Saturday, January 9, 2016

The Very Best Science Fiction Music

By Brenda Burns


There are many people around the globe who like to listen to tunes which will shock and disturb them on every possible level. Some science fiction music that is heard in Tucson AZ is known to give individuals goosebumps and other traumatic problems whenever they hear it. "Battlestar Galactica" "Raiders Of The Lost Ark" "Aliens" and "ET" were made during the 70's and 80's and they are still popular among adventure fans in today's society.

Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill were all a part of the original "Star Wars" movies. Each of them were able to go on to other projects once this film series was completed. It was very good that John Williams had agreed to compose all of these tunes for this unique adventure film.

Another great movie was named "ET" and it dealt with a small alien who was stuck on the planet Earth for a short period of time. The youngster who was featured in this film lived a very sad and lonely existence since none of the other children liked him. The composer John Williams felt that sentimental tunes would work best for this project and he was correct to make this certain assumption.

Steven Speilberg and George Lucas have always reached out to John Williams when they want to create new and exciting characters in a film. When it was time for "Raiders of The Lost Ark" to obtain a theme these men contacted Mr. Williams immediately. He was able to put together a simple sound which would always be associated with this particular movie. Luckily the films star Harrison Ford also loved John's work.

Composer Richard Gibbs joined Bear McCreary to create an unusual sound for the "Battlestar Galactica" series which was on television for one season in 1978. This television event returned in 2004 with new actors who took over the roles of characters from the past.

"Logan's Run" dealt with young people who were put to death on their thirtieth birthday in a very weird society. Jerry Goldsmith composed the haunting theme to this futuristic film which frightened many small children. The theme has a fascinating sound which goes from silent to loud very quickly.

"Aliens" was a follow up to the 1979 thriller named "Alien." This very terrifying project came from the mind of Ridley Scott and it made millions of dollars at the movie theaters. James Horner did the musical numbers for this very important film and he was very creative with this project. The aliens had their own tunes whenever they were featured upon the movie screens.

There were so many other people who enjoyed "Jurassic Park" when it was first created. Children everywhere loved the dinosaurs which were part of this movie so many years ago. Unfortunately these same youngsters came to fear these historic creatures since they were not so friendly within the film. Producers of this film took the time to once again employ John Williams for this project and they were very happy that this decision was made.




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