Alien (1979 film score)
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Alien (1979 film score) is Jerry Goldsmith’s atmospheric and suspenseful orchestral soundtrack for Ridley Scott’s science-fiction horror film Alien, renowned for its eerie textures and tension-building themes.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alien (1979 film score) canonical | 2 |
| Alien (1979 film) soundtrack | 1 |
| Alien (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | 1 |
| Alien (original motion picture score) | 1 |
| Alien (score) | 1 |
| Alien original soundtrack album | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1018740 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Alien (1979 film score) Context triple: [Jerry Goldsmith, notableWork, Alien (1979 film score)]
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind film score
The "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" film score is John Williams’s landmark, thematically rich orchestral soundtrack renowned for its innovative use of a five-note motif to communicate with extraterrestrials.
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Blade Runner (film score)
Blade Runner (film score) is Vangelis’s influential, atmospheric electronic soundtrack for the 1982 science fiction film Blade Runner, renowned for its moody synth textures and enduring impact on film music.
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C.
The Abyss (film score)
The Abyss (film score) is a science-fiction film soundtrack composed by Alan Silvestri, noted for its atmospheric orchestration and blend of suspenseful and ethereal themes.
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D.
Superman (1978) film score
The "Superman" (1978) film score is John Williams's iconic orchestral soundtrack that helped define the musical sound of modern superhero cinema through its heroic main theme and sweeping, romantic motifs.
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Varèse Sarabande
Varèse Sarabande is a record label renowned for releasing film and television soundtracks and scores.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alien (1979 film score) Target entity description: Alien (1979 film score) is Jerry Goldsmith’s atmospheric and suspenseful orchestral soundtrack for Ridley Scott’s science-fiction horror film Alien, renowned for its eerie textures and tension-building themes.
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A.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind film score
The "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" film score is John Williams’s landmark, thematically rich orchestral soundtrack renowned for its innovative use of a five-note motif to communicate with extraterrestrials.
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B.
Blade Runner (film score)
Blade Runner (film score) is Vangelis’s influential, atmospheric electronic soundtrack for the 1982 science fiction film Blade Runner, renowned for its moody synth textures and enduring impact on film music.
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C.
The Abyss (film score)
The Abyss (film score) is a science-fiction film soundtrack composed by Alan Silvestri, noted for its atmospheric orchestration and blend of suspenseful and ethereal themes.
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D.
Superman (1978) film score
The "Superman" (1978) film score is John Williams's iconic orchestral soundtrack that helped define the musical sound of modern superhero cinema through its heroic main theme and sweeping, romantic motifs.
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E.
Varèse Sarabande
Varèse Sarabande is a record label renowned for releasing film and television soundtracks and scores.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film score
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soundtrack album ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Jerry Goldsmith ⓘ |
| basedOn | Alien (1979 film) narrative and imagery ⓘ |
| composer | Jerry Goldsmith ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| criticalReception |
acclaimed for its originality
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praised for enhancing the film’s tension ⓘ |
| filmDirectorOfRelatedWork | Ridley Scott ⓘ |
| forWork | Alien (1979 film) ⓘ |
| genre |
film score
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horror film score ⓘ orchestral music ⓘ science fiction film score ⓘ |
| hasComposerRole | Jerry Goldsmith ⓘ |
| hasMood |
claustrophobic
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foreboding ⓘ ominous ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfInstrumentation |
brass
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electronic effects ⓘ percussion ⓘ strings ⓘ woodwinds ⓘ |
| influenced | later science-fiction horror film scores ⓘ |
| language | instrumental ⓘ |
| medium | orchestra ⓘ |
| musicForCharacter | Ellen Ripley ⓘ |
| musicForElement |
Nostromo spaceship atmosphere
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the alien creature (xenomorph) ⓘ
linked to:
Xenomorph
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| notableFor |
atmospheric sound design
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eerie textures ⓘ suspenseful orchestration ⓘ tension-building themes ⓘ |
| originalReleaseYear | 1979 ⓘ |
| partOfFranchise | Alien franchise ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
enhance science-fiction atmosphere
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underscore suspense and horror ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Alien (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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linked to:
Alien (1979 film score)
|
| settingDepicted |
deep space
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spaceship Nostromo ⓘ |
| style |
atonal passages
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avant-garde elements ⓘ minimalist suspense writing ⓘ |
| usedIn | Alien (1979 film) ⓘ |
| workPeriod | late 1970s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Alien (1979 film score) Description of subject: Alien (1979 film score) is Jerry Goldsmith’s atmospheric and suspenseful orchestral soundtrack for Ridley Scott’s science-fiction horror film Alien, renowned for its eerie textures and tension-building themes.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.