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Jerry was a master of economy. The 3-note motif that he devised for Damien provides the fundamental rhytmical and melodic basis for his entire score. Similarly, I needed a simple idea which could be developed throughout the score. It came in the form of the sound of a piano pedal simply being depressed and released. From that simple rhytm came a 4-note melodic fragment which then could also be transformed into the family theme; and when the notes are rearranged, we have the descending portentous investigation of mystery. I hope fans of Jerry's original Omen score will find this collection of cues a logical connection of ideas. It is the utmost respect to my old teacher that I celebrate his compositional ingenuity with this album. First I came up with my motifs and what I was going to do. This score came to me so fast it was unbelievable. I only spent two weeks writing the score. I probably spent about two weeks coming up with how I was going to crack the puzzle figuring out what I was going to do, working on it everyday, and as soon as I did that, I wrote it so fast. I had my theme, which is actually four-note theme. B, G sharp, G natural and A sharp. The Family theme came out of these four notes. You hear this in the montage, you hear it throughout the movie, whenever the husband and the wife are together like the scene when Damien is on the swing. From that came "The Damien Theme", which is descending figure based on the same notes, but arranged differently. They are descending instead of being played with intervals between them. It's not based on his particular character, but his impending doom. When I actually sat down to write to film, the first scene I composed was this montage, the home video when they bring Damien home in the beginning of the movie. This is expanded on those four notes into a theme, it's not just a motif, but it's probably the most developed theme in the film. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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