Quote from: predxeno on Oct 24, 2013, 04:23:23 AMI can't recall... Anyone have a clue? This sounds correct but I can't prove it.
Yeah, I think it was in A:CM somewhere.
Quote from: predxeno on Oct 24, 2013, 01:42:30 AM
What's Agnus Dei, again? It sounds so familiar, but I just can't place it.
Quote from: SM on Oct 21, 2013, 11:11:07 PMYeah not technically
Well technically, Horner didn't use it. Cameron just nicked the cue The Recovery (I think) (now called Sleepy Alien) from the Alien OST.
Plus Horner was channeling Goldsmith with the two note motif in Aliens.
Quote from: Slaine on Feb 23, 2013, 11:43:57 PMActually he did. The track Sleepy Alien was used in Aliens when the Queen is chasing Ripley and Newt out of the Processor. However, it does not appear on the OST.Quote from: SiL on Feb 23, 2013, 07:24:38 AMQuote from: Slaine on Feb 21, 2013, 06:52:45 PMAll he did was rip motifs straight out of the older films, use some different instruments in some instances, then threw in Holst's Mars, the Bringer of War for good measure.
I consider Bryan Tyler's score for AVP:R, to be superior at homaging the Alien and Predator films music in a very kick-ass way.
Pretty much, but I enjoyed listening to it. Added something to the movie, and implemented the film's scores it homages pretty well (which worked in the context of the film as it's pretty much a big fan homage-fest anyway), more so than what A:CM's did.
AVPR's music felt like an Aliens/Predator score, where I feel A:CM's didn't.Quote from: Neon_Knight on Feb 23, 2013, 10:34:47 AM
I must confess, while the soundtrack was well executed, well recorded, and well placed, I thought it was sub-par music. Am I the only one who noticed that almost every track was almost entirely derivative of Horner's score and Goldsmith's score? The main titles is just a re-scoring of Goldsmith's principle Alien theme, almost all of the incidental action music is based very closely on Horner's action music from Aliens. Sure, it's well done and it's effective, but it is just re-writing music that already exists. And worst of all, it's *not as good*. It's very similar, but there's no way it matches the quality of composition and orchestration found in the original films. I was kind of hoping for a *new* score that takes elements of existing themes and motives and develops them into new directions. That's just my conclusion here.
I agree with you. It just felt odd to hear the Goldsmith's Alien music in an ALIENS game. Horner didn't use any of Goldsmith's music in the movie, so why is it in this game which is supposed to be based off Aliens? And yes, besides that, it just wasn't very good. A lot of the shoot-outs could have done well with some pulse-pounding music, but I found the score in these parts to just melt into the background and not do anything significant.
Quote from: predxeno on Sep 03, 2013, 05:37:58 AMhttp://www.kevinriepl.com/music/acm/Aliens_%20Colonial%20Marines%20(Original%20Soundtrack)%20WAV.zip
Does anyone know how I would download these songs? I have absolutely no technical experience getting my browser to do anything.
Quote from: SM on Aug 13, 2013, 12:49:31 AMThanks so much for the link! 10,000 thanks to those who made it available as well.
Courtesy Pulser over at the GBX forums, Kevin Riepl's A:CM soundtrack is available for download.
Only for a limited time apparently.