Alien 3 (soundtrack)

Infobox Album |
Artist = Elliot Goldenthal
Name = Alien 3
Type = Soundtrack


Released = June 9th, 1992
Genre = Classical
Avante garde
Modernist
Electronic
Progressive
Length = 47:58
Label = MCA
"MCA MCAD-10629"
Producer = Matthias Gohl
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:a9fixq9gldhe link]
* Movie-wave.net Rating|4|5 [http://www.movie-wave.net/titles/alien3.html link]
* Musicfromthemovies Rating|5|5 [http://www.musicfromthemovies.com/review.asp?ID=291 link]
* Soundtrack-express Rating|4|5 [http://www.soundtrack-express.com/osts/alien3.htm link]
Last album = "Pet Sematary" (1989)
This album = "Alien³"
(1992)
Next album = "Demolition Man" (1993)
Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist = "Alien" film series soundtrack
Type = soundtrack
Last album = "Aliens"
(1987)
This album = "Alien³"
(1992)
Next album = "Alien Resurrection"
(1997)

The avante garde Alien 3 score 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. [ [http://www.movie-wave.net/titles/alien3.html Goldenthal: Alien 3 ] ]

The score

Goldenthal's work for Alien³ is widely considered one of his most intensely inventive, visceral, influential works and indeed, by many listeners, to be his best; [ [http://www.musicfromthemovies.com/review.asp?ID=291 Alien 3 - Music from the Movies ] ] Goldenthal himself cites the score as one of his stand-out soundtracks. [ [http://www.filmtracks.com/composers/goldenthal.shtml Filmtracks: Elliot Goldenthal ] ]

Whilst creating the score in Los Angeles the LA Riots of 1992 were going on and he has noted that the wild and tempestuous atmosphere in the city at that time was an influence on the scores dark and visceral sound.

Even though the score is generally considered a magnum opus it is also considered to be the case that most of the cues are quite "dissonant" and "bleak" for a casual movie score listener and, more, one for the aficionado; the All Music Guide described it as "...mandatory for all serious enthusiasts of film music." [ [http://www.soundtrack-express.com/osts/alien3.htm Alien 3 - Elliot Goldenthal ] ] [ [http://www.movie-wave.net/titles/alien3.html Goldenthal: Alien 3 ] ]

Track listing

#"Agnus Dei" – 4:29
#*Boy Soprano: Nick Nackley
#"Bait and Chase" – 4:42
#"The Beast Within" – 3:09
#"Lento" – 5:48
#"Candles in the Wind" – 3:20
#"Wreckage and Rape" – 2:43
#"The First Attack" – 4:19
#"Lullaby Elegy" – 3:41
#"Death Dance" – 2:18
#"Visit to the Wreckage" – 2:04
#"Explosion and Aftermath" – 2:21
#"The Dragon" – 3:08
#"The Entrapment" – 3:42
#"Adagio" – 4:14

Audio

Listen|filename=Elliot Goldenthal - Alien III - Agnus Dei.ogg|title="Agnus Dei"|description=Sample of "Agnus Dei" from the album "Alien³".|format=Ogg "The atmospheric, menacing cue that comes with the opening sequence of the Sulaco being evacuated by the on-board computer because of the alien presence and fire. This sample is taken from the part where the escape pod is hurtling through the planet's atmosphere."Listen|filename=Elliot Goldenthal - Alien III - Explosion And Aftermath.ogg|title="Explosion And Aftermath"|description=Sample of "Explosion And Aftermath" from the album "Alien³".|format=Ogg "Cue of the failed attempt to capture the alien; in the track we hear his epic use of horns; it shows his unique time signatures."Listen|filename=Elliot Goldenthal - Alien III - The Entrapment.ogg|title="The Entrapment"|description=Sample of "The Entrapment" from the album "Alien³".|format=Ogg "Cue from the scene where the sprinkler system is activated to destroy the alien; here Goldenthal's complex string arrangements are exemplified strongly."Listen|filename=Elliot Goldenthal - Alien III - Adagio.ogg|title="Adagio"|description=Sample of "Adagio" from the album "Alien³".|format=Ogg "The cue from the scene where Ripley commits suicide in the blast furnace; here Goldenthal's epic, anthemic crescendo makes it one of the standout tracks on the score."

Crew/Credit

*Music Composed and Orchestrated by Elliot Goldenthal
*Music Produced by Matthias Gohl
*Conducted by Jonathan Sheffer
*Additional Orchestrations by Robert Elhai
*Synthesizer Programming by Richard Martinez
*Music Mixed by Joel Iwataki at The Enterprise Studios
*Electronic Music Recorded at The Enterprise Studios, The Village Recorders, Los Angeles, and Eastside Sound, New York
*Orchestral Music Recorded by Tim Boyle at Twentieth Century Fox
*Boy Soprano Soloist on "Agnus Dei": Nick Nackley

References

External links

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* [http://www.musicfromthemovies.com/review.asp?ID=291 A review]
* [http://www.soundtrack-express.com/osts/alien3.htm Another review]