Had never heard Jerry Goldsmith’s voice before but he’s more soft spoken then I expected. His music tends to be very big and powerful like on The Mummy. Nice contrast.
I was blessed with a busy decades long career as a studio singer during which it was a privilege to work with Jerry Goldsmith. On the scoring session for Poltergeist , I mentioned to him how much I loved his score for Alien. He smiled and said it was not the happiest of times for him, that director Ridley Scott had been difficult. One of my favorite movies and a brilliant, terrifying score. Rest In Peace, sir, you are deeply missed
There will never be another quite like JG ! Always pushing the envelope. Sorely missed there is so much depth in his music. I'm still discovering his scores like Gremlins, Mulan, Air force one... genius. As a kid I always liked JW scores and still do but there is a directness and simplicity in the way JG writes, it's not over orchestrated. As time goes on I hope more and more orchestras especially in Europe pick up his music. It's real music not wallpaper!!
Jerry Goldsmith's music score for Universal's "The Mummy" (1999) is simply the best. It works extraordinary like a rock unlike anything else. The only film in this category was nominated for an 2000 Academy Award for best achievement in sound mixing.
Nice!! Still remember the day I listened to this score for the very first time (didn't see the movie at that moment), so I was all brandnew to me... BIG SMILE and goosebumps!
Just awesome. I miss Jerry Goldsmith. Loved his score to "The 13th Warrior", which is quite reminiscent to "The Mummy". Still my favorite will be "Damien: Omen II".
@@TB1M1 I did get a chance to listen to the suite on youtube. Funny, I probably have this score in my "vault" and have no idea since La La Land Records released it around 2013. Since my laptop died, I am missing a huge chunk of my film scores on CD cataloged.
@@TB1M1 I too have listened to hundred of scores. In fact, that's all I listen to. I just was listening to "Superman IV", not the best movie but the score by Williams is fantastic. Nice to talk to someone who knows what the hell is going on, because many people I run into are like, "What's a film score?" So difficult being a fan of the genre.
l myself liked Alan Silvestris score for the Mummy 2. Goldsmiths score was fine but SIlvestris score was to me a blowout score especially the end title for that film (from 976-CREOLEMAN).
funny how abbey road door is shown, while the recoding took place in air lyndhurst hall at air studios. you can spot the iconic organ wall and the hexagonal chamber (6 sides)
@@TB1M1 The London sessions are also freelance unless the composer asks for a certain ensemble like the LSO, National Philharmonic Orchestra (Goldsmith used them frequently in the 1980s and early 1990s) or the London Metropolitan Orchestra. The freelance sessions are a mix of musicians from those ensembles so the quality is still outstanding.
Air Lyndhurst sometimes produces better sounding recordings than Abbey Road, too bad Todd AO and Paramount scoring stages are gone now, same thing with Denham studios outside of London which is just now a block of flats.
Todd AO and Paramount Scoring Stages & Post Production Facilities were all gone now because of each and every one who want to become independents again.
One of the better film scores produced by humanity, I don't care what others think. In a 100 years down the road, this score will be one of those that are reverse engineered and scrutinized for how special it is.
Jerry was far more diverse, South american, cuban, african, japanese, chinese, hollywood, jazz, Bartok etc he tried it all. But he avoided the Hollywood cliche sound
Well let’s Get Really Real...Jerry Goldsmith Hated The Mummy and truly Hated Director Stephen Sommers. This is why Jerry said fuck no to Mummy 2. Jerry didn’t like the constant changes that made for a bitter relationship between Goldsmith and Sommers.
