Episode 32: The Mummy

Art of the Score

Nicholas Buc

Education, Tv & Film, Music

5 • 624 Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2020

⏱️ 118 minutes

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Summary

It’s Episode 32, and we come back to you from the city of the lockdown with the crown jewel of 1990s action adventure: Jerry Goldsmith’s wonderful score for The Mummy. Goldsmith has for some time been one of Art of the Score’s most requested composers, so join us as we journey to 1920s Egypt and scheme among the pyramids with Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, and that incredible music. Episode notes: 5:05 – That’s Goldsmith, Jerry! Goldsmith! 8:04 – Podcast recommendation: The Goldsmith Odyssey 10:04 – The Universal history of the Mummy 19:03 – Hamunaptra theme 24:18 – A brief introduction to the film’s other themes 26:58 – Hamun it up 32:40 – Hamajor Hamontage 36:58 – Jerry’s percussion 39:11 – Imhotep’s motif 44:21 – Nick comes clean about his bullying ways 47:01 – The love theme 52:20 – Luteish love and handy hand percussion 56:41 – The power of French Horns propels you 1:00:06 – A romantic finale 1:05:12 – Rick’s theme 1:12:27 – Here come the baddies 1:15:47 – The Mummy Strut 1:18:47 – A sourcey rag 1:22:14 – The Musicians of the Nile 1:27:26 – Hollywood’s sound of Egypt 1:34:44 – Do camels have scales? 1:38:21 – The key is octatonic 1:46:13 – Frightening mummy 1:53:52 – Imhotep’s death (or, that’s a wrap folks!) We love to hear from our listeners – get in touch via Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and if you like The Art of the Score, please take a moment to subscribe, rate and comment.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Art of the Score, the podcast that explores, demystifies and celebrates some of the greatest soundtracks of all time from the world of film,
0:21.3	TV and video games.
0:23.0	I'm Andrew Poxson.
0:24.2	And in each episode, we'll be joined by Daniel Golding and Nicholas Buck,
0:27.6	as we check out a soundtrack we love, break down its main themes,
0:31.3	explore what makes the score tick,
0:33.3	and hopefully impart our love of the world of soundtrans.
1:10.0	Thank you. and hopefully impart our love of the Lockdown, Crown Jewel of Victoria, home of Australia's fourth best movie music analysis podcast, Art of the Score. But months had passed and many wondered if they would ever hear the show again.
1:37.8	Some even assumed it dead.
1:42.3	To prevent the resurrection of the podcast temporary hiatus,
1:46.0	Andrew, Dan and Nick broke into its crypt and stole its data.
1:53.0	They raced deep into the desert, taking art of the score's corpse to the city of the dead.
2:00.0	The ancient burial site of forgotten and neglected shows.
2:04.6	Fearing the show's power, they buried it deep under the ground, cursing it to remain undead for eternity.
2:13.6	For three thousand years, men and armies fought over this city not knowing what evil lay beneath it.
2:26.3	And for 3,000 years we, the descendants of Melbourne, kept watch. In episode 32, we crack open the sarcophagus and rummage through the ashes of a 1999 classic The Mummy,
2:46.8	directed by Stephen Summers, starring Brendan Frazier, and Rachel Weiss with an iconic score
2:53.6	by the awe-inspiring Jerry Goldsmith, with orchestrations by Alexander Courage.
2:59.6	The mummy was a resurrection, if you will, of the Universal Pictures classic monster film genre
3:05.6	and enjoyed huge success, bringing in well over
3:09.0	400 million US dollars at the box office and spawning multiple sequels, some of which
3:15.1	are still watchable today.
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