Fledgling film composer
Harald Kloser laid waste -- musically -- to the world for
Roland Emmerich's environmental disaster pic The Day After Tomorrow, so it comes as no surprise that he's up to providing the soundtrack for the latest "humans in peril" popcorn diversion, Alien Vs. Predator. Following in the footsteps of previous Alien franchise composers like
Jerry Goldsmith and
James Horner,
Kloser brings the symphonic dread through a winning combination of orchestral vastness and tried and true action-film dynamics. He also introduces a myriad of electronic elements into the mix that bring to mind the works of contemporaries like
Hans Zimmer and
Thomas Newman -- the "Alien vs. Predator Main Theme" is particularly striking and serves as a continuous creative source for the composer to dip his baton in. There's nothing groundbreaking here, and why should there be?
Kloser is just building his resumé, and what better way to do it than scoring big-budget -- and hopefully big paycheck -- Hollywood pap. ~ James Christopher Monger