Alien: Complete Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

~ Release by Jerry Goldsmith, Lionel Newman & The National Philharmonic Orchestra (see all versions of this release, 11 available)

Annotation

Two disc Complete Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Disc 1

Tracks 1-23 are The Complete Original Score
Tracks 24-30 contain The Rescored Alternate Cues

Suboptimal Credits

  • Recorded February 20-23, 27 and March 1, 1979 at Anvil Film and Recording Group, Inc., Denham, Bucks, England
  • Executive Producers for Intrada: Douglass Fake and Roger Feigelson
  • Originally released on LP as 20th Century Fox Records T-593
  • Soundtrack Executive for Twentieth Century Fox: Tom Cavanaugh
  • Multi-track transfers by DJ Audio, Studio City, CA
  • Restoration, Mixing and Assembly by Mike Matessino
  • CD Mastered by Douglass Fake at Intrada, Oakland, CA
  • Album Art Direction by Joe Sikoryak, www.designWELL.com
  • Motion Picture Title, Artwork and Photos ©1979 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, All Rights Reserved
  • Additional images courtesy BOB BURNS and PHOTOFEST/JAGARTS
  • Special Thanks to: Ron Fuglsby, Schawn Belston, Ted Spellman, Jon Burlingame, Roger Hunt; Mary Ann Fake, George Champagne, Jeff Johnson, Mark Hammon, and Wendy Kupsaw.

Disc 2

Tracks 1-10 are The Original 1979 Soundtrack Album
Tracks 11-17 contain Bonus Tracks

Suboptimal Credits

  • Recorded February 20-23, 27 and March 1, 1979 at Anvil Film and Recording Group, Inc., Denham, Bucks, England
  • Executive Producers for Intrada: Douglass Fake and Roger Feigelson
  • Originally released on LP as 20th Century Fox Records T-593
  • Soundtrack Executive for Twentieth Century Fox: Tom Cavanaugh
  • Multi-track transfers by DJ Audio, Studio City, CA
  • Restoration, Mixing and Assembly by Mike Matessino
  • CD Mastered by Douglass Fake at Intrada, Oakland, CA
  • Album Art Direction by Joe Sikoryak, www.designWELL.com
  • Motion Picture Title, Artwork and Photos ©1979 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, All Rights Reserved
  • Additional images courtesy BOB BURNS and PHOTOFEST/JAGARTS
  • Special Thanks to: Ron Fuglsby, Schawn Belston, Ted Spellman, Jon Burlingame, Roger Hunt; Mary Ann Fake, George Champagne, Jeff Johnson, Mark Hammon, and Wendy Kupsaw.
Annotation last modified on 2023-01-09 20:47 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: The Complete Original Score
2▼CD: The Original 1979 Soundtrack Album
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Main Title
additional recording engineer:
Alan Snelling
recording engineer:
Eric A. Tomlinson (British recording engineer)
editor:
Bob Hathaway
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Lionel Newman
recording of:
Main Title (Alien)
orchestrator:
Arthur Morton
composer:
Jerry Goldsmith (American score composer)
publisher:
Fox Fanfare Music Inc.
Jerry Goldsmith3:37
2The Face Hugger
additional recording engineer:
Alan Snelling
recording engineer:
Eric A. Tomlinson (British recording engineer)
editor:
Bob Hathaway
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Lionel Newman
recording of:
The Face Hugger
orchestrator:
Arthur Morton
composer:
Jerry Goldsmith (American score composer)
Jerry Goldsmith2:36
3Breakaway
additional recording engineer:
Alan Snelling
recording engineer:
Eric A. Tomlinson (British recording engineer)
editor:
Bob Hathaway
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Lionel Newman
recording of:
Breakaway
orchestrator:
Arthur Morton
composer:
Jerry Goldsmith (American score composer)
Jerry Goldsmith3:03
4Acid Test
additional recording engineer:
Alan Snelling
recording engineer:
Eric A. Tomlinson (British recording engineer)
editor:
Bob Hathaway
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Lionel Newman
recording of:
Acid Test
orchestrator:
Arthur Morton
composer:
Jerry Goldsmith (American score composer)
Jerry Goldsmith4:40
5The Landing
additional recording engineer:
Alan Snelling
recording engineer:
Eric A. Tomlinson (British recording engineer)
editor:
Bob Hathaway
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Lionel Newman
recording of:
The Landing
orchestrator:
Arthur Morton
composer:
Jerry Goldsmith (American score composer)
Jerry Goldsmith4:31
6The Droid
additional recording engineer:
Alan Snelling
recording engineer:
Eric A. Tomlinson (British recording engineer)
editor:
Bob Hathaway
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Lionel Newman
recording of:
The Droid
orchestrator:
Arthur Morton
composer:
Jerry Goldsmith (American score composer)
Jerry Goldsmith4:44
7The Recovery
additional recording engineer:
Alan Snelling
recording engineer:
Eric A. Tomlinson (British recording engineer)
editor:
Bob Hathaway
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Lionel Newman
recording of:
The Recovery
orchestrator:
Arthur Morton
composer:
Jerry Goldsmith (American score composer)
Jerry Goldsmith2:50
8The Alien Planet
additional recording engineer:
Alan Snelling
recording engineer:
Eric A. Tomlinson (British recording engineer)
editor:
Bob Hathaway
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Lionel Newman
recording of:
The Alien Planet
orchestrator:
Arthur Morton
composer:
Jerry Goldsmith (American score composer)
Jerry Goldsmith2:30
9The Shaft
additional recording engineer:
Alan Snelling
recording engineer:
Eric A. Tomlinson (British recording engineer)
editor:
Bob Hathaway
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Lionel Newman
recording of:
The Shaft
orchestrator:
Arthur Morton
composer:
Jerry Goldsmith (American score composer)
Jerry Goldsmith4:01
10End Title
additional recording engineer:
Alan Snelling
recording engineer:
Eric A. Tomlinson (British recording engineer)
editor:
Bob Hathaway
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Lionel Newman
recording of:
End Title (Alien)
orchestrator:
Arthur Morton
composer:
Jerry Goldsmith (American score composer)
part of:
Alien (film soundtrack)
Jerry Goldsmith3:09
11Main Title (film version)
additional recording engineer:
Alan Snelling
recording engineer:
Eric A. Tomlinson (British recording engineer)
editor:
Bob Hathaway
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Lionel Newman
recording of:
Main Title (film version) (Alien)
orchestrator:
Arthur Morton
composer:
Jerry Goldsmith (American score composer)
Jerry Goldsmith3:44
12The Skeleton (alternate take)
additional recording engineer:
Alan Snelling
recording engineer:
Eric A. Tomlinson (British recording engineer)
editor:
Bob Hathaway
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Lionel Newman
recording of:
The Skeleton (alternate take)
orchestrator:
Arthur Morton
composer:
Jerry Goldsmith (American score composer)
Jerry Goldsmith2:34
13The Passage (demonstration excerpt)
additional recording engineer:
Alan Snelling
recording engineer:
Eric A. Tomlinson (British recording engineer)
editor:
Bob Hathaway
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Lionel Newman
recording of:
The Passage (demonstration excerpt)
orchestrator:
Arthur Morton
composer:
Jerry Goldsmith (American score composer)
Jerry Goldsmith1:54
14Hanging On (demonstration excerpt)
additional recording engineer:
Alan Snelling
recording engineer:
Eric A. Tomlinson (British recording engineer)
editor:
Bob Hathaway
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Lionel Newman
recording of:
Hanging On (demonstration excerpt)
orchestrator:
Arthur Morton
composer:
Jerry Goldsmith (American score composer)
Jerry Goldsmith1:08
15Parker’s Death (demonstration excerpt)
additional recording engineer:
Alan Snelling
recording engineer:
Eric A. Tomlinson (British recording engineer)
editor:
Bob Hathaway
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Lionel Newman
recording of:
Parker's Death (demonstration excerpt)
orchestrator:
Arthur Morton
composer:
Jerry Goldsmith (American score composer)
Jerry Goldsmith1:07
16It’s a Droid (unused inserts)
additional recording engineer:
Alan Snelling
recording engineer:
Eric A. Tomlinson (British recording engineer)
editor:
Bob Hathaway
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Lionel Newman
recording of:
It's a Droid (unused inserts)
orchestrator:
Arthur Morton
composer:
Jerry Goldsmith (American score composer)
Jerry Goldsmith1:28
17Eine kleine Nachtmusik (source)
additional recording engineer:
Alan Snelling
recording engineer:
Eric A. Tomlinson (British recording engineer)
editor:
Bob Hathaway
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Jerry Goldsmith (American score composer)
partial recording of:
Serenade no. 13 for Strings in G major, K. 525 „Eine kleine Nachtmusik“: II. Romance. Andante
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1787)
part of:
Serenade no. 13 for Strings in G major, K. 525 „Eine kleine Nachtmusik“
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart1:49