Streitenfeld03:23
9."Try Harder"Marc Streitenfeld02:04
10."David"Marc Streitenfeld03:02
11."Hammerpede"Marc Streitenfeld02:46
12."We Were Right"Harry Gregson-Williams02:45
13."Earth"Marc Streitenfeld02:38
14."Infected"Marc Streitenfeld01:59
15."Hyper Sleep"Marc Streitenfeld02:03
16."Small Beginnings"Marc Streitenfeld02:14
17."Hello Mommy"Marc Streitenfeld02:06
18."Friend from the Past"Marc Streitenfeld01:16
19."Dazed"Marc Streitenfeld04:32
20."Space Jockey"Marc Streitenfeld01:32
21."Collision"Marc Streitenfeld03:08
22."Debris"Marc Streitenfeld00:47
23."Planting the Seed"Marc Streitenfeld01:38
24."Invitation"Marc Streitenfeld02:18
25."Birth"Marc Streitenfeld01:26
Total length:57:07

Selected credits

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