1987 Soundtrack – Predator
Predator is the official soundtrack album of the 1987 science fiction film Predator. It was composed by Alan Silvestri. The score is completely orchestral and was released in 1987.
In 2003, Varèse Sarabande released the soundtrack album as part of its limited release CD Club collection; the album also includes the Elliot Goldenthal arrangement of the Fox fanfare used on Alien 3, where the penultimate note of the fanfare freezes and rises in crescendo before abruptly cutting off.
Tracks
1 Twentieth Century Fox Fanfare (Alfred Newman) 0:28
2 Main Title (Alan Silvestri) 3:53
3 Something Else / Cut \’Em Down / Payback Time (Alan Silvestri) 7:39
4 The Truck (Alan Silvestri) 4:24
5 Jungle Trek (Alan Silvestri) 1:49
6 Girl\’s Escape / Blaine\’s Death (Alan Silvestri) 6:41
7 What Happened? (Alan Silvestri) 2:03
8 He\’s My Friend (Alan Silvestri) 1:27
9 We\’re Gonna Die (Alan Silvestri) 3:31
10 Building The Trap (Alan Silvestri) 3:07
11 The Waiting (Alan Silvestri) 3:28
12 Can You See Him? (Alan Silvestri) 4:53
13 Dillon\’s Death (Alan Silvestri) 2:06
14 Billy And Predator (Alan Silvestri) 2:34
15 Dutch Builds Trap (Alan Silvestri) 9:28
16 Predator Injured / Hand To Hand Combat (Alan Silvestri) 7:23
17 Predator\’s Death (Alan Silvestri) 3:44
18 The Pick-Up And End Credits (Alan Silvestri) 6:01
Media
Musicians
| Drums | Alan Estes |
| Drums | Robert Zimmitti |
| Drums | Daniel Greco |
| Drums | Emil Radocchia |
| Drums | Joe Porcaro |
| Drums | Larry Bunker |
| Drums | Steve Schaeffer |
| Drums | Tom Raney |
| Guitar | Arthur Richards |
| Guitar | Jerry Best |
| Keyboards | Ralph Grierson |
| Keyboards | Randy Kerber |
| Keyboards | Randy Waldman |
| Keyboards | Richard Marvin |
| Piano | Ralph Grierson |
| Piano | Randy Kerber |
| Piano | Randy Waldman |
| Piano | Richard Marvin |
| Horn | Arthur Maebe |
| Horn | Calvin Smith |
| Horn | David Duke |
| Horn | Gale Robinson |
| Horn | Henry Sigismonti |
| Horn | James Thatcher |
| Horn | Vince DeRosa |
| Horn | Richard Perissi |
| Trombone | Bill Reichenbach |
| Trombone | Charlie Loper |
| Trombone | Chauncey Welsch |
| Trombone | Dick Nash |
| Trombone | Lew McCreary |
| Trumpet | David Izzard |
| Trumpet | Gary Grant |
| Trumpet | Jerry Hey |
| Trumpet | Larry Hall |
| Trumpet | Ralph Fera |
| Tuba | James Self |
| Tuba | Tommy Johnson |
| Woodwinds | Arthur Hoberman |
| Woodwinds | Barbara Northcutt |
| Woodwinds | Bob Tricarico |
| Woodwinds | Clare Fischer |
| Woodwinds | Dave Riddles |
| Woodwinds | David Shostac |
| Woodwinds | Gary Foster |
| Woodwinds | Geraldine Rotella |
| Woodwinds | Jim Kanter |
| Woodwinds | Jim Walker |
| Woodwinds | Joel Timm |
| Woodwinds | John Winter |
| Woodwinds | Lee Allen |
| Woodwinds | Louise DiTullio |
| Woodwinds | Michael O\’Donovan |
| Woodwinds | Scott Harris |
| Woodwinds | Sheridon Stokes |
| Woodwinds | Tom Boyd |
| Percussion | Alan Estes |
| Percussion | Robert Zimmitti |
| Percussion | Daniel Greco |
| Percussion | Emil Radocchia |
| Percussion | Joe Porcaro |
| Percussion | Larry Bunker |
| Percussion | Steve Schaeffer |
| Percussion | Tom Raney |
Other Musicians
Cello – Armand Kaproff, Barbara Hunter, Christina Soule, David Shamban, Dennis Karmazyn, Douglas Davis, Gloria Strassner, John Walz, Marie Fera, Nils Oliver, Robert Adcock, Steve Erdody
Double Bass – Arni Egilsson, Bruce Morgenthaler, Chuck Domanico, Richard Feves, Robert Stone, Susan Ranney
Harp – Ann Stockton, Dorothy Remsen
Strings (Violins / Violas) – Arnold Belnick, Assa Drori, Bernard Kundell, Bill Hybel, Bonnie Douglas, Bruce Dukov, Daniel Shindaryov, Darius Campo, David Schwartz, Debra Price, Denyse Buffum, Diane Halprin, Dixie Blackstone, Donald Palmer, Dorothy Wade, Francine Walsh, Gerald Vinci, Gwenn Heller, Haim Shtrum, Harold Wolf, Henry Ferber, Herman Clebanoff, Irma Neumann, Israel Baker, Jan Karlin, Janet Lakatos, Kathleen Lenski, Kenneth Burward-Hoy, Linda Lipsett, Mari Botnick, Mari Tsumura, Marshall Sosson, Marvin Chantry, Michael Nowak, Mihail Zinovyev, Miwako Watanabe, Myer Bello, Myra Kestenbaum, Nathan Kaproff, Oscar Chausow, Pamela Goldsmith, Pat Johnson, Paul Shure, Ralph Morrison, Reginald Hill, Rick Gerding, Ronald Folsom, Samuel Boghossian, Sheldon Sanov, Spiro Stamos, Stanley Plummer, Yoko Matsuda
Liner Notes
Producer – Nick Redman
Producer (Executive) – Robert Townson
Compiled By (Assembled By) – Michael Matessino
Composed By (Music), Conductor (Music) – Alan Silvestri
Edited By – Dan Hersch
Edited By (Music Editor) – Michael Tronick
Mastered By – Dan Hersch
Mixed By (Music Scoring Mixer) – Dennis Sands
Orchestra (Performed By) – The Hollywood Studio Symphony
Orchestrated By (Orchestrations By) – James B Campbell
Programmed By (Audio Programming By) – David Bifano
Photographs courtesy of the Fox Photo Archive.
Recorded At – Group IV Recording Studios
Mastered At – DigiPrep
Edited At – DigiPrep
Engineered At – Precision Audiosonics
Engineered At – Sharpline Arts
Manufactured By – Varèse Sarabande Records, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Copyright (c) – Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation