An obscure similarity to Prometheus

Alien-Covenant.com/forum/
Forum Topic
6162 Views3 Replies

someperson

MemberOvomorphSep-16-2018 11:22 PM

I was watching a movie the other day whose opening scene and theme was eerily similar to the opening scene and theme of Prometheus. I was actually in another room when I heard the opening theme and thought it was Prometheus .....interestingly enough the movie was called Survival Quest and it was made in 1988....nothing to do with scifi, but made me pause. And for those who want to check it out, Jolly Roger is your best bet. 

User Avatar
Atomier
Group: Member
Rank: Ovomorph
View Profile

I randomly came across this movie (yes 3 years after you posted this,) came to the same conclusion and Googled it, just to find myself here, with the only other person online to make this connection. The theme from Prometheus is absolutely lifted from Survival Quest. Oddly both Lance Henriksen and Mark Rolston were also in Aliens, so it might just be Ridley Scott's nod to Don Coscarelli. 

User Avatar
hox
Group: Member
Rank: Facehugger
View Profile

I’d not heard of this movie, so I googled it and found this video trailer.

20 seconds in, there’s a string of 8 notes that occur in the “Life” theme of Prometheus. That’s too much of a coincidence to be pure chance.

Marc Streitenfeld composed most of the score for Prometheus, but the “Life” track, which is most closely associated with the movie, was composed by Harry Gregson-Williams. Most likely Harry saw Survival Quest at some point, and the notes stuck in his head somewhere.

It wouldn’t be anything to do with Ridley Scott giving a nod to the Survival Quest movie, though. It doesn’t look like a great movie to me.

User Avatar
Xenotaris
Group: Member
Rank: Praetorian
View Profile

Damn I haven't seen this movie in forever since the 90's when I was a little kid! I think this was my first Lance Henriksen movie (or was it Terminator?) before I watched Aliens and the TV show Millennium 

ALIEN VERSUS PREDATOR UNIVERSE

Join the discussion!



Recently Active Forums
Alien: Earth Series
Alien: Earth SeriesDiscuss the Alien FX TV series here!
Alien: Covenant
Alien: CovenantDiscuss the Prometheus Sequel, Alien: Covenant
Alien
AlienDiscuss all things Alien here
Prometheus
PrometheusEverything About Prometheus
New Forum Topics
Hot Forum Topics
Highest Forum Ranks Unlocked
Svanya
Svanya » Praetorian
89% To Next Rank
Thoughts_Dreams
Thoughts_Dreams » Neomorph
88% To Next Rank
Jonesy
Jonesy » Chestburster
51% To Next Rank
NCC 1701
NCC 1701 » Ovomorph
51% To Next Rank
Dr.Swojd
Dr.Swojd » Ovomorph
39% To Next Rank
Unofficial Alien Animated Series
Alien: Analects - the unofficial Alien animated series
Watch Alien: Analects - The unofficial Alien animated series we created! Visit the official page!
Community Stats
This Alien Movie Universe community is part of the Scified network. Scified hosts a network of online fan-site communities containing 406,127 posts by 48,394 members (8 are online now). The Alien: Earth Series Forum is the most recently active forum. The latest Forum topic added was: Alien: Earth promo sets were built by Monster City Studios!
VIPWhat are VIP?AdminModeratorSpecial TitleMember

This website provides the latest information, news, rumors and scoops on the Alien: Romulus movie and Alien TV series for FX! Get the latest news on the Alien prequels, sequels, spin-offs and more. Alien movie, game and TV series news is provided and maintained by fans of the Alien film franchise. This site is not affiliated with 20th Century Studios, FX, Hulu, Disney or any of their respective owners.

© 2025 Scified.com
Join the discussion!
Please sign in to access your profile features!



Forgot Password?

Log in to view your personalized notifications across Scified!

Scified Website LogoScified is the Hub for Sci-Fi Movie Fandoms
Hosted Fansites
+

Sign In to contribute!