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    Mystery of the scene where alien was ejected out of the ship

    It is the “Alien White Dragon Cut” project to completely resurrect the rejected soundtrack score of Jerry Goldsmith.

    In my previous article, I wrote about the mystery of the soundtrack score for the Nostromo landing scene by Goldsmith, which is more than a minute longer than the landing scene in the film. I have speculated that the Nostromo landing scene was originally more than a minute longer than the theatrical version.

    Now, there is another mystery in the Goldsmiths soundtrack. It’s about the score “Break Out” which appears on an LP released at the time of the film release.

    Officially, the score was composed for the scene at the end of the film where Ripley ejects Alien out of the ship, but was rejected at Ridley Scott’s request, and Goldsmith composed another score, “Out The Door,” for the scene.
    In the liner notes for the Alien complete soundtrack CD released in 2007, “Break Out” is listed as “Out The Door” and “Out The Door” is listed as “Out The Door – Rescored Alternate”.
    Also, in extras DVD that allow you to watch Goldsmith’s rejected soundtrack overlaid on the actual scene, “Break Out” is also treated as the soundtrack for the ejecting scene.

    Break Out (Out The Door)

    Out The Door (Out The Door – Rescored Alternate)

    However, I think this is a wrong view. My view is as follows

    • The score “Break Out” would not be composed for the ejecting scene, but for another scene.
    • “Out The Door” would not be a alternate score for “Break Out”, but would be composited for the ejecting scene originally In the early stages of composing.

    The reasons are as follows

    • The name of the score “Break Out” doesn’t match the scene.
    • The running time of “Break Out” is more than a minute longer than the length of the scene.
    • The style of “Out The Door” is too different from other scores reworked by Goldsmith at the request of Ridley Scott, but rather resembles the style of the scores in the early stages of composing.

    I will now assume that the above view is correct.

    What scene was “Break Out” originally composited for in the first place?
    I surmised from the title of the score that the score is for the scene where Ripley breaks out from the Nostromo aboard the escape Narcissus. When I listened to “Break Out” from the scene where Ripley closes the hatch of the Narcissus, I figure out that the length of the scene leading up to the explosion of the Nostromo matched the length of the score perfectly. Also, The change of the scene and the flow of the score match perfectly.

    This was a surprise. I’m sure it is now the right thing.
    I immediately edited a test version.

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