Static, Ambient Noise Permeates Marc Streitenfeld’s Score for ‘Poltergeist’

Variety: As director Gil Kenan explains: “There’s a subtheme in the film: the way that electricity permeates our lives, and that’s part of the way the haunting is able to express itself. Marc picked up on that idea, brought in these electronic signals and weaved them, sometimes melodically, sometimes in more discordant or troubling ways, in scenes of suspense or drama.”

Both Streitenfeld and Kenan acknowledge that the original “Poltergeit” casts a big shadow. And that includes Jerry Goldsmith’s Oscar-nominated score.