Alien Music Video (Jerry Goldsmith)

[Soulfire325]

I've seen this movie so many times and it still makes me jump xD Awesome video !

[PREDLeader]

I would watch these movies but the chestburster scares the shit out of me... So I'm missing out.

[Vaderduder]

This film was the greatest. Aliens was just an action film. Alien3 would have been good only it lacked the tension and suspense from Alien. Alien Resurection should not have been made.

[naccienac]

dumpert

[BENTLEYQUAMP]

every frame of Alien is pure class!.....

[LawrenceOfBelgium]

You might think the young generation missed this masterpiece , but im 15 years old and saw all the movies . it scares teh shit out of me but its amazing :D

[bobaf15]

@LawrenceOfBelgium

i saw when i was littler

[LawrenceOfBelgium]

@bobaf15 whell good for you mate <3



[harpiyon]

the movie is so much more that just SF / horror... the atmosphere is so incredibly tense, you feel the tension even when the alien is not around. and that alien... the scariest creature to ever be in a movie.

i think the alien represents the darkest nightmares of humans: something in your mind, your dark side, which you´ll never be able to control. you can´t even argue or communicate, and in most cases you can´t escape it. you know it´s there & will get you sooner or later.

[bobaf15]

@harpiyon

i think ur right

[TheWrathfulHippie]

@harpiyon I think it represents the big nasty thing that rapes your face and then kills you.

[bobaf15]

great movie and master of suspense

[csontapu]

Poor, lonely mankind lost in the empty, freezing space.But there's hiding something unnatural something supernatural between the timeless dimensions. Am I alone with the feeling that one of H.P.Lovecraft's untold nightmare has been reborn in this epic movie?

[inkkwell]

@csontap Out there hides you worst waking nightmare.

[pinkinacan]

Alien1979 Ridley Scott + John Hurt + and a score by Jerry Goldsmith performed by the National Philharmonic Orchestra = the most horrific film made. The best film made. I still have Nightmares about being on the Nostromo. You can not copy this movie or chop it up (but they try). It's art. I'm a fan of the age where real movies were made. (the 26 thumbs down belong to Shia LaBeouf fans...may you live forever) P.S. you still have to see James Cameron's Aliens AND John Carpenter's the Thing.

[pinkinacan]

(Alien1979) Ridley Scott + John Hurt + and a score by Jerry Goldsmith performed by the National Philharmonic Orchestra = the most horrific film made. The best film made. I still have Nightmares about being on the Nostromo. You can not copy this movie or chop it up (but they try). It's art. I'm a fan of the age where real movies were made. (the 26 thumbs down belong to Shia LaBeouf fans...may you live forever) P.S. you still have to see James Cameron's Aliens AND John Carpenter's the Thing.

[reitube2]

music is so charming..

[checkMEmusic]

A great piece of music and movie. I can't wait until Ridley Scott finally gets around to making that Alien prequel. =)

[kornjubi]

This isn't scary. :Z

[inkkwell]

@kornjubi Yeah, and a banana is a lethal weapon. 

[herodreamer79]

scariest film soundtrack ever

[inkkwell]

@herodreamer79 When I was younger, I couldn't listen to it alone.

[TheKaimark]

Genialer Film - klasse Soundtrack!

[Zoloft61]

Many thanks to Jerry Goldsmith for giving us this fantastic and timeless music.

[DarwinsFriend]

The emotions conjured up are fantastic and as overwhelming as the scenes created in this magnificent film. Great posting - thank you much.

[yobnez]

Well Done!

[1976REDRYDER]

Enjoyed this. Great job

[ZDENDAOL]

Je to super film!!!!

[jazzx251]

@dirtyed1

I think Scott has that in mind as a prequel.

But - the trouble is, like Lucas, I think these great things only come around once in their greatness. Any revisitation is bound to disappoint.

[jazzx251]

Just a small correction - it is one of the scariest films ever made, not just science fiction.

But what a terrific score! - I never really noticed it in the film because it's usually so subtle. Now I've got the whole thing - it is like, well, "scary Debussy" - like deep space, you can get lost in it!

This is the kind of brilliant score we will never hear again (because it's risky, and only a few composers can do it properly) - all we have now is generic library crap.

[VanishaGlamChick6]

Alen and Blade Runner are the movies ever!!

[nounever]

Love the first Alien movie all the rest are shit.

[jazzx251]

@nounever

I think Aliens was very good - even a classic action movie.

But, yes, Alien - we can hear from this music alone - is an all-time classic of any genre.

[maggieboopieweboo]

hey does anyone know how to get this song for free ?

[ViolaXZ]

Alien is already classic - great storyline, brilliant visual effects, scary as hell, superb acting. Sigourney Weaver was stunning but all the actors did a great job. The First Alien movie was the scariest.

[farerse]

i wonder why did it rain when brad looks for the cat? it doesnt rain from space does it? or where does it drip from

[farerse]

@conzalez94 fuk you it comes from the ceiling

[conzalez94]

@farerse Oh yes yes, sorry about that I don't know what I was thinking. It's probably a giant leak then. But there was no need to use profanity, I made a mistake was all. I have feelings too.

[farerse]

@conzalez94 ok it sounds like you didnt see the scene. had it been acid from the alien he would melt

[conzalez94]

@farerse yes indeed, i am actually very familiar with this film, I just haven't seen it in a while.

[lysimachosohio]

Condensation in the cargo holds.

[dogbert2010]

@farerse it was not rain, the character was in the cooling unit area.

[jazzx251]

@farerse

Well - it could be something to do with the water recycling system. Or a leak in the water cooling system - so many things it could be.

[AlmightyRaisin]

God I love this film, it's an absolute classic and it has so much depth to it; there are lot's of disturbing sexual statements that a lot of people don't seem to realise, but I think they make the film even more disturbing and take the film to the next level, and sadly the 'sexual' aspect of the aliens was missing from all the sequels.

[fiveMIRrOrs]

Alien one is clearly the best Alien movie still made, but I can't see how some petty symbolism could have any effect on that. You can find symbolism in anything if you look too hard. In my books, it's a great source of inspiration, but not a good element in art.

[AlmightyRaisin]

@fiveMIRrOrs I disagree on it being 'petty' symbolism, I would strongly advise that you get the Quadrilogy and watch all the special features; inter-species rape is basically the main theme of the film! I for one hate it when people look too deep into things, but in Alien all these themes sit right on the surface, I'm not just talking about the alien's head looking like a massive dong! All of HR Geiger's designs in the film are bodily, I mean check out the derelict space craft, VAGINAS or what?

[DeformedMelonFilms]

@AlmightyRaisin woot! qaudrilogy buddies! Lamberts actor said that hr geigers work had penises and vaginas everywhere, originally thre egg was designed to be like a vulva, but they had to change it.

[AlmightyRaisin]

There's so much focus put on pregnancy, birth, rape/ sex for survival,rape for the aliens sick pleasure and out of curiosity (when Lambert is killed you see the Alien's tail sliding up the back of her legs, the screaming goes on for a long time, and when Ripley finds her body you can see that she's suspended from the air without any trousers or her boots on) , and whether 'machines' could ever have sexual urges (Ridley Scott's idea for the Ash-goes-crazy-with-a-magazine scene).

[conzalez94]

@AlmightyRaisin Indeed sir.. Blade Runner is another Ridley Scott masterpeice as well.

[Asdferfjg]

Ever since i first saw the scene where the alien burst out of Kane's chest, every time the alien runs off the table i just can't help but laugh :)

[fiveMIRrOrs]

I guess they could've made it a bit less... rail-y. :D

[nordocska1]

Jones..here kitty kitty....damn it still freaks me out

[ahoensdorf]

Great! I also saw it when i was 12 or so no i am doing Filmmusik myself and Gerry Goldsmith is so clear and pure that i could cry for joy..

[TheSpazz13]

Beautiful terror. This is the best. ever

[Noosaguanto]

La banda sonora totalmente obra maestra como el propio film, pasajes agobiantes futuristas naves alienigenas de mundos extraños eliminadas por parasitos de otros mundos, un monstruo que acecha en una nave gigantesca y oscura llena de recovecos humedos sucios, las corporaciones y sus siniestros planes . Todo eso en un solo filme, It´s Great, doesn´t exist today a film like this, FX, Sound, atmosphera, a masterpiece .

[conzalez94]

Jerry Goldsmith is my favorite composer of all time. I love this score to death, so mysteriously beautiful, yet terrifying at the same time.

[jazzx251]

@conzalez94

Damn right - it's terrific!

It's taken me 31 years to realise it!!

[conzalez94]

@jazzx251 haha agreed 100%

[lolololololsean]

this is effing scary..

[Hickey66]

Syevi89, I wil and do agree with darkprose,

Little bits here and there, but overall within 10 minutes. Wish you well.

[darkprose]

Very beautifully structured video! Thank you!

[TK42138]

Good video. Thanks for uploading it.

[TK42138]

This film has often been 'copied' but to this day it's never been equalled. That moment when Ripley hears Lambert's final scream over the intercom (when Lambert and Parker are collecting coolant bottles and Ripley is in the control room) is utterly bloodcurdling. If you get the chance watch it on the big screen. I was too young to see it in 1979 but I finally got to see it at the cinema when the directors cut was released.

[ideniseb]

The soundtrack to ALIENS was done by

James Horner and was unique in that it

had a lot of the same licks he wrote in

Star Trek 2-The Wrath Of Kahn.

Still,the original track by the now late Jerry

Goldsmith was quite good,but I'm glad

his ending was not used in the closer.

[barakHobama]

Even the android confesses, I admire its purity

[barakHobama]

I love this dark violent without mercy conveys the TRUE nature of existence cold and indifferent to the sensitivities of others. In short, what this tells me is all that matters is power, and the harsh ruthlessness to rear or destroy others; a philosophy that I, myself, adhere to. You dont agree?Then observe the alien in this picture It is robotic; almost biomechanical, a machine with out emotion, and a sentience only bearing slaughter.

[myownservant]

Timeless movie, timeless music

[hammerogod]

Goldsmith's score was the unseen actor ... as much a part of every scene as Weaver or any other cast member ... I cannot imagine what Aliens would have been without the amazing music.

[fearclownz]

This is a fantastic film with the best Sci-fi soundtrack by Goldsmith! Thank you for posting it SteVin! But...

Who is behind Ash (Ian Holm) at 4:17 - 4:19 !

[Darkmoon0999]

I love this movie...

[Coolattakatie]

great job :D i loved this movie

[dabatchko]

i love the music by jerry goldsmith, and especially alien, but i think he was very inspired by scriabin´s poem of ecstasy at that time:)

[BonFire110]

You've left Yaphet Kotto as Parker! Btw, great work, and brilliant movie and brilliant music! Respect for Jerry Goldsmith.

[aricadani]

jerry goldsmith's music is so sublime and out of this world that it just blows my mind and soul in a glorious explosion of cathedral beauty, he was so so terribly good

[Nanotyrnns]

Jerry Goldsmith has always been my favorite soundtrack composer. His work on this, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Planet of the Apes (original) and Poltergeist were just beautiful.

[jazzx251]

@Nanotyrnns

AHA! Thanks

Now I get it.

I was thinking - "why does nobody do scores like this and Planet of the Apes any more?" (they are both "modern music" scores)

... because they're both by Jerry Goldsmith.

[Iminurheadluv]

Yaphet Koto was not included in the credits of your video. Other than that, very good work.

[BohoRoohaha]

Wow this is awesome. The beginning does remind me of The Mummy (which he also did) but this also reminds me of John Williams. Awesometastic!

[seesnap]

titan find far better movie

[catfacecathead]

Alien is a haunted house movie in space. That is its genius. First Stephen King moved horror to the suburbs; then Ridley and co brought it into orbit.

[dafmurray]

Both films were fairly low budget: Aien cost 6 million and Aliens 14. It does show a bit in the model photography of the spacehips in both films. What's amazing is how impressive the sets and design were for those budgets. Plus both had good casts, characters you genuinely card about and excellent music scores. The direction of both couldn't be bettered.

[MaBu888]

They used to make truely good movies back in the day. Before this psysical body was born on 'your' planet you call Earth. We will be back soon. Life is death. We are in controll. (kidding)

[jazzx251]

@dafmurray

Wow - I knew Alien was cheap. But Aliens was very expensive looking - they did a good job on that! I would have pegged it at $80 million in today's money.

[lucasaccardo]

Aliens in my opinion is a better film.

For one example: Alien is much more dated nowadays than Aliens which after all this years look stil quite modern. Simply think of the "Christmas "light of the Mother computer's walls.

That kind of stuff was already old at that time,blots and lots of blinking lights. hell they use to do that in the fifties.

[MalikArt]

Completely disagree, the original Alien film is a timeless masterpiece.

[N9olan]

Yeah I agree with you, especially during a time with the exception of Star Wars that the soundtrack sounded so typical 50's. There were beeps and blots but from the computer and not the soundtrack. Heavy use of atmospheres and heavy concentration on survival, terror, and hope.

[conzalez94]

I completley agree with you

[legoleopardgecko]

@MalikArt Alien is said to be the 12th worlds most popular movie ever! :D

[inkkwell]

@MalikArt THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!

[MetalScull]

It depends on what criterions are you comparing. If you think that good old movie is that has special effects which are dated in our days, when Aliens are better. But... If you comparing concept of these movies you will see that it's very hard to say, which movie is better, because Alien is horror movie and Aliens is action movie. Darker than other action movies, but still it is not pure horror movie.

[lucasaccardo]

I always thought that way, in fact Aliens is my favorite action movie ever

But while i think Aliens just keeps building up, after all this years i feel that Alien has his best moments in the beginning with all those eerie creepy atmospheres in the unknown planet and insides the space-jockey derelict ship to the moment when the alien bursts out of John Hurt's chest. Then its a very good horror movie but it is pretty much about the crew being killed one by one.

[MetalScull]

That's the hole idea: with such simple script (since Alien's birth) they made masterpiece. It's not the first movie which has that kind of script, there monster kills crew, but it's first movie which had and, I dare too say, has such a big success.

[lashister]

DaveJOHAZ said it all. well done.

[DaveJOHAZ]

Wow! Loved the movie and loved the music and love this video. Could go on much longer, as far as I'm concerned. Thanks for posting!

[sTileTTo1985]

Yes ! :)

[rosso1000]

I have some JERRY GOLDSMITH LPS on ebay uk at the moment from top.vision, ALIEN, TWILIGHT ZONE THE MOVIE, THE FINAL CONFLICT, all up for bidding.

[cloverfield911]

"Here Kitty kitty kitty"

[YourMomFailsAtLife]

Dallas part made me jump!!

[dogbert2010]

classic sci fi and horror combined. my father would not let me see this when it came out, and now I know why. Ridley Scott is one of the best directors working today. No horror has yet to touch this movie.

[gobot1985]

yo!!!  5 stars.

[X3N00]

SteVin89, cheers for this, fantastic job. Omitting all the sound other than the soundtrack seemed to make this so much more intense, and even though I must have seen this film enough times to know the script by heart for the first time since I saw Alien I properly got those tingly feelings up the back of the neck, especially the part with Dallas in the vent... knew it was coming, but the much was perfect ;)

[X3N00]

much = music*

[cph4]

ALIEN is still the best and none of the sequels touches it.

[RainMan34]

I don't know about that. :p Aliens is pretty damn amazing, albeit the first and second in the series were filmed completely differently.

Ridley Scott (Alien) is better with horror elements and James Cameron (Aliens) brings a sophisticated 'action movie' directional element to the series with more suspense. They are not really similar enough in nature to warrant a comparison, but I love James Cameron's style of filmmaking so I prefer Aliens.

[cph4]

Don't get me wrong: I loved Aliens too ..but in my opinion, Alien is just on a different level. It's a masterpiece :)

[CSXer]

Here Jonesy, Jonesy, Jonesy...Here Jonesy. Meow...

[AmandaStargate]

I growed up on Alien and Aliens, so this film is part of my life and I have affinity for it. Excellent vid. Thank you for it.

[BringBackTheEighties]

BRILLIANT! Thanks for taking the time to put this together. I even jumped again when Dallas gets up close and personal with the Alien in the shafts. Good cue! :)

[Raffaysanyi]

Great video! The cast: John Hurt filmed by (Thomas Kane: alien and Olivander: Harry Potter 1.) and Ian Holm filmed by (Ash: alien and Bilbo Beggins: The Lord of The Rings 1-3.) Good film and films.

[133Daddy]

I never quite understood one thing. Was the alien craft discovered by the Nostromo crew carrying the Alien; which caused it to crash on that planet. Or was the Alien already on the planet ?

[IJohnChandlerI]

From what I understand it was carrying them.

[jazzx251]

@133Daddy

The Alien ship crashed on the planet and sent out a distress signal.

Onboard were several hundred eggs whose larvae were awaiting warm-blooded hosts.

(hmm -- could the aliens deliberately crash a ship for this purpose?)

"Mother", the Nostromo's computer detected the signal and woke up the crew from suspended animation. They then stupidly went down to investigate (apparently some law of space travel says you must always investigate any ship in distress).

[civiltwilight]

@jazzx251 no. wrong. if you watch the movie, Ripley inquiries the ships computer and finds: "Special Order 937 - Science Officer Eyes Only." With an "Emergency Command Overide," she learns to her horror what Special Order 937 commanded:

Nostromo rerouted to new co-ordinates. Investigate life form. Gather specimen. Priority One. Insure return of organism for analysis. All other considerations secondary. Crew expendable.

[kwadinka]

Fantastic job!!!!! As a true 1979 Alien fanatic, I give this a thumbs up and 5 stars!!!!! So glad to see that someone took the time and effort to produce this masterpiece homage to such a legendary film! Rest in peace Jerry Goldsmith.

[BonFire110]

Great cut! Good job!

[acsial]

I saw this movie when I was about five. I thought the sets and score were the coolest things ever. I used to sculk around our basement, in the furnace room, pretending to stalk the monster with a squirtgun and flashlight. This film didn't scare me...but 'Sleeping Beauty' and 'Snow White' sure did.

[thoedguy]

for all you Aliens lovers out there who found th emovie scary. Whitch would make the movie less scarier, if you turn down the volume or if it just played music the whole time?

[kreishmark]

I hope no one commented on this already, but you have an error in your description. You wrote "distress single" and it should read "distress SIGNAL". Just thought you should know :-) (Thanks for the post!! Really appreciate it)

[SteVin89]

Thanks for pointing that out to me. It's good to know that people actually read the extra information that I write down. :P

[kreishmark]

You're welcome :-)...I think that the videos are just 50% of the whole deal, without a proper description most videos are rendered useless. (Sorry for having taken so long to reply)

[kaptaintrips]

Just a simple question for you, kreismark.

When does it ever matter if someone has a spelling or grammatical error in their video description as ;long as you understand the point?

Just curious.

[kreishmark]

Well...imagine a world where everything went by the "as long as you understand the point" rule. Books with typos, imagine how difficult it would be to interpret the law correctly, scripts, essays, speeches, programs...It all starts in a YouTube video description and who knows where it ends. Crazy huh ?

[zenrocksfan]

props... good answer

[rwoodlan]

Was Yaphet Koto not in this film?

[acsial]

What I want to know is: where'd he get the BASEBALL BAT?! The humble slugger's one of those bits of ubiquity that show up in EVERY movie (like '555' prefixes on cop shows)...

[kaptaintrips]

This was exactly what I was looking for: Alien music put to a perfect montage!

Thanks!

[saltsticks011]

Alien is truly a masterpiece, I agree. It IS art, not just a classic. Jerry Goldsmith's music is excellent, Ridley Scott is one of the greatest directors, and H.R. Giger's alien (and the spacecraft and the spacejockey) is simply fantastic! Wish they would make a fifth movie, but with Scott and Giger working together again.

[CapNCorn]

Alien > Aliens

[kaptaintrips]

yes, and that > is still high praise

[shatterstarbox]

I agree.

[MeinCtutWichG]

Keep your asozial gossip under your hat and get lost!

[masterpiraka]

Gossip?

Dude, you really suck at internet...

[Oujimaflips]

ha! ha! That's got to be the funniest, completely nonsensical conversation I've read on youtube..... What was that all about anyway?

[masterpiraka]

I don't fucking know.

THe dumbass just flagged it for no reason. It was a good video, and I want to watch it again, so I objected. I asked him why he flagged it, but apperantly english isn't his first language, so he came back with an insult.

[Oujimaflips]

ha! ha! & what an insult; "keep your asocial (presume he meant anti-social, since asocial would mean you're a hermit) gossip under your hat"...... ha! ha! Well? Have you been keeping your asocial gossip under your hat? ha! ha! Brilliant..... I'm going to nick that & insult all my mates with it....

[masterpiraka]

LOL!

The massive amount of fail is destined to see the light.

I might use it too.

[Oujimaflips]

"you have handicaps on your eyes"..... ha! ha! Brilliant!! This guy's a comedy genius.... I'm nicking that one too!!

[IntermittentSprocket]

The region 2 first edition DVD has an isolated Dolby stereo 2.0 Dolby stereo 4:2:4 mix of different cues same as this one here. The Alien quad box-set is somewhat lacking all the extras also the six-track Dolby stereo mix as been tamped with badly because all the original subtle details in the centre channel are now, just listen to each version first edition and second and dont for one moment think the original is on the quad box-set its not.

[B25Mitch]

I actually jumped watching this. Almost as scary as the movie itself. Very good job.

[katey1dog]

This is the score that reminded us all that in space, no one can hear you scream.

[cradal4e]

alien vs. predator ;]

[masterpiraka]

AVP is pure fail.

A and P should've stayed together in the books and the games. Not in the movies.

[spontaneoussam2]

lol, ur comment got rejected

[metalsnake00]

can some on help me find the movie wich is the same like this one its begins like, one grup man and woman went to look for something in mars or what is it and then something attacks them it kills man but not a woman, then the group from ship touck her back in she was in koma and in few days something start to movi in her stomak it open it and jumps in a ruff and tragedy start lol (sorry for my eng. dont bother)

[AmusedChild]

I have the DVD set which includes a lot of behind the scenes info. I understand that Goldsmith was not happy with the creepy opening music that he ultimately composed (in just a few hours!) for this film, having first composed a more lush overture that took him months, but that the director didn't want. It's too bad, because I think his opening music is brilliant! I never forgot it, and the music for the rest of the film is marvelous - it stands on its own.

[bucknekkid77]

someone said this wasnt film, this was art.

[commandox20]

Film is art.

[DChatc]

Oh... RIP Mr. Goldsmith! Your music legacy will live on alongside Stravinski, Holst and Mezursky...

One of THE best composors of the 20th century quite easily...

[boomerhgt]

Yes have to agree he was brilliant and so was the film . im a huge Alien fan

[L0nerMan]

Well done. 5 stars.

[EnduranceProductions]

First I love your video, big fan of the Alien movies. 2012? I always thought that the year was never quite determined? oh well, good video all the same.

[SteVin89]

Yep, I'm sorry. It is supposed to be the year 2122. My bad.

[dinostalkerfan]

2012?

[IricForset]

Why dont they make films like this anymore?

[lilbrothaaa]

Because spectacular stuff like Gladiator earns you more money than Alien or Blade Runner ...

[Gine012]

whats the name of this movie???

[mjmanning123]

Alien!

[spontaneoussam2]

lol