Aliens (film score)

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film score soundtrack album

Aliens (film score) is James Horner’s intense, suspense-driven orchestral soundtrack for James Cameron’s 1986 science fiction film "Aliens," renowned for its blend of atmospheric tension and explosive action cues.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Aliens (original motion picture score)	9
Aliens (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	5
Aliens (film score) canonical	5
Aliens (1986 film) soundtrack	4
Aliens original soundtrack album	4
Aliens (score)	3
Aliens original score cues	2
Aliens (original motion picture soundtrack album)	1
Aliens (soundtrack)	1
Aliens film score	1
James Horner composed the complete score for Aliens	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1048086 — 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.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Aliens (film score)
Context triple: [James Horner, notableWork, Aliens (film score)]

A. Alien (1979 film score)
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.
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.
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.
D. Alexander (film score)
Alexander (film score) is an orchestral and electronic film soundtrack composed by Vangelis for Oliver Stone’s 2004 historical epic about Alexander the Great.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Aliens (film score)
Target entity description: Aliens (film score) is James Horner’s intense, suspense-driven orchestral soundtrack for James Cameron’s 1986 science fiction film "Aliens," renowned for its blend of atmospheric tension and explosive action cues.

A. Alien (1979 film score)
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.
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.
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.
D. Alexander (film score)
Alexander (film score) is an orchestral and electronic film soundtrack composed by Vangelis for Oliver Stone’s 2004 historical epic about Alexander the Great.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film score ⓘ soundtrack album ⓘ
associatedAwardNomination	Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ Saturn Award for Best Music ⓘ
basedOnFranchise	Alien (franchise) ⓘ linked to: Alien franchise
composer	James Horner ⓘ
containsTrack	Atmosphere Station ⓘ Bad Dreams ⓘ Bishop’s Countdown ⓘ Combat Drop ⓘ Facehuggers ⓘ Futile Escape ⓘ Going After Newt ⓘ Hypersleep ⓘ LV-426 ⓘ Main Title ⓘ Med Lab ⓘ Newt ⓘ Newt Is Taken ⓘ Perimeter Action ⓘ Queen to Bishop ⓘ Resolution and Hyperspace ⓘ Ripley’s Rescue ⓘ Sub-Level 3 ⓘ The Complex ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
directorOfRelatedWork	James Cameron ⓘ
forWork	Aliens (film) ⓘ linked to: Aliens
genre	action film score ⓘ film score ⓘ orchestral music ⓘ science fiction film score ⓘ
hasInstrumentation	full symphony orchestra ⓘ
hasStyle	late-romantic orchestral writing ⓘ modernist dissonance ⓘ rhythmic ostinati ⓘ
label	Intrada Records ⓘ RCA Records ⓘ Varèse Sarabande ⓘ
language	instrumental ⓘ
notableFor	blend of atmospheric tension and explosive action cues ⓘ influence on later action film scoring ⓘ intense suspense-driven writing ⓘ use of dissonant orchestral textures ⓘ use of militaristic rhythmic figures ⓘ
orchestrationBy	James Horner ⓘ
originalReleaseYear	1986 ⓘ
partOfSeries	Alien film series ⓘ linked to: Alien franchise
producer	James Horner ⓘ
recordedForStudio	20th Century Fox ⓘ
usedIn	film trailers for other action movies ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (36)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

James Horner → notableWork → Aliens (film score) ⓘ

subject linked to: Horner

Ripley’s Rescue → partOfSoundtrack → Aliens (original motion picture score) ⓘ