Author: Alan Silvestri
Format: Soundtrack
Release Date: 01-05-2001
Details: Amazon.caHaving begun life as a modest 1932 horror vehicle for the great Boris Karloff,The Mummy franchise went on to encompass a whole cycle of classic Universal fright flicks and, most recently, a big-budget, if equally popcorn-friendly CGI reincarnation. What with the success of Gladiator, The Mummy Returns also expanded its scope to include The Rock’s Scorpion King and his legions, giving the saga a distinct sword-‘n’-sandal epic sweep in the bargain. Alan Silvestri’s music echoes those concerns in a score that’s one part galloping 1940s throwback, a dash of Stravinsky-lite and heavy on the Zimmer-esque Sturm und Drang. It’s a far cry from Silvestri’s mostly comedic canon, and a radical departure from The Mexican, its breezy, tongue-in-cheek predecessor. And if the sheer scale of the score’s blazing brass, thundering tympani, c
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