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I bought this movie on DVD about 10 years ago, and revisited it this weekend. It's a highly entertaining genre flick, similar to Black Sunday in that it's set during a football game, though in this case it's about a sniper preparing to pick off some unsuspecting stadium dwellers. It has all the makings of a '70s disaster/suspense picture, like an all-star veteran cast headed by Chuck Heston and John Cassavetes, it has a slow but well-paced build-up of tension leading to a splashy (and bloody) finale, and it's got a great score! I see this film as sort of an unpraised gem amongst '70s films of this nature.
The Charles Fox score is good, and if I didn't know better, I'd swear that Michael Small composed the main title. It's very Smallian in its mournful tone, texture, and orchestration (a lonely trumpet and piano). It's a solid theme as is all the other music, though there are long passages music-free, most notably during the big violent finale. If you like '70s movies like this and want to hear Charles Fox do a serious score, check out the DVD. I doubt we'll ever see a score release.
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Im surprised no love for two minute warning, Allardyce?
I know. I don't think this movie has gotten a lot of exposure over the years like the other pictures in this genre, and Charles Fox isn't exactly a composer that everyone is familiar with. But I did my civic duty to bring it to the film/film score geek community's attention. 
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