The Thing Soundtrack (

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Alternate Names:
Title in Italiano:

La cosa

Title in Português:

Veio do Outro Mundo

Title in Français:

The Thing

Title in Türk:

Şey

Synopsis

A US research station, Antarctica, early-winter 1982. The base is suddenly buzzed by a helicopter from the nearby Norwegian research station. They are trying to kill a dog that has escaped from their base. After the destruction of the Norwegian chopper the members of the US team fly to the Norwegian base, only to discover them all dead or missing. They do find the remains of a strange creature the Norwegians burned. The Americans take it to their base and deduce that it is an alien life form. After a while it is apparent that the alien can take over and assimilate into other life forms, including humans, and can spread like a virus. This means that anyone at the base could be inhabited by The Thing, and tensions escalate.

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Play Title Artist
The Thing
Don't Explain
Billie Holiday: Performer
Arthur Herzog Jr.: Lyrics
Superstition
Stevie Wonder: Performer
Stevie Wonder: Writer
One Chain Don't Make No Prison
The Four Tops: Performer
God's Country Music
Marco Beltrami: Performer
Road to Antarctica
Marco Beltrami: Performer
Into the Cave
Marco Beltrami: Performer
Eye of the Survivor
Marco Beltrami: Performer
Meet and Greet
Marco Beltrami: Performer
Autopsy
Marco Beltrami: Performer
Cellular Activity
Marco Beltrami: Performer
Finding Filling
Marco Beltrami: Performer
Well Done
Marco Beltrami: Performer
Female Persuasion
Marco Beltrami: Performer
Survivors
Marco Beltrami: Performer
Open Your Mouth
Marco Beltrami: Performer
Antarctic Standoff
Marco Beltrami: Performer
Meating of the Minds
Marco Beltrami: Performer
Sander Sucks At Hiding
Marco Beltrami: Performer
Can't Stand the Heat
Marco Beltrami: Performer
Following Sander's Lead
Marco Beltrami: Performer
In the Ship
Marco Beltrami: Performer
Sander Bucks
Marco Beltrami: Performer
The End
Marco Beltrami: Performer
How Did You Know?
Marco Beltrami: Performer
Humanity (Part I)
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Shape
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Contamination
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Bestiality
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Solitude
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Eternity
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Wait
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Humanity (Part II)
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Sterilization
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Despair
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Humanity (Part 1)
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Humanity (Part 2)
Ennio Morricone: Performer
SIDE A: Humanity (Part 1)
Ennio Morricone: Performer
SIDE B: Wait
Ennio Morricone: Performer
The Thing - Main Title
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Main Theme/Desolation
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Humanity 2
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Humanity
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Burn It
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Fuchs
Ennio Morricone: Performer
To Mac's Shack
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Main Theme/End Credits from The Thing
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Chariots of Pumpkins (Halloween III)
John Carpenter: Performer
69th St. Bridge (Escape From New York)
John Carpenter: Performer
The Alley (War) (Big Trouble in Little China)
John Carpenter: Performer
Wake Up (They Live)
John Carpenter: Performer
Julie's Dead (Assault on Precinct 13)
John Carpenter: Performer
The Shape Enters Laurie's Room (Halloween II)
John Carpenter: Performer
Season of the Witch (Halloween III)
John Carpenter: Performer
Love at a Distance (Prince of Darkness)
John Carpenter: Performer
The Shape Stalks Again (Halloween II)
John Carpenter: Performer
Burn It (The Thing)
John Carpenter: Performer
Fuchs (The Thing)
John Carpenter: Performer
To Macs Shack (The Thing)
John Carpenter: Performer
Walk to the Lighthouse (The Fog)
John Carpenter: Performer
Laurie's Theme (Halloween)
John Carpenter: Performer
TV Message/Main Title (They Live/Halloween III)
Alan Howarth: Performer
Main Title (Escape From New York)
Alan Howarth: Performer
Christine Attacks/Main Title (Christine/Halloween II)
Alan Howarth: Performer
Haddonfield Streets (Halloween II)
Alan Howarth: Performer
Airport Abduction (Big Trouble In Little China)
Alan Howarth: Performer
Wing Kong White Tiger (Big Trouble In Little China)
Alan Howarth: Performer
Team Assembly (Prince of Darkness)
Alan Howarth: Performer
Coming To L.A. (They Live)
Alan Howarth: Performer
The Thing (The Thing)
Alan Howarth: Performer
The Return (Halloween 4)
Alan Howarth: Performer
Halloween Suite
Alan Howarth: Performer
The Lost Empire (The Lost Empire)
Alan Howarth: Performer
Assault on Precinct 13 (Assault on Precinct 13)
Alan Howarth: Performer
Retribution (Retribution)
Alan Howarth: Performer
Bank Robbery (Escape From New York)
Alan Howarth: Performer
In the Mouth of Madness
John Carpenter: Performer
Assault on Precinct 13
John Carpenter: Performer
The Fog
John Carpenter: Performer
Prince of Darkness
John Carpenter: Performer
Santiago (Vampires)
John Carpenter: Performer
Escape from New York
John Carpenter: Performer
Halloween
John Carpenter: Performer
Porkchop Express (Big Trouble in Little China)
John Carpenter: Performer
They Live
John Carpenter: Performer
The Thing
John Carpenter: Performer
Starman
John Carpenter: Performer
Dark Star
John Carpenter: Performer
Christine
John Carpenter: Performer
L'Ultima Diligenza di Red Rock (From "The Hateful Eight")
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Lolita (From "Lolita")
Ennio Morricone: Performer
End Credits (From "Love Affair")
Ennio Morricone: Performer
In the Line of Fire (From "In the Line of Fire")
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Hamlet (From "Hamlet")
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Elegy for Brown (From "Casualties of War")
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Cinema Paradiso (From "Cinema Paradiso")
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Love Theme (From "Cinema Paradiso")
Ennio Morricone: Performer
The Untouchables (From "The Untouchables")
Ennio Morricone: Performer
The Mission (From "The Mission")
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Gabriel's Oboe (From "The Mission")
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Ave Maria (From "The Mission")
Ennio Morricone: Performer
On Earth as It Is in Heaven (From "The Mission")
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Epilogue - The Falls (From "The Mission")
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Main Theme (From "Once Upon a Time in America")
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Poverty (From "Once Upon a Time in America")
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Deborah's Theme (From "Once Upon a Time in America")
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Main Theme (From "the Thing")
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Main Theme (From "Marco Polo")
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Chi Mai (From "Le Professional")
Ennio Morricone: Performer
The Harvest (From "Days of Heaven")
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Disc Time:
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Regan's Theme (From "Exorcist II: The Heretic")
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Romanza (From "1900")
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Main Theme (From "Moses the Lawgiver")
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Main Title (From "My Name Is Nobody")
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Un amico (From "Revolver")
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Duck, You Sucker (From "A Fistful of Dynamite")
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Theme (From "The Men from Shiloh")
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Suite (From "Two Mules for Sister Sara")
Ennio Morricone: Performer
La Califfa (From "Lady Caliph")
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Main Title (From "The Five Man Army")
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Love Theme (From "The Red Tent")
Ennio Morricone: Performer
The Sicilian Clan (From "The Sicilian Clan")
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Man With the Harmonica (From "Once Upon a Time in the West")
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Jill's Theme (From "Once Upon a Time in the West")
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Overture (From "Guns For San Sebastian")
Ennio Morricone: Performer
L'arena (From "The Mercenary")
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Main Title (From "The Good, The Bad and the Ugly")
Ennio Morricone: Performer
The Ecstasy of Gold (From "The Good, The Bad and the Ugly")
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Main Titles (From "For a Few Dollars More")
Ennio Morricone: Performer
A Fistful of Dollars (From "A Fistful of Dollars")
Ennio Morricone: Performer
God's Country Music
Marco Beltrami: Performer
Can't Stand the Heat
Marco Beltrami: Performer
Following Sander's Lead
Marco Beltrami: Performer
To Mac's Shack
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Julie's Dead (Assault on Precinct 13)
John Carpenter: Performer
The Shape Enters Laurie's Room (Halloween II)
John Carpenter: Performer
Laurie's Theme (Halloween)
John Carpenter: Performer
L'Ultima Diligenza di Red Rock (From "The Hateful Eight")
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Gabriel's Oboe (From "The Mission")
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Deborah's Theme (From "Once Upon a Time in America")
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Regan's Theme (From "Exorcist II: The Heretic")
Ennio Morricone: Performer
Jill's Theme (From "Once Upon a Time in the West")
Ennio Morricone: Performer
L'arena (From "The Mercenary")
Ennio Morricone: Performer

User reviews

Paul Davis
6/10

The eerie and foreboding tones in the soundtrack perfectly capture the isolated and tense atmosphere of the research station in Antarctica.

Kimberly Turner
5/10

The use of electronic elements in the soundtrack gives a futuristic and alien quality to the music, reflecting the unknown and advanced nature of the extraterrestrial threat.

Susan Anderson
7/10

The tension-building crescendos in the music mirror the escalating paranoia and fear among the characters as they realize the true nature of the alien organism.

Linda Martin
2/10

The soundtrack of The Thing fails to effectively build suspense and enhance the atmosphere of paranoia and tension that the characters in the movie are experiencing. Instead of creating a sense of dread and unease, the music often feels generic and uninspired, missing the opportunity to elevate the overall viewing experience.

Robert Phillips
6/10

The haunting choir vocals in certain tracks add a layer of otherworldly menace to the score, enhancing the sense of the alien presence lurking among the crew.

Matthew King
7/10

The soundtrack of The Thing perfectly captures the eerie and suspenseful atmosphere of the isolated Antarctic research station in early winter 1982.

Amanda Moore
6/10

The use of subtle, creeping melodies in the music builds a sense of unease and paranoia as the characters uncover the true nature of the alien threat.

George Taylor
5/10

The soundtrack's incorporation of metallic, industrial sounds mirrors the cold, harsh environment of Antarctica and the mechanical nature of the alien organism.

Kenneth White
7/10

The incorporation of electronic elements in the score creates a futuristic and otherworldly sound that complements the sci-fi horror themes of the film.

Elizabeth Carter
7/10

The sound design in the soundtrack effectively conveys the sense of isolation and claustrophobia within the snow-covered landscape, adding to the overall sense of dread.

Elizabeth Martinez
6/10

The soundtrack's incorporation of dissonant sounds mirrors the growing sense of distrust and fear among the characters as they realize the danger they are facing.

Michael Walker
7/10

The use of minimalistic and haunting melodies in the score enhances the feeling of impending danger and uncertainty as the characters uncover the alien threat.

Ashley Robinson
8/10

Overall, the soundtrack of The Thing is a masterful blend of atmospheric soundscapes and intense musical cues that elevate the suspense and horror of the story to a whole new level.

Michael Williams
2/10

The use of repetitive and predictable musical motifs in the film's soundtrack becomes distracting and detracts from the immersive quality of the storytelling. Rather than adding depth and complexity to the narrative, the music becomes a repetitive background noise that fails to engage the audience emotionally or intellectually.

Daniel Brown
5/10

The soaring orchestral arrangements in key moments of the score evoke a sense of heroism and determination as the characters fight to survive against the insidious alien threat.

Brian Wright
5/10

Overall, the soundtrack of The Thing expertly complements the film's narrative, enhancing the suspense, horror, and emotional depth of the story with its evocative and atmospheric compositions.

Charles Williams
6/10

The music's sudden shifts from quiet suspense to intense, pulsating rhythms effectively heighten the suspense and keep the audience on edge.