Fantastic score. People should see the Assembly Cut version of the film. Story is a lot more fleshed out, and a fitting end to the trilogy. (No, there was never a fourth one, that was just a fan fiction film.)
Probably one of, if not the, best and heartful movie soundtracks that ever touched me so deeply. It fits the story perfectly, and wonderfully and climactically ends our childhood hero, Ripley's life and struggle.
0:00 The Beast Within 1:47 Foundry and Furnace 2:17 Setting the Trap 3:29 Defeat and Despair 4:07 Hell Unleashed 5:22 Prayers for the Dead 6:16 Running Out of Time 6:30 The Company Knows 7:03 Into the Furnace 7:31 Ten Tons of Hot Lead 8:00 Still Alive and Kicking 9:01 Ripley's Choice 9:43 Triumph and Crescendo 11:21 Last Survivor/Signing Off
We commit these bodies to the void with a glad heart. For within each seed, there is a promise of a flower, and within each death, no matter how small, there's always a new life. A new beginning.
The fact that not even the Special Edition went with Fincher's original edit for this scene is an absolute crime. Just before Ripley says 'No.' to Bishop's proposal, we can see her trying to make a decision, torn between what she believes is the right thing and the prospect of getting a life back after being in a constant nightmare. After the pain of consideration, her resolve is solidified once more and she closes the fence between her and Bishop, sealing her fate. It was beautifully done and it's a real shame they kept the theatrical edit where she instantly replies.
The screenplay was the problem, lol. Watch the "making of" for Alien 3, think it's still on CZcams. They kept changing the screenplay every day on set, props to Fincher and the actors rolling with it and giving it their all.
Fincher should take much more credit for making this movie a masterpiece. I think its super underrated...he returned it to its roots...cameron turned it poppy and fincher explored depths of humanity all without a freaking real screenplay
If John Williams ever passes away, Elliot Goldenthal should be the composer for the future Star Wars movies. The part at 6:15 is where I picture Anakin marching with the stormtroopers to the Jedi temple for the Jedi purge. And 9:00 where Ripley is on the platform ready to jump off sounds a bit like Tattooine where Luke is watching the sunset seems pretty saddening to me. Both feeling hopeless.
Prometheus's soundtrack was pretty good, too. The only thing is that it is best enjoyed separately from the actual movie. I barely noticed it while watching, but when I heard it alone, I thought about how cool it sounded.
Still remember having chills when Ripley does her cruciform fall into the pit. The music from 9 minutes on is sublimely powerful, and a true answer to Hanson's "Romantic" utilized so effectively during the end credits to the first Alien.
Throughout the score various low sounds represent the xenomorph or its presence. I like how Ripley's theme at 0:47 ('The Survivor Is A Woman' on Expanded Score) is joined by a contrabassoon, giving perhaps a hint that she was not the only survivor after all.
the only thing bad about this movie was the Xenomorph running around, I wish they could redo that ...BTW the Directors cut ( where the Xeno is "born" out of the Ox) is way better.
A GREAT Score from Goldenthal - loved it when I saw the Film in 1992!! Alien 3 is now becoming more appreciated after the 'Assembly Cut' release. Some of the scenes are just awesome - the 'birth' of the Alien/the cremations & Dutton's speech all cut together with THIS Score! The 'core' Alien films should just be 1-3... My Order of favourites - Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, Prometheus I just hope Scott gets to finish the story - he's not getting any younger!!
I would like it if Ripley woke up in alien 4 and realized alien 3 was a nightmare. Newton Colonel and Bishop is still alive .alien 2 ended with Newt asked Ripley if they can still dream.
Y'know, outside the AVP films, which exist as their own franchise of... 2 films, there are my favorite Alien franchise films: Aliens Alien 3 Alien Alien Resurrection
the directors cut of 3 is the best version of the film. explains a much better story line. why this xeno is bigger and moves differently and they even show a quick scene of a queen facehugger. it also cuts out the very cheesy bit in my opinion, at the end when she is falling,, NO chest burster. \W/ corp. building better worlds
Okay, I've changed the order a few days later, and now this is my favorite Alien films in order: Alien (great) Aliens (best) Alien 3 (good) Alien Resurrection (sucked)
in term of soundtrack greatness : 1) Aliens (most iconic alien universe soundtracks) 2) Alien 3 (classic intruments make it very emotionnal) 3) Alien (can't really remember a catchy soundtrack from it, sorry).
resurrection was better than Alien 3 and none of them sucked. If you wanna see bad movies, watch Alien Vs Predator. This music is good. It is actually brilliant. :) What other scores do we know that Elliot Goldenthal composed? He sure is a great composer?
It's when the company arrives on Fiorina 161 to help dispose of the Alien but they really intended to capture it and study it. That part I can picture what was going through Elliot's mind while he was composing this in L.A. in 1992 while the riots were going on. All the chaos in the city with no hope of dying down soon.
@M. Knepper It's on a bootleg somewhere on Russian sites.I have this track thanks to "AreYouNotEnterteined???" who has been banned twice already but every time he creates new You Tube account he uploads this, so if you'll be lucky you will find this.
Just consider how great this movie would have been if they hadn't killed Newt at the beginning. Ripley who had to protect not just herself but also a little girl against the beast and a bunch of murders.
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Best score in any Alien franchise movie by far. Love Alien 3.
Fantastic score. People should see the Assembly Cut version of the film. Story is a lot more fleshed out, and a fitting end to the trilogy. (No, there was never a fourth one, that was just a fan fiction film.)
Where can I find it? Definitely a good gift for my dad.
@@echidnathemotherofmonsters1290 the assembly cut is on the most Alien 3 dvd and Blu Rays.
Assembly cut is inferior to the original cut, but there is oportunity to take good from both and to make ultimate cut
The Assembly Cut with the Dog Burst and the short Ending would be perfect. 😎 👍
Ripley’s sacrifice was beautiful. A simply stunning score for a heroes end.
Probably one of, if not the, best and heartful movie soundtracks that ever touched me so deeply. It fits the story perfectly, and wonderfully and climactically ends our childhood hero, Ripley's life and struggle.
The texture is great. It's operatic, experimental and adds scope
A superb piece of music from a much maligned and misunderstood film.
Blame fox they crapped all over Fincher
Sound track is one of the greatest ever...
0:00 The Beast Within
1:47 Foundry and Furnace
2:17 Setting the Trap
3:29 Defeat and Despair
4:07 Hell Unleashed
5:22 Prayers for the Dead
6:16 Running Out of Time
6:30 The Company Knows
7:03 Into the Furnace
7:31 Ten Tons of Hot Lead
8:00 Still Alive and Kicking
9:01 Ripley's Choice
9:43 Triumph and Crescendo
11:21 Last Survivor/Signing Off
my favorite of the saga. great music
Deserved an oscar.
The soundtrack, not the movie
Was Nominated
Beautiful and sorrowful ending music. Excellent score
9:00 most beautiful part of any song ever
Think of all we can learn from it! It's a chance of a lifetime! It's a magnificent specimen, you must let me have it!
No.
chaz Davis the look on Ripleys face during this moment...
For me, the most emotional moment in film. As a kid, I just felt hopeless during this scene.
We commit these bodies to the void with a glad heart. For within each seed, there is a promise of a flower, and within each death, no matter how small, there's always a new life. A new beginning.
The fact that not even the Special Edition went with Fincher's original edit for this scene is an absolute crime. Just before Ripley says 'No.' to Bishop's proposal, we can see her trying to make a decision, torn between what she believes is the right thing and the prospect of getting a life back after being in a constant nightmare. After the pain of consideration, her resolve is solidified once more and she closes the fence between her and Bishop, sealing her fate. It was beautifully done and it's a real shame they kept the theatrical edit where she instantly replies.
Powerful Score! Despite all of it's hate, Alien 3 still got some MAJOR points right: Screenplay, Acting, Set Design, SCORE!
NOT the screenplay.
Smut Peddler i was chill... during 4:08- 4:40 with aggressive horn sound...
The screenplay was the problem, lol. Watch the "making of" for Alien 3, think it's still on CZcams. They kept changing the screenplay every day on set, props to Fincher and the actors rolling with it and giving it their all.
Fincher should take much more credit for making this movie a masterpiece. I think its super underrated...he returned it to its roots...cameron turned it poppy and fincher explored depths of humanity all without a freaking real screenplay
I have tried and tried to understand the hate behind it and for the life of me I cant. Fantastic movie.
Charles Dutton is an underappreciated actor these days.
Ditto! Best part of this movie. 👍
@@blackmormon3555 really? is him the bast part of this movie? xd
One of the best master piece ever made.
some of the most beautiful musi
c ever composed
This whole score needs a green vinyl release!
tinman films I’ve been looking for a vinyl copy for eons.....can’t find one anywhere
Spectacular, sublime, beautiful, great, the work of a genius.
If John Williams ever passes away, Elliot Goldenthal should be the composer for the future Star Wars movies. The part at 6:15 is where I picture Anakin marching with the stormtroopers to the Jedi temple for the Jedi purge. And 9:00 where Ripley is on the platform ready to jump off sounds a bit like Tattooine where Luke is watching the sunset seems pretty saddening to me. Both feeling hopeless.
Goldenthal is deeply missed he is a much better version of hans zimmer...in fact i believe hans takes from elliot
Prometheus's soundtrack was pretty good, too. The only thing is that it is best enjoyed separately from the actual movie. I barely noticed it while watching, but when I heard it alone, I thought about how cool it sounded.
It´s Excellent
Alien 3
Still remember having chills when Ripley does her cruciform fall into the pit. The music from 9 minutes on is sublimely powerful, and a true answer to Hanson's "Romantic" utilized so effectively during the end credits to the first Alien.
9:00 starts the part of the movie I like the most... Ripley knows the alien cant live anymore - even if it kills her!
The violin at 8:02 is my favorite bit 👌🏻😍🥺
Elliot kicks ass
Einfach nur atemberaubend dieser Sound...!!!
one word - powerful...
Two words - exactly.
GREAT,GREAT SCORE. PURE GENIUS. THE FIRST CD I EVER OWNED.
The music from 3 used to scare the crap outta me... I LOVE IT!
Beautiful piece of work!
Концовка просто шедевр
9:48 "NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!"
Seriously, full of heart touching! thx
Masterpiece.
Best score out of the Saga
Throughout the score various low sounds represent the xenomorph or its presence. I like how Ripley's theme at 0:47 ('The Survivor Is A Woman' on Expanded Score) is joined by a contrabassoon, giving perhaps a hint that she was not the only survivor after all.
Thanks, interesting observation for sure...
Such a beautiful score that brings tears to my eyes
The perfect Sound for the perfect Organism!!!
"Think of everything we can learn from it!"
Excellent :)
7:45... Zelda
1) Alien 1979
2) Alien 3
3) Aliens
4) A-Rez.
for me
1 Aliens
2 Alien
3 Alien 3
4 Alien Resurrection(but really do not like it)
Alien 3
Prometheus
Covenant
Alien
Aliens
I Alien 3
2 Aliens
3 Alien
4 Prometheus
5 Covenant
6 Alien Resurrection
Tbh mine's in the same order as the films:
Alien
Aliens
Alien 3 (which IS fantastic btw! Especially extended version!)
Alien Resurrection
Alien cubed. Alien to the third power.
To sad Alien 3 is being retconned(cry)
I hope they atlest refer to it has one of Ripley's nightmares, but I also want to see another dog alien
the only thing bad about this movie was the Xenomorph running around, I wish they could redo that ...BTW the Directors cut ( where the Xeno is "born" out of the Ox) is way better.
9:46 bishop 2: nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is so powerful!
Could not agree more!
9:45 NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
iv always like the music in this movie
A GREAT Score from Goldenthal - loved it when I saw the Film in 1992!! Alien 3 is now becoming more appreciated after the 'Assembly Cut' release. Some of the scenes are just awesome - the 'birth' of the Alien/the cremations & Dutton's speech all cut together with THIS Score! The 'core' Alien films should just be 1-3...
My Order of favourites -
Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, Prometheus
I just hope Scott gets to finish the story - he's not getting any younger!!
Yes I do agree, I hope prometheus has something similar to it.
real classical - you cry if you cant
anyone who hates this movie, is a fuckin ALIENS fanboy,
Rilyn666 amen brother!!! alien 3 was great in its own right when really it's resurrection we should be hating on
Might be a bad turn in the story, but DAMN this music is so soo beautiful!
I would like it if Ripley woke up in alien 4 and realized alien 3 was a nightmare. Newton Colonel and Bishop is still alive .alien 2 ended with Newt asked Ripley if they can still dream.
Y'know, outside the AVP films, which exist as their own franchise of... 2 films, there are my favorite Alien franchise films:
Aliens
Alien 3
Alien
Alien Resurrection
the directors cut of 3 is the best version of the film. explains a much better story line. why this xeno is bigger and moves differently and they even show a quick scene of a queen facehugger. it also cuts out the very cheesy bit in my opinion, at the end when she is falling,, NO chest burster. \W/ corp. building better worlds
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
you can't beat a bit of french horn.
Jerry Goldsmiths score had some hope , as did Horners for Aliens but not this one
sounds different, there were 2 cd versions the one with 14 tracks, and one with more than 24 i thing in 2 cds i think
the love theme between Clemens and Ripley seems missing
9:01
Where can you get the symphonic suite? I was bummed when I didn't see it on the cd
What instrument is playing the overtones right at the beginning of the piece?
The strings bowing while sliding their fingers up and down the strings. Stravinsky did this near the beginning of his "Firebird Suite"
Cellos
was it ever going to though?
Okay, I've changed the order a few days later, and now this is my favorite Alien films in order:
Alien (great)
Aliens (best)
Alien 3 (good)
Alien Resurrection (sucked)
It's such a shame that Prometheus used a reworked star trek score in the back ground.
3:15 reminds me of the walking dead theme
in term of soundtrack greatness :
1) Aliens (most iconic alien universe soundtracks)
2) Alien 3 (classic intruments make it very emotionnal)
3) Alien (can't really remember a catchy soundtrack from it, sorry).
The part where the alien kills lambert and parker, or the part where Ripley shoots it out into space
Alien is the only one that has an actually theme you can hum! Aliens and Alien3 have plenty of cool parts, but no real theme, imo.
@@liyon316 True thing but as others have posted before there's a Ripley theme on this one that appears different time throughout like at 0:47 and 9:00
The Hypersleep theme from Alien is iconic.
I like all of them except Alien Resurrection.
1 ALIEN
1/2 Prometheus (due to the connection)
2 ALIENS
3 ALIEN 3
5
did you mean"fire" the guy from prometheus?
those are the alien franchise, avp is seperate
I am so so so sad that Alien is your third choice.
ALIEN 1979: GENESIS
ALIENS: AFTERMATH
ALIEN 3: RESURRECTION/ REDEMPTION
resurrection was better than Alien 3 and none of them sucked. If you wanna see bad movies, watch Alien Vs Predator. This music is good. It is actually brilliant. :) What other scores do we know that Elliot Goldenthal composed? He sure is a great composer?
Did Prometheus soundtrack meet your expectations?
432 hz conversion please
What the music 6:17?
It's when the company arrives on Fiorina 161 to help dispose of the Alien but they really intended to capture it and study it. That part I can picture what was going through Elliot's mind while he was composing this in L.A. in 1992 while the riots were going on. All the chaos in the city with no hope of dying down soon.
A.K.A "It's Started Pt.2"
@M. Knepper It's on a bootleg somewhere on Russian sites.I have this track thanks to "AreYouNotEnterteined???" who has been banned twice already but every time he creates new You Tube account he uploads this, so if you'll be lucky you will find this.
Just consider how great this movie would have been if they hadn't killed Newt at the beginning. Ripley who had to protect not just herself but also a little girl against the beast and a bunch of murders.
Elliot Goldenthal seems to be unfortunate in the sense that he creates mind-blowing scores for... questionable movies, lol. 😅
Great movie with the terrible story. Story was bad and boring, but other aspects of the movie were excellent. And the music is splendid.
In music terms taste:
Alien 3
Aliens
Alien
Alien res
Pro
Cov
1) Alien 1979
2) Aliens 1986
3) Alien Resurrection 1997
4) Prometheus 2012
5) Alien 3 1991
Alien
Alien Resurrection
Alien 3
Prometheus
Convenant
Alien Vs Predator
Aliens
Alien Vs Predator requiem ....