Alien (OST) - End Titles / Sinfonia No 2 The Romantic
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- Alien - Original Soundtrack Score
Howard Hanson
1979
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I know many Alien "purists" detest Scott's choice to replace Goldsmith's original end title music for this, but I think it's actually rather perfect. No disrespect to Goldsmith, who is an incredibly talented composer, but this sequence from Hanson is poignantly cathartic. It has a tired, fatigue-laden triumph motif, which perfectly encapsulates what Ripley must have felt after finally outwitting the absolute terror manifested by the xeno. I suspect it evokes a similar feeling as a soldier who has endured a hard-won, bloody, and mind-shattering battle and now simply wants to drift away in the seductive arms of relaxation and sleep. As such, I think it is entirely justified and fitting for this to play over the end credits to one of the most terrifying movies to ever be produced.
Eloquently put. Agree 100%
I like both end scores but you are right the Howard Hanson theme fits way better.
Best answer and explanation, I agree 100%. Thanks Riddley Scott to use this wonderful music.
Fred Leggett Man, oh man, I have to agree with you. As a Goldsmith fanatic, I still have to say, I concur. The way you described this piece of music, as it ties into the film’s story, was perfect! That sense of weariness you described is exactly how I feel at the movie’s end. Complete exhaustion & recovery. To me, the film’s closing scene was “it” for me, a satisfying end, where I never embraced the sequels (some I never bothered to see). Ripley & Jonesy, slumbering in their pod, after a death-defying escape. Sleep... Sleep... Sleep.....
It's unfortunate, but understandable, that Scott has a bad reputation among some Goldsmith fans. What happened with Legend was undoubtedly a composer's worst nightmare and it's not surprising there was bad blood between the two afterwards. And I say that as both a fan of the Tangerine Dream score and Goldsmith.
Still, sometimes, just sometimes, a director is right with his or her choice to go with something else, despite the pedigree of those directly involved. And it is extremely risky, but for Alien, I definitely think it paid off.
IMO, it's highly regrettable that the Hanson piece seemingly can't be included with "complete" Alien scores (at least, on official releases). Just doesn't seem right.
RIP Yaphet Kotto, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Harry Dean Stanton, Bolaji Badejo and Helen Horton.
😢💔
Beautiful closing theme...hard to believe this movie was made so long ago...so far ahead of its time...can watch it over and over again
When I listen his I think Ripley never back home but she's still up there navigating through unknown galaxies in a sort of eternal journey...
Absolutely a classic masterpiece
Is this beautiful theme stuck in anyone else's head? It's actually hard to shake...
Always
Howard Hanson wrote other symphonies...#3 and #4 are beautiful as this one .
It's one of the most emotional piece's I have ever heard. Anyone who has suffered great pain will recognize those notes.
Speaking of Howard Hanson, his Symphony #1 is also outstanding, particularly the Second Movement piece. It has a similar feeling to it as this piece.
My gf thinks I'm crazy because this movie terrifies her but it gives me great comfort, I think because after the brutal beating of this movie, Ripley finally gets to sleep in peace with this music playing. My favorite movie of all time. I run it when I am troubled.
@@LostMachinima yes. By the way penultimate means second to last so you mean ultimate. But yes. Love this song as Ripley sleeps peacefully following a harrowing 2 hours.
I am exactly the same. Been my favorite movie for nearly 40 years
Dario...You must have it running in a loop since the scamdemic.
Me too.
There's a peacefulness to the Cosmos of Space. There is great Horror to it, but that's just the nature of it, as we humans have that nature as well, given we are too, apart of it.
I find ending one of greatest horror movies of all time with a beautiful orchestra theme is a nice touch.
Dylan Morgan me too
I'm right there with you, Dylan. That score was very much needed when I watched it in '79. (Whew!)
Thank's to the master Ridley Scott.
There is a bad (not to me) horror movie called The Keep that actually has an awesome soundtrack. It made me a Tangerine Dream fan....
Nice?
One of the best movies of all time. Still holds up 40 years later
Beautiful music from the late, brilliant American composer Howard Hansen... So exquisite.
This ending theme us what made me a fan of Howard Hanson's music. Bless him and his awesome compositions!
This makes me think of a better tomorrow
Well said amigo
1979 - and it's all coming true.
Apart from the Alien of course.
But corporations swallowing each other up into a mega-corp "sell by post" operation.
Weyland Yutani = Amazon
At seegson
There somebody helping you. Every. Step of the way
I can see that
@@ryshed4365 You always know a working Joe
What a beautiful masterpiece of music to end a motion picture masterpiece! The music piece speaks into my heart and says something like: "You had a rough day, go to sleep now in peace and wake up to a better tomorrow!" I love Alien and Aliens!
So do we. Sadly the later ones were crap by comparison.
2:31 That horn jump scare is like a parting reminder to always sleep with one eye open.
Absolutely love that part.
As if to say “it’s not over.”
Perhaps, but to me, it says to stay respectful and humble when you stand before something beyond Human Mortality. That's what the Cosmos of Space is, in fact.
What a gorgeous theme to play after 2 hours of sheer terror and dread. Really makes me feel like the storm is over.
This symphonic piece spells out the triumph of a life and death struggle better than any words or pictures ever could.
The entire symphony is beautiful, greatness from a great American composer, Howard Hanson
RIP Bill Paxton and John Hurt
And now sadly Harry Dean Stanton.
I know I'll get hate for this. But I was also a fan of Brian Glover from Alien 3. He was a fine British actor.
no hate! alien 3 despite its production problems , in my opinion is a good movie , very dark in its theme with great sets and i think just not what most people were expecting with the story, and yes had some great actors in it.
I wish I could have met these guys. In the early '80's, I ran into Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright and Ron Shusett (producer) in Hollywood at a Q&A/meet & greet, at Ron's brother Don's H'wood workshop. (Also saw Chekov! aka Walter Koenig in the foyer. Thot he was H.R. Giger, ran back to my car to have him sign my copy of Necronomicon, then realized my mistake. Guess I had Alien on the brain.) I really appreciate James Cameron's Aliens, a faithful sequel to the orig, and I like that he includes some of the same actors in his flix (Terminator et al.): Paxton, Jenette Goldstein, Lance Hendricks.
@@tonymontana7263 Right Now Ian Holm the one who played Ash the Android
It's like going to sleep beside the woman you love
This music is SO beautiful. I get very nostalgic hearing it and teary eyed sometimes. I saw the movie when it first came out (I was 22). A simpler time compared to now.
Bless you! You've actually brought a lump to my throat... I also saw Alien when it first screened in 79... I was just 20 and serving in the RN... What a night! And yes....sigh... They were indeed simpler times it seemed.
One of the scariest movies yet very soothing credit music. Compliments each other perfect
I just love orchestra music so much
It’s weird to think that this song is from (or at least used in) a horror movie. Absolutely gorgeous!
This music brings me to tears every time 🥲
There just a cozy warm feeling I get when watching films of the era, the music, the atmosphere of the 70s was transcendent, and this film in particular ❤
A beautiful, quite lovely theme of gentle, positive resolution and outcome. Now, off to a long, gentle, and peaceful sleep in the old freezerinoes, for the two heroic survivors, Ripley and Jones.
Beautiful soundtrack ending. The movie was great too-! One of the best Sci Fi films ever.
Superb.
A stunning score to a movie masterpiece. The whole soundtrack is a simply amazing. Capturing wonder and terryfying horror like no other movie before or since.
Perfect scene ending ..I wrote an essay on this movie/theme for test.. I passed lol
OMG WHOEVER DONE THIS IS SO TRULY AMAZING AND ENDING WITH RIPLEY IN THE POD SLEEP WITH THE CAT. I'M IN TEARS LISTENING TO THIS . JUST TO GO BACK IN TIME TO THE LATE 70'S WHEN ALIEN CAME OUT SO BEAUTIFUL AND reminiscent .WOW. I LOVE THIS...
I feel just the same way.
Shows what is possible with a big budget and the right director are used. Ridley Scott really nailed this one.
You got that right! What a movie!
It really wasn't that big of a budget. Only about 9 million or so which even for 1979 was small.
@@LUCKO2022 It was a lot for a sci fi movie. And according to Boxofficemojo the budget for Alien was $11 million. For Star Wars it was $11-13 million. The most expensive movies in 1979 were $25-30 million. And those went over-budget due to delays and problems with the filming (like Apocalypse Now). So anything around $10 million was considered big budget.
He wanted to kill ripley. The ending we got was actually thanks to the studio lol
@@LUCKO2022 I heard the same thing. That they had to scrap a lot of set design ideas and even some scenes to not exceed their somewhat modest budget (compared to the $25-30 million films being made that same year). Including scrapping the idea in the script for the pyramid building, which was going to be where the eggs were discovered (and James Cameron got to reprise that idea with the somewhat pyramidical Weyland Yutani atmosphere processor building in Aliens.)
There is something in this piece of music that stirs deep emotions up in me... Howard Hanson was more brilliant than his general fame belies. He wore many hats, but should be remembered specially for this music. RIP Howard Hanson
After all the stress of the movie, this score is cathartic.
A great movie, one of the few you can watch again more than once. And the best end theme; Thank you Mr. Howard Hansen.
Amazing 👌 After all that suspense, it's like you can finally breathe.
Even at the tail-end of the movie, my father and everyone else in the theater in Vancouver were wondering to themselves each as to whether or not that was really and truly the end of the movie, after all the twists, turns, and sudden surprises throughout the whole movie.
The extract from the original composition beautifully encapsulates what has just taken place and is the perfect end to Ridley's horror masterpiece.
Beautiful music and stunning motion picture! When I think of Sci-Fi, this is the one!
Yeah, it's the grandaddy of them all, really.
@@TheHorsebox2 Not only granddaddy , but the god of action scifi-horror.. In 40 years since Alien , i dont know any action-scifi-horror-movie which is such believable as Alien. Its a row model for almost every other scifi-movie in the future.. in my opinion
@@PygmalionFaciebat Pretty much agree there. Even the Alien sequels lacked the impact of the original.
It truly was, and still is, amazing.
I love when this plays towards the end of the movie. It's like the music symbolizes "it's all over".
The part that I love, is when the Alien has finally been released from the shuttle, the music that plays when the camera is on the fire exhaust, that violin... Magical.
an amazing film!!, years ago i worked in a shop in london, and to my amazement john hurt walked in to buy something! i was gobsmacked and he seemed shocked that i recognized him! i told him what a fine actor he was and we were lucky to have him!!, i believe he was in london to promote his film "scandal" (1989), he was very polite and modest and i managed to find a piece of paper to get his autogragh!! i still have it and always will as it is a piece of history from a great british actor!! r.i.p john hurt and thankyou. the batman.
Really? You expect me to believe you are REALLY the Dark Knight??
@@elderrondyfleming7471 i dont expect you to believe anything sir, buy yes im an american and i worked in that great city called london a long time ago, people can also have duel nationality just like gillian anderson she was born in england but moved to the usa when she was young. just saying.
Oddly beautiful music for a horror film.
Because it's a beautiful film. Despite being horror.
They needed to have this so the audience would know that the movie was really, really, over, and the scare were past. That A huge menacing ship wouldn't capture Nostromo and laser it open, that Ripley wasn''t going to be sent back to planet crawling with thousands of aliens, that she'd never meet an even bigger alien, that Narcissus didn't crash land on some lice-ridden prison planet for sex-offenders with British accents, something about the military and an alien being sucked out of a window, and that it was all a nightmare that she had while in cryo-sleep on a ship on a journey to a planet she discovered while looking at cave drawings. Nope - none of that stuff was going to happen, because this was a happy ending, and we had the music to prove it.
It was meant by the editor and Ridley to calm and uplift the audience and to show that the horror was over.
Of course their using it pissed off Goldmsith no end after his writing his own Ending Titles track.
I love it
Mesmerizing contrast.
As someone who saw "Alien" in its original 70mm 6-track stereo big screen release, (OG CINE CAPRI 4-EVER!) the end credit music was sweet relief from what we'd just witnessed. My associates and I sat in stunned silence all the way home, not speaking about the movie until the next day. The Mad Magazine Parody was hilarious!
What an experience it would be to see this film for the first time on the big screen.
I was the same. At the time I had never seen anything like it. Such menace and fear and then elation at the end.
Nice. I was 8 when this came out. No chance I would see it in the movies. The commercials terrified me. I really wanted to though. Saw Star Wars though 2 years before and that was my childhood. Alien is still one of the best movies I've ever seen. Looking back I wish I did see it in the theater when it came out. Though I did sneak in a peek while at the movies watching Moonraker for my birthday that summer. I saw the part when Kane looks into the egg. Lol...In my opinion, Ridley Scott's best.
It’s a unique experience seeing something like Alien on the big screen for the first time with no notion of what you’re about to see. I was lucky. I saw it when it was released. As I left the theater, I remember thinking I’d seen that storyline before...in an old ‘50s b movie named It! The Terror From Beyond Space. I later had this confirmed by one of the principal writers in the special features section of the dvd release. They truly do not make films like this anymore.
sort of 'gets ya'.
Fantastic piece of music. Looked high and low for it.
One of the greatest movies I've ever seen. And I saw it on the second day it came out in 79. A Landmark sci-fi horror movie just like John Carpenter's The Thing. It ranks with the Exorcist in my book as the top three movies I've ever seen and I love horror movies. 1. The Exorcist 2. Alien 3. The Thing. In my opinion I haven't seen any movies since then that come close to those three in those genres.
yes, a very good choice of movies all with great soundtracks.
Perfect top three all time greatest for me too !!! 👍🏾
@mwmann thank you The Exorcist (1973) and Alien (1979) and The Thing (1982) these three are on the top of my list as the greatest horror movies ever created as well:).
I've just spent the last four hours recording ALL the themes of the entire franchise - from Alien to Alien: Covenant, including Mozart's - Eine kleine Nachtmusik - Serenade in Gmajor, K-525, 2nd Movement II Romance Andante (Dallas trying to make sense of everything in the shuttle - 'Narcissus'...). But I had to search hard to find the 'pièce de résistance in whiich to conclude my epic compilation - Thank you for not disappointing me. Such a beautiful and fittinng end to the longest canon of stunning music that were the scores of the entire franchise.
I will sleep well tonight, knowing my demons have been - for the time being - expunged.
All I know is after sitting on the edge of my seat for two hours, the movie left me exhausted and emotionally drained. Then this music started during the closing credits. It had the strangest effect on me. I started feeling rather emotional and as much as I tried to fight it, tears started rolling down my cheeks. Here I am a man sitting in the dark theater with my girl, and I'm crying like some chick. I was so embarrassed at the time. Over thirty years later, this piece still makes me cry like a baby. I don't understand it, but I definitely appreciate it.
I still clearly remember that day at the theater when I first saw this movie. I too was emotionally drained and I remember thinking "what did I just see", what did the alien look like? And this music was so soothing and beautiful, but then it had that "caution" sound at 2:31 and then ended serenely
@@ericar1001 My God, I thought I was the only one that was deeply affected by the "caution sound" followed by the serene ending. It was like being told everything was going to be ok. That's when I completely lost it!
I was homeless not to long ago worked my way out of it became a manager a fast food chain got a car brand new phone and an apt. My brother comes over that October to celebrate Halloween and played this for me the morning after it sounded so beautiful and we had a great weekend. He left for college the following Monday I then played this coming home from work that day and began to cry uncontrollably for what seemed like hours. I feel at that moment everything I had gone through ups and downs had hit me all at once it was depressing it was it was euphoric it was beautiful
Beautiful the interlochen theme by Howard hanson make me think about life
Interlochen class of 89
Beautiful
I went to my sisters college and heard the campus symphony perform this at a practice. I already knew what it was, and was impressed both by the quality of the performance, as well as it being from this film.
Must have been pretty cool.
Still one of the greatest horror movies and science fiction movies ever made.
'Final report of the commercial starship Nostromo, third officer reporting.
The other members of the crew, Kane, Lambert, Parker, Brett, Ash and Captain Dallas, are dead. Cargo and ship destroyed. I should reach the frontier in about six weeks. With a little luck, the network will pick me up.
This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off.'
Stunning
I watched this movie just the other day for the 10th time at a friend's house Arthur Hubbard. He bought an old high school and turned the gym into a Theater. It's full of Alien theme stuff. He has the Hour long version of this song playing on concert speakers. He's got to have over 5 million dollars off Alien collections of movie props. That's what brought me to this song. The guy has a full scale Queen laying the eggs with Sigourney in her white suit. It's like nothing I've ever seen on UA-cam Nothing compares.
Puedes subir un vídeo a UA-cam?
Love it. Must have been 4 yrs old when I first heard this and still gives me a lump in my throat.
I love Howard Hanson’s works. This music was an elegant touch to Avery scary movie!
Absolutely my FAVORITE movie ever. I love everything about it❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥🔥
That's a great tribute to the film: perfect combination of images from the scenes and the end title music from Hanson. Alien is a great film, this clip makes me want to watch it again.
no doubt in my mind that this was the right descision!! beautiful music to end the horror ride of alien we shared with the crew of the nostromo!! no disrespect to jerry goldsmith who is incredible!!! the batman
1. Goosebumps!
2. Lump in my throat!
3. Great editing, I must say, sir.
4. Sincerely.
This is like a lullaby for adults.
Love the stab @ 2:30 , just making us 'keep one eye open', as someone else said.
What an inspired choice.
im 50 an Alien purist and massive fan of the late Jerry Goldsmith but Ridley was right its such an emotional piece
A beautiful piece of music to go along with a great film. ~Cynthia~
I listened to this on a flight, it was night time outside and all I could see was stars, it was immersive and felt like I was in space
Magnifica
Yaphett Kotto bought me here. Rest easy, Parker.
This IS the right choice to close the film with. Unique and powerful
Beautiful!
Like you ;)
The closing piece is actually the second movement of Symphony No. 2 - Romantic by Howard Hanson. We just played it for All-State Chamber Orchestra! Horn gang gang
This sounds so sad, it really makes you feel bad for Ripley. Poor girl, I feel like giving her a big hug. 😥
As a kid I didn't understand that this music was created before Alien and pretty popular. I would hear it in grocery stores and I was like why are they playing the Alien end song here?
In the end of each day, I put this music and I always stay more better. It's time to get rest.
I love this music: Howard Hanson, the best!
Interesting side note to this music, which deviated from the excellent score, was that Goldsmith couldn't connect on an emotional level, with the characters. They were cold and resentful to one another, having to work and live together 24/7. It was either eerie and mysterious music, or tension-building and frightful. This left him empty for a love theme, and the tension in his music was perpetuated, through to the end credits. Director Ridley Scott decided, behind Jerry G's back, to give the audience a much-needed break, using a snippet of Howard Hanson's "Romantique #2." Great choice, but, oh, was Goldsmith ticked!
i keep waking up with this on my head
Paul, 15 years ago, I was OBSESSED with finding this theme. When I lucked up with a collector, THEN it popped up everywhere. Isn't life funny?
I love love… adore this music masterpiece! thank you Howard Hanson xx
The original Jerry Goldsmith end teme was trashed for this.
Thank God it was.
This is what an ending should be.
Hahaha. You fools. Only Jerry Goldsmith.
Watching this film for the first time yesterday this song grabbed me from the first two measures. It’s a somber bittersweet moment for Ridley, knowing she has survived the battle but lost the war and her friends. Sounds similar to Ralph Vaughan Williams “Fantasia on a Theme”.
Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis?
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(this piece was included in the film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World -- a 2003 American epic period war-drama film co-written, produced and directed by Peter Weir, set during the Napoleonic Wars.)
It’s relieving music 🎶 that despite the whole crew getting wiped out by the 👽,at least 1 managed to survive.
Truly beautiful :) Timeless musical piece. I hope aliens listen to this when we or they find us one day.
They are already here since long time... Ask David Grusch ;-)
Sublime.
Durch den Film Alien I lernte ich die wundervolle Musik von Howard Hanson kennen. Heute besitze ich viele seiner wundervollen Sinfonien in meiner Sammlung. Besonderen Dank an Ridley Scott für diese tolle Musikauswahl.
This is one beautiful piece of music. Never get tired of hearing it. ~Cynthia~
Memories of other dimensions
We can understand why Ridley Scott dumped Jerry Goldsmith's original ending theme for this.
I think the audience deserves this romantic piece after experiencing that horror. Personally I believe Ridley Scott choosing this music firmly set the stamp of this film as a masterpiece. Sadly he seems to have lost his way lately and agreed to film scripts which never should have been green lit.
❤️Alien!!!!
The music makes me feel so sad for the crew and even more horrified of the Alien
Extraordinary Piece of Music
I *needed* the peace of this music....after going thru the wringer with that movie.
This is one beautiful piece of orchestra music. Great arrangement of extraordinary classic music set in the backdrop of a horror movie.
reminds me of dreams I once had as a child. floating through space in my ship, exploring the cosmos, fascinated by the beauty nature has crafted for us. Dreams so very vivid and beautiful, so warm and inviting.
Also this movie by the Grace of God.. got me through alot of dark nights. The dts
I want this played at my funeral.!.
Epic🔝👽🎥
"Final report of the commercial starship Nostromo, third officer reporting. The other members of the crew, Kane, Lambert, Parker, Brett, Ash and Captain Dallas, are dead. Cargo and ship destroyed. I should reach the frontier in about six weeks. With a little luck, the network will pick me up. This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off." 인생 명작 중 최고봉은 단연코 에일리언 1, 2입니다. Thanks Ellen Ripley!
I like the longer version when Ripply finds Dallas still alive , great movie .
Final report of the commercial starship Nostromo, third officer reporting.
The other members of the crew - Kane, Lambert, Parker, Brett, Ash, and Captain Dallas - are dead.
Cargo and ship destroyed.
I should reach the frontier in about six weeks. With a little luck, the network will pick me up.
This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off.
😭😭
A beautiful piece of music, simple as that
Una obra maestra!
Movies are reflective of their times this came out in the Jimmy Carter presidency when the USA felt it was losing economically and around the world with the withdrawal from Vietnam just 4 years ago.
This film is about loss of control by the little man to forces beyond their control.
The Alien was the Vietcong and Weyland corp was the corrupt military industrial complex.
The music reflected the brief respite a human feels after they have survived something they really shouldn’t have much like the late 70s.its got President Carter written all over it.
Compare this with 6 years latter and Huey Lewis and the News and Back to The Future “pure 80s “Regan era at full blast and self improvement with the Power of Love followed by Top Gun a year latter.
Great night driving music. ...
Very beautiful piece for a science fiction movie that set Hollywood on its ear!