Forbidden planet - Alien

Several scenes from the 1956 classic Forbidden planet, staring a very young Leslie Nielsen (of Naked gun, Airplane fame) with music off Alien and Aliens.

I watched the film recently, and was shocked at how well it had stood the test of time, with it's dated soundtrack being it's only flaw. So I decided to experiment by adding music from the more recent Alien, and Aliens films to some of the scenes to see how it turned out. Here's what it looked like.


RIP Leslie Nielsen. You will never be forgotten.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• forbidden
• planet
• alien
• aliens
• leslie
• nielsen

[caching60098]

Ya had to put your own music to this, didn't you? Ya had to mess it up, didn't you?

By adding your own music is like pissing on a Picasso!!!!

[lordhebe]

@caching60098 Charming. (RIP Nielsen)

[Dirtfire]

Nice sountrack. Btw, the original weird-sountrack was actually Krell-music -Krell being the alien creatures from the movie.

The Krell were said to be a million years ahead of us, and who knows what's going to be hip to us in a million years.

[lordhebe]

Touche ;P

[grayswandir47]

I prefer the original soundtrack. It was among the first all electronically synthesized soundtracks ever created for film. Something of a landmark in film sound editing.

[lordhebe]

Fair enough, I admit that the original soundtrack certainly added a huge deal to the atmosphere of the film, and Forbidden Planet would not be Forbidden Planet without it.

It's just, after a while, the constant use of a very repetitive soundtrack became tiresome personally, which spoiled the film slightly for me. (I still love it to bits)

I just wanted to see how the film would work with a more conventional score.

[Iluthra]

How can anyone call the music dated? It was ahead of its time, in that it was music unlike any heard, and still sounds very alien.

[DoctorOnce]

@Iluthra Absolutely! Separating the original score from FORBIDDEN PLANET is like taking the Bernard Herrmann out of VERTIGO.

[cosmicdingo]

Don't listen to the haters.This is a good mashup, man.

[TubeManTalk]

Your updated soundtrack sucks!!

[GordonMorrice]

I love the original score by the Barrons. Goldsmith's score (which employs cues from his unused score for John Huston's film of Sigmund Freud from 1962) works quite well here, but it overpowers. But kudos for the experiment, lordhebe! I see that others got cunty when replying to this video.

[FOCtv]

Terrible to add all that sappy music. The original soundtrack is a masterpiece.

[cosmicdingo]

Also known as the first Star Trek movie--

[cosmicdingo]

Actually, I think this mashup works well, enjoyed this.

[TheTimananda]

the music to Forbidden Planet was ahead of its time and does NOT need to be "re-done".

[terranchuck]

Robbie please don't call me Shirley on the bridge!

[saulhudson420]

@caching60098 word. where the fuck can I find the original music?