because its scary
From the Tubular bells album by Mike Oldfield
The Exorcist (1973) was produced by William Peter and Blatty Noel Marshall.
exorcist
Max von Sydow was the Swedish actor in The Exorcist.
Edward Hughes - exorcist - died in 1980.
From the Tubular bells album by Mike Oldfield
The Exorcist
No, Tubular Bells is better known as the theme song to The Exorcist, not The Omen. I checked and it is not listed on the soundtrack of either the 1976 nor the 2006 version of The Omen.
The Exorcist (1973) was produced by William Peter and Blatty Noel Marshall.
Tubular Bells
Not necessarily, Orchestras employ tubular bells which are tunable and can sound out certain tunes, of necessity they are used for accents, and not anything resembling lead violin, or even second -string. The tubular bells were employed in popular music in the theme from (The Exorcist) which had a certain mysterious, occult sonority. actually the musical composition itself was called ( Tubular bells) often used in a much lighter venue such as Christmas songs, naturally!
The Tubular bells (or Chimes) originated in the 1880s
The Best of Tubular Bells was created in 1972.
Tubular Bells was created on 1973-05-25.
Tubular Bells II was created on 1992-08-31.
The Complete Tubular Bells was created on 2003-05-26.
Tubular Bells III was created on 1998-09-22.