Prometheus (soundtrack)

2012 film score by Marc Streitenfeld

Prometheus: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Film score by

Marc Streitenfeld

Released| May 15, 2012 (iTunes)
June 4, 2012 (Audio CD) (UK)
June 12, 2012 (Audio CD) (US)
Recorded| Abbey Road Studios
Genre| Soundtrack
Length| 57:07
Label|

* Sony Classical
* Fox Music

Alien soundtrack chronology
| Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
(2007)  | Prometheus: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(2012)  | Alien: Covenant
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Prometheus: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is an original motion picture soundtrack album for the 2012 science fiction film, Prometheus. Written by German composer Marc Streitenfeld, the soundtrack also features two supplemental pieces by English composer Harry Gregson-Williams,[2] and it was conducted by Ben Foster.[3]

## Development

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See also: Prometheus (2012 film)

Marc Streitenfeld is a frequent collaborator with Ridley Scott.[4] 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 in London, England,[5] where it was also processed by Scott after the fact.[6] 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.[5] The track "Friend from the Past" reprises Jerry Goldsmith's original main title from the Alien soundtrack.

## Release

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The Prometheus soundtrack album was released on iTunes on 15 May 2012[7] and in audio CD on June 4 in the United Kingdom.[8] It was released in the United States on June 12.[9]

## Track listing

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All music is by Streitenfeld, with the exception of the two supplemental score tracks by Gregson-Williams as noted.[2]

No.| Title| Artist| Length

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1.| "A Planet"| Marc Streitenfeld| 02:36
2.| "Going In"| Marc Streitenfeld| 02:06
3.| "Engineers"| Marc Streitenfeld| 02:32
4.| "Life"| Harry Gregson-Williams| 02:33
5.| "Weyland"| Marc Streitenfeld| 02:07
6.| "Discovery"| Marc Streitenfeld| 02:35
7.| "Not Human"| Marc Streitenfeld| 01:51
8.| "Too Close"| Marc Streitenfeld| 03:23
9.| "Try Harder"| Marc Streitenfeld| 02:04
10.| "David"| Marc Streitenfeld| 03:02
11.| "Hammerpede"| Marc Streitenfeld| 02:46
12.| "We Were Right"| Harry Gregson-Williams| 02:45
13.| "Earth"| Marc Streitenfeld| 02:38
14.| "Infected"| Marc Streitenfeld| 01:59
15.| "Hyper Sleep"| Marc Streitenfeld| 02:03
16.| "Small Beginnings"| Marc Streitenfeld| 02:14
17.| "Hello Mommy"| Marc Streitenfeld| 02:06
18.| "Friend from the Past"| Marc Streitenfeld| 01:16
19.| "Dazed"| Marc Streitenfeld| 04:32
20.| "Space Jockey"| Marc Streitenfeld| 01:32
21.| "Collision"| Marc Streitenfeld| 03:08
22.| "Debris"| Marc Streitenfeld| 00:47
23.| "Planting the Seed"| Marc Streitenfeld| 01:38
24.| "Invitation"| Marc Streitenfeld| 02:18
25.| "Birth"| Marc Streitenfeld| 01:26
Total length:| 57:07

## Selected credits

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* Choir – Apollo Voices, Bach Choir, Metro Voices
* Chorus Master [Choirmaster] – Jenny O'Grady
* Booklet editing and design – WLP Ltd
* Music Editor [London] – Kirsty Whalley
* Music Editors – Del Spiva, Joseph Bonn, MPSE
* Orchestra Leader – Everton Nelson
* Solo horn - Richard Watkins[10]
* 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

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1. ^ "Prometheus: (Marc Streitenfeld/Harry Gregson-Williams)". Filmtracks. filmtracks.com. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
2. ^ a b "Prometheus (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". iTunes. May 15, 2012. Archived from the original on May 19, 2012. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
3. ^ "Prometheus [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] \- credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
4. ^ "Is This The First Prometheus Poster??". Ain't It Cool.
5. ^ a b Patrick Samuel (May 31, 2012). "Marc Streitenfeld". Static Mass Emporium. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
6. ^ Radish, Christina (March 18, 2012). "Director Ridley Scott, Writer Damon Lindelof and Michael Fassbender Talk Prometheus at WonderCon 2012". Collider.com. Retrieved March 18, 2012.
7. ^ Oliver, Glen (May 15, 2012). "Ample Sample Clips From PROMETHEUS' Score Are Now Online!!". Ain't It Cool News. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
8. ^ "Prometheus Soundtrack now available for pre-order". The Weyland Chronicles (weylandchronicles.com). April 14, 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
9. ^ Marc Streitenfeld: Prometheus (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
10. ^ "Ed Lockwood - Richard Watkins on the horn solo in the film "Prometheus"".

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