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John C Winfrey Standard Userer	Which movie on the following list was a complete ripoff of Alien? 1. The Jungle 2. Deadly Mantis 3. Robot Monster 4. Beast from Haunted Cave 5. Galaxy of Terror and which movie from the next list was again a poor ripoff of Alien? 1. Monster from Green Hell 2. Intruder Within 3. No Blade of Grass 4. Brain Eaters 5. Ghastly ones Which movie from the first list starred Rod Cameron and Cesar Romero? Best, John.
posted 03-28-2001 04:35 PM PT (US)

John Maher Standard Userer	Since all the other films were made BEFORE "Alien", I'll go with 1. Galaxy of Terror, and 2. Intruder Within. Without going out a doing a search, I cannot answer the final question.
posted 03-30-2001 10:46 AM PT (US)

John C Winfrey Standard Userer	John, very good. A+. Joanie from Happy Days and Edward Albert starred in the ridiculously stupid film Galaxy of Terror. Very poor 1981 or '82 film. And Chad Everett in the poor TV film Intruder which you chose correctly. I will leave the other question for someone else to guess. Thanks, John.
posted 03-31-2001 04:48 AM PT (US)

Graham Watt Standard Userer	What was that 50s film that Alien was a virtual remake of? It! The Terror From Beyond Space, maybe? Yes, The Intruder Within came out just a year or two after Alien and certainly seemed to be cashing in on its superior precursor. Terrible rubber monster on an oil rig. That one did have the saving grace of a good Gil Melle score (Gil Melle! Has anyone ever had the misfortune to write such great music for such a quantity of filmic turkeys?)
posted 03-31-2001 12:37 PM PT (US)

Gae Standard Userer	While we're on the subject of the movie Alien I have this music question. Which 3 pieces of music (with an Alien connection) practically all sound the same? The clue is this...the original piece of music was composed by a Russian classical composer and his piece was ripped off not once but twice by a certain famous Hollywood composer. I'm sure I've given it away now!! Good luck!
posted 04-18-2001 04:29 PM PT (US)

Timmer Standard Userer	Khackaturian...Gayenne Ballet...Horner...bad spelling
posted 04-24-2001 04:22 AM PT (US)

Gae Standard Userer	Well done Timmer! The music in question was used in the opening spacecraft scene in "Aliens". Also part of the Main Titles to "Patriot Games" is almost a note for note copy of both Khachaturian's Gayaneh suite (correct spelling!...only cos' I checked ) and the opening "Alien's" music. Gae NPRoy Budd (Something to Hide)
posted 04-24-2001 04:26 PM PT (US)

Timmer Standard Userer	BTW...good to see someone playing some Budd there Gae, only the other day I was playing Fear Is The Key...great 70's score NP : Rambo III - Goldsmith
posted 04-24-2001 05:33 PM PT (US)

Gae Standard Userer	Yeh Timmer, I only started getting into Roy Budd's music recently. I'd always noticed how great his music scores sounded esp. "Fear is the Key" but found out that they were quite rare (up until recently) and thus expensive to get on LP. Some of his scores would be going for about �50 in my film music catalogue of old. Since his sad death in the early 90's, he was only 46, a lot of his music has been re-recorded by Castle music onto CD. I first picked up the CD of "Cinephile" for �1.99..incredibly cheap and then bought "Get Carter" followed by the just recently bought CD above. I'm starting to recognise his unique style more and more now. He does amazing percussive rythms, lots of use of bongos etc,punchy brass motifs,writes some lovely string melodies, and makes great use of the Cymbalum (remember the instrument in "The Ipcress file" main theme!)..one of my favourite lesser known instruments. He was also a virtuoso jazz and classical pianist. The other thing I noticed about these re-recordings is that the quality is absolutely superb, both in clarity and dynamic range. You'd never think that the original recordings are almost 30 years old! The famous story about Budd is that he sent in music tracks from Goldsmith, Tiomkin and other composers saying they were his own back before he was known and he was first hired on the basis of this music...hows that for confidence that he could live up to the expectations of these composer's music. It was also a very naughty, naughty thing to do!! Anyway, heres a brief biography of this great lesser known composer...Oh and to our transatlantic friends in America, you could do a lot worse then adding a few of Budd's scores to your collections if you haven't done so already. BORN: March 14, 1947 DIED: August 7, 1993 British film music composer Roy Budd was born in London on March 14, 1947; a child prodigy, he taught himself to play piano by ear, later mastering the Wurlitzer organ as well. Making his London Coliseum debut at the age of six, by 12 Budd was regularly appearing on television, also performing for the royal family at the London Palladium; as a teen he formed a jazz trio with bassist Pete Morgan and drummer Chris Karan, quitting school at 16 to play professionally. While in residence at the London club the Bull's Head, Budd was befriended by composer Jack Fishman, who helped him land a record contract with Pye Records; his debut single, 1965's "Birth of the Budd," was followed two years later by the full-length Pick Yourself Up!! This Is Roy Budd. In the wake of 1968's Roy Budd at Newport, he made his first foray into film composition with his soundtrack to 1970's Soldier Blue; later that same year, Budd completed arguably his most celebrated score, for Mike Hodges' cult favorite Get Carter. He remained one of the busiest composers in British film throughout the decade, scoring well over two dozen pictures including 1971's Kidnapped, 1973's The Stone Killer and 1978's The Wild Geese; Budd also continued making solo recordings, in 1976 issuing Everything's Coming Up Roses: The Musical World of Stephen Sondheim. The hectic pace clearly took its toll, however, and shortly after completing a new symphonic score for the 1925 silent adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera, Budd died suddenly on August 7, 1993 at the age of just 46. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
posted 04-25-2001 03:19 PM PT (US)

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