Alien | Main Theme | Jerry Goldsmith

The original, iconic score to the film Alien was composed by Jerry Goldsmith and is considered by some to be one of his best, most visceral scores. Rather than focusing on themes, Goldsmith creates a bleak and dissonant soundscape that fits the film’s dark and intense atmosphere, with only a few “romantic” cues.

Instrumentation: 3(a.picc),2+1eh,3(1.a.Eb cl.,3.a.bcl),3(3.a.cbsn) – 4,3,3,1 – timp,3perc – hp,pn – strings

Duration: 3.00