Alien

1979 · Film · Jerry Goldsmith

Label: Universal Music Special Markets
Release date: 1979
Format: Film score
Genre: Horror Science Fiction

During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.

Tracklist

#	Title	Duration
1	Main Title	4:12
2	Hyper Sleep	2:46
3	The Landing	4:31
4	The Terrain	2:21
5	The Craft	1:00
6	The Passage	1:49
7	The Skeleton	2:30
8	A New Face	2:35
9	Hanging On	3:39
10	The Lab	1:05
11	Drop Out	0:57
12	Nothing to Say	1:52
13	Cat Nip	1:01
14	Here Kitty	2:08
15	The Shaft	4:31
16	It’s a Droid	3:28
17	Parker’s Death	1:51
18	The Eggs	2:24
19	Sleepy Alien	1:04
20	To Sleep	1:56
21	The Cupboard	3:05
22	Out the Door	3:13
23	End Title	3:09
24	Main Title (rescored alternate cue)	4:11
25	Hyper Sleep (rescored alternate cue)	2:45
26	The Terrain (rescored alternate cue)	0:58
27	The Skeleton (rescored alternate cue)	2:31
28	Hanging On (rescored alternate cue)	3:08
29	The Cupboard (rescored alternate cue)	3:12
30	Out the Door (rescored alternate cue)	3:02
1	Main Title	3:37
2	The Face Hugger	2:36
3	Breakaway	3:03
4	Acid Test	4:40
5	The Landing	4:31
6	The Droid	4:44
7	The Recovery	2:50
8	The Alien Planet	2:30
9	The Shaft	4:01
10	End Title	3:09
11	Main Title (film version)	3:44
12	The Skeleton (alternate take)	2:34
13	The Passage (demonstration excerpt)	1:54
14	Hanging On (demonstration excerpt)	1:08
15	Parker’s Death (demonstration excerpt)	1:07
16	It’s a Droid (unused inserts)	1:28
17	Eine kleine Nachtmusik (source)	1:49