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Jerry Goldsmith / Original Soundtrack - Omen Soundtrack CD
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The Varese Sarabande reissue of the soundtrack to THE OMEN is a deluxe and expanded edition that includes seven new cues, 15 minutes of previously unavailable music, and crystalline, state-of-the-art sound. Jerry Goldsmith's score, for which he received an Academy Award, combines incidental scene-setting music, classic horror and suspense motifs (Bernard Herrmann's wild violins a la PSYCHO are a probable influence), and--most notably--forms of the requiem mass as they have been interpreted over the centuries. In fact, Goldsmith's use of choral voices and religious themes is so powerful throughout that the score plays like a contemporary black mass.
With the exception of the lush love theme heard in "The New Ambassador," the soundtrack is a harrowing listen. Bass instruments surge and churn, strings tremble and squeal in the high registers, and voices chant Latin phrases, building tensions (both musical and dramatic) to the point of panic. Even comparatively subdued selections, like "A Doctor, Please," are characterized by a deep uneasiness. Goldsmith's gripping musical depiction of darkness and evil made THE OMEN (and its soundtrack) a critical and commercial success.
Music composed by Jerry Goldsmith.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Additional Tracks
Jerry Goldsmith / Original Soundtrack - Omen Soundtrack Songs
| 1 | Omen, film score: Ave Satani | | | |
| 2 | Omen, film score: On This Night | | | |
| 3 | Omen, film score: New Ambassador | | | |
| 4 | Omen, film score: Where Is He? | | | |
| 5 | Omen, film score: I Was There | | | |
| 6 | Omen, film score: Broken Vows | | | |
| 7 | Omen, film score: Safari Park | | | |
| 8 | Omen, film score: Doctor, Please | | | |
| 9 | Omen, film score: Killer Storm | | | |
| 10 | Omen, film score: Fall | | | |
| 11 | Omen, film score: Don't Let Him | | | |
| 12 | Omen, film score: Day He Died | | | |
| 13 | Omen, film score: Dogs Attack | | | |
| 14 | Omen, film score: Sad Message | | | |
| 15 | Omen, film score: Beheaded | | | |
| 16 | Omen, film score: Bed | | | |
| 17 | Omen, film score: 666 | | | |
| 18 | Omen, film score: Demise of Mrs. Baylock | | | |
| 19 | Omen, film score: Altar | | | |
| 20 | Piper Dreams, song, The (for the film "The Omen," not used) | | | |
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