The Omen: Original Soundtrack [SOUNDTRACK]

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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 4005939528126 Label: Varese Sarabande Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Varese Sarabande Release Date: 1990-11-05 Studio: Varese Sarabande
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Editorial Reviews: Unified in its resolve, aware of its filmic origins, and imaginative in its materials and orchestral thought, Jerry Goldsmith's Oscar-winning score for The Omen is a post-modern classic. Genre enthusiasts will remember the story of a married couple (Gregory Peck, Lee Remick) who adopt a five-year-old boy only to discover that he is the Anti-Christ. Written for mixed chorus and orchestra, Goldsmith employs rugged plainchant and Latin incantations to create a subterranean musical profile suggesting the onset of Armageddon ("Ave Satani"). His polyphonic orchestral timbres and choral rustlings add dimensions that no human scream could achieve, reminding us of the struggle between good and evil. Whereas most composers only reinforce the terrifying aspects of a horror narrative, Goldsmith never loses sight of the human dimension in the story and provides several lyrical passages for the bewildered parents ("The Piper Dreams"). But The Omen is first and foremost a supernatural thriller, consequently the composer proceeds towards an unnerving musical climax that makes an already tense film incalculably more terrifying. Constantly imitated but never duplicated, the score for The Omen requires no further recommendation. --Kevin Mulhall
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: It really frightens! Comment: Goldsmith wrote something really effective here. The soundtrack exhales a disturbing mood, even in the quiet scenes, and becomes more and more frightnening in the climaxes. Perfect if you are alone at home by night and you don't want to go to sleep yet. Customer Rating: Summary: A greater soundtrack than this followed Comment: Whilst I have a high regard for many of Jerry Goldsmiths scores, I feel The Omen soundtrack is completely eclipsed by the Final Conflict soundtrack that was to follow. The choral and pastoral styles which began with The Omen reach a sublime brilliance in The Final Conflict Customer Rating: Summary: Creepy, unusual choral effects... Comment: Jerry Goldsmith created an atmospheric, haunting score for The Omen, utilising Latin texts and sighing, shouting choral accents for the darkest passages, yet also juxtaposing melodic, pastoral suites to emphasize the extremes between Damien's inherent evil and his parents innate goodness. A striking score, disturbing and lovely, worthy of the Academy Award it recieved. More Reviews