Exclusive: Mutant Releasing THE FIRST OMEN Vinyl Soundtrack

Arkasha Stevenson’s The First Omen hits theaters tomorrow on April 5 – we’re excited to exclusively announce that Mutant, in partnership with Hollywood Records and 20th Century Films, will bless us all with the premiere physical edition of Mark Korven’s terrifying score to the religious horror.

Starring Nell Tiger Free (Servant, Game of Thrones), The First Omen serves as an R-rated prequel to Richard Donner’s 1976 classic, following an American woman sent to work at a church in Rome who uncovers a sinister conspiracy to bring about the birth of the Antichrist. Those who have seen it can attest that the soundtrack from Korven, whose work also includes the soundtracks for Robert Eggers’ The Witch and The Lighthouse, as well as Scott Derrickson’s The Black Phone, is both majestic and terrifying.

The official press release from Mutant gives more details:

Combining the inventive and dynamic instrumentation he is best known for, Mark Korven has created a truly unsettling and powerful score to this new chapter to the legendary series. Jerry Goldsmith’s Academy Award® winning score for the original 1976 classic THE OMEN is a totemic work of horror cinema. The film is the only time a horror film has ever won an Oscar for its score. Korven clearly knows he has big shoes to fill, because he takes his scoring style to powerful new heights with this brilliant work.

“A lot has changed since 1976, but one thing that hasn’t is that horror scores deserve to be played as loud as possible, on vinyl, from your home stereo.” Says Mo Shafeek, co-founder of Mutant. “It helps that Mark Korven is one of our favorite working composers. His score to THE FIRST OMEN is an incredible achievement and a fitting inclusion in one of the most important legacies of Horror filmmaking.”
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Spawned in the wake of Funko’s gutting of the iconic Mondo company, Mutant was formed as a union between Elijah Wood and Daniel Noah’s production company Spectrevision, and former Mondo employees, including the aforementioned Mo Shafeek, Spencer Hickman, Eric Garza, Mitch Putnam, and newly-installed CEO Jenny Jacobi. Alongside amazing vinyl like the one we’ve told you about today, Mutant also focus on posters and apparel, keeping the spirit of artist-forward merchandise alive.

The First Omen soundtrack is pressed on two 140gram color vinyl discs, housed in printed inner sleeves and contained within a die-cut jacket. Check out a full reveal of the artwork, plus tracklist, below, and get ready to pre-order the vinyl on April 5 on Mutant’s webstore madebymutant.com!

Tracklist
Disc One

Side One