Quote from: Gash on Apr 02, 2015, 12:00:35 AM
Any t**t can throw some deep ominous chords together. It needs to be a real orchestral composer who has a broad command of styles if it's going to convey anything of of the haunting majesty of Goldsmith. Of contemporary composers I rate Harry Gregson Williams as he's come up with some scores that have had some emotion impact above all the thudding driving stuff that's been the mainstay of soundtracks the last decade or so.
Most of what made Alien, Alien, is going in the opposite direction of the orchestral score Goldsmith wanted, with making "deep ominous chords together". The difference is that they did it without the use of arpeggios or moogs or mellotrons. To say making a good score that relies on electronic elements "bad" is really pushing it. I'd rather have anything but more loud cliche bombastic Hans Zimmer blaring nonsense unless it's appropriate.
In my honest opinion the music should go in the direction more of Sinoia Caves' score for Beyond Beyond the Black Rainbow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ml_hD4x2M0