Alien (1979 film score)

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film score soundtrack album

Alien (1979 film score) is Jerry Goldsmith’s atmospheric and suspenseful orchestral soundtrack for Ridley Scott’s science-fiction horror film Alien, renowned for its eerie textures and tension-building themes.

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Alien (1979 film score) canonical 2
Alien (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 1
Alien (score) 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf film score ⓘ
soundtrack album ⓘ
associatedAct Jerry Goldsmith ⓘ
basedOn Alien (1979 film) narrative and imagery ⓘ
composer Jerry Goldsmith ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception acclaimed for its originality ⓘ
praised for enhancing the film’s tension ⓘ
filmDirectorOfRelatedWork Ridley Scott ⓘ
forWork Alien (1979 film) ⓘ
genre film score ⓘ
horror film score ⓘ
orchestral music ⓘ
science fiction film score ⓘ
hasComposerRole Jerry Goldsmith ⓘ
hasMood claustrophobic ⓘ
foreboding ⓘ
ominous ⓘ
hasTypeOfInstrumentation brass ⓘ
electronic effects ⓘ
percussion ⓘ
strings ⓘ
woodwinds ⓘ
influenced later science-fiction horror film scores ⓘ
language instrumental ⓘ
medium orchestra ⓘ
musicForCharacter Ellen Ripley ⓘ
musicForElement Nostromo spaceship atmosphere ⓘ
Xenomorph ⓘ
surface form: the alien creature (xenomorph)
notableFor atmospheric sound design ⓘ
eerie textures ⓘ
suspenseful orchestration ⓘ
tension-building themes ⓘ
originalReleaseYear 1979 ⓘ
partOfFranchise Alien franchise ⓘ
primaryFunction enhance science-fiction atmosphere ⓘ
underscore suspense and horror ⓘ
relatedWork Alien (1979 film score) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Alien (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
settingDepicted deep space ⓘ
spaceship Nostromo ⓘ
style atonal passages ⓘ
avant-garde elements ⓘ
minimalist suspense writing ⓘ
usedIn Alien (1979 film) ⓘ
workPeriod late 1970s ⓘ

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Jerry Goldsmith → notableWork → Alien (1979 film score) ⓘ
Goldsmith → notableWork → Alien (1979 film score) ⓘ
subject surface form: Jerry Goldsmith
this entity surface form: Alien (score)
Alien (1979 film score) → relatedWork → Alien (1979 film score) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alien (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Jerrald → notableWork → Alien (1979 film score) ⓘ
subject surface form: Jerrald Goldsmith