The Omen
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The OmenThe Omen is a 1976 British suspense /horror film directed by Richard Donner. The film stars Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner , Harvey Stephens, Billie Whitelaw, Patrick Troughton, Martin Benson and Leo McKern. It is the first film in... In this article: Damien Thorn, The Omen, Richard Donner, David Seltzer, Jerry Goldsmith, and Omen III |
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The Salt Lake Tribune | November 02, 2009
Culture Vulture: So little time, so many movies
...by Richard Donner, who for my money has only directed one worthwhile movie: The first "Superman." Donner's other films, including "The Omen," "Ladyhawke," "Scrooged," "Maverick," "Conspiracy Theory," "Timeline," and all four "Lethal...
In this article: The Goonies, Steven Spielberg, Twitter, Citizen Kane, Richard Donner, Back to the Future, Blue Velvet, University of Utah, Superman, and The Seventh Seal
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Independent.co.uk - Film & TV | October 30, 2009
Scare tactics: The Hammer horror film posters with real bite
...studios dried up and the demand for Hammer films dwindled. As more sophisticated psychological thrillers such as The Exorcist and The Omen came into being, Hammer struggled to adapt. Throughout the Eighties and Nineties their films were rarely...
In this article: The Hammer, Universal, Tom Chantrell, Dracula, Philip Larkin, Queen's Award to Industry, James Bond, and Celluloid
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thestar.com | October 30, 2009
Why so few horror classics?
...31, 7 p.m. The Shining: Fox Theatre, 2236 Queen St. W., Oct. 31, 9:30 p.m. Suspiria: Dusk TV (formerly Scream), Oct. 31, 11 p.m. The Omen: TVO's Saturday Night at the Movies, Nov. 1, 12:40 a.m. The house is dark and quiet. There is a...
In this article: Rue Morgue, Dario Argento, Haute Tension, Session 9, The Descent, Halloween, Ju-on, and DVD
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New Kerala | October 28, 2009
Hitchcock's Psycho shower music named scariest movie theme tune
...to death, which leaves her blood to pour down the plughole. It pipped Jerry Goldsmith''s Ave Satani song, which featured in The Omen, to land the honour. Hans Zimmer''s ''Samara''s Song'' in The Ring came third followed by Andrew Lloyd...
In this article: Psycho, Alfred Hitchcock, The Ring, Norman Bates, Hans Zimmer, Mike Oldfield, Bernard Hermann, Janet Leigh, Jerry Goldsmith, and Andrew Lloyd Webber
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Telegraph.co.uk - UK news | October 28, 2009
Psycho shower music voted scariest movie theme tune
...Leigh) to death, leaving her blood to pour down the plughole. It beat Jerry Goldsmith's eerie Ave Satani song, which featured in The Omen, to claim first place. Hans Zimmer's 'Samara's Song' in The Ring was third and Andrew Lloyd...
In this article: Psycho, Janet Leigh, Alfred Hitchcock, The Ring, Norman Bates, Hans Zimmer, Mike Oldfield, Bernard Hermann, and Jerry Goldsmith
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washingtonpost.com | October 26, 2009
Airwaves that echo with fright all month long? The horror! The horror!
...and splattered, and those inescapable "forces of evil" often depicted as victorious. Ever since Richard Donner's gigantic hit, "The Omen," in 1976 (stupidly remade in 2006), it's been fashionable for horror movies to have cynical, unhappy...
In this article: Halloween, Ice cream, Desensitization, Sci Fi, The Mist, Night of the Living Dead, Stephen King, NBC Universal, House of the Dead 2, and Tracy Morgan
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San Francisco Chronicle | October 18, 2009
CD: 'In Harm's Way' soundtrack
Jerry Goldsmith was a master of almost every Hollywood genre. Nominated for 18 Oscars (he won for "The Omen"), he scored "Alien," "Chinatown" and five "Star Trek" features. One of his standout genres was war ("Patton," the "Rambo"...
In this article: In Harm's Way, Jerry Goldsmith, Otto Preminger, Pearl Harbor attack, Oscars, Saul Bass, John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Star Trek, and Patton
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Yahoo! News | October 14, 2009
Pinewood Studios to open world's largest drive-in (Reuters)
...operate a drive-in and showcase a series of movies that Pinewood played a role in creating. Movies unspooling will start with "The Omen" and "The Shining" this Halloween. Other films to be offered include "The Bourne Ultimatum," "2001: A...
In this article: Pinewood Studios, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Shining, 007 Stage, London, and U.K.
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Stuff | September 21, 2009
Damien tops most feared names
Damien topped the poll with nine out of 10 respondents uneasy about the associations with the devil child from the 1970s film The Omen. Myra, was the next most feared and distrusted name at 83 percent, potentially due to associations...
In this article: Respondent, Myra Hindley, Carrie, Jesus Christ, Warner Home Video, Rosemary's Baby, Roman Polanski, and Sissy Spacek
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The State | July 23, 2009
Review: Scares, dark laughs in `Orphan'
...a descendant from a long line of cinematic evil children. Still, despite similarities to predecessors like "The Bad Seed" and "The Omen," this well-crafted flick has frights all its own. Director Jaume Collet-Serra, working from a...
In this article: Orphan, Vera Farmiga, Warner Bros, Isabelle Fuhrman, CCH Pounder, and Peter Sarsgaard
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The Omen is a 1976 British suspense/horror film directed by Richard Donner. The film stars Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Harvey Stephens, Billie Whitelaw, Patrick Troughton, Martin Benson, and Leo McKern. It is the first film in The Omen series and was scripted by David Seltzer, who also wrote the novel.
Though similar to The Exorcist in several ways, The Omen has gained prestige over time for a number of reasons: its respectability (as a profitable major-studio film with renowned actors), its seriousness (it plays as a contemporary thriller, rather than with the knowing excesses of certain aspects of the horror genre), and the originality of the movie's Jerry Goldsmith score.
The movie followed a cycle of 'demonic child' movies, such as Rosemary's Baby and The Exorcist, and was itself followed by sequels (see below) and a number of copycat films such as the Italian-made Kirk Douglas movie Holocaust 2000.
A remake, The Omen 666, was released on June 6, 2006, a release date chosen because of its reference to the Number of the Beast (666).
- Name:
- The Omen
- Type:
- Soundtrack
- Country of Origin:
- United States
- Genre:
- Film music
- Release Date:
- June 06, 1976
- Directed By:
- Richard Donner
- Produced by:
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- Jerry Goldsmith
- Harvey Bernhard
- Written By:
- David Seltzer
- Editor:
- Stuart Baird
- Starring:
- Recorded By:
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Cinematography:
- Gilbert Taylor
- Music By:
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Distributed By:
- 20th Century Fox
- Length:
- 111 min.
- Record Label:
- 20th Century Fox
- Language:
- English
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