Combat Drop
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"Combat Drop" is a high-intensity orchestral cue from James Horner's score for the film *Aliens*, underscoring the marines' tense descent into the alien-infested colony.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Combat Drop canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5652960 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Combat Drop Context triple: [Aliens (film score), containsTrack, Combat Drop]
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A.
Parachute Jump
Parachute Jump is a historic, decommissioned amusement ride tower on Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York, often referred to as the "Eiffel Tower of Brooklyn."
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B.
Operation Dumbo Drop
Operation Dumbo Drop is a 1995 family adventure-comedy film about U.S. soldiers transporting an elephant through the Vietnamese jungle, starring Danny Glover and Ray Liotta.
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C.
Combat Action
Combat Action is a U.S. Army badge awarded to soldiers who personally engage or are engaged by the enemy in active ground combat.
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D.
Evacuation of Echo Base
The Evacuation of Echo Base is a pivotal Star Wars battle in which the Rebel Alliance flees its hidden stronghold on the ice planet Hoth under assault from the Galactic Empire.
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E.
Operation Anvil
Operation Anvil was a series of U.S. underground nuclear tests conducted during the Cold War as part of the broader American nuclear weapons development program.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Combat Drop Target entity description: "Combat Drop" is a high-intensity orchestral cue from James Horner's score for the film *Aliens*, underscoring the marines' tense descent into the alien-infested colony.
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A.
Parachute Jump
Parachute Jump is a historic, decommissioned amusement ride tower on Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York, often referred to as the "Eiffel Tower of Brooklyn."
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B.
Operation Dumbo Drop
Operation Dumbo Drop is a 1995 family adventure-comedy film about U.S. soldiers transporting an elephant through the Vietnamese jungle, starring Danny Glover and Ray Liotta.
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C.
Combat Action
Combat Action is a U.S. Army badge awarded to soldiers who personally engage or are engaged by the enemy in active ground combat.
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D.
Evacuation of Echo Base
The Evacuation of Echo Base is a pivotal Star Wars battle in which the Rebel Alliance flees its hidden stronghold on the ice planet Hoth under assault from the Galactic Empire.
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E.
Operation Anvil
Operation Anvil was a series of U.S. underground nuclear tests conducted during the Cold War as part of the broader American nuclear weapons development program.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film score cue
ⓘ
musical work ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacterGroup |
Colonial Marines
ⓘ
linked to:
Colonial Marine Corps
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| associatedWithFranchise | Alien franchise ⓘ |
| basedOn | narrative and visuals of the marines' drop sequence in Aliens ⓘ |
| composer | James Horner ⓘ |
| composerStyle | James Horner's 1980s action scoring style ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| featuredInFilm | Aliens ⓘ |
| filmDirector | James Cameron ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1986 ⓘ |
| followsInFilm | briefing and approach to LV-426 ⓘ |
| genre |
action music
ⓘ
film score ⓘ orchestral ⓘ |
| languageOfFilm | English ⓘ |
| medium | orchestra ⓘ |
| notableFor |
brass fanfares
ⓘ
driving percussion ⓘ military-style rhythmic figures ⓘ rhythmic ostinatos ⓘ |
| partOfSoundtrack |
Aliens (original motion picture score)
ⓘ
linked to:
Aliens (film score)
|
| partOfWork |
Aliens (score)
ⓘ
linked to:
Aliens (film score)
|
| precedesInFilm | initial exploration of the colony complex ⓘ |
| recordedFor | Aliens original soundtrack album ⓘ |
| releaseFormat | film soundtrack album ⓘ |
| tone |
high-intensity
ⓘ
suspenseful ⓘ |
| underscores |
descent of Colonial Marines into alien-infested colony
ⓘ
marines' drop to LV-426 colony ⓘ |
| usedFor | building tension before first major combat engagement ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Combat Drop Description of subject: "Combat Drop" is a high-intensity orchestral cue from James Horner's score for the film *Aliens*, underscoring the marines' tense descent into the alien-infested colony.
Referenced by (1)
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