''Prometheus: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' is an original motion picture soundtrack album for the 2012
science fiction
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film, ''
Prometheus
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''. Written by German composer
Marc Streitenfeld, the soundtrack also features two supplemental pieces by English composer
Harry Gregson-Williams
Harry Gregson-Williams (born 13 December 1961) is a British composer, conductor, orchestrator, and record producer. He has composed music for video games, television and films including the ''Metal Gear'' series, '' Spy Game'', '' Phone Booth' ...
,
and it was conducted by
Ben Foster.
Development
Marc Streitenfeld is a frequent collaborator with Ridley Scott.
The ''Prometheus'' project becoming the fifth collaboration between the composer and the director. The score was recorded over one week with a 90-piece orchestra at
Abbey Road Studios
Abbey Road Studios (formerly EMI Recording Studios) is a music recording studio at 3 Abbey Road, London, Abbey Road, St John's Wood, City of Westminster, London. It was established in November 1931 by the Gramophone Company, a predecessor of ...
in London, England,
where it was also processed by Scott after the fact.
Streitenfeld began coming up with ideas for the score after reading the script prior to the commencement of filming. To create an "unsettling" sound, he provided the orchestra with reversed music sheets to have them play segments of the score backwards, before then digitally reversing it.
The track "Friend from the Past" reprises
Jerry Goldsmith
Jerrald King Goldsmith (February 10, 1929July 21, 2004) was an American composer, conductor and orchestrator with a career in film and television scoring that spanned nearly 50 years and over 200 productions, between 1954 and 2003. He was consid ...
's original main title from the
''Alien'' soundtrack.
Release
The ''Prometheus'' soundtrack album was released on
iTunes
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on 15 May 2012
and in audio CD on June 4 in the United Kingdom.
It was released in the United States on June 12.
Track listing
All music is by Streitenfeld, with the exception of the two supplemental score tracks by Gregson-Williams as noted.
Selected credits
*Choir – Apollo Voices, Bach Choir,
Metro Voices
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*Chorus Master
hoirmaster– Jenny O'Grady
*Booklet editing and design – WLP Ltd
*Music Editor
ondon– Kirsty Whalley
*Music Editors – Del Spiva, Joseph Bonn, MPSE
*Orchestra Leader – Everton Nelson
*Solo horn - Richard Watkins
*Album mastered by Dave Collins
*Album mixed by Greg Hayes
*Music by Marc Streitenfeld (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 11, 13 to 25)
*Conducted and orchestrated by Ben Foster
*Music programmed by Sunna Wehrmeijer
*Score recorded and mixed by Peter Cobbin
References
{{Alien (franchise)
2012 soundtrack albums
Alien (franchise) soundtracks
Sony Classical Records soundtracks