Alien: Various Artists - Soundtrack VINYL

Ridley Scott's Alien didn't just invent a new kind of dread, it gave that dread a sound. Jerry Goldsmith's score, augmented by contributions across the various artists lineup, remains one of the most unsettling pieces of music ever put to a science fiction film. Industrial, orchestral, and deeply wrong in all the right ways.

The Alien soundtrack occupies a specific space in the horror and science fiction canon, the moment where cinema figured out that what you hear is more disturbing than what you see. Goldsmith's atonal strings and percussive alien textures influenced a generation of dark ambient and industrial artists before most of them knew it. This is a record that earns its place in a serious collection, sitting comfortably next to your Carpenter pressings and your Goblin imports. Forty-plus years on and it still sounds like something reaching for you from inside the walls.

Vinyl LP. Full soundtrack release. Specs including weight and colour to be confirmed at point of sale, check with the ALT CVLT team for current pressing details.

Fans of: Jerry Goldsmith, John Carpenter, Ennio Morricone, Goblin, dark ambient, industrial, horror and sci-fi soundtrack collectors.