Prometheus (soundtrack) explained

Prometheus: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Type:	Film score
Artist:	Marc Streitenfeld
Cover:	Prometheus_album_cover_art.jpeg
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
Chronology:	Alien soundtrack
Prev Title:	Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
Prev Year:	2007
Next Title:	Alien: Covenant
Next Year:	2017

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,^[1] and it was conducted by Ben Foster.^[2]

Development

See also: Prometheus (2012 film). Marc Streitenfeld is a frequent collaborator with Ridley Scott.^[3] 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,^[4] where it was also processed by Scott after the fact.^[5] 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.^[4] The track "Friend from the Past" reprises Jerry Goldsmith's original main title from the Alien soundtrack.

Release

The Prometheus soundtrack album was released on iTunes on 15 May 2012^[6] and in audio CD on June 4 in the United Kingdom.^[7] It was released in the United States on June 12.^[8]

Track listing

All music is by Streitenfeld, with the exception of the two supplemental score tracks by Gregson-Williams as noted.^[1]

Selected credits

• • 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^[9]
• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Prometheus (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) . . May 15, 2012 . May 16, 2012 .
2. Web site: Prometheus [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] - credits]. AllMusic. 10 June 2012.
3. News: Is This The First Prometheus Poster?? . Ain't It Cool .
4. Web site: Marc Streitenfeld. Patrick Samuel. Static Mass Emporium. May 31, 2012. June 2, 2012.
5. Web site: Christina . Radish . Director Ridley Scott, Writer Damon Lindelof and Michael Fassbender Talk Prometheus at WonderCon 2012 . Collider.com . March 18, 2012 . March 18, 2012 .
6. Web site: Glen . Oliver . Ample Sample Clips From PROMETHEUS' Score Are Now Online!! . . May 15, 2012 . May 16, 2012 .
7. Web site: Prometheus Soundtrack now available for pre-order . The Weyland Chronicles (weylandchronicles.com). April 14, 2012. June 10, 2012 .
8. http://www.discogs.com/Marc-Streitenfeld-Prometheus-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack/release/3674590 Marc Streitenfeld: Prometheus (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9. Web site: Ed Lockwood - Richard Watkins on the horn solo in the film "Prometheus" .