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Fun fact about the score to Aliens. There's an iconic song towards the end called Bishop's Countdown. https://youtu.be/TX1rxPBTyEY?t=1m https://youtu.be/TX1rx
by nostromo 10y ago
Fun fact about the score to Aliens. There's an iconic song towards the end called Bishop's Countdown.
https://youtu.be/TX1rxPBTyEY?t=1m https://youtu.be/TX1rxPBTyEY?t=1m
It has been recycled over and over again, particularly in trailers. It's like the Wilhelm Scream... once you start looking you'll start noticing it (and its homages) constantly.
https://youtu.be/dZ0dH5qv1mA?t=1m23s https://youtu.be/dZ0dH5qv1mA?t=1m23s
https://youtu.be/-bBay_1dKK8?t=59s https://youtu.be/-bBay_1dKK8?t=59s
https://youtu.be/jdl6eAIx2K4?t=1m35s https://youtu.be/jdl6eAIx2K4?t=1m35s
https://youtu.be/67oe0_s9EIw?t=45s https://youtu.be/67oe0_s9EIw?t=45s
https://youtu.be/1608jthc2VM?t=1m20s https://youtu.be/1608jthc2VM?t=1m20s
- lucidguppy 10y agoReminds me of mars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmk5frp6-3Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmk5frp6-3Q
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- AceJohnny2 10y agoI love Mars (worth noting Holst wrote it between 1914 and 1916), it's jaw-dropping to discover all the references that John WiIliams was inspired from for Star Wars' music... https://youtu.be/5pM2SozsyPE https://youtu.be/5pM2SozsyPE Also, obligatory Venture Bros reference ;) https://youtu.be/K0iTfasIpLc?t=1m34s https://youtu.be/K0iTfasIpLc?t=1m34s
- drivers99 10y agoThe last 35 second of Mars (when I first listened to it a couple years ago) made think that was what the used in a scene at the beginning of the Hitchhiker's Guide movie, final 40 seconds of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1WomfhjyVM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1WomfhjyVM Listening to them side by side they are not really the same at all. I think the Hitchhiker's version is just a comically extended version of it.
- msm23 10y agoIf you enjoy this kind of music, you'll like Shostakovitch. His 11th Symphony has this same style of music, and I've always felt like I was watching Aliens while listening to it. The two minutes in the following clip have the same build-up, rhythm, and style as the Bishop's Countdown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVL3vtZ-z6g&feature=youtu.be&t=1562 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVL3vtZ-z6g&feature=youtu.be...
- visarga 10y agoYeah, Shostakovich was brilliant. The ending of this piece reminds me of the ending of Symphony no 4 - with a quiet delicate bell sound, after starting with a grotesque, whacky march. (A) start: https://youtu.be/I7U2WzC47sQ?t=246 https://youtu.be/I7U2WzC47sQ?t=246 (B) ending: https://youtu.be/I7U2WzC47sQ?t=3488 https://youtu.be/I7U2WzC47sQ?t=3488 How did he go from A to B?
- kuschku 10y agoThat sounds like part of the OST of one Star Trek movie (Star Trek 8, in fact), and a dozen more movies I saw.
- agumonkey 10y agoSo the Amen Break of epic music