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James Horner's "ALIENS" in Full Score
James Horner's "ALIENS" in Full Score
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Notable for so many reasons, "Aliens" was the score for which James Horner received his first Oscar nomination. Surprising perhaps, given that barely any of the score exists intact in the final edit of the movie. Infamous for the strain it put on the working relationship between Horner and director James Cameron, this book presents each cue as it was originally intended and can be studied alongside the London Symphony Orchestra's soundtrack recording, available from Varèse Sarabande. For the first time, enjoy being able to study the extended note ranges, techniques and effects which Horner employed to create this iconic piece of film music history.
210 pages, 9x12 inches. Paperbound, printed in the U.K.
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Contents
1M1 Main Title
1M3 Bad Dreams
3M1 Dark Discovery/Newt’s Horror
4M1 LV-426
5M1 Combat Drop
6M1 The Complex
6M2/7M1 Atmosphere Station
7M2 Med Lab
8M2 Newt
9M1 Sub-Level 3
9AM1 Ripley’s Rescue
13M1 Facehuggers
14M1 Futile Escape
15MA Newt is Taken
15M1A Going After Newt
17M1/17MMX Bishop's Countdown
18MA/18MB Queen to Bishop
18M1 Resolution and Hyperspace
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Glad to have this, and it made a special gift for my son’s birthday. A follow-up question was handled beautifully. I’ll be getting more. Looking over this score gives a lot of insight as to James Horner’s approach and my son will be turning it into a guitar/ bass realization over the next year. Thank you!
Hi David, sorry to hear your initial copy was damaged. A replacement copy is in the mail. Good luck with the guitar/bass arrangement. I'll be interested to hear the result when your son's done with it!
I really love Horner’s early ’80 scores. The traditional big SF sound for Star Trek II & III and Krull, the urban sound of 48 Hrs. and Gorky Park and his modern sound for Brainstorm and Aliens.
Aliens is certainly one of Horner’s best orchestrated scores with terrific action cues. I learned that a lot of the strange sounds are not performed by synthesizers but on traditional orchestral instruments! Some musical ideas seem to be lifted from Khachaturian (Gayane) or Penderecki (The Dream of Jacob) but for me this is one of Horner’s best scores.
Chris did another wonderful job which makes studying the score very easy and readable.
Hopefully he’s working on 48 Hrs. or Brainstorm next.
One of my favourite scores and one of my favourite movies - couldn’t be happier to finally have the full score in my collection.
A true masterpiece. Highly recommended
Edition parfaite