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
#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 Goldsmith4:12
2Hyper Sleep
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:
Hyper Sleep
orchestrator:
Arthur Morton
composer:
Jerry Goldsmith (American score composer)
Jerry Goldsmith2:46
3The 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
4The Terrain
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 Terrain
orchestrator:
Arthur Morton
composer:
Jerry Goldsmith (American score composer)
Jerry Goldsmith2:21
5The Craft
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 Craft
orchestrator:
Arthur Morton
composer:
Jerry Goldsmith (American score composer)
Jerry Goldsmith1:00
6The Passage
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
orchestrator:
Arthur Morton
composer:
Jerry Goldsmith (American score composer)
Jerry Goldsmith1:49
7The Skeleton
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
orchestrator:
Arthur Morton
composer:
Jerry Goldsmith (American score composer)
Jerry Goldsmith2:30
8A New Face
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:
A New Face (~2:35)
orchestrator:
Arthur Morton
composer:
Jerry Goldsmith (American score composer)
Jerry Goldsmith2:35
9Hanging On
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
orchestrator:
Arthur Morton
composer:
Jerry Goldsmith (American score composer)
Jerry Goldsmith3:39
10The Lab
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 Lab
orchestrator:
Arthur Morton
composer:
Jerry Goldsmith (American score composer)
Jerry Goldsmith1:05
11Drop Out
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:
Drop Out
orchestrator:
Arthur Morton
composer:
Jerry Goldsmith (American score composer)
Jerry Goldsmith0:57
12Nothing to Say
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:
Nothing to Say
orchestrator:
Arthur Morton
composer:
Jerry Goldsmith (American score composer)
Jerry Goldsmith1:52
13Cat Nip
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:
Cat Nip
orchestrator:
Arthur Morton
composer:
Jerry Goldsmith (American score composer)
Jerry Goldsmith1:01
14Here Kitty
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:
Here Kitty
orchestrator:
Arthur Morton
composer:
Jerry Goldsmith (American score composer)
Jerry Goldsmith2:08
15The 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 Goldsmith4:31
16It’s a 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:
It's a Droid
orchestrator:
Arthur Morton
composer:
Jerry Goldsmith (American score composer)
Jerry Goldsmith3:28
17Parker’s Death
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
orchestrator:
Arthur Morton
composer:
Jerry Goldsmith (American score composer)
Jerry Goldsmith1:51
18The Eggs
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 Eggs
orchestrator:
Arthur Morton
composer:
Jerry Goldsmith (American score composer)
Jerry Goldsmith2:24
19Sleepy Alien
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:
Sleepy Alien
orchestrator:
Arthur Morton
composer:
Jerry Goldsmith (American score composer)
Jerry Goldsmith1:04
20To Sleep
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:
To Sleep
orchestrator:
Arthur Morton
composer:
Jerry Goldsmith (American score composer)
Jerry Goldsmith1:56
21The Cupboard
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 Cupboard
orchestrator:
Arthur Morton
composer:
Jerry Goldsmith (American score composer)
Jerry Goldsmith3:05
22Out the Door
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:
Out the Door
orchestrator:
Arthur Morton
composer:
Jerry Goldsmith (American score composer)
Jerry Goldsmith3:13
23End 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
24Main Title (rescored alternate cue)
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 (alternate)
orchestrator:
Arthur Morton
composer:
Jerry Goldsmith (American score composer)
Jerry Goldsmith4:11
25Hyper Sleep (rescored alternate cue)
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:
Hyper Sleep (alternate)
orchestrator:
Arthur Morton
composer:
Jerry Goldsmith (American score composer)
Jerry Goldsmith2:45
26The Terrain (rescored alternate cue)
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 Terrain (alternate)
orchestrator:
Arthur Morton
composer:
Jerry Goldsmith (American score composer)
Jerry Goldsmith0:58
27The Skeleton (rescored alternate cue)
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)
orchestrator:
Arthur Morton
composer:
Jerry Goldsmith (American score composer)
Jerry Goldsmith2:31
28Hanging On (rescored alternate cue)
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 (alternate)
orchestrator:
Arthur Morton
composer:
Jerry Goldsmith (American score composer)
Jerry Goldsmith3:08
29The Cupboard (rescored alternate cue)
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 Cupboard (alternate)
orchestrator:
Arthur Morton
composer:
Jerry Goldsmith (American score composer)
Jerry Goldsmith3:12
30Out the Door (rescored alternate cue)
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:
Out the Door (alternate)
orchestrator:
Arthur Morton
composer:
Jerry Goldsmith (American score composer)
Jerry Goldsmith3:02
2▶CD: The Original 1979 Soundtrack Album