Alien 3: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Soundtrack]

Alien (Related Recordings), Elliot Goldenthal | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 9, 1992)
• Original Release Date: June 9, 1992
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Mca
• ASIN: B000002OLB
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #85,332 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Agnus Dei

2. Bait & Chase

3. The Beast Within

4. Lento

5. Candles In The Wind

6. Wreckage And Rape

7. The First Attack

8. Lullaby Elegy

9. Death Dance

10. Visit To The Wreckage

11. Explosion And Aftermath

12. The Dragon

13. The Entrapment

14. Adagio

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Epic, February 4, 2001

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"delnaja" (Gothenburg, Sweden) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Alien 3: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

One of the first things that struck me when seeing Alien 3 was the music. It is quite scary and melancholic, and catches the mood of the film perfectly.

If you haven't seen the movie yet, I suggest you do that first. Then buy this record. Otherwise you probably won't understand and appreciate it fully. Also, in my point of view, this is a whole-record experience. Just grabbing a single song and listening to it might not give you as much as listening to the whole CD. Not in the beginning, anyway.

All tracks are great, but the standouts are the ones with strange names (latin?), Agnus Dei, Lento and Adagio. Also, check out Lullaby Elegy, The Dragon and The Entrapment (The Dragon just might give you a hard time sleeping, so I advice you not to listen to it at night... or do that, whatever your pleasure ;-). My absolute favorite, however, is the grand finale Adagio, a majestic piece that will bring tears to your eyes and make you appreciate life on earth.

A truly worthy soundtrack to an excellent film. Don't miss it!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The music and the film work with each other extremely well, April 24, 2004

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esca (Sydney) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Alien 3: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

This soundtrack is one of my earliest collections of film music. The Adagio is certainly my favourite. I was really amazed by how well the music fitted into the film. The ascending 3-note theme (l-t-d') is simple while working extraordinarily well to portrait the tragic ending. When Ripley was diving down to the liquid metal, the baby alien queen burst out from her belly. Music turns to very dissonant at that point but then, looking at Ripley's face, she looked like a mother giving birth to her daugther( She asked Bishop whether she could have children later if she let him to take the alien away from her body). The high string sound suddenly gives me an impression of a mother.......Ripley must wish it would have been a human baby coming out from her body...i guess..........when she disappeared in the fire pool, which meant the destruction of both herself and the alien, the 3-note theme turns to its retrograde form (d'-t-l), resolving to the tonic. Finally, after the climatic resolution, the soft coda leaves the scence in peace.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You either love it or you hate it. . ., June 24, 2001

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Josh (Wyoming) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Alien 3: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

. . .but Elliot Goldenthal's score to Alien 3 is undeniably harsh, frightening, and one of the most unique scores ever to be composed! The action cues still frighten me and chill my bones each time I listen to them, and the calm interludes of soft, flowing melodies are still, in their own special way, chilling and foreboding. If you're a fan of Elliot Goldenthal's music, like me, then buy this score! You won't be left disappointed! Otherwise, make sure you preview this score before you buy it. It's very different, and not a score that everyone will enjoy. But it is one that Goldenthal fans will continue to be scared by forever.