Why ‘The Omen’s’ Oscar Win for Best Original Score Shocked Its Composer

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Why ‘The Omen’s’ Oscar Win for Best Original Score Shocked Its Composer
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Jerry Goldsmith was reportedly so nervous that he smoked three cigarettes at a time during the 1977 Oscars. His score remains a reminder of horror’s ingenuity and range.

would be nothing without its music, which immediately establishes a tense, at times demonic atmosphere. The choral work, which Goldsmith shepherded with assistance from Arthur Morton , is the most memorable top note—an unsettling, discordant motif that returns again and again. Then there are the frantic violins, the pulsing drums, the tragedy-tinged woodwinds.

Requiem Mass has never sounded creepier. At the same time, Goldsmith also establishes emotional depth beyond mere terror.’s love theme, which recurs throughout, threads in a brighter, necessary counterpoint to the doom and gloom.’s Academy Awards win also feels somewhat historic. Its best original score victory came one year aftertook home the Oscar in the same category, and no horror has taken the honor since.

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