The Final Conflict

Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
Label (Release Year): Varèse Sarabande (1990 & 2001)
Availability: ****
Rating: ***1/2 & ****

Despite the success of his score to the first of the trilogy (The score to Omen won his only Oscar in 1976.), Goldsmith changes the style of the score to this final chapter in a big way. First of all, none of the materials in the first score is reused in this one (Okay, I know there is a tiny tiny bit in "The Iron", but it is almost unnoticable). All of the themes are new. Second of all, the first one is a chorus dominant score, but the chorus in this one is less dominant. Both of the orchestra and chorus play important roles. Also, there are a lot more grand orchestral cues in this one. The new main theme that Goldsmith composed is a dominant and powerful haunting (but not eerie) theme. It is introduced in the album by blasting brass and chorus right away. The theme is written for both of the orchestra and chorus. So you will hear many different arrangements of it. This score may be louder than what you may have expected because the brass sections are blasting here and there in the score. However, its loudness does not make it less of a horror score. In the last track, "The Final Conflict," he introduced another new theme. It is the grand finale theme or celebration theme. It is a very good theme. Too bad it only appears for a very short moment. I think the first one is better because that one is more memorable. While as this one is powerful, you probably will forget most of the music after you are done listening.


    1990 Original Release Track Listing:
  1. Main Title (3:22)
  2. The Ambassador (4:45)
  3. Trial Run (2:10)
  4. The Monastery (3:13)
  5. A TV First (2:45)
  6. The Second Coming (3:16)
  7. Electric Storm (5:17)
  8. The Hunt (3:58)
  9. The Blooding Reel (3:32)
  10. Lost Children (3:40)
  11. Parted Hair (6:30)
  12. The Iron (2:18)
  13. The Final Conflict (3:40)
    Total Time: 49:00


    2001 Deluxe Edition Track Listing:
  1. Main Title (3:29)
  2. The Ambassador (4:49)
  3. Trial Run (2:15)
  4. The Monastery (3:17)
  5. A T.V. First (2:50)
  6. The Statue (4:10)
  7. The Second Coming (3:24)
  8. Electric Storm (5:22)
  9. The Hunt (4:04)
  10. The Blooding Reel (3:39)
  11. Lost Children (3:45)
  12. 666 (3:03)
  13. Parted Hair (6:35)
  14. The Iron (2:30)
  15. The Final Conflict (9:21)
    Total Time: 62:33



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