The marvelous sound work on the film was deserving of an Oscar for Best Sound for its effective sound-mixing of interdependent elements: taped conversations, muffled voices, background and other mechanically-generated noises, musical/piano accompaniment (Harry Caul""s signature theme) and other ambient sounds." He confronted Rudd and a number of his henchmen in the office ("Well, well, it""s the master race"), and then proposed a deal: "You fold up your tents and get the f--k out of my country and I won""t do anything to you.I could never stand to see anyone like that, whatever his age might be, but more especially when he was real old like this one was.Rightfully fearing that the deceased man would soon turn into a reanimated zombie, Cholo battered the zombie""s skull as a security guard arrived.