Song · Identified from short videos
The Alien
Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow
Annihilation (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) · 2017 · 12:04 · Last seen 5 days ago
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- Total reach
- 17.7M
- Last seen
- 5 days ago
- Platforms
- Shorts · TikTok
The most-watched clip we've matched to "The Alien" by Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow runs on YouTube Shorts from DrDonut Clips and has pulled in around 9.1M plays.
By platform, the matches break down as YouTube Shorts (80%) and TikTok (20%).
Audio DNA
- Tempo
- 103 BPM
- Laid-back
- Key
- A# Minor
- Genre
- Soundtrack
- Length
- 12:04
- Released
- 2017
- Album
- Annihilation (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Videos using this song
17.7M combined plays · 2 platforms · since Jan 2026
Rising in the last 30 days
@DrDonutTwo
9.1M
@oyeegudduuu
3.6M
@DaStewie
2.8M
@JustMotorHead
1.5M
@justdooo1
659.2k
How creators use it
From the hashtags on the clips we've matched
- Nov 2025: 0% of clips
- Dec 2025: 0% of clips
- Jan 2026: 33% of clips
- Feb 2026: 0% of clips
- Mar 2026: 0% of clips
- Apr 2026: 0% of clips
- May 2026: 33% of clips
- Jun 2026: 0% of clips
- Jul 2026: 0% of clips
- Aug 2026: 0% of clips
- Sep 2026: 0% of clips
- Oct 2026: 33% of clips
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Questions
Which short videos use "The Alien"?
ClipMusic has catalogued "The Alien" as background music in short videos — 80% on YouTube Shorts and 20% on TikTok. Together those clips account for about 18M plays.
What BPM is "The Alien" by Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow?
"The Alien" runs at approximately 103 BPM in A# Minor and is filed under Soundtrack. If you're cutting a video to it, that's a mid-tempo groove that sits comfortably under lifestyle and talking-head content.
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