The Omen: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Soundtrack]

Lionel Newman, Jerry Goldsmith | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 1, 1990)
• Original Release Date: June 25, 1976
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
• ASIN: B0000014RT
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #178,583 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Ave Satani

2. The New Ambassador

3. Killer's Storm

4. A Sad Message

5. The Demise of Mrs. Baylock

6. Don't Let Him

7. The Piper Dreams

8. The Fall

9. Safari Park

10. The Dog's Attack

11. The Homecoming

12. The Altar

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Soundtrack of Nightmares, September 30, 2001

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"jimben2000" (Phoenix, Arizona) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Omen: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

This CD should come with a DISCLAIMER!

Without exception, this is the most chilling, soul shattering truly, deeply disturbing musical composition ever committed to record! What an ordeal to subject one's nerves to!

I've read the reviews listed hear and with then went out and listened to the pertinant sections everyone mentioned. "Ave Satani" must have shocked the hell out of the audience when they performed it at the Academy Awards!

And for the benefit of those of you unfamiliar with Latin:

Sanquis bibimus, Corpus edimus
Prode corpus Satani
Ave, Ave Versus Christus
Ave, Ave Satanti

We drink blood, We eat flesh
Bring forth the body of Satan
Hail Antichrist
Hail Satan

The other version runs:

Sanquis Vivimus, Corpus venimus
Prode Cantus Satani

Blood, we are alive, Body we are coming
Sing forth the incantation of Satan

Musically powerful and very effective, the score is one of the most original and polished ever written for a film -or the concert hall. It's essentially a chamber piece for small orchestra and mixed chorus, though recent recordings have used larger orchestras and even more varied vocal arrangements.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is definitely one of Goldsmiths best works., August 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Omen: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

If your looking for music that chills you to the bone then you have to get this CD. This music is superb and if I had to pick one CD that brought out the best in Goldsmith this soundtrack would definitely be the one. Not only did the music make the movie ten times better but all by itself this score is something for Goldsmith to brag about. This CD is a must for collectors of Gldsmith and for those who love scary,terrifying music.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "You'll See DEAD PEOPLE", March 29, 2000

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Reginald D. Garrard "the G-man" (Camilla, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Omen: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

There are two scores in cinematic history that will genuinely scare one's socks off! One is Herrmann's "Psycho" and "The Omen" by Goldsmith is the other. When I saw the movie over twenty years ago, the terror on screen was hightened by the ominous chords and the malevolent choral chants. There was no doubt in my mind that Goldsmith had composed a score worthy of an Oscar. Apparently, the Academy felt the same way and Goldsmith was justly rewarded. He followed this magnificent composition with the scores to the subsequent second and third installments in the Omen trilogy. All three combined make for a truly satisfying excursion into the art of making music for the movies.