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On this Halloween special, we discuss the music and sound design in Ridley Scott's movie "Alien." Blending science fiction and horror aesthetics, the film relies quite a bit on musical cues and jarring juxtapositions of sound environments to create a tense and unsettling atmosphere.
References
Jerry Goldsmith, Soundtrack for "Alien"
Toru Takemitsu, Flock Descends on a Pentagonal Garden
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik "Romanze"
Howard Hanson, Symphony No. 2: "Romantic"
