The score was recorded over one week with a 90-piece orchestra at Abbey Road Studios in London, England,[5] where it was also processed by Scott after the fact.

[6] Streitenfeld began coming up with ideas for the score after reading the script prior to the commencement of filming.

[5] The track "Friend from the Past" reprises Jerry Goldsmith's original main title from the Alien soundtrack.

The Prometheus soundtrack album was released on iTunes on 15 May 2012[7] and in audio CD on June 4 in the United Kingdom.

[9] All music is by Streitenfeld, with the exception of the two supplemental score tracks by Gregson-Williams as noted.