In the late 1970s, horror films were in the middle of a comeback. 1968's Rosemary's Baby helped start it; 1973's The Exorcist confirmed it. 1976 saw The Omen, and then in 1979, we got a film version of the bestselling novel, The Amityville Horror. Scoring the film was Lalo Schifrin, who had previously been hired to work on The Exorcist before his score was rejected. (Rumor has it that he worked elements of his rejected score into The Amityville Horror, although they sound nothing alike.) Previously released on 8-track and LP, Schifrin's score never got a full CD release until now, on his own Aleph Records.