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{{Infobox album|
| name = Alien 3: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Elliot Goldenthal]]
| cover = elliot goldnethal-alien3.jpg
| alt =
| released = June 9, 1992
| recorded = April–May 1992
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Classical music|Classical]], [[Avant-garde music|avant-garde]], [[modernist]], [[musique concrète]], [[Electronic music|electronic]]
| length = 47:58
| label = [[MCA Records|MCA]] ''MCA MCAD-10629''
| producer = [[Matthias Gohl]]
| prev_title = [[Pet Sematary (soundtrack)|Pet Sematary]]
| prev_year = 1989
| next_title = [[Demolition Man (soundtrack)|Demolition Man]]
| next_year = 1993
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = ''Alien'' soundtrack
| type = soundtrack
| prev_title = [[Aliens (soundtrack)|Aliens]]
| prev_year = 1987
| title = Alien 3
| year = 1992
| next_title = [[Alien Resurrection (soundtrack)|Alien Resurrection]]
| next_year = 1997
}}
}}

The [[Avant-garde music|avant-garde]] '''''Alien 3: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack''''' was written for the motion picture of the [[Alien 3|same name]]. Scored by [[Elliot Goldenthal]], it was his first big mainstream score; he described it as an experiment and spent a whole year creating it.<ref name="movie-wave.net">[http://www.movie-wave.net/titles/alien3.html Goldenthal: Alien 3]</ref>

==The score==
Goldenthal cites the score as one of his six stand-out soundtracks.<ref>[http://www.filmtracks.com/composers/goldenthal.shtml Filmtracks: Elliot Goldenthal]</ref> While creating the score in Los Angeles, the [[Los Angeles riots of 1992]] were going on and he has noted that the wild and tempestuous atmosphere in the city was an influence on the score's dark and visceral sound.<ref name="blu-ray">{{cite video|people=[[Vincent Ward (director)|Vincent Ward]], [[David Giler]], [[Ezra Swerdlow]], [[Sigourney Weaver]], [[Paul McGann]], [[Alec Gillis]]|title=Wreckage and Rage: Making Alien 3|year=2010|publisher=[[20th Century Fox]]|medium=Blu-ray}}</ref><ref>{{YouTube|title=Entrevista a Elliot Goldenthal, compositor de Alien3 (Español/English)- Universo Alien|id=xRlHmmyfJN0|time=1112}}</ref>

In 1995, the [[Industrial music|industrial]] band [[Front Line Assembly]] sampled the cue "Agnus Dei" on the track "Infra Red Combat" from the album ''[[Hard Wired]]''.

In 2007 the UK [[dubstep]] artist Burial sampled the soundtrack in the first track of his album Untrue.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.whosampled.com/album/Burial/Untrue/ | title=Untrue by Burial: Album Samples, Covers and Remixes | website=[[WhoSampled]] }}</ref>

==Reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r110188}}</ref>
| rev2 = [[Filmtracks.com|Filmtracks]]
| rev2Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>(13 August 2006). [http://www.filmtracks.com/titles/alien3.html Alien3 soundtrack review], Filmtracks.</ref>
| rev3 = Movie-wave.net
| rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Wave">Southall, James (2006). [http://www.movie-wave.net/titles/alien3.html ALIEN 3: Wildly experimental music is a hard slog, but worth it], Movie-wave.net.</ref>
}}

Movie-wave.net said that most of the cues are quite "dissonant" and "bleak" for a casual movie score listener.<ref name="Wave"/> AllMusic described it as "...mandatory for all serious enthusiasts of film music."<ref name="movie-wave.net"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.soundtrack-express.com/osts/alien3.htm |title=Alien 3 - Elliot Goldenthal |access-date=2008-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015094305/http://soundtrack-express.com/osts/alien3.htm |archive-date=2007-10-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Track listing==
#"[[Agnus Dei]]" – 4:29
#*Boy [[soprano]]: Nick Nackley
#"Bait and Chase" – 4:42
#"The Beast Within" – 3:09
#"[[Agnus Dei (music)|Lento]]" – 5:48
#"Candles in the Wind" – 3:20
#"Wreckage and Rape" – 2:43
#"The First Attack" – 4:19
#"Lullaby [[Elegy]]" – 3:41
#"Death Dance" – 2:18
#"Visit to the Wreckage" – 2:04
#"Explosion and Aftermath" – 2:21
#"The Dragon" – 3:08
#"The Entrapment" – 3:42
#"[[Tempo|Adagio]]" – 4:14
{{Clear}}

==2018 Special Edition Track Listing==
CD 1
The FILM SCORE
#"20th Century Fox Trademark (Alien Version) / Main Title" - 4:53
#"Status Reports" - 2:59
#"The Survivor Is a Woman" - 1:59
#"The Wreckage" - 2:08
#"Lullaby Elegy (Extended Version) " - 5:28
#"The Cremation" - 4:04
#"Chow Down With the Boys" - 2:28
#"How Do You Like Your New Haircut? " - 1:46
#"The First Attack (Film Version) " - 1:18
#"Appreciative of Your Affections" - 1:45
#"That's His Boot" - 2:29
#"A Mark, A Burn" - 0:57
#"Wreckage and Rape" - 2:43
#"Candles in the Wind" - 3:24
#"Bishop Turned On" - 2:29
#"You're Going to Die Too" - 2:01
#"It's a Long Sad Story / Clemens Dies" - 4:21
#"Andrews' Sting / What Are We Going to Do? " - 4:53
#"Explosion and Aftermath (Extended Version) " - 3:13
#"I Have to Get to the Ship" - 4:17
#"In the Basement" - 1:33
#"Alien's Lair" - 3:33
#"The Beast Within" - 3:12
#"Visit to the Wreckage" - 2:05
#"Bait and Chase (Extended Version) " - 4:56
CD 2
THE FILM SCORE (Continued)
#"It's Started" - 3:36
#"More Bait and Chase" - 2:21
#"Trap the Alien / Dillon's Deliverance" - 2:04
#"Gotcha / Hello, I Must Be Going" - 2:29
#"Adagio" - 4:18
ALTERNATES
#"The Cremation (Alternate) " - 4:34
#"You Can Still Have a Life (Alternate) " - 4:04
#"20th Century Fox Trademarks / Alien Version" - 1:15
The Original 1992 MCA Album (remastered)
#"Agnus Dei" - 4:29
#"Bait and Chase" - 4:42
#"The Beast Within" - 3:10
#"Lento" - 5:49
#"Candles in the Wind" - 3:21
#"Wreckage and Rape" - 2:44
#"The First Attack" - 4:20
#"Lullaby Elegy" - 3:41
#"Death Dance" - 2:17
#"Visit to the Wreckage" - 2:04
#"Explosion and Aftermath" - 2:21
#"The Dragon" - 3:07
#"The Entrapment" - 3:42
#"Adagio" - 4:16
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lalalandrecords.com/alien-3-2-cd-set/|title=Alien 3: Limited Edition (2-Cd Set)}}</ref>


==Crew/Credit==
*Music composed and orchestrated by [[Elliot Goldenthal]]
*Music produced by Matthias Gohl
*Orchestra conducted by Jonathan Sheffer
*Performed by the [[Hollywood Studio Symphony]]
*Additional orchestrations by Dennis Dreith and Robert Elhai
*Synthesizer programming by [[Richard Martinez (music producer)|Richard Martinez]]
*Music mixed by Joel Iwataki at [[The Enterprise Studios]]
*Electronic music recorded at The Enterprise Studios, The Village Recorders, Los Angeles, and Eastside Sound, New York
*Orchestral music recorded by Tim Boyle at Twentieth Century Fox
*Boy soprano soloist on "Agnus Dei": Nick Nackley

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r110188|label=''Alien 3''}}
* {{discogs release|id=350045|name=''Alien 3 - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack''}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070102003851/http://www.musicfromthemovies.com/review.asp?ID=291 A review]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071015094305/http://soundtrack-express.com/osts/alien3.htm Another review]

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