Thread: Mummy Music

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for halloween 2009, i am doing an egyptain mummy theme for our walk thru. Does anyone have any names of or links to music that would relate to the ancient egyptain mummy theme? thanks!

Try cdbaby.com for Nox Arcana's Necronomicon (great prices & fast on shipping), They have samples from most of the album, you can listen to,should be close to help setting the mood.One of my personal fav's !

There are also the recent mummy movies and their soundtracks...

There is a 50's novelty song by performed by Lee Ross (and others) called "The Mummy's Bracelet".

Midnight Syndicate's 'The Dead Matter:Cemetery Gates' CD has a partial Egyptian theme and, therefore, could possibly work. Here's a link to their website: Midnight Syndicate's Official Site.

I'm going to have to recommend any music from the Hammer Horror Mummy movies. I think the CD's are out of print, but you might be able to find a used copy for cheap. There is The Mummy (Franz Reizenstein), The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (Carlo Martelli), and Blood from The Mummy's Tomb (Tristram Cary).

My cousin is very into Egyptology. I will ask her and get back to you.

Originally Posted by nickanap

for halloween 2009, i am doing an egyptain mummy theme for our walk thru. Does anyone have any names of or links to music that would relate to the ancient egyptain mummy theme? thanks!

Send me your postal mailing address, and I'll send you a CD of what I used for my haunt in 2008.

Originally Posted by theVanyr

There are also the recent mummy movies and their soundtracks...

Soundtracks usually aren't that useful. Too instrumental. Too much long pauses between sounds. I bought one of the Mummy movies CDs and ended up using just a portion of one track.

Dead Can Dance produced a lot of music that was meant to sound ancient and mysterious. I recall Knott's Berry Farm used some DCD stuff in their old Nightmares maze, which worked really nicely in an ancient temple scene. Their stuff doesn't really sound like it comes from anywhere in particular - it could meld into just about any ancient Mediterranean culture. Many of their songs do have english lyrics, which you probably want to avoid. I'll give my couple DCD CD's a listen and try to identify some tracks that may work for you. I'll list appropriate songs on this thread in a day or two (not really in the right mood/energy level to listen to their stuff at the moment). I just looked them up on iTunes and if you use that program, there are quite a few offerings there. The actual albums also seem to be readily available.
I'd also second Nox Arcana and Midnight Syndicate as good sources, too. I can't say I particularly remember those movie soundtracks, but they may have potential.