[Nils Jacob Holt Hanssen]

Williams’ last score before his career went stratospheric with STAR WARS (with BLACK SUNDAY opening only one month earlier). While there are some hints in the orchestration of what was to come, this is more related to the tenser sections of his disaster movie scores (of which it is a part, arguably) than the coming blockbusters. Mood, suspense, and tension is the name of the game here, and what there is of melody is limited to a few shorter motifs rather than any real themes. But there is great rhythmic drive in many of the cues, so it’s never dull.