Capricorn One (Overture) - Jerry Goldsmith

[@walkabou5]

Jerry Goldsmith got his only oscar for 'The Omen' in 1976. He deserved more and was nominated many times.

[@PepperWilliams_songcovers]

Probably the best opening theme song ever composed!!! JG was a true legend and genius! Stravinsky paved the way for JG and today, many film composers owe their craft to him. Marco Beltrami for one comes to mind.

[@jslasher1]

It irritates me no end that you refer to this instrumental composition as a 'song'. How stupid can one be.

[@DarqIce]

Agreed. I'm also quite partial to Basil Poledouris and especially his Conan - Main Theme/Anvil of Crom.

[@axecalibore]

One of Jerry's finest. The terrifying "black helicopter" theme playing in counterpoint to the great love theme. Makes a good film even better.

[@historyandhorseplaying7374]

Presaged the X Files by a generation.

[@GA-1st]

Why this movie wasn't a bigger hit, I do not know. Goldsmith's score was just brilliant. He's missed. R.I.P.

[@cheryltroutman2752]

I've always loved Goldsmith's music.

[@richardthompson2563]

I fell in love with this score the very first time I heard it. Perfectly written for this film and I think what might be Goldsmith's strongest scores, right up there with The Omen, Alien, and Poltergeist.

[@43nostromo]

If you believe in the idea of a "multiverse", in some other dimension, Goldsmith is still alive and composing great music. And Hans Zimmer decided to become an accountant.

[@jandreidrn]

+43nostromo and he was nominated 50 times and won 45 of them!!

[@jslasher1]

HaHa. Zimmer would fail the accountancy test. 'Nuff said.

[@commandercaptain4664]

There's definitely a universe in which Jerry did the score for _Judge Dredd._ I WILL FIND THIS UNIVERSE AND CLAIM IN AS MY OWN, WITH THAT TUNE AS MY THEME.

[@Russell_Huston]

Everybody seems to love Zimmer, and it may be a failing on my part, but I can't remember any of his tunes/music.

[@Soyepita-Pay-lh5eq]

There is no more emphasis on melody and motifs. Zimmer is all about sound design, that annoying THUD from inception. There nothing memorable to hum along to. Film around pre-2000 soundtracks had big sweeping melodies. Now it’s all sound design ☹️

[@ricksuegreen1753]

Think Predator then think this came out in 1978. Both supreme scores.

[@cheryltroutman2752]

Great music to accompany a good film.

[@Diatonic1958]

Fantastic score for a fantastic film. The music commands attention from the very first and never sags.

[@sixbells99]

This film is a classic, with a classic score, but always overlooked. With todays fake news its more relevant than ever. There are so many amazing scenes, but Telly Savalas stole the show with his “ Pervets!” . A classic and a must see on anyones classic film list.

[@abbaszaidi8371]

Total Recall got me here. Same vibes , same composer

[@SmartCookie2022]

Yes, there is a correlation: big sound, heavy drums. Brilliant music!!

[@555paint]

the score added a lot to this movie and so the composer did his job well as he did in many other movie like Blue Max.

[@jattakali5456]

Réunir la puissance, l’angoisse, la délicatesse, la beauté et l’idée de complot dans un morceau magistralement interprété par un grand orchestre touche au génie : Bravo Jerry ! Étrange que ce morceau ne soit pas disponible sur Spotify! 🤔

[@will4ward]

THe MOTHER of all "Threatening - Massive" orchestral soundtracks! (The Blue Max ,too) RIP jerry.

[@jslasher1]

This is one Hell of a piece to conduct, not unless you are an accomplished conductor. The metre changes from bar to bar, all in asymmetrical time. Dudamel could carry this off, but not many others [myself included] could do so without a considerable time of rehearsal.

[@thomasbenjaminscott]

A rare example of a great movie with a great Goldsmith score!

[@Jorg-cv3xt]

Rare? The Blue Max, The Sand Pebbles. Planet of the Apes, Tora! Tora! Tora!, Patton, Papillon, Chinatown, The Wind and The Lion, The Omen, Logan's Run, Alien, First Blood, Poltergeist, Gremlins, Hoosiers, Total Recall, The Russia House, Basic Instinct, Star Trek - First Contact, Air Force One, L.A. Confidential, Mulan, The Mummy. Again rare?

[@thomasbenjaminscott]

@@Jorg-cv3xt Yes, with 300 or so others to choose from.

[@PlasmaCoolantLeak]

Telly Savalas: "Perverts!"

[@maestroclassico5801]

It's like they went ahead and camped up a serious, suspenseful film a bit and yet I just love him in this!

[@kenpalmer1965]

This is a phenomenal piece of music. It sounds very nice. The Orchestra did a very nice job and it almostsouds like the original theme to the note. Bravo!

[@nickforbes-warren6602]

This movie was ahead of its time . . .

[@transitny]

We've been to the Moon many times...Goldsmith took us there.

[@hughie1]

I think the reason Mr. Goldsmith did not achieve the name recognition of some of his fellow movie composers did is, ironically enough, because his music...his style...was too diverse for the average audience member to attach a signature to his scores. This is a testament to his genius and his dedication to the story-line. Unlike Mr. Goldsmith, John Williams has a specific signature style that runs throughout all of his scores. I miss you, Jerry.

[@jslasher1]

You are not the only one.

[@shihanuke3683]

I saw the film when it first came out. It was in the shadow of Star Wars and Close Encounters. You went thinking it was a "B" movie with a simple story and that's precisely why that movie blew you away. The cast. The cinematography. The stunt flying. The music. It was all great but it disappeared into a story. I was not aware I was watching a movie. I was IN this thing. Goldsmith was a chameleon. His work disappeared into each movie he scored becoming a character in itself. The Omen went past your heart and tore at your gut. This score, the use of the kettles, the strings, the off set beat arcing into the final transition : its electric. You have to go to stravinsky and Prokovief to understand that brilliant broken brass.

[@JohnChristopher-k7u]

Absolutely brilliant!

[@SIngli6]

This, The Omen, and Chinatown are Jerry Goldsmith's greatest scores.

[@nickforbes-warren6602]

And TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING, THE SWARM, THE CASSANDRA CROSSING . . .

[@56postoffice]

Great soundtrack!! Jerry scored some truly magnificent stuff. "Capricorn One" is a fantastic film, featuring a memorable cameo from Telly Savalas, Hal Halbrook played some shady characters in the 70s ("Magnum Force", anyone?) and O.J Simpson had a really good film career before he ruined it!

[@mitchellbritton4723]

Beautiful!!!!

[@mvp822]

Speaking of threatening scores, don't forget "The Omen," which won Goldsmith his only Oscar!

[@guilitogamer]

mvp822 my favorite all time soundtrack

[@KenMac-ui2vb]

One of the best compositions for an opening scene I ever experienced. And to think OJ Simpson would be in the Space Force right now...

[@jimcameron1234]

Well said Sir saw finally yesterday my newer BLU-RAY of Peter Hyams best movie (to me) RIP the greater better composer than John the great Jerry

[@DavidYakima]

Great Theme & Movie!!!...

[@warhols25]

Great score for just a plain good movie

[@airdriver]

That's true. There were obvious technical flaws but the overall story plus Lord Grade's production made this a classic. When it was in the theatres my parents saw it on a Friday and then the next morning they made me and my siblings go see it.

[@HectorJW2007]

Goldsmith conducted his own theme for the Telarc release "Frontiers" with other own sci-fi themes. Nic Raine also recorded the piece with the City of Prague Philharmonic and has been released in a number of Goldsmith compilations they've done. I think there's another recording, but I'm not sure and who may have done it. I'm not sure which one is this.

[@jslasher1]

Imagining Nic Raine conducting this makes me ill. As he has great difficulty conducting 4/4 one can only imagine what he could make of the constant metre changes from bar to bar.

[@senorkaboom]

I just read a comment here that sums up Goldsmith's uniqueness, and how I feel. Listen to John Williams or Henry Mancini and you can hear signature styles in their music. Listen to Jerry Goldsmith and you don't have that. Listen to the theme music to Dr. Kildare, Room 222, The Waltons, Planet of the Apes, Patton, Capricorn One, Gremlins or Star Trek, The Motion Picture, just to name a few, and see if you can find some similarity. Goldsmith's brilliance is in his diversity.

[@jimmysgameclips]

True, now I'm thinking of the stuff he did for The Burbs and it's totally different

[@senorkaboom]

+'Jimmys game clips' Or even The Omen, The Blue Max or The Great Train Robbery. It is so diverse.

[@jimmysgameclips]

Not heard that stuff, will have to check some out now

[@jandreidrn]

Also First Blood (Rambo), Rudy, Hoosiers, The Ghost and the Darkness, The Wind and the Lion, Chinatown, L.A. Confidential, Mulan, and Prologue: The Agony and The Ecstasy. Goldsmith is one of a kind!!

[@spenser9908]

I agree they're all diverse, but I can honestly call a Jerry Goldsmith score pretty easily. He goes with a lot of synth and uses that Patton cue fairly often. He's the master, though.

[@PhilosopherEight]

Absolutely brilliant mid-70's score. A lovably cheezy film but with a fine musical treatment. Asymetrical meter and tuned percussion - what more could you ask for?

[@keithmockett3810]

I miss Maestro Goldsmith. If he had scored Lord Of The Rings I might have liked it! ;-)

[@TheMasterNo6]

Great film, love this title track.....Peter Hyams the director of this wants to remake it apparently.

[@Cindylover1969]

The soundtrack LP was a re-recording (Intrada released the original music; unsurprisingly it's now out-of-print, but I wouldn't be surprised if a KZbinr uploads Sir Jerry's work).

[@licensedtoburn]

Another musical genius, same as John Barry...

[@am2boni]

A classic!!!

[@KutWrite]

"You don't understand... you HAVE to help!" How many times has that line been spoken in real life? ...and how many more?

[@davidlewis492]

We are nothing compared to our past.

[@cag1970]

@greenmonsterprod, this version is played by The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. I actually like this version better than the original, which is also good.

[@mahler40]

Great theme

[@rredhawk]

@will4ward You're right. Timpani at the beginning sounds just like Rite of Spring.

[@Russell_Huston]

Percussionist holiday !

[@will4ward]

Don;t forget stravinsky his main influence. See: Rite of Spring and Symphony in 3 movements. RIP jerry -you are missed!

[@jandreidrn]

To Mars as well. Funny how the moon and Mars travel almost share the same theme with Goldsmith!!

[@des_smith7658]

Mars by Gustav Holst planet suite

[@Rickwmc]

Telly Savalas: What;s your name , sonny? Elliot Gould: Caulfield. Telly Savalas: Hey, I can't help that!

[@Roadracer987654321]

This Theme was awesome. Maybe we never really went to the Moon either ?

[@airdriver]

Putting aside all this faked moon landing BS, this movie is nothing short of excellent. From the story to the writing to the actors to the music, its nothing short of a classic.

[@greenmonsterprod]

Is this from the soundtrack album (which I have)? It sounds different from the version used in the actual movie. Not a complaint, just a question.

[@chopperpilot5]

he should of won one for every one of his scores. All of his scores were uniqu in some way. John Williams is good too just he seems to have the same theme t each of his movies.

[@ClaptonDennis]

GiG is the Place to be 😎

[@rogermwilcox]

I would argue that the movie is flawed. The mission called for them to go to Mars, but using an Apollo spacecraft to do it. A 9-month trip to Mars requires a LOT more than a 4-day trip to the moon does, in terms of resources, contingency equipment, and just plain leg-stretching room. Real Mars mission plans call for a much larger spacecraft.

[@mvp822]

No, Goldsmith's score for "Patton" was nominated, but Francis Lai won for "Love Story."

[@hanniballecter3]

The theme to "Night Crossing" is somewhat like this. Also pretty good. Not as popular as this theme though

[@PepperWilliams_songcovers]

Can anyone give me the meters that Jerry Goldsmith is going through in this trailer? (the 'A' section). I'd appreciate it!

[@jslasher1]

I have a degree in composition from the Univ of Texas at Austin, and even I have difficulty keeping track of the changing metres in this piece. Sort of like listening to a piece by Silvestre Revueltas .

[@keithkramer219]

I am a bit surprised that this hasn't been reused since the movie is dated and mostly forgotten.

[@QT5656]

Dated how? It has a great script and excellent pace. It's still very entertaining.

[@catchoupiote]

Where does this version come from ? Sounds like a concert take...

[@Itsmeeman1]

Capricorn One - 1969 Moon Landing

[@heyitslance5483]

5 dislikes...Wtf

[@MrJacMac1968]

@Australopitcus 123 If it was fake why didnt the Soviets call the US out.And at splashdown,where would the capsule have come from if it was hiding. Wouldnt government try to kill Armstrong just like they tried to kill Brubaker.

[@th3d3storoy3r]

Anyone remember this from balls of Steel?

[@will4ward]

Yeah google NASA's "Secret space Program" Nova did a doc on that -who knew!

[@rredhawk]

Sounds like a cross between Prokofiev and Holst.

[@jslasher1]

With a fare dose of Silvestre Revueltas thrown in.

[@MrJacMac1968]

woulnt OJ(walker) have killed Brubaker on the way to Mars.Then say he was going to find the real killer on earth

[@TMcD3]

This is not the original soundtrack version or the Intrada release. Both versions are far more biting and aggressive than this. This is too slow and far too bombastic.

[@kurtb8474]

@execmiller You are sick.. Get help. I'm serious.

[@The1976spirit]

A little bit too slow, too pompous, too Wagnerian

[@am2boni]

A classic!