I love the Alien: Covenant soundtrack!

Chris
AdminEngineerMay 02, 2017I just absolutely LOVE the Alien: Covenant soundtrack by Jed Kurzell. It hearkens back to the 1979 original in every way. Got chills listening to it...
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Yes, me too. It is much more than just a serviceable soundtrack. Besides the Jerry Goldsmith homages it doesn't sound generic or overblown. I like the electronic/ industrial vibe to it.
So do I!
It pays homage to Jerry Goldsmith's original score while having it's own updated eeriness about it. I cannot wait to see the movie and be taken along for the ride courtesy of the soundtrack.
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I am listening to this now, will give my thought after half way through. I love the opening (The Covenant), paying homage to Alien.
It gave me chills listening to the reworked cues from Jerry Goldmiths score!
Ridley has always said it was Jerry's best work. I have to agree!
"Let The Cosmic Incubation Begin" ~ H.R. Giger
I'll admit, I was NOT happy when I heard Kurzel was going to be the composer. He's really done NOTHING that I've liked, ever. BUT, this one...this one seems "right".
WOW? Jed Kurzel nailed it! IMO he captured the essence of Jerry Goldsmith's original score for the 1979 film and expanded on it to a degree that is just fucking spectacular. So often it is the music as a character that can make or break a movie and I'm happy to say that the music for this film is wonderful. I'm in awe of how fucking good it is? The movie is not even out yet and it's shaping up to be a cult classic. Way to go Ridley!
"Sometimes to create, one must first destroy."
Incredible! terrifying, primordial tribal and mystical!
some of the percussion work resembles banging, or almost running. the music is definately a river of different feelings! so organic
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It really does have the same feel as the 79 one, but once again I expected something more Promethean, although I ain't complaining, I'm liking it way too much.
The soundtrack is being reviews too. It is getting high marks 4.5 out 5.
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Wow yeah the score is a thing of otherworldly beauty. The nods to Goldsmith are the cherry on top. I will be picking up this score the day it's released. I was skeptical about Jed Kurzel - I thought his score for Assassin's Creed was pretty meh. Also: why the hate for Streitenfeld's Prometheus score? I love that OST.
Chest Burster track is amazing. Been listening to it on repeat. Such a beautiful song with such a terrifying title.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30xk2Q1SuKA
What Jed did was use Goldsmith's original end credit soundtrack but was instead replaced with Howard Hanson; which when I was a kid thought Goldsmith composed it lol.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JahkT5htQjE
Totally unbeatable from the the other movies.
I have to listen to the whole thing, isolated. I'm receiving it tomorrow (preoredered), so I'll see. Currently though, I didn't really like it. It isn't bad, but I guess I didn't expect sections from the Alien score to be put in. I know they were reworked a bit, but it almost took me out of the exprience everytime I heard them. I kept getting to into the movie to really notice the rest of the score, so that's why I need a full listen through to really decide.
Still, no matter what, it fits the universe and that is probably most important. The tone was proper (I think) for an Alien film.
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