I did a writeup of my re-watch of “Alien” (1979) for this month's IndieWeb movie club. I talk about some of the sound design, and a portion of the score that I noticed sounds surprisingly like Bartók.

Thanks @alabut for hosting this month!

https://reillyspitzfaden.com/posts/2026/01/indieweb-movie-club-alien/

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IndieWeb Movie Club: “Alien”

Re-watching a sci-fi classic to discuss with IndieWeb friends, and thinking about the music and sound design

@reillypascal @alabut an awesome old article about the type setting of "alien" https://typesetinthefuture.com/2014/12/01/alien/ to nerd out even more over alien :)
Alien

My third post about typography in sci-fi has been gestating for a while now. Indeed, it’s been slowly taking shape – you might say it’s been forming itself inside of me – for really qui…

Typeset In The Future
@sushee @alabut ooh, I love typography so this is right up my alley! Thanks for sharing!