Ripley: Ash, can you hear me? Ash? Ash: Yes, I can hear you. Ripley: What was your special order? Ash: You read it. I thought it was clear. Ripley: What was it? Ash: Bring back life form. Priority One. All other priorities rescinded. Parker: The damn company. What about our lives, you son of a bitch?! Ash: I repeat, all other priorities are rescinded. Ripley: How do we kill it, Ash? There's got to be a way of killing it. How - how do we do it? Ash: You can't. Parker: That's bullshit. Ash: You still don't understand what you're dealing with, do you? The perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility. Lambert: You admire it. Ash: I admire its purity. A survivor...unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality. Parker: Well, I don't. I've heard enough of this, and I'm asking you to pull the plug. [Ripley moves to turn Ash off, but he interrupts] Ash: Last words. Ripley: What? Ash: I can't lie to you about your chances, but...you have my sympathies. [he smiles] Ripley: [turns Ash off] We're gonna blow up the ship. We'll take our chances, and blow up the ship.
I like the way how the music includes all the things that are in this film. I mean I can even hear how the space station works. All mechanisms of it. I can hear even the depth of the space and the danger that it is coming from it. All the things convey through the music which is awesome.
Both the movie and the score were total game-changers. No question. But it would just have been another sci-fi flick were it not for the total genius of artist Hans-Ruedi (HR) Giger. The xenomorph, the scenery, the eggs, the facehugger, the pilot's chamber, the pilot, the abandoned ship - virtually the entire design and entire vibe of the entire movie all came from his mind and his airbrush. I would recommend that any 'Alien' series fans interested in these dark, mysterious creations, go visit his museum and former home in Gruyeres, Switzerland, to see his original ideas, paintings and set models. I've been there three times on various European road trips. Life will never be the same again. Just go there.
I was blessed with a busy studio singing career for many years, during which time I had the privilege of working with Goldsmith. On the Poltergeist recording session I mentioned to him how much I loved his score for Alien. He said it was not a happy experience, that Ridley Scott was difficult. No matter, his score is sensational
I empathise with you, Diana. I understand that both Ridley and James Cameron were difficult to work with as far as musical score is concerned. James Horner had to strike compromises with Cameron over 'Aliens' and that was even when they were both good friends! Amazing how the love of the art can cause such turmoil in relationships. I've been down that road.
For a horror film, it's interesting how ALIEN has inspired such acknowledgement that audiences get to experience the movie as a full orchestral event. "Hey honey, put on your tux. We're going to go see ALIEN!"
This is the definition of eerie. So relaxing, from an audience/entertainment perspective, yet so unsettling to listen to at the same time, by illustrating a bleak dystopian concept. absolute 1 in a million composition! All elements truly came together in this film. Such a masterpiece. Made in 1979, too... Unbelievable!
Best score ever. When Elon musks new capsule design with Ripley on board docked with the ISS for the first time they should have had a little alien burst from her chest on live TV.
I always felt bad for Parker and Brett, kind of "they got an ugly end because they whined about their bonus situation" LOL. Maybe things would have turned out differently if they hadn't brought it up :p
This doesnt was the score - as far i can tell... but it breath the same atmosphere, the same soul... this conductor DEFINITELY understood , what Goldsmith wanted to express with the score. Big kudos from me - and i doesnt say this so easy ... because the movie Alien is holy for me - so holy, that i even dont accept Alien 2 as ''same quality''
Fantastic. Goldsmith has many great scores but Alien is my favorite (despite the fact much of it isn't used in the movie. But even the cues that weren't used still obviously invoke the spirit of Alien.) I always contend that film scores are the modern equivalent of classical music (I know orchestral music is still being composed but it's not as prominent as film composing). Stuff like this is the proof. Won't be surprising if classical concerts 50 years from now will include this along side Stravinsky, Wagner, Tchaikovsky, et al.
Let me just add something for your attention: this is the final main title for the film after Ridley Scott rejected the more romantic first version…so Goldsmith says he wrote this majestically horrifying piece in just a few minutes 😂 (at least by what he says in this interview ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-U8bv0QDLI7M.html)
