H.R. GIGER - ALIEN VISIONS [HD]

The origins of Giger's Xenomorph through his art to the 1979 film classic Alien.
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ABOUT THIS VIDEO:
Hans Ruedi Giger (1940-2014). Dark, primal, nightmarish, deeply disturbing but also imbued with an uncanny, ominous beauty, Giger's amazing artwork won an Oscar for his art direction on Ridley Scott’s movie Alien (1979). Presented here is a HD Montage of some of H.R. Giger's art and images from the Alien movie and his other projects. It shows the evolution of his work and how it became the Alien design we all now know so well.

[@xxnightopsxx]

I remember being in high school and seeing Alien, I wasn't able to sleep the night before from anticipation (Scott's TV trailer was so evocative and well done). During the movie I'll never forget my friend literally jumping out of his seat at each scare and the chest burster scene was mind blowing to say the least. It still remains one of my all time favourite films.

[@d4niel457]

Yeah man, I completely agree. Nothing can top Spaceballs.

[@MotoGreciaMarios]

This soundtrack is unique for terror films. Instead of just raising the tension level or telling us there's imminent danger somewhere, it creates an eerie yet very strong sense of "doom" and/or ineludable terrible fate - It's not just scary but also disturbing. It has an existential overtone to it that really takes it apart and renders it unsurpassed by any other horror film soundtrack I've ever listened to.

[@CroElectroStile]

do you know the name of the scores

[@luthermcgee7297]

, agreed. Even a sense of melancholia. A sense of no turning back because one is trapped.

[@MotoGreciaMarios]

@@luthermcgee7297 Yes, well said!

[@juanausensi499]

@@CroElectroStile Alien (1979) Original Soundtrack, by Jerry Goldsmith

[@EriKGaya]

The beauty of horror, the perfection of evil, the poesy of damnation...

[@Hirthirthirt]

HR Giger and Jerry Goldsmith have been soooo far ahead in 1978....... Fantastic....

[@jrewing5886]

I have contemplated, over the years, since 1979, what sort of mind creates this very very psychotic art work? Back then, of course, I was young, naive and uninterested. Today, I am amazed at this man's abilities to literally scare the shit out of me...still. HR Giger is the master of Alien art. His rendition of the, now infamous Alien creature, is on a level never to be matched. I remember seeing Jaws for the first time. People literally jumped from their seats. When I saw Alien, people didn't just jump from their seats, they left the theatre, they were so sick. What sort of mind must create such horror? Such darkness? To answer that question would require the one thing we cannot do, ask, HR Giger. He passed away some years ago sadly. His artistry goes beyond those places we dare not go. The Alien creature he created from his mind was as real as any living thing. I went home that night, really creeped out. Only one other creature gave me the creeps like that, " The Creature From The Black Lagoon ". That creature gave me nightmares it seemed so real, but HR Giger's Alien took it further. There was this psychological component to his work. It was like being on an Acid trip and drawing something out of your mind that no one else could see. His Alien creatures were not only very realistic, but truly frightening. Slimy, wet with that hiss sound, inner jaw and those teeth. Nothing has ever been so beautiful, yet so frightening. Nothing. Not even Jaws comes close and I know sharks. Beautiful majestic creatures of the deep that are vilified every time someone gets bitten. The Alien creature, in my opinion, is number one in sci fi creatures. 👽

[@xxnightopsxx]

Have to agree with that. Too bad it's been misused and bastardised in the sequels.

[@AugustoV8Cesar]

U still alive bro?🤔

[@xxnightopsxx]

@@AugustoV8Cesar Yep, still here. Actually went through surgery yesterday so it's funny that you're asking me this.

[@darksoulsss2618]

@@xxnightopsxx alien isolation is amazing tho if you ever played it.. just like the original film in atmosphere...

[@shaman9024]

Yeah take that species sequels you should have been strapped to a rocket and fired into the sun

[@youngcnyce]

Giger is a great visionary, his work should be in alot more films.

[@patrickc1193]

“A lot” but I still agree. So many people boast that they can produce better films but will never equal movies like ALIEN or ALIENS.

[@BitcoinAndChess]

This video makes me WANT to have a nightmare tonight!

[@AugustoV8Cesar]

🤔

[@harpiyon]

R.I.P maestro

[@Ultrasteel]

Even if Giger has passed away, his work will always live on. Whether it be by displays of his works, or passed on work to his talented followers... But nonetheless, rest in peace HR Giger.

[@pennynelson4377]

Sauron Merciful yuo sure Ridley didint rip his work off? he is still using it in his films isn't he!

[@MrJackal43]

Penny Nelson Ridley Scot FOUND Giger. After Scot panned Steve Bannons design, he saw Gigers book, Necrocomicon, which had dozens of pre Alien designs. Ridley contacted him and used his design. Giger was employed as part of the production team and got lead credit in the special effects design and an Oscar. You’re an idiot btw,

[@AugustoV8Cesar]

😂

[@AugustoV8Cesar]

That end of coment deserves anoscar👌😂hahaha hahaha hahaha

[@odissey2]

@@MrJackal43 I believe that it was Jodorovsky, who "found" Giger for "Dune" production. After about a year into work Hollywood withdrew the contract and passed acquired materials to the Ridley Scott.

[@kezadrone]

Giger's art is so different that I often wonder when seeing the stuff, if he was somehow tapped into another world out there millions of light years from Earth, I expect given the vastness of the Universe, the chances of a world like those he illustrated would be rather high, after all that universe had Giger in it and his chemicals came up with the art in mind at least. So in one capacity, this alien material does in fact exist.

[@luthermcgee3767]

Agreed. On some occasions I've tried to envision, being an artist, what an ALIEN civilization might look like. Where things are so very alien, that the only thing that we would recognize is the air we breath here on earth.

[@DanielAppleton-lr9eq]

@@luthermcgee3767 Krypton, Asgard, Atlantis, Vulcan & similar look too much to Terran cultures. Giger took things to a whole different level & order of magnitude.

[@luthermcgee3767]

@@DanielAppleton-lr9eq , I wholeheartedly agree. In a way, Istill kinda wished that I could've seen a biomechanical civilization without fangs, or other sinister forms of life. Hate to sound obsessive, or have a single minded fixation.

[@DanielAppleton-lr9eq]

@@luthermcgee3767 How long would such a civilization take to develop ? Biomechanical design & R & D has a ways to go yet. A LONG WAY, unless the people who say AS FACT that aliens have manipulated / are manipulating our DNA are right.

[@darioinfini]

The masterfully beautiful horror art of Giger. Incomparable.

[@DanielAppleton-lr9eq]

It's like Wabi - Sabi.

[@westgoten]

RIP and thanks for all the nightmares.

[@soso-mx8nb]

I was trying to describe his art to a friend today and it was hard to describe because it's just so incredible, so I'll show him this

[@bill-pn7vz]

i envision races of beings,thousands of years ahead of humans,adapting their bodies to the harsh environments of freezing airless space and hard radiation,half flesh and half machine..integrated and now indestinguishable, roaming the galaxies after countless conquests,adventures and wars,leaving their traces and sometimes weapons behind....sometimes on accident..other times....

[@egoDEATH33]

The sci-fi genius Gene Wolfe has a good elaboration of this in his many award winning novels.

[@nexusoflife]

Check out the video game Scorn. it is essentially what you described.

[@ArtofLunatik]

Honestly, i think the only way we could ever travel the cosmos would be througg augmentation of our bodies.So our bodies could resist the dangers of traveling in space and other worlds with different gravity and such.

[@patrickbyrne5070]

by accident. otherwise yes. beautifully said.

[@luthermcgee7297]

@@ArtofLunatik , a biological/ technological interface?

[@CaptScottMitchell]

Jerry Goldsmith did an amazing job with the Alien soundtrack; it matches perfectly with the Giger's work

[@IdolMinds989]

03:00 - 04:00 gets that Derelict Spaceship atmosphere down to a tee! Mysterious, creepy, yet just so beautiful!

[@JackMordino]

This score is amazing. Makes you remember and aknowledge your inner fears in a profound way. It's almost... philosophical.

[@xmlviking12]

Now this, Is some Dark shit. Not just your ordinary Dark shit.....This is more Then just Dark.

[@samEntity601202]

No other artist from the past or present, even the future would have envsion a disturbing and yet fascinating images of an ungodly world or universe.

[@lancesims8627]

Yea you need to check out some more painters bro

[@lordofshades9852]

Junji Ito might sate you

[@jotr.9786]

@@lancesims8627 yeah, but this really feels alien, like from another world( minus porn stuff that is) a , nightmare world

[@Loner-Wolf]

The master of grotesque beauty. There simply is nothing like the works of Giger. RIP

[@MrDevilman67]

when I first saw the first alien it scared the crap out of me I had to leave 3 times out of the theater because it was that scary to me the music, the movie just scared the shit out of me!! awesome movie will never be a movie like this ever again!! no CGI nothing like that it was just a old scary movie, today u will never get that!! LOVE THE MUSIC!!!

[@twinboost]

HR Giger is my favourite airbrush artist. His whole bio mechanical \organic architecture, visions leave, in my psyche anyway a cohesion that is both alien and familiar ..

[@DjProfePR]

Gigers work is amazing how it combines biomechanical and dark feel to it best Surrealist artist ive seen or at least my favorite

[@TheHappyTrainWreck]

I absolutely love that segment from 3:02 - 4:04. It's only 2 or 3 notes but it's musically the only common thread among all the Alien films (except Alien 3 I think). The other 3 films all have some variation of it.

[@Lehury86]

"Ash, are you getting this?"

[@joshuastrittmatter4188]

“Yes I can. ... ... ...I’ve never seen anything like it.”

[@laszlomedek966]

Your creature is a perfect killer machine all over the galaxy!!!

[@imbastyczny]

A phenomenal artist and unique in every respect.

[@Ramsmeat]

Thank you very much for your art, Hans Giger. R.I.P. :(

[@HajduDIGITAL]

The sun is shinning out there.. perfect time to watch something dark and gloomy.

[@laszlomedek966]

Rest In Peace my friend!!! Your work never die!!! :'(!!!

Congratulations to the person that produced and edited this video. Nicely done.

[@xxnightopsxx]

Grazie mille....

[@MrDevilman67]

rock on giger u will be missed!!!! thank u for ur art&the movies!!!! alien4life!!

[@peterang78]

Dark, horrifying, grotesque, deep, disturbing, and most of all..........beautiful.

[@Fredrock1982]

I love the hidden phallic/vaginal innuendos hidden throughtout his work, it's fun just to sift through and find them all, like a "Where's Waldo" of horror lol. One thing I really adore about the alien creature's concept itself is that it's so damn sleek. Almost in a cat-like or even feminine in a sense, bizarre, hideous, and yet alluring to the eye at the same time. It's most unusual.

[@punisherx03]

The alien is so sexy and elegant dude

[@MrDevilman67]

THANK U AS A PERSON&THE NIGHTMARES!!! ROCK ON GIGER!!

[@Novinte]

The music started and scared me lol

[@RubyMarkLindMilly]

His airbrush skill is extraordinary and his vision of the Alien universe unique to say the least a visionary no doubt

[@fluffybunny3187]

I always enjoy hr giger while listening old wumpscut albulms,like embryodead

[@redmoonspider]

Wonder and horror. HR Giger is pure genius.

[@AugustoV8Cesar]

Only a true fan will realize just how disturbing & terrifying this is! This Terrifying Melody is like if youre being mutilated/quartered by the Xenomorph, RIP H.R Giger, the Dark-Genious.✔

[@AugustoV8Cesar]

@SonofEyeAboveAll effoff explain

[@AugustoV8Cesar]

@SonofEyeAboveAll effoff no i dont. thanks for talking

[@AugustoV8Cesar]

@SonofEyeAboveAll effoff but u could tell the name

[@DeanWinchester69]

Giger's works are on par if not greater than the horrific creature designs inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and his Cthulhu mythos along with his pantheon of "Elder Gods". If you enjoy Giger do a search for concept art based on the works of Lovecraft.

[@JoeCarnage80]

R.I.P. master of terror...

[@francisjames1377]

Simply Horrifying

[@luthermcgee3767]

Excellent sound quality.

[@user-fl8pi2fo2x]

Работы Ганса Руди Гигера действительно гениальные, хоть он и скончался но для меня большая честь видеть его работы, слава ему небесное

[@julwin1985]

After our civilization has ceased to exists and H.R. Giger's paintings are the only surviving art of paint, then I'd like to see the faces of those who will discover these pictures :D

[@normanrowe2831]

Bio-machinery was Ginger’s influence. Wonderful.

[@bassist1983ffm]

In one hand this video is amazing... but connected with that music I will have a lot of nightmares this night ^^

[@deformed666]

One of the best HR Giger tribute videos...

[@wilfriddelpit7159]

Just for thé music.Classic.

[@iamlordtyphus]

i love this mans art im a huge fan of his work

[@ryebread7224]

H.R. Giger + Jerry Goldsmith = Perfection.

[@PyroManiacJohnny]

Only Giger can make ugly beautiful

[@user-ke1dl7re9k]

Восхитительная анатомия женских тел в инопланетной тематике. Гигер мой кумир. Спасибо.

[@ExoRoPink3]

music if utter despair and forboding sucking the life out of something, like a black hole. But then beautiful like the light and love on the other side. Tune!

[@Dashyrre]

Giger's work served as the base for many artists, and even of the Contra franchise. Quite ironic, placing the hunter of the Predator and the Xenomorphs in 1 piece of media, long before any of the movies or lore could do so. The attempt to mix biology and mechanics in 1 seemingly perfect and malicious thing and letting the art speak for itself more than any other backstory could. Pretty much giving no explanation aside from the one we interpret ourselves, just like Lovecraft's ideology of the fear of the unknown. Sad to see it all spoiled down with the existing idea of the Praetomorph. Honestly when I feel like creating vent art, he is the first to come to mind and to influence my art style.

[@Scottie_S]

@Filthdrive The music is the actual motion picture score for the movie A L I E N written by Jerry Goldsmith.

[@jackdexx]

music's a nice touch

[@trevizons]

Beautiful, just, beautiful, Giger is an amazing and original artist, takes your mind to a different world creating a dream of things as if they were real, I've admired his artwork since I was 12 when Alien was released, I'm 42 now, and I do appreciate even more, the film, the artwork, the direction, Giger himself, the movie soundtrak which does enhance this posting, It's a shame for the industry they mixed this unique art with the Predator, it's like a Renoir thrown to the garbage ...

[@spiroskoufos5412]

GREAT!

[@theweberjosh]

This is a great video, you picked the perfect music to accompany Gigers work :) Cheers

[@dent4ik83]

аж слёзы наворачиваются,как это так красиво и в тоже время ужасно,чувствуется тяжёлая мощь и холод стали,твёрдость и в тоже время грациозная гибкость. Величие и секс во всех изгибах. Гиггер гениален

[@user-ke1dl7re9k]

Да. Всё женское особенно в таком контексте очень завораживает. Я обожаю женщин но ничего не могу с собой поделать и любуюсь издевательствами Гигера над ними. Это жутко сексуально.

[@NickProkhorenko]

Этот Гигер поехавший художник извращенец, тот случай, когда детская психологическая травма привела к наркоманским иллюстрациям.

[@user-ke1dl7re9k]

@@NickProkhorenko Простите но Вы не правы. Он творец своего искусства а не больной. Мне очень нравится его стиль и я рад что познакомился с ним. Там много красоты просто нужно постараться её увидеть.

[@starwriter23]

H.R. Giger (pronounced Gee-ger) is a Swiss artist whose visuals depict biological creatures that have mechanical characteristics. He won an Academy award for his designs in the first Alien movie, including the face hugger, the chest burster and the adult alien. His book "Necromicon," published in 1977, contains images that inspired the monster.

[@areaivo]

Simply the best!

[@MissSnoCon]

he's a pure artistic genius.

[@randombobtoo]

Hurrah ! Was starting to think i was alone in thinking this........

[@MotionGraphicsVFXIconSDG]

Nice!

[@calabiyou]

A true original.

[@kittyrocoa714]

Great art and bio organic cyber technology. I think their own living technology became a creature and beat them; also I'm reminded of the Zentradi from Macross/ Robotech.

[@VLi-uh9qy]

Made in Switzerland, compliment

[@assinomen]

Its based on a stele and the picture is from an artwork collection called h r geigers necronomicon,,, the imaginary book created by lovectaft,.. read some lovecraft you are missing out..

[@luthermcgee432]

I'm a fan of HP Lovecraft. I even illustrated a part of "At the mountains of madness." How Mactigh and others repaired the damaged planes preparing then again for flight... And the ' castle of terror by Robert E Howard.

[@jesusmartinez-rb8wp]

They're a good inspiration for a video game

[@witz85]

@xxnightopsxx I agree, I guess Aliens was more of a sci-fi action film than SF-horror... to be honest I probably like it more if only because it expands the Alien 'universe' just enough while remaining terrifying. Good to hear there is some talk of a prequel w/Ridley Scott! I wonder what kind of ground that would cover? because if anything the whole AvP thing is based on the origins or relationships between the three species, which is what you would expect a prequel to deal with...

[@MrS373N]

My mom saw the first Alien movie and she liked it so much. When "ALIENS" came out she wanted to see it so bad but couldn't find a babysitter for me ( I was 7 ) So she decided to sneak me inside the movie theater. We sat down right in the middle of the audience so nobody noticed me. Thanks Mom!!!

[@stian222]

It’s been over 11 years now so the resolution leaves much to be desired. Love Giger but could not keep watching this.

[@imbastyczny]

His mind is just as versatile as few artists.

[@pedrosilvassauro9976]

3:04 Alien Enginer.

[@AugustoV8Cesar]

Br 🤦‍♂️

[@bigj651]

David asking the engineer " Is AVP canon" makes sense.

[@harrihiltunen4712]

h.r giger is genus.

[@DeathDOer01]

ONE OF MY FAVORITE ARTIST, NICE THX

[@79846963]

the music is amazingggggg

[@dkupke]

@Fredrock1982 Dan O'Bannon cited Necronom IV as a direct inspiration for Alien because the creature in the picture was ambiguous; it could be male or female, and because "it could just as easily fuck you before it killed you." Giger is certainly a genius, but he is almost certainly also a sexual freak, which just adds to the brilliance of his work because it hits on such a primal level.

[@splitwrist]

Giger's Alien is the book where much of this came from. Good info about the movie process in it as well.

[@dfghj241]

avp2 game is one of my favorite games ever as well!

[@Bloodsport1]

@TheReddwarff100 Great to see someone, who love cinema and notice atmosphere in the movie.

[@88Ramone]

Great vid; the timeless art of HR Giger and 'that' music,...AWESOME!!

[@TICSTUDIOSLLC]

Out of any creature I've on film, the HR Giger alien was the most fascinating and disturbing thing I've ever seen. It's without a doubt my favorite monster

[@rudymontanez9513]

got to see the horror aliens love a space scare

[@assinomen]

Gigers scenes at the start of alien really set the mood for the movie,,apparently he asked for a truck load of bones from the local slaughter house for creating his work for the movie

[@Captain6313]

Awesome i never thought an artists ideas would look so cool i never knew the Aliens were Directly Taken from HR Giger

[@angeldemon821]

what an imagination!

[@nightowl8936]

been there done that ... Prometheus definitely has some Lovecraftian ideas in it.

[@TheGhost-gx5vd]

In the future i hope we never see anything like this something so frightening and terrifying thank God it's only science fiction not real

[@psychonaut25]

Giger is a genius mastermind. No match for him.

[@xeno6696]

While I perfectly agree with your appraisal of Ridley Scott, the fact is that Fox owned that movie from beginning to end, and Cameron had exactly as much power to do what he wanted as the studio would allow. And everyone keeps praising Scott... Shusett && O'Bannon were the ones who wrote it in the first place...

[@j0hnnychr0me]

awsume montage giger is genius

[@tuuexx]

i have always loved this mans art.his over-use of vagina,s ,and penis,es, and bone ,skull have always been the organic brought to new levels....that skull train from dune, the hulls of the ships.....man, !

[@StarshipKoyote]

His amalgamation of neonatal trauma; play on phobias of suppressed femininity, uniformity, and expiration; and consistent stance on this technological strand of suicide; works to make him one of the most profound, expressive minds of the last half-century.

[@PMeursault]

@witz85 Maybe they never will, but that's what makes the movie so good, remember that half the horror surrounding the alien is that you hardly ever see it (in the first movie anyway), plus all the mystery of where the hell it came from, how it sees, etc. Alien is an excellent example of a psychological thriller aswell as sf-horror.