Alien (1979) End Credits (FXM 2021)

[@dianalee3059]

The score for Alien was brilliantly composed by Jerry Goldsmith. However, Ridley Scott used this music from Howard Hanson’s beautiful Romantic Symphony for the end credits and for right after Ripley blasts the creature out of the shuttle. This is one of my favorite pieces of music hauntingly beautiful. One day I heard this on my local classical music radio station and the announcer said Hanson was none too pleased this music was used in the movie. Neither was Goldsmith. Just a little trivia a.

[@pillsareyummy]

I don't understand, Goldsmith wrote the score did he not?

[@dianalee3059]

@@pillsareyummy Absolutely yes, Goldsmith wrote the score. But director Scott used this portion of Howard Hanson’s Romantic Symphony for the closing credits and also right after Ripley blasts the alien out of the shuttle. Much to both Hanson’s and Goldsmiths chagrin, I might add!

[@pillsareyummy]

@@dianalee3059 You're saying that Goldsmith wasn't pleased Scott used Hanson's composition for the film? Did Scott replace some of Goldsmith's score for Hanson's?

[@dianalee3059]

@@pillsareyummy I’ll explain it again. First of all, I was a busy studio singer for 5 decades and had the honor of working with Jerry Goldsmith on the movie Poltergeist. On one of the breaks. I told him how much I admired his score for Alien, at which time he said it was not a happy experience, that Ridley Scott had been “difficult,”. When I saw the movie Alien the first time in the theater since I know Hanson!s Romantic Symphony so well I was surprised and delighted Scott used part of it for when Ripley stands victoriously watching the Alien blown out of the shuttle. So yes, Goldsmith’s score at that moment was replaced. Then, a bigger section of Hanson’s symphony was used during the end credits. Goldsmith wasn’t happy about it and a radio deejay said the same thing about Hanson not being pleased. Bottom line: Goldsmith wrote the entire scary-wonderful score for Alien. Director Scott replaced small parts with passages from Hanson’s Romantic Symphony.

[@YortOK]

What did you do on the poltergeist score

[@keyabethomas4342]

I like the flow of the music for the movie alien and it makes me feel good about myself and the music that helps me feel the groove of my head!!! I love it so much!!!

[@tonyfarrell5164]

I was trying to do this tonight on my phone as was watching it on TV.. my phone wouldn't record . Thank you for recording

[@martyjesuscarmenmartinez]

A very beautiful piece of music beings tears to my eyes 😥😥

[@BogusLion]

This reminds me of the good old times when we used to watch movies on the tv before there was internet and the credits would still roll slowly, nowadays everything's fast and they cut the credits to show ads or the next thing, this was an amazing movie and would make people think in the end, incredible and one of the greatest endings of any sci-fi/horror movie ever.

[@BRONZALiVE]

God I love this, it makes me fall into a deep slumber and dream of simpler calmer times

[@jtgd]

1:34 favorite part imo

[@jarmelo2006]

I would love to see this on the big screen.

[@ilixcota]

I saw it in the theatre, not the first time in 79 (I was only a year old), but the theatres in my area showed the original when aliens came out in 86 as part of a double feature. I remember my dad taking me to see it, he was a huge sci-fi fan

[@jarmelo2006]

@ilixcota Wow. That sounds amazing!!!. I can get a vision of it the way you explained it. My parents barely went to movie theaters. Alien was so terrifying to me because of how they kept you guessing with this movie. Very shadowy yet so believable.

[@ilixcota]

@@jarmelo2006 My parents were weird about what movies I could watch. I could never watch “dirty” movies like Basic Instinct, but had no problem letting me watch oddball movies they liked, like Clockwork Orange and Full Metal Jacket. I had a confusing time as a kid trying to figure out what was “okay”. Anyway, interesting thing for you in case you did not know - In the scene where Ripley faces off with Ash, there’s this part where the camera is aimed at Ash but pulling back, there’s a little clanging noise and Ash briefly looks directly at the camera, then a slightly swinging wind chime comes into view on the left. Behind-the-scenes reveals this was actually not intended, the camera guy accidentally bumped into the wind chime while moving the camera, the Ian Holm was briefly distracted by the sound, which is why he suddenly looked at the camera. But somehow it came together as an excellent shot, and Ridley Scott kept it in the film. The interesting thing to me about this was that when I saw the movie, this totally seemed like a part of the movie- I assumed it was a suggestion that the alien was there watching them the whole time. I had no idea until just a couple years ago when I finally watched some BTS content and learned about the reality of the shot. Such an amazing production when even the mistakes make the movie great.

[@moso299]

I was 16 when it came out. It was definitely a nail biter. But what stayed the longest afterward was the chest bursting scene. We had never, ever seen anything like that before.

[@jarmelo2006]

@@moso299 Wow...!!! Lol.🔥🔥🔥 I can't imagine

[@twsisclassicsince1955]

Motion Picture Association of America, Dolby Stereo and Panavision, but without its logo

[@DaveFisher-cq2dr]

0:42 Carlo Rambaldi also created E.T. for Steven Spielberg's E.T.