While the 1985 adventure King Solomon's Mines is a blatant cash-in on the blockbuster success of the Indiana Jones series, to his credit composer Jerry Goldsmith scrupulously avoids aping John Williams' landmark score to Raiders of the Lost Ark, instead crafting a deliciously tongue-in-cheek soundtrack with the over-the-top energy and audacity of a Warner Bros. cartoon. Goldsmith's affection for bombast reaches its zenith here. His theme for fortune hunter Allan Quatermain (Richard Chamberlain) is pomp and pageantry in excelsis, while German antagonist Colonel Bockner (Herbert Lom) wreaks havoc to the strains of Wagner's famed "Ride of the Valkyries." Goldsmith abandons all pretenses of subtlety and substance here, and the results are delightful. Intrada's 1997 reissue adds a number of themes excised from the original 1985 Restless release. ~ Jason Ankeny
Tracks
1
Main Title
03:29
2
Welcoming Committee
00:51
3
No Sale
03:25
4
The Mummy
01:13
5
Have A Cigar
03:27
6
Good Morning
02:26
7
Under the Train
03:00
8
Dancing Shots
03:28
9
Pain
02:57
10
Forced Flight
05:09
11
The Chieftain
01:01
12
Pot Luck
03:15
13
Upside Down People
04:45
14
The Crocodiles
02:59
15
The Mines
01:21
16
The Ritual / Low Bridge
09:05
17
Falling Rocks
04:07
18
No Diamonds
04:08