Jerry Goldsmith - The Omen, Part II of Complete Score (1976)

Описание: Jerrald King Goldsmith (February 10, 1929 – July 21, 2004) was an American composer, conductor and orchestrator with a career in film and television scoring that spanned nearly 50 years and over 200 productions, between 1954 and 2003. He was considered one of film music's most innovative and influential composers. He was nominated for eighteen Academy Awards (winning in 1977 for The Omen), six Grammy Awards, five Primetime Emmy Awards, nine Golden Globe Awards, and four British Academy Film Awards.

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Part II of the complete score from the movie "The Omen" (1976)
Orchestrated by Arthur Morton
Movie directed by Richard Donner, written by David Seltzer

1. The Killer Storm (0:00)
2. The Fall (3:01)
3. Newspaper (4:22)
4. Kathy's First Flight (4:43)
5. Don't Let Him Kill Me (6:50)
6. The Day He Died (9:39)
7. Father Spiletto (11:52)
8. The Dogs Attack (13:02)
9. Kathy's Final Flight (18:50)

National Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, conducted by Larry Newman

The Omen features an original score composed by Jerry Goldsmith. Although the film was produced on a tight budget, Alan Ladd Jr. provided Goldsmith a renumeration of $25,000 to compose the music for the film. Producer Harvey Bernhard provided him the script as per Donner's suggestion, but Goldsmith did not have a particular idea. According to Goldsmith's wife, Carol, the composer initially struggled with ideas for the score until one evening when he suddenly, happily announced to her, "I hear voices", referring to an orchestral chorus or choir. While discussing it to Bernhard, he immediately responded to his ideas which served as the basis for the score. The resulting score features a strong choral segment, with a foreboding Latin chant, a departure from his usual composing style. Arthur Morton assisted him in arranging the choral portions and orchestrated the score with the National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Lionel Newman.

"I would have to say Jerry Goldsmith kicked it up 50 percent with that score. I thought it was brilliant, and everybody fell over it"

— David Seltzer

In addition to the score, Goldsmith penned and composed the original song "Ave Satani" which served as the film's theme song. He wanted to create a kind of Satanic version of a Gregorian chant and came up with ideas with from Morton, something like a Black Mass, inverting Latin phrases from the Latin Mass. The choirmaster, who was an expert in Latin, helped him come up with phrases that inverted Christ and the Mass. The song in its entirety had lyrics that are an inversion of the Roman Catholic rite of the consecration and elevation of the body and blood of Christ during the Mass. Carol also penned and performed an original song "The Piper Dreams".