Here’s a round-up of recommended scores that caught my attention over the week ending, 30th September 2022. As usual, quite an eclectic selection that offers some great listening.

Aliens: Fireteam Elite (2021) – Austin Wintory (Hollywood Records)
Aliens: Fireteam Elite is a third-person shooter video game and is a standalone sequel to the original Alien film trilogy. The composer has stated that an important aspect of the music is to have a number of musical references to the earlier scores from Jerry Goldsmith (Alien), James Horner (Aliens), and Elliot Goldenthal (Alien³). Wintory does an excellent job at suggesting these three iconic scores but without being too obvious: it’s more an insinuation rather than a statement and the score is all the more unsettling because of this. Wintory score blends atmosphere with action scoring to create a very interesting soundtrack. The composer has posted several videos on his YouTube channel where he talks about how he has put together some of the cues for the score and it’s amazing how much work goes into the music/soundscapes, some of which are only fleetingly heard.
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