Horner uses a four-note ‘evil’ theme that has probably appeared in 30 scores—that’s the one in Aliens and ST2. Years ago I wrote about this and I still believe what I wrote then, which is that the post-production on Aliens was so horrendous he altered his writing style from that point on. He is talented, but he’s lazy. He steals from everyone, as well as himself, and it’s too bad, because he doesn’t have to.