# James Horner's 'Bishop's countdown' used for a movie trailer (again!)

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**Created:** [August 10, 2002, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-horners-bishops-countdown-used-for-a-movie-trailer-again/123291 "2002-08-10T18:22:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-horners-bishops-countdown-used-for-a-movie-trailer-again/123291/1 "2002-08-10T18:22:17Z")

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“Aliens” came out in 1986 and yet just yesterday I heard **this piece of music** \* used in a movie trailer yet again (for XXX I think).  
I’m not complaining. I think the score from Aliens is fantastic.

So does anyone know where to find a list of all the film trailers that have used this piece of music? I wondering if it’s been used more often than any other.

\*\*\*\*\*In Aliens its the theme that plays near the end when they’re flying out of the atmosphere processor before the whole place blows up.

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**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-horners-bishops-countdown-used-for-a-movie-trailer-again/123291/2 "2002-08-10T18:51:46Z")

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I bet it probably has been, at least in modern memory. It was just used in the “Minority Report” trailers, too. These days, I’m more surprised when I don’t hear it in an action trailer than when I do.