Facial detail, like that of fleshtones, impress equally. Detail pops off the screen, whether it be the old libraries Evie works in, or the lush yellows and golds of the backgrounds of Egypt. Goldsmith captures all of this with perfection.Īccording to the technical specifications on IMDb, the first film “ The Mummy“, presented in the 2:35:1 aspect ratio, was shot on 35MM film using the Panavision Panaflex Platinum camera with Panavision Primo and C-Series Lenses.įor a film almost 20 years old, “ The Mummy” looks excellent. In particular, I’ve always enjoyed his theme he created for ‘ Imhotep.’ A sense of fear, but also a sort of wonder element to this creature as while he may seem ‘evil’ at first glance, all he wants is to get his love back. From the opening credits, he uses a wide range of horns to bring in that ‘large scale’ action/adventure theme.
One of the strongest aspects of “ The Mummy”, is the wonderful score by the late Jerry Goldsmith. What results is a very entertaining film, that has a bit of another treasure hunter in it via “ Indiana Jones.” The two soon are re-united with Rick, who agrees to lead the pair to the city if he’s released from prison.
A map leading to this city is stolen by Jonathan ( John Hannah), who gives the map and secret box to his sister, Evelyn ( Rachel Weisz) playing off that he discovered the map. We flesh forward to modern time, in 1923 where we meet Rick O’Connell ( Brendan Fraser), who is fresh off discovering the city of the dead, Hamunaptra. Before he’s able to do this, Imhotep is mummified, buried alive with flesh-eating scarab beetles. This affair leads to Anck-su-Namun killing herself, in hopes that Imhotep will resurrect her. It’s here that we met Imhotep ( Arnold Vosloo), a high priest who has been carrying on a love affair with the mistress of Pharaoh Seti I. The story, a remake of the original 1930’s film, sees us initially travel back to Thebes, Egypt, specifically in the year 1290 BC. “ The Mummy” was one of the first summer launches Universal ever released (i.e. Versions Available: 4K Blu-ray or 4K Ultimate TrilogyĬast: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, Arnold Vosloo, John Hannah, Kevin J.