Predators (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the official soundtrack album of the 2010 science fiction film Predators. It was composed and orchestrated by John Debney, conducted by Pete Anthony, performed by the Hollywood Studio Symphony and released on July 5, 2010 via La-La Land Records and Fox Music. The score is completely orchestral and makes use of several themes from the first two films composed by Alan Silvestri. The main "Predator"-theme plays for the first time in the film when the Predators first appear. Later, it is used at several points throughout the film.
Contents
Track listing
"Free Fall" (Contains original Predator Theme by Alan Silvestri) – 3:06
"Single Shooter" (Contains Original Predator Theme by Alan Silvestri) – 2:07
"This Is Hell" (Contains Original Predator Theme by Alan Silvestri) – 4:09
"Cages / Trip-Wire" – 3:51
"Not of This Earth" – 2:50
“Hound Attack" – 4:08
"We Run We Die" – 4:39
"Predator Attack" (Contains Original Predator Theme by Alan Silvestri) – 1:46
"Meet Mr. Black" – 1:14
"They See Our Traps" (Contains Original Predator Theme by Alan Silvestri) – 2:25
"Over Here" – 2:23
"Smoke" (Contains Original Predator Theme by Alan Silvestri) – 2:37
"Nikolai Blows" (Contains Original Predator Theme by Alan Silvestri) – 2:09
"Stans’ Last Stand" – 1:48
"Hanzo’s Last Stand" (Contains Original Predator Theme by Alan Silvestri) – 3:08
"Leg Trap" – 2:22
"Take Me to the Ship" – 2:04
“Edwin and Isabelle Captured" (Contains Original Predator Theme by Alan Silvestri) – 1:33
"Predator Fight, Royce Runs" – 3:14
"Twisted Edwin / Royce Returns" – 3:25
"She's Paralyzed" (Contains Original Predator Theme by Alan Silvestri) – 6:04
"Royce vs. Predator" – 2:38
"Let’s Get Off This Planet" (Contains "End Title" from Predator 2 by Alan Silvestri) – 3:00
"Theme from Predator" (Contains Original Predator Theme by Alan Silvestri) – 1:45
Personnel
Art Direction [CD] – Mark Banning
Engineer – Denis St. Amand
Executive Producer [Executive Album Producer for La-la Land Records] – Matt Verboys
Mastered By [Album Mastered By] – Patricia Sullivan
Music By – John Debney
Conducted By - Pete Anthony
Performed By - The Hollywood Studio Symphony
Producer [Album Produced By] – John Debney, M.V. Gerhard
Recorded By [Recordist] – Tim Lauber
Recorded and Mixed By [Digital Recording and Electronics Mixed By] – Erik Swanson
Recorded and Mixed By [Score Recorded and Mixed] – Shawn Murphy
Score Editor [Music Editor] – Jeff Carson (3)
℗ © 2010 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Strings: 33 violins, 18 violas, 18 violoncellos, 10 double basses
Woodwinds: 4 flutes, 3 oboes, 3 clarinets, 3 bassoons
Brass: 7 French horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, 2 tubas
Percussion: 6 players
2 harps, 2 keyboards
Reception
Whether you like this or not depends on one thing: Do you like Silvestri's previous scores? I have to say no to that question. The theme is the only thing I enjoyed from it and luckily that is still here. I hated the drum sequence from Predator 2 by the way and it's still here haunting me... The new updated theme for Predator is fun, and there's some good action material here to be fair. An excellent score for Predators the movie, a boring listen outside of it. John Debney did a fantastic job on this it has to be said. He went above the call of duty and created a score exactly what the film needed.
—Jørn Tillnes, Soundtrack Geek
Ultimately, PREDATORS was a good re-make film with a serviceable sound design-y score, but it came from a man with the talents to produce something far better. Such a film deserved a score that was not only very effective against the picture — which DEBNEY’s effort undoubtedly was — but also offers listeners engaging material on album…which I have my doubts about. Next time, perhaps?
—Marius Masalar, Bittersweet Nostalgia