''Predator: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' is the official

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of the 1987 action film ''

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''. It was composed and conducted by

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and performed by the

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. The score is completely

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and was released in 2003. In 2003,

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and

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released the soundtrack album as part of its limited release CD Club collection; the album also includes

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's arrangement of

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, also used on ''

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'', where the penultimate note of the fanfare freezes and rises in crescendo before abruptly cutting off. In 2007, Silvestri's themes had been reused in the score of '' Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem'', composed by

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. In 2010, the same year ''

Predators Predation is a biological interaction in which one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation (which usually do not kill ...

'' featured an adaptation of Silvestri's score by

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released the album in a 3000-copy limited edition with remastered sound, many cues combined and renamed, and most notably (as with Intrada's release of

Basil Poledouris Basil Konstantine Poledouris (; August 21, 1945 – November 8, 2006) was an American composer, conductor, and orchestrator of film and television scores, best known for his long-running collaborations with directors John Milius and Paul Verhoe ...

's score for ''

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'') presenting the original end credits music as recorded (the film versions are differently mixed). This release is notable for having sold out within a day.''Predator''
soundtrack review a
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/ref> In 2018, Silvestri's themes had been reused in the score of '' The Predator'', composed by

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Track listing

Original

Intrada edition

References

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