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2010 soundtrack album by John Debney
Predators: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by John Debney
ReleasedJuly 5, 2010
GenreSoundtrack
Length68:25
LabelLa-La Land Records
LLLCD 1141
Predator soundtrack chronology
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
(2007)
Predators: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(2010)
The Predator
(2018)
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Predators: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the official soundtrack album of the 2010 science fiction film Predators. It was composed by John Debney and released on July 5, 2010 via La-La Land Records. The score is completely orchestral and makes use of several themes from the first two films 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.

Track listing

  1. "Free Fall" – 3:06
  2. "Single Shooter" – 2:07
  3. "This Is Hell" – 4:09
  4. "Cages / Trip-Wire" – 3:51
  5. "Not of This Earth" – 2:50
  6. “Hound Attack" – 4:08
  7. "We Run We Die" – 4:39
  8. "Predator Attack" – 1:46
  9. "Meet Mr. Black" – 1:14
  10. "They See Our Traps" – 2:25
  11. "Over Here" – 2:23
  12. "Smoke" – 2:37
  13. "Nikolai Blows" – 2:09
  14. "Stans’ Last Stand" – 1:48
  15. "Hanzo’s Last Stand" – 3:08
  16. "Leg Trap" – 2:22
  17. "Take Me to the Ship" – 2:04
  18. “Edwin and Isabelle Captured" – 1:33
  19. "Predator Fight, Royce Runs" – 3:14
  20. "Twisted Edwin / Royce Returns" – 3:25
  21. "She's Paralyzed" – 6:04
  22. "Royce vs. Predator" – 2:38
  23. "Let’s Get Off This Planet" – 3:00
  24. "Theme from Predator" – 1:45

Selected credits

  • Art Direction – Mark Banning
  • Engineer – Denis St. Amand
  • Executive Producer – Matt Verboys
  • Mastered By – Patricia Sullivan
  • Music By – John Debney
  • Conducted By - Pete Anthony
  • Performed By - The Hollywood Studio Symphony
  • Producer – John Debney, MV Gerhard
  • Recorded By – Tim Lauber
  • Recorded By, Mixed By – Erik Swanson
  • Recorded By, Mixed By – Shawn Murphy
  • Score Editor – Jeff Carson (3)

℗ © 2010 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Instrumentation

  • 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

References

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r1838149
  2. John Debney: Predators (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
  3. Soundtrack Review: Predators (2010)
  4. Predators by John Debney
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