The Ghost And The Darkness: Music From The Motion Picture [Soundtrack]

Jerry Goldsmith | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 8, 1996)
• Original Release Date: October 11, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Hollywood Records
• ASIN: B000000OGI
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #43,436 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Theme from the Ghost and the Darkness

2. The Bridge

3. Catch a Train

4. Lions Attack

5. First Time

6. Starling's Death

7. Lions Reign

8. Preparations

9. Remington's Death

10. Prepare for Battle

11. Final Attack

12. Welcome to Tsavo

13. Hamara Haath (Our Hand Unite)

14. Dueling Chants, Pt. 1: "Jungal Bahar"

15. Safari Ya Bamba ("Journey to Bamba")

16. Terere Obande

17. Iye Oyeha

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This is Africa for you!, May 2, 2000

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Joseph Payne - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Ghost And The Darkness: Music From The Motion Picture (Audio CD)

The Ghost in the Darkness. Using a mix of Celtic and Irish music style, Jerry Goldsmith came out with a great music score at his fingertips. Originally released in 1996, The Ghost in the Darkness is probably not Goldsmith's best, but very entertaining. The main title begins with African drums, and withen a few seconds, percussion begins the main title and continues to build until it comes to its peak in the middle of the main theme. Using both brass an percussion, and the African drums and an occasional "sickel" striking against iron, this track is very swift and has a downright amazing sound. The two first tracks are very graceful and beautiful, while the rest of the CD is tense music. (Just about the whole movie is tense, which is why) Using strange sound affects in some of the tracks, Goldsmith was able to depict the lions that made up the main storyline of the movie. This is a great soundtrack, and if you like Celtic and Irish style music, this is the CD for you. I have enjoyed it from the start, and any collector who is big on Goldsmith should have this soundtrack.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superlative Score of a fine motion picture, August 6, 1998

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A. Andersen (Bellows Falls, VT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Ghost And The Darkness: Music From The Motion Picture (Audio CD)

This is one of the finest film scores of the decade. Extremely atmospheric, at times lyrical, at times ominous - recorded in state of the art sound. This is a film that should have won Oscars for Cinematography, Editing, Sound and Score - One of Jerry Goldsmith's most exceptional achievements.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Thrilling And Exhilirating., October 15, 1999

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Mr. Fellini "Fellini" (Orange County, California United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Ghost And The Darkness: Music From The Motion Picture (Audio CD)

Jerry Goldsmith is one of the greatest of all film composers. He has that classic edge of excitement or adventerous feeling in all his music. It pounds out in "The 13th Warrior," it's nice and Middle Eastern in "The Mummy," and here with "The Ghost And The Darkness," it's exciting with some African beats and chants. His music flows with the images and adds more exctiment to them. It's rare when a film composer can reach you the way Goldsmith does in all his scores. He ranks right up there with John Williams, James Horner, and Maurice Jarre. This is great, thrilling and exhilirating film music.