AMG Review of Mummy [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine
All Music Guide

Jerry Goldsmith's score to the 1999 adaptation of the classic 1932 film The Mummy is much like the film itself -- obvious, but engagingly so. This is a grand, melodramatic score for a big-budget adventure/horror film, and it delivers all of the expected highlights, from rousing passages to romantic themes. It's not quite as engaging as some of Goldsmith's other scores, but it's entertaining nonetheless.