ssreverb
WTS Manager
Nope - totally wrong. Star Trek II and Star Trek III have nothing in common with each other, soundtrack wise, and they definitely have no parts in them that were in the Aliens soundtrack - Horner did all three, but did *NOT* cut and paste
Not totally wrong ... I'm listening to all three now. You are right that the 'exact' same music was not used but many bars of music are the same and the percussion arrangements are strikingly similar. This is no surprise or big deal becuase it is a known fact that Horner often repeats himself.
More importantly, the original recording of "Ripley's Rescue" has not been used by Top Gear... i've confirmed they are using the Silva re-recording available on the Space 3 compilation (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00004U0OG).. which sounds a bit different than the original.