Oriental masterpiece of Goldsmith!

"The Mummy" is a really fabulous score, full of adventure, fun, romance and action. Even in the film, the music is great and support the crazy events perfectly. Jerry Goldsmith, one of Hollywood's all-time greats, composed for me almost his own "Indiana Jones" as John Williams, although the comparison is a bit stupid ... lovers of classic, energy-charged and Thread rich film music are worth here their money's worth.

Goldsmith composed three large main issues that dominate the score: At the top is the menacing "Imhotep" theme, the ascending and descending melodies create a really bombastic sound that does not fit well to the Egyptian and wicked priests, but also on the subject of the film per se. Good to hear the selfsame title.
Then we have the almost to beautiful love theme for Rick and Evelyn, also not only a beautiful theme for the two, but you also get direct images of a beautiful, yellow desert in the head. Out tip for this is the end of "Sand Volcano".
And then we still have the Triumpthema, if I may even call it that. His first and perhaps best performance it has in "Night Boarders", but also in the final ("Rebirth" and "The Mummy"), it comes over very well! A truly heroic composition, which gives the score crazy adventure flair!

But Goldsmith has proved here on every corner quality, the soundscape is considerable and the orchestra takes your listener from the first second to hot Egypt. "The Mummy" but scores especially in the faster passages, as an example here is "Night Boarders" to call again, just lovely this enthralling setting. While some lack of music, such as the airplane scene, but that would be the only criticism (after all, would be on the CD yet been place, almost an hour includes the music).

Conclusion: Definitely one of my favorites of Goldsmith, as I said to friends of colorful and playful soundtrack, is "The Mummy" is a must, even without movie (I still very highly recommend!). Be sure the continuation of Alan Silvestri listen!