In the original ALIEN 3 album track ("The Entrapment") the music for the cooling water that kills the Alien is that shimmeing, cascading string lines alone.
But in the film version (and in the new LLL album, track 4 CD 2 "Gotcha!/I Must Be Going") this music is merged with some bombastic material.
My question: is the version in the album the original version which was "reinforced" with more music in the final version?
The LLL liner notes say nothing about this, but it seems that way.
Which version do you prefer? I like the original better.
IIRC Goldenthal has done this on more than one occasion. I believe there's a "strings only" passage on the BATMAN FOREVER OST, for example. I don't think there's any motive other than, as Neil observed, it sounds good!
I also prefer the discrete strings presentation, it was so striking to have the strings take over completely after all that growling, Corigliano-style brass. It probably would have been buried in the film mix in that presentation though.
IIRC Goldenthal has done this on more than one occasion. I believe there's a "strings only" passage on the BATMAN FOREVER OST, for example. I don't think there's any motive other than, as Neil observed, it sounds good!
I also prefer the discrete strings presentation, it was so striking to have the strings take over completely after all that growling, Corigliano-style brass. It probably would have been buried in the film mix in that presentation though.
Yes, I supose the filmakers demanded a more bombastic coda for the Alien...
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