FX and Hollywood Records released Alien: Earth (Original Soundtrack), the companion soundtrack to the first of the Alien franchise to take place on Earth. While introducing new elements, Emmy-winning composer Jeff Russo also pays homage to the scores from the first two films, maintaining the eerie and tense atmosphere of the original, as well as the feeling of propulsion found in the second film and unveiling an emotional and innovative score to the SCI-FI horror series.
The series, staying true to the foundation of Ridley Scott’s original creation from 1979, breathes fresh intrigue into the lore. The stakes are high with the setting placed on Earth where the battle against the alien monsters and struggle for humanity will be epic. Russo says of his score, “I used voices along with real instruments to humanize the score where you might not feel human. One of the things I was trying to do was to find the connection between alien, human and hybrid and express that in the score, all while staying in the tonality of those first two films.”
ABOUT ALIEN: EARTH
When the mysterious deep space research vessel USCSS Maginot crash-lands on Earth, “Wendy” (Sydney Chandler) and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet’s greatest threat. FX’s Alien: Earth is created for television and executive produced by Noah Hawley.
ABOUT JEFF RUSSO
Jeff Russo is an Emmy Award-winning and Grammy-nominated composer, scoring varied and compelling music for film, television and video games.
Upcoming projects FX’s series Alien: Earth; and Paramount+’s Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.
Russo’s film credits include Jon Avnet’s The Last Rodeo; Olatunde Osunsanmi’sStar Trek: Section 31; Chiwetel Ejiofor’s Rob Peace, which premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival; Bartlett Sher’s Oslo, which he co-scored with Zoë Keating and for which he received an Emmy nomination; Paul Dektor’s American Dreamer, which premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival; Sabrina Doyle’s Lorelei, which premiered at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival; Noah Hawley’s Lucy in the Sky, which premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival; Peter Berg’s action-thriller film, Mile 22; and Jon Avnet’s Three Christs, which premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.
His music can also be heard on shows such as FX’s Fargo, for which Russo received an Emmy in 2017 and four additional nominations; Netflix’s Untamed; Netflix’s limited series, Zero Day and Ripley; Peacock’s Mrs. Davis; HBO Max’s Love and Death; Amazon Prime’s The Consultant; Showtime Networks’ The Man Who Fell to Earth; CBS All Access’s Star Trek: Discovery, and Clarice; Paramount +’s Star Trek: Picard and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds; Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy; Cursed; and Altered Carbon; FX’s Legion and Snowfall; Starz’s Power Book II: Ghost, produced by Curtis Jackson “50 Cent”; Apple TV+’s For All Mankind; and more.
In addition to composing music for film and television, Russo is a founding member, lead guitarist and co-songwriter of two-time Grammy nominated, multi-platinum selling rock band,Tonic. Their debut album, Lemon Parade, posted three singles in the U.S. Mainstream rock charts’ Top 10 with “If You Could Only See” rocketing to number one. In 2003, the band received two Grammy nominations, one for “Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal” for “Take Me As I Am”, and one for “Best Rock Album.” Russo also received a BAFTA nomination for Best Music for Annapurna Interactive’s video game, What Remains of Edith Finch.
TRACKLIST
1. Zaveri (3:40)
2. Weyland-Yutani (6:21)
3. Wendy (5:05)
4. Tipping Point (5:47)
5. Alien – Earth (2:38)
6. The Orchid (3:56)
7. The Apartments (4:33)
8. Siblings (2:57)
9. Alien – Earth Pt. 2 (4:57)
10. Crew Status (2:59)
11. Move Your Ass (5:23)
12. Evolution (1:10)
13. Hermit Enters (1:23)
14. Procession (5:06)
15. Xenomorph (3:27)
16. To Be an Animal (4:02)
17. Big Ass Bug (1:49)
18. Xeno (Quintet) (3:22)
19. Voices (1:45)
20. Opening (0:46)
21. Wendy’s Transition (4:38)
22. Lost Boys (2:15)
23. Crew Dead Pt. 2 (0:45)
24. Gear UP (1:36)
25. All Aboard (2:06)
26. Transition (Quintet) (4:41)
27. Wendy (Quintet) (4:40)
