Jerry Goldsmith

Omen: The Essential Jerry Goldsmith Film Music Collection

by Steven McDonald review

It's truly impossible to cover all the facets of Jerry Goldsmith's career as a composer for film, even on a packed double-CD set such as this. The COPP, under the baton of Nic Raine, give it their best shot, however, including music from Masada, The Blue Max, and Star Trek: The Motion Picture along the way. The performances are dynamic, with good orchestrations that play to the writing, rather than to the effect of having a large orchestra on hand. The discs are High Density Compatible Digital encoded and the mix is Dolby Surround, so you can expect a musical spectacle.

disc 1

	Track Name/Composer	Time
1.	Capricorn One (Overture) Jerry Goldsmith	3:17
2.	Masada Jerry Goldsmith	5:11
3.	Under Fire (Suite): Prelude Jerry Goldsmith	1:53
4.	Under Fire (Suite): Bajo Fuego Jerry Goldsmith	5:47
5.	Under Fire (Suite): a New Love Jerry Goldsmith	4:20
6.	Under Fire (Suite): the Rebel March Jerry Goldsmith	3:14
7.	Basic Instinct (Main Theme) Jerry Goldsmith	2:31
8.	The Great Train Robbery (Overture) Jerry Goldsmith	4:55
9.	The Omen: Suite Jerry Goldsmith	11:49
10.	Baby: Secret of a Lost Legend: Baby's Alive/End Titles Jerry Goldsmith	7:24
11.	The Shadow: Main Theme Jerry Goldsmith	2:36
12.	The Russia House: Love Theme Jerry Goldsmith	5:12
13.	The Swarm: The Bees Arrive Jerry Goldsmith	4:24
14.	The Swarm: End Title Jerry Goldsmith	3:19

disc 2

	Track Name/Composer	Time
1.	The Blue Max (Short Suite): Overture Jerry Goldsmith	2:17
2.	The Blue Max (Short Suite): The Bridge Jerry Goldsmith	3:00
3.	The Blue Max (Short Suite): Finale Jerry Goldsmith	2:38
4.	The Boys from Brazil: Waltz/The Boys Jerry Goldsmith	7:07
5.	First Knight (Suite): Arthur's Fanfare Jerry Goldsmith	0:44
6.	First Knight (Suite): No Surrender Jerry Goldsmith	5:25
7.	First Knight (Suite): Arthur's Farewell Jerry Goldsmith	5:00
8.	Total Recall: Main Theme Jerry Goldsmith	2:30
9.	Powder: Theme Jerry Goldsmith	4:29
10.	MacArthur/Patton: The General Suite Jerry Goldsmith	5:26
11.	Twlight Zone: The Movie: End Title Suite Jerry Goldsmith	6:27
12.	First Blood/Rambo II (Main Theme) Jerry Goldsmith	5:58
13.	Medicine Man: The Trees Jerry Goldsmith	4:12
14.	Star Trek (Symphonic Suite): The Motion Picture/Klingon Attack/Voyager Jerry Goldsmith	16:23