Ive always been a huge fan of James Cameron's Aliens, so when I came across a battered, well-worn vinyl of the soundtrack recently I just had to pick it up. Composed by James Horner and recorded by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Aliens soundtrack not only fits the film perfectly but is so atmospheric and bombastic that it remains a pleasure to listen to in its own right. The soundtrack includes tracks of serene yet unsettling atmospheric classical music that do a great job of illustrating the cold, vast beauty of space and the grandeour of huge ships gliding silenty onwards, dwarfed by the infinitude of the cosmos desipte their immense size in human ...  Read the complete review

After Ridley Scott's sci-fi horror film Alien made a splash in creating an iconic horror film and introduced the combination of a nasty murderous alien against a tough, bust-your-balls-out female lead in Sigourney Weaver's Ripley, it took a while for the film to reach the laudits it deserved, and become a viable franchise film. However, when the film did reach to that level, it was no surprise that a sequel followed, albeit seven years later. Along with the new film, also the crew and the entire nature of the story changed from the creepy, uncertain suspense-thriller of claustrophobic corridors where a monster stalked on unsuspecting prey, to a kick-your-ass ...  Read the complete review