The Mummy

 

The Mummy

(Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Music Composed and Conducted by

Jerry Goldsmith

One of the most beloved action adventure films of the 1990s turned 25 this year, and here at Renovatio Records we want to celebrate its anniversary with a new album. We are thus proud to present Jerry Goldsmith's iconic score for The Mummy. Directed by Stephen Sommers and starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah Kevin J. O’Connor, Jonathan Hyde, and Arnold Vosloo in the title role, The Mummy is a loose remake of the 1932 film of the same name. Set in 1926 Egypt, the story follows adventurer Rick O'Connell, librarian Evelyn Carnahan, and her older brother Jonathan, as they travel to Hamunaptra, the City of the Dead, where they accidentally awaken Imhotep, an ancient Egyptian high priest who had been cursed and buried alive centuries ago.

Development of the film took several years, with the script being rewritten many times, as well as several directors, such as George A. Romero, Clive Barker and Joe Dante, being attached to helm the film. Eventually, Sommers’ pitch of a romantic action-adventure epic with a few horror elements earned the studio’s approval. At the time of release, The Mummy quickly became a huge hit for Universal Pictures, grossing $416 million worldwide against a budget of $80 million, with much praise given to its groundbreaking special visual effects (courtesy of Industrial Light & Magic), its tongue-in-cheek approach, and its outstanding musical score by Jerry Goldsmith.

Goldsmith and Sommers had previously collaborated on the action/horror film Deep Rising the year before, but The Mummy could not be any more different. For this epic adventure, Goldsmith wrote a large-scale symphonic score with heavy percussion, powerful brass performances, and several regional instruments such as the bouzouki, a Greek mandolin-like instrument, which is featured extensively throughout the score and lends an authentic Middle Eastern flavor to the music. 

At the heart of Goldsmith's score are four key thematic motifs. In his first cue (“Imhotep”), Goldsmith already introduces three of these, the first being an exotic theme for ancient Egypt, that makes a grand entrance with brass, choir and thundering percussion, underscoring an excellent shot where the camera pans over an Egyptian cityspace. This theme makes several other appearances in the form of action driven renditions in cues like “Tuareg Attack” and “My Favorite Plage”. During “The Caravan”, Goldsmith uses this theme as a basis to develop a majestic motif for a traveling montage, as the protagonists ride camels across the Sahara agains epic desert vistas; this track is one of the highlights of the entire score.

Complementing the ancient Egypt theme is a sinister motif associated with Imhotep and his curse. This theme is foreshadowed in “Imhotep” and “The Sarcophagus”, and remains dormant until Imhotep is resurrected and starts wreaking havoc in cues like “Locusts”, “My Favorite Plague”, “Sand Storm” and “Rebirth”. In these cues, the seven-note theme progresses from low and doom-laden performances to aggressive brass treatments and menacing choir, embodying the relentless brutality of the mummy's growing powers and actions.

The third theme, also introduced in the cue “Imhotep”, is a poignant love theme that Goldsmith dedicates to Imhotep and his illicit love, Anck Su Namun, the bride of Pharaoh Seti I. Later, Goldsmith uses this theme to underscore the romantic relationship between Rick and Evelyn. The love theme thus reappears in “Giza Port”, as the couple begin to like each other, and progresses into a sweeping treatment in “Camel Race”, a lush performance during the film’s climax during “The Sand Volcano”, and a full majestic statement with elegant choir accompaniment during the end credits cue “The Mummy”. Least to say, Goldsmith's love theme for The Mummy is one of Goldsmith’s career achievements and each of its performances steal the show.

The fourth and final theme is an swashbuckling heroic theme for Rick which makes its debut in “Tuareg Attack”, and is later given a powerful heroic performance during “Night Boarders”. Additional full-on action treatments of this theme reappear during “My Favorite Plague”, “Sand Storm”, and the tour de force “Rebirth”, which sees Rick’s theme struggling for dominance with Imothep’s theme as the cue progresses.

In addition to these thematic ideas, Goldsmith incorporates his signature motific approach and bombastic action material. Tracks like "The Crypt" and "Discoveries" exhibit the composer's mastery of suspenseful atmospheres, while cues like "Death Is Only the Beginning" deliver pulse-pounding excitement that will put your speakers to the test. In conclusion, Jerry Goldsmith's score for The Mummy is a tour de force of cinematic composition, showcasing the composer's unparalleled talent for storytelling through music.

Back in 1999, the score was released by Decca Records as an album that contained many of the work’s highlights, but it still omitted significant cues like the one for the sandstorm sequence. Several bootleg releases followed, most of them assembled with the music obtained from the DVD isolated score feature. In 2018, Intrada Records released a 2-CD limited edition that contained all the music that Goldsmith recorded for the film. While it provided excellent sound quality and a new mix by Bruce Botnick, as expected, much of the new music were filler suspense additions that make the album experience way too long for listeners. This new release by Renovatio Records addresses those issues and presents a new program that makes justice to Goldsmith’s outstanding score. A must-have addition to any fan's collection of the maestro.

Track List:

1. Imhotep (4:17)

2. The Sarcophagus (2:13)

3. Tuareg Attack (2:19)

4. The Desert Will Kill Him (2:22)

5. Giza Port (1:58)

6. Night Boarders (4:05)

7. The Caravan (2:41)

8. Camel Race (3:23)

9. The Crypt (4:13)

10. Discoveries (3:38)

11. Locusts (5:46)

12. My Favorite Plague (4:00)

13. Crowd Control (3:09)

14. Sand Storm (3:14)

15. Rebirth (8:23)

16. Death Is Only the Beginning (5:26)

17. The Sand Volcano (2:17)

18. The Mummy (2:26)

Total Running Time: 65:50

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Music Composed and Conducted by Jerry Goldsmith

Original Score Produced by Jerry Goldsmith

Executive Album Producers: Sean Daniel, Jim Jacks, Stephen Sommers

Executive in Charge of Music for Universal Pictures: Harry Garfield

Orchestrations: Alexander Courage

Music Recorded by Mike Ross-Trevor at Air Studios and Whitfield Street Recording Studios, London, England

Music Mixed, Edited and Mastered by Bruce Botnick

Choir: The Ambrosian Singers

Music Mixed at Sony Pictures Scoring, Culver City, CA

Music Editor: Ken Hall

Orchestra Contractor: Isobel Griffiths

Music Preparation: Vic Fraser

Computer Programming: Nick Vidar

Assistant to Mr. Goldsmith: Lois Carruth

Soundtrack Coordinators: Randy Dry, Trevon Kezios, Kristen Turner

Published by Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI)

Cue Assembly:

Track Title	Slate & Cue Title
1. Imhotep	R1P1 Imhotep
2. The Sarcophagus	R1P3 The Sarcophagus
3. Tuareg Attack	R1P4 The Tauregs Attack
4. The Desert Will Kill Him	R1P5-R2P1 Closed Door R2P2A Undiscovered Creature
5. Giza Port	R4P1 Giza Port
6. Night Boarders	R4P3-R5P1 Night Boarders
7. The Caravan	R5P3 The Caravan (Edited)
8. Camel Race	R5P4 Camel Race R6P1 Ancient Mirrors
9. The Crypt	R6P2 The Prep Room (Edited) R6P3 The Scarab Tunnel (Edited) R6P4 Bad Air (Edited) R6P5 The Mummy Sarcophagus
10. Discoveries	R7P3 Discoveries
11. Locusts	R8P2-R9P1 The Locusts (Edited) R9P2 Never Stop
12. My Favorite Plague	R111P1A Wild D Chord R11P1 My Favorite Plague
13. Crowd Control	R11P2 Crowd Control
14. Sand Storm	R12PA Airplane Ride R12P1 Sand Storm (Edited)
15. Rebirth	R12P3-R13P1 p/u Intro Bugs Again R12P3-R13P1 Rebirth (Edited) R13P1A Rebirth Pt.2
16. Death Is Only the Beginning	R14P1 The Mummy Attack (Edited)
17. The Sand Volcano	R14P3 The Sand Volcano
18. The Mummy	R14P5 Love Theme

Motion picture artwork and photos © 1999 Universal Studios. This compilation and cover artwork © 2024 Renovatio Records.

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The Haunting

 

The Haunting (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Music Composed and Conducted by Jerry Goldsmith

Spooky Season is upon us, and to get in the right mood, Renovatio Records invites you to revisit Jerry Goldsmith’s remarkable score for the 1999 supernatural horror film The Haunting, directed by Jan De Bont and based on the 1959 novel The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. Starring Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Owen Wilson, and Lili Taylor, the film follows a group of people who accepts an invitation to participate in an apparent insomnia study at Hill House, a secluded manor in western Massachusetts. However, the scientist conducting the study is in fact interested in studying their responses to fear and hopes that the house’s dark past will help in providing the necessary chills. Unfortunately for him, the house is indeed haunted and inhabited by spirits that awake when they sense the presence of one of the guests, with whom they have a supernatural connection.

At the time of release, The Haunting suffered from unconvincing acting performances by most of its cast, as well as weak plot contrivances that differ greatly from the source material. One of the strengths of the novel is its ambiguity, implying that at least some of the eerie supernatural manifestations may all be products of one of the character’s imagination. The 1999 adaptation, in contrast, favors a fantasy horror approach, with all the main characters being terrorized by supernatural events, two actually being explicitly killed by the ghosts. Despite its flaws, the film is perfectly watchable and enjoyable, thanks to the efforts of the talents behind the camera. The cinematography by Karl Walter Lindenlaub and Gothic set design by Eugenio Zanetti are outstanding, to say the least. The elaborate visual effects by Phil Tippett are quite impressive for their time. The resonant sound editing and design by Gary Rydstrom are of reference quality. And the score by Jerry Goldsmith is considered by many to be one of the strongest works of his late career.

Goldsmith was no rookie in the horror genre, having worked on films like The Omen and Poltergeist in the past, two of his most acclaimed scores. The Haunting saw his long-awaited return to the genre, but the composer chose an elegant suspense approach for this film, rather than the bombastic horror of the others. In this score, the composer focuses on strong evocative themes as well as producing an eerie atmosphere for the haunted house. Goldsmith has three main themes for The Haunting. The protagonist Eleanor (Lili Taylor) is treated with a romantic “family” theme, which represents not only her innocence and goodness, but also the lost souls of the children trapped in the mansion. This lovely theme for flute and xylophone makes its first appearance in “A Place for Everything” and is repeated throughout the score until getting a satisfying resolution during the end phrases of “Finally Home”. The other two themes are more mysterious in nature and are directly associated with the house and its haunting. The first of these two themes is a malevolent-sounding motif for the evil spirit that haunts the mansion. The theme opens the score as brassy fanfare in “Afraid” and makes several appearances as the characters explore the mansion’s hallways, successfully creating a feeling of uncertainty. The other identity is much more memorable, serving the purpose of alluring the viewer into the strange beauty of the mansion while suggesting false comfort. This motif is a series of descending notes generally played by the full string ensemble of the orchestra, making its most memorable appearances in the film during aerial shots of the imposing mansion (“The Curtains” and “Curly Hair”). Goldsmith also composed an additional fourth identity for The Haunting, a carnivalesque carousel theme that is employed as a source cue for the scenes in which the characters visit a merry-go-round with moving mirrors in the mansion. For the scary sequences of the film, Goldsmith resorts to synthesizers, the most noteworthy being a pulse-pounding rhythm with the composer’s signature echoplex effect. This effect is heavily used during the action horror scenes such as the rousing cues “Terror in Bed” and “Finally Home”.

Overall, The Haunting is a score that leans heavily in the fantasy aspect of the story while also managing to be creepy. It benefits greatly from Goldsmith's extraordinary sound recording quality, courtesy of Bruce Botnick's work at the Newman Scoring Stage. The dynamic and reverberating sound mix aids greatly in expanding the film’s mysterious soundscape.

Goldsmith’s score for The Haunting was originally released in 1999 by Varèse Sarabande, in the form of a short 35-minute album that left many great cues in the cutting floor. The same label produced a lengthy "Deluxe Edition" in 2017 offering almost the complete score. The approximately 70 minutes of music in this release were well received by film music enthusiasts but many consider it to be excessive. This new release by Renovatio Records addresses these conflicts and presents a new program that includes the highlights of the score, while also maintaining an accessible runtime and enforcing the film’s musical narrative. Step safely into the phantasmagorical domain of Jerry Goldsmith once more and enjoy one of the maestro’s best late scores.

Track List:

1. Afraid (0:44)
2. A Place for Everything (3:16)
3. Hill House (1:36)
4. Nell's Story (2:19)
5. The Curtains (3:05)
6. The Fireplace (2:35)
7. Green House (2:32)
8. Curly Hair (3:11)
9. The Picture Album (4:48)
10. Return to the Carousel (3:09)
11. Terror in Bed (5:33)
12. Crashing the Gate (2:25)
13. Finally Home (2:25)
14. End Credits (6:06)

Total Running Time: 50:52

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Music Composed and Conducted by Jerry Goldsmith

Produced by Jerry Goldsmith

Executive in Charge of Music for DreamWorks: Todd Homme

Orchestrations by Alexander Courage

Recorded and Mixed by Bruce Botnick and Bobby Fernandez at The Newman Scoring Stage

Music Editor: Ken Hall

Performed by The Hollywood Studio Symphony

Orchestra Contractor: Sandy De Crescent

Music Preparation: Jo Ann Kane Music Service

Mastering Engineer: Erick Labson

Assistant to Mr. Goldsmith: Lois Carruth

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Deep Rising

Deep Rising (Original Motion Picture Score)
Music Composed and Conducted by Jerry Goldsmith

Our next title for Renovatio Records’ ocean-related-films cycle is Jerry Goldsmith’s score for action horror comedy Deep Rising. The 1998 film, directed by Stephen Sommers and starring Treat Williams, Famke Janssen, Anthony Heald, Kevin J. O’Connor, Wes Studi, Jason Flemyng and Djimon Hounsou is a tongue-in-cheek monster movie in which a group of mercenaries boards the luxury liner Argonautica with the plan of stealing its safes, only to find that all passengers have been killed by a huge octopus-like creature. They quickly realize that they’re stuck fighting for their lives as the creature's flesh-sucking tentacles swarm the flooded hallways of the cruise ship. While the film was met with very negative reviews, it cannot be denied that it’s a very enjoyable and thrilling ride from start to finish, and much of that is because of Goldsmith’s robust orchestral score.

The music for Deep Rising is the typical 90s Goldsmith action score, with big brass sections dominating the music and unnerving string passages following closely, all augmented by a loud electronic percussion and synthesized effects. Though the highlights can be found in the action music mostly, the most memorable cues certainly involve three distinct themes. The first theme opens the score with the track “Underwater Grave”, and it’s a very effective growling low-register brass descent composed for the menacing monster. The track quickly erupts into a heroic brass and electronic percussion theme, which was unused in the picture and reserved for the end credits only. And the third theme is an adventurous horns theme for Treat Williams' protagonist; this thrilling theme even receives a lovely lyrical treatment in the opening of “Mourning Leila”. And if all the bombastic action music throughout and these three themes are not enough for you, you’ll also find an enjoyable military motif for the heavily armed mercenaries in “Boarding the Ship”, as well as an intriguing small motif for harp, piano and flute for Janssen’s intrepid character. Goldsmith also takes some time to play around with electronics for the quieter suspense scenes, with pulsating electronics that will keep you at the edge of your seat until all hell breaks loose.

The score was released in 1998 by Hollywood Records in the form of a 33-minute album that merged several cues together and was missing some notable pieces of music, namely the majestic cue for the first sight of the Argonautica, as well as the monstrous treatment of the monster theme for the scene in which the creature is fully revealed at the end. In 2014, Intrada Records issued an expanded product with a running time of almost 70 minutes, which many film score enthusiasts found tedious and overlong. Renovatio Records proudly offers you a new presentation of the score that includes all of its highlights, making of it a wild, crazy and exciting experience as it was always meant to be. So sit back and enjoy Goldsmith mastering the genre and certainly putting your listening equipment to the test. Full brass ahead!

Track Listing:

1. Underwater Grave (2:40)

2. The Argonautica (1:32)

3. Coming From Below (4:20)

4. Boarding The Ship (3:46)

5. Stay Close (4:50)

6. Tentacles (5:11)

7. Underwater Attack (2:36)

8. Lurking Monster (2:47)

9. Wall Of Water (3:20)

10. Mourning Leila (1:41)

11. Jet Ski Chase (5:27)

12. Escape & Main Credits (2:57)

Total Running Time: 41:07

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Alien

Alien (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Music by Jerry Goldsmith

Renovatio Records goes all the way back to 1979 for you to revisit Jerry Goldsmith's terrific score for Ridley Scott's sci-fi horror masterpiece Alien. The widely known and highly praised film stars younger versions of Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Ian Holm, Harry Dean Stanton, Yaphet Kotto and John Hurt, and sees them as a crew of a spaceship who are stalked by a very aggressive extraterrestrial creature. Since its initial release, the film has been regarded as one of the best horror science fiction films ever made and became the starter of a very successful saga that is still being revisited by not only filmmakers but also game producers and creators. The film owes much of its success to the magnificent otherwordly sets and landscapes and to the vicious yet erotic design of the creature itself, envisioned by the late H.R. Giger.

For the score, Scott was using some of Goldsmith's previous works as temp tracks. This ultimately led to the director hiring the composer to produce one of the most characteric scores of his career. Despite many production issues concering Scott ordering new alternate cues of several pivotal scenes and even dropping almost entirely a fantasy romantic title theme, Goldsmith managed to develop one of his most visceral scores. Instead of focusing on themes, the composer went for atmosphere and created an array of disturbing stingers along with an exotic instrumentation in order to build an intense and dissonant soundscape that considerably elevates many of the most frightening scenes of the film.

The score was first released in 1979 and later re-printed in CD in 1988 by Silva Screen Records, in an issue containing roughly 30 minutes of music. In 2007, the score received a new treatment by Intrada Records in the form of a long 2-CD album presentation that includes the complete score, plus the alternate takes recorded by Goldsmith. Now, Renovatio Records brings its own arrangement of the score and presents it for you to musically revisit and explore those dark metal corridors, vast cold inhabited landscapes and cavernous derelict ship interiors, along with the occasional Xenomorph bursts of terror that Goldsmith's music evokes so well. Enjoy it!!

Track Listing:

1. Main Title (4:10)

2. Hyper Sleep (2:44)

3. The Landing (4:30)

4. Derelict Ship (5:44)

5. Facehugger (3:38)

6. Nothing To Say (1:50)

7. Here Kitty (2:05)

8. Dallas In The Shaft (4:30)

9. Parker's Death (1:48)

10. Blockade (2:53)

11. No Time (3:11)

12. Alien On Board (3:04)

13. Ripley Confronts Terror (3:02)

14. End Title (4:24)

Total running time: 47:33

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Congo

CONGO (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Music Composed and Conducted by Jerry Goldsmith

To welcome the year 2015, Renovatio Records gives you the chance to revisit some of the classic works from the nineties of the great composer Jerry Goldsmith. Despite being a poorly executed film that didn't earn much in terms of critical and audience appeal, the score Goldsmith composed for Congo has always been considered a highlight of the aforementioned decade. The movie, based on a novel by Jurassic Park author Michael Crichton, directed by Frank Marshall and starred by Dylan Walsh, Laura Linney, Ernie Hudson and Tim Curry, tells the story of an expedition that ventures into deep Congo in search of rare and valuable diamonds hidden in the lost city of Zinj. Guided by Amy, a gorilla that has been trained to speak in sign language, the expedition makes their way into the African rain forest and not only discover the ruins of the city but also find that the coveted riches are guarded by deadly albino apes, bred by the ancient civilization to kill anyone who dares to trespass on their lands.

A regular collaborator of Crichton in past projects, Goldsmith was brought aboard the film after James Newton Howard had to step out due to scheduling conflicts. Goldsmith, as expected, provided a solid and robust action score, and also teamed up with South African composer and singer Lebo M to develop "Spirit of Africa", a memorable and gorgeous theme song that became the primary musical identity of the score, and that appears repeatedly throughout the film while we see the expedition trekking through the magnificent landscapes of Africa. Goldsmith assembled a percussion-heavy orchestral ensemble to provide terrific passages such as those heard in tracks like "Deep Jungle", "Crash Site" and "Gates of Zinj". The composer also adds an adventurous vibe mixed with powerful rhythms as he makes his way into the climax of the film, in which he lets loose his robust action material, reminiscent of his much earlier works.

The score was released by Epic Soundtrax in 1995 in the form of an extremely short album soundtrack that lacked many of the best parts of the score (mainly the action-packed track "Munro"). In 2013, Intrada Records re-issued the score in its complete form and provided all the missing highlights and much more. However, as in any complete score album, Intrada's release tends to become quite repetitive, which makes for a difficult listening experience, mainly during its middle part. Renovatio Records brings you its own arranged edition and offers you the possibility to enjoy this energetic score, which is already almost 20 years old and will always stand out as one of the most significant entries in the nineties by the maestro.

Track Listing:

1. Spirit Of Africa * (2:45)

2. The Ghost Tribe (2:05)

3. Amy (2:11)

4. Munro (1:40)

5. Bail Out (2:55)

6. Crossing The Border (1:30)

7. The Other Side (1:19)

8. Deep Jungle (2:35)

9. Hippo Attack (2:28)

10. Crash Site (2:01)

11. Gates Of Zinj (4:05)

12. Amy's Nightmare (2:13)

13. Kahega (2:19)

14. Amy's Farewell/Spirit Of Africa * (10:34)

* Performed by Lebo M

Total running time: 40:40

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