Futile Escape - James Horner from Aliens (Live) 

You can tell the orchestra is having fun playing this

ALIENS introduced the concept of combining horror and action. It couldn't have been possible without the amazing soundtrack.

RIP BILL PAXTON

Horner sure loves his french horns. KAAAAAAHNNN!

We got tactical smart missiles, phase plasma pulse rifles, RPGs. We got sonic, electronic ball-breakers! We got nukes, we got knives, WE GOT FLUTES, HUNTING HORNS, WE GOT VIOLINS, WE GOT DRUMS, ....

Drake! We are LEAVIIIING!

-They cut the power. -What do you mean “they cut the power”? How could they cut the power, man? They’re animals!

11 people didn't use short, controlled bursts.

What do you mean, "*They* cut the power"? How could they cut the power, man? They're animals!

This has got to be one of the most adrenaline fueled pieces of music ever written for film. Not recommended for a quiet drive in the country!

R.I.P. James Horner

I rewatched Aliens for maybe the billionth time today and I’m still on the edge of my seat every time

This song is bursting out of my chest!

RIP James Horner, your music will live on

Ripley what THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!?!?

The music is almost a movie in its own right..... but I love the movie..........let's ROCKKKK.........

James Horner, H.R. GIGER, Bill Paxton, all will be deeply and sadly missed, thank you all so much for being part of a timeless Sci/Fi Classic that still strikes Fear & Terror into the Hearts and Souls of movie goers around the Globe even after 30 years on, Gone but never Forgotten!

truly an amazing score by Horner. Imagine the film without this music.

Who the fuck cannot like this? Fantastic score, fantastic film, fantastic orchestra.

I'm going to see the whole film with the score played live by Royal Philharmonic at the Royal Albert hall in November. bucket list moment. :)

Music, the world's best invention.

This orchestra and conductor do the most polished renditions of movie soundtracks like Star Wars and Conan the Barbarian I've ever heard. They're AWESOME.

The conductor is having a freaking blast! As well he should, such an amazing soundtrack. Bravo!

Freaking french horns at 1:30 are awesome. Great piece of music to listen to while driving in crazy rush hour traffic 😊

1:37 sends chills down the spine. Bravo Mr. Navarro, very well conducted

This music is brilliant considered the pressure the composer was under when he scored it.

Is it just me or do todays movies 🎥 don’t have any iconic score anymore? Just think about all the great movies from the 80s and 90s. Unique, mesmerising and unforgettable music. Rocky, Rambo, Terminator, Jurassic Park…

Best combat/escape/epic music ever

Hudson: "What the f&$k we gonna do man? What the f&$ we gonna do now?!?!" Burke: "I know, let's build a fire, and sing a few songs!"

i know ever part of this movie word for word. scene for scene. LOVE IT.

That conductors energy!

I love the intensity of this piece. Almost brings tears of musical joy to my eyes.

5 Minutes of unrelenting tension and terror! The frenetic pacing, the heroic Brass, the pounding percussion and swirling strings. Love at 4:07 you can feel the Xeno busting through the APC windscreen trying to grab Ripley!

They can bill me!!

So layered, so explosive, so much depth, urgency, and raw terror. I FUCKING LOVE THIS!!!

Genius. you’ve no idea how little time he had to write this Soundtrack...

RIPLEY, GO, GO, GO!!!!!

This music almost perfectly encapsulates the listener in a web of terror when this part begins, the tang of cold sweat and wild panic hit my throat when I saw this as a kid. Jesus, when the xenos just fall into 'em like a nightmare and the squad of ultimate badasses are instantly in a fuckin' shitstorm. Always thought the helmet-cam shots added a ton to it, running mad between interference. "..WHERE'S APONE? WHERE'S APONE??!" " Sarge is gone, let's get the FUCK outta here!" " *HUDSON, LOOK OUT!!*" "Kill it!" and you could hear what was happening, but you just couldn't see..

Saw this in the theatre in 1996 when it first came out. Watched it last night with my son in HD. It is as intense now as it was then.

"Absolutely Badass" ! What a breath-taking performance Mr. Navarro has elicited from his orchestra (n.b. female violinist at 1.16 getting up out of her seat and leaning in to it for extra gusto ! Outstanding from all concerned.

I'm so sorry we've lost James Horner... he's added considerably to the continuing evolution of a unique American sound for orchestra. What torture he endured to produce this worthy successor to Goldsmith's brilliant work. It's so sad in a way that something so beautiful, so moving, so powerful... has our attention divided between it and the stunning visuals of a modern film masterpiece. The two need each other, certainly, but how fortunate we are that the music can be recreated in a concert hall to be delved into and appreciated fully while we still remember the story it helped tell. Breathtaking.

Awesome. Brings back the images so well. Rest in Peace, James.

No one composes musical scores for action scenes in movies with such emotional intensity - the music makes the scenes. I can picture all the action occurring in the movie as I listen to this extraordinary performance.

1:32 DRAAAAKE! WE ARE LEAVINNNNGGGG!!

I'm not saying this is the best action music ever, just that I can't currently think of anything better. Well done to this orchestra, who played this sequence at a slightly fast pace, however that's a hell of a lot better than sluggish. Nobody missed their cues the whole way through. Really well performed.

EAT THIS!!!

12 people got pulled under the floor LOL

Hell yeah, this audience is clapping at the end! The orchestra here should have gotten a standing ovation, in fact! Their performance of this piece is FLAWLESS.

This has got to be the most accurate and amazing live pieces of a soundtrack I have ever heard

Diego Navarro is an excellent conductor, who leads this symphony with grace and passion!!

Imagine it without that "clank clank" sound - no other film would have that - it gives t that military feel

This must be just about the coolest thing to play ever if you're a musician!

My favourite movie score EVER!

Gawd I wish I could wave a stick and generate Horror, fear, intensity Music at its best

My number one movie of all time.

Pure terror. Amazing orchestra.

I don't know if there's any possible way for me to stay seated and silent and not jump up, run around, quote all the lines, and re-enact scenes from the film while listening to a live performance of this.

Is it wrong that in every video game when me and my friends have to fend off against waves of enemies against all odds that I instantly hear this song. EVERY TIME! I'm not even a kid anymore which is the time I remember 1st listening to this. I'm 32 and I still cant forget this song its burned into my soul the emotion is REAL! A true MASTERPIECE!

fantastic, the violist at 2:03 is really into it. maybe he us a fan of this score/movie, seems he is having a swell time.

Pianist hands are like pulse rifles and the keys are Xenomorphs....thanks for the upload!! Great live performance!

Astounding! I've been heavily into sci-fi since 1968, and I apparently never truly appreciated the effort behind the music. My God!

Goosebumps

Could listen to this all day

I've seen this dozens of times now.....and it's still awesome!

Extraordinary the soundtrack created by John Horner. It sounds melancholy, uncomfortable, somber, heavy, dark and frightening, but at the same time admirably seductive, beautiful, fascinating and overwhelming. A true work of art. Amazing. Great work from orchetstra. Congratulations!

It’s glorious watching all these suits rock this theme. James Horner went out like a boss ! cfit to the end

une des plus connues, terriblement effrayante et stressante à souhait, merci pour le partage

always gives me goosebumps. Rip James horner

Man! The violins starting at 1:10.......Its one thing to hear it being performed but when you see it, It's astonishing. I love live orchestra for that reason.

This is such a great piece of music. It is great that movie music is getting the recognition it deserves.

This soundtrack is so powerful I can replay the movie in my head just from the music.... Such an epic flick.

Being a fan of the original Star Trek, a friend of mine introduced me to James Horner's soundtrack from Aliens in which my friend had written a sequal story. He asked me to read his idea for a sequal story while playing back the soundtrack. Although, I had seen the movie a few years before, playing the music brought me right back to the thrills and horror that I felt while reading his proposed story. Thats the genius of Horner's music...without pictures or video, you can feel it in listening to his music soundtrack. Without it, this movie would not have stood out, even though the acting was great! RIP James Horner. You made movies more memorable, thanks to your vivid, inspirational soundtracks!

breathtaking, absolutely incredible music

God bless James Horner! One of the best movie composers of all time and one of the great movie scores of the 20th century.

i see every scene in my head with this song, that is how powerful music can be when used as an accompyment to film, 2 great arts that synergize into something far greater than their individual parts when utilized properly.

Just a masterpiece of intense action music! Now ai gotta go watch Aliens for the 300+ time!

I've always loved James Horner's work, but it's funny how many times he sampled his own previous works. You can hear a lot of movies like Krull, Battle Beyond the Stars and especially Wolfen and Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan in this piece.

"They're Cut Off.. DO SOMETHING"!!

Pure genius on James Horner's part and at times hints of star trek 2 wrath of khan.

OMG! This is absolutely awesome!!! I was there!!!!!

This and Terminator 2 are in my opinion Hollywood at its best. Well made, entertaining action blockbusters that stand the test of time. Now all we have is a complete lack of creativity and endless reboots.

what a masterpiece. love it

This performance deserves multiple curtain calls! It still gives me goosebumps!

Saw it in cinema. Now the feeling is back !!!!! Thanks

for the real Aliens theme Jack Horner conducted the entire london philharmonic in one single take, no breaks.. they had run out of time and money.. So he had James Camerons final edit projected on the screen overhead in the recording studio, so a little know fact is that - > the whole of the Aliens films music < - is a recording of a SINGLE LIVE PERFORMANCE IN REAL TIME BY JAMES HORNER (i.e. recorded live, in one go, the whole film, no interupts), and yes, this is actually true

Incredibly awesome. Both piece and performance is beyond superb. Even sound was good.

James Horner's best piece of music ever!

Classical Music is best kind to do; people will listen to this kind of stuff 3000 years into the future

This reminds me - time to watch Aliens again.

Perfect sincronization of the Orchesta classic song of Aliens from Ripley driving the APC and escape from the Alien attack

Without a doubt, a true symphonic classic in every sense of the word!!!!!

Oh god! This is my fav movie ever. And this is for the first time that I have some interest for orchestra, that actually creates the "thing" Oh god I am so in it. Thank you for sharing this! The trumpets,.... oh god!😮

You can see how the musicians are really getting into it.

These musicians and the conductor are AWESOME! Listen to their other works, especially the Conan the Barbarian performance.

The horns are truly haunting in this piece. Just haunting. Like the cry of a pack of wolves chasing you...

One of the best scores ever written!

So powerful!

God that seems so difficult to play especially for the strings and woodwinds. If I was ever given this to perform, I would shit my pants.

The aliens series are by far my favorite, everything about it I like, I actually grew up watching Ripley!!!!!

WOW, chills down my spine ! AMAZING !