Jerry Goldsmith - The Ghost and the Darkness Soundtrack (Part 1 / 3)

[@scottsweeney4835]

Criminally underrated movie. They simply do make movies like they did in the 90's anymore. This one, Congo, the Edge, Twister, Days of Thunder, Last of the Mohicans, Cliffhanger, Stargate, Mask of Zorro, the Shadow, the Phantom, all excellent popcorn entertainment.

[@kestrelraptorial689]

It's always been one of my favorites.

[@OldMovieRob]

You're right on

[@KorpsePaintKlown]

I'd say this one is a cut above those others though, except maybe Last of the Mohicans

[@oddballssherman3785]

Pure mens film, even though I took my Mrs and her best friend to see it and they both talk about it to this day.

[@csmith5725]

I agree, but I might add that there is spectrum. This movie and Stargate are a level or two above cliffhanger imo

[@gdl0748]

Absolutely one of the most underrated movies ever. The acting was superb, the music was hypnotic, and the movie was as on "the edge of your seat" event. Movie and music should have won oscars.

[@AbrahamLincoln4]

The opening to this song is so beautiful in my opinion. I loved the train ride scene since it captured the African feel.

[@patairoland5024]

Most underrated movie i"ve ever seen. OMG Jerry was a f*cing genius.

[@bryanferratt6598]

Jerry Goldsmith would've been perfect to score the live action "Sonic the Hedgehog" movies. And this is proof of that 😊.

[@WeAtG17]

Hugely underrated score from the maestro. How this wasn't recognised until years later... amazing. 10:48 is just glorious.

[@arsensekoyan5403]

Amin!

[@MrSmokingfrog1]

Same here. It just sounds so Grand. I saw this movie in the theater back then and loved it.

[@EdwardStella-gd3wz]

I don't know how you can hear this music and not imagine being on that train viewing the greatness that is Africa! Thank you Jerry Goldsmith !

[@JohanLebbing]

"Even now, if you dare lock eyes with them, you will be afraid!" Great movie, and of course a great soundtrack.

[@alanmcneill2407]

Locking eye with them.....terrifying!!!

[@thomethemistocles-madeira8488]

I was there in the museum , and the fear is evident when you look at them ...

[@goldeneagle99]

Goosepimples all over my body!!!!

[@legioix4538]

I grew up with this amazing film, I fell in love with the soundtrack and made me respect Val Kilmer and Michael Douglas even more than I already did, it made me want to visit Africa and the field museum in Chicago. Listening to it now almost had me in tears. In every aspect this is a wonderful film.

[@TheSmiths10Tons]

Incredible film and soundtrack.

[@Eiger6]

If I had to pick a favourite Goldsmith score, this one is it.

[@TB1M1]

Hoosiers, Gremlins, Air Force One, Mulan, Mummy, Medicine Man, Forever young, First Knight, Star treks.. god bless Jerry !! I'm still discovering his genius years later. Scores like Explorers / Burbs / Total Recall / The Challenge.. I like John Williams but Jerry did something different each time.

[@solaariz]

@@TB1M1 Too many great Goldsmith scores, he was always working. Some years he'd break out with 4-5 scores all fantastic.

[@ericschilling9064]

You chose...wisely.

[@patriciamorancawley3937]

So would I! It's wonderful

[@jurd3641]

You know it will be a good movie when they hire a composer to come up with completely original symphony music

[@Hummel901546156]

a work of art, one of best soundtracks ever. the movie is one of the best of the 90s

[@andrewdaws7275]

Catch a Train is one of the most perfect pieces he ever wrote. Tender, poised emotion. I only wish he'd written it out into a concerto.

[@jandreidrn]

I wish Jerry Goldsmith is still alive to score Black Panther. Goldsmith is the king of African-influenced scores; The Ghost and the Darkness, Congo, Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend, King Solomon's Mines, The Wind and The Lion, even The Mummy (1999).

[@solaariz]

I do wish Goldsmith was still alive and he has done incredible African influenced scores, but I have to disagree about the Black Panther score. Ludwig Göransson's oscar-winning score for Black Panther (and by extention Creed) was fantastic IMO, and I think he's quite a gifted composer. In fact, he traveled around the villages of West and South Africa with local musicians for months in preparation for composing Black Panther. I don't know if an 88-year-old Goldsmith would have had the stamina to compose as great a score as Göransson did for that film. Most of the MCU movies have totally forgettable scores but that one stands out as one of the better scores in recent years.

[@jandreidrn]

@@solaariz well let's just say a 74-year old Goldsmith battling and ravaged with cancer and still had the energy to score Looney Tunes: Back in Action; a score that could rival any of John Powell's adrenaline-pumping animated scores. As to Black Panther, while Ludwig is certainly one of the more talented composers to come up this generation (and I have nothing against him) but there's a certain gravitas as well as the action scoring that only Goldsmith can deliver. It would have elevated BP greatly IMO.

[@solaariz]

@@jandreidrn I see what you mean, and I do believe Goldsmith at any age could beat modern composers at their best, same with John Williams. These composers could benefit from a masterclass in scoring from Goldsmith! Still, I wouldn't want Goldsmith to score movies that already have great scores, for instance, I wouldn't suggest he score The Lion King instead of Zimmer or Out of Africa instead of John Barry you know? It would have been interested to see what he'd have done with Black Panther though, the thought alone is enticing. One could simply edit out the Ludwig BP score and replace it with one of Goldsmiths' best to get an idea I guess. Still, all the movie scores you mentioned of Goldsmith (The Ghost and the Darkness, Congo, Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend, King Solomon's Mines, The Wind and The Lion, even The Mummy) all fantastic, he is the king of African influenced scores as you mentioned! Also the king of elevating a poor film with his gravitas! Cheers!

[@jandreidrn]

@@solaariz a pity Goldsmith's name was never elevated into the status enjoyed by John Williams or Hans Zimmer. He's certainly the best of both composers: able to go toe-to-toe with Williams orchestrally while at the same time inventive enough to use electronics like Zimmer. To me Goldsmith and the recently departed Ennio Morricone stands alone in the pantheons of film composers in terms of originality, innovation and inventiveness.

[@solaariz]

@@jandreidrn Ugh don't get me started on modern Zimmer lol. I think his recent influence has been what changed the film score industry for the worse. Williams has admitted having great admiration for Goldsmiths' work. I'd throw Bernard Herrmann & Basil Poledouris names in the ring with Williams, Goldsmith and Morricone as well. The fact that Goldsmith was racking out 3 to10 quality film & tv scores a year consistently just blows my mind. I love how he has an equally brilliant answer for every John Williams masterpiece, ET vs Poltergiest, Jurrasic Park vs Congo, The Towering Inferno vs The Swarm, Star Wars: A New Hope vs Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Jaws vs Alien, Close Encounters vs Capricorn One, Superman vs Supergirl. The list is endless! I find myself listening to Goldsmith more than any other composer though, possibly due to the fact that many of these recordings were very hard to find prior to KZbin. Mainly though because they're just so darn fantastic!

[@peppertrout]

I saw the Ghost and the Darkness at the Field Museum in June, 2005. Never thought I’d visit Chicago. Glad I did, the museum was excellent, also the Museum of science and Industry!

[@AlbertoAvendano-hf8vq]

One shot !!!. Superbbbb movie.

[@goldeneagle99]

But it was a lioness...not the brothers..

[@gdl0748]

Beautiful...beautiful...what a joy to hear music once again.

[@salahudinkabirr4505]

This movie won Oscar Academy award for his Sound effects.. but this is not enough for this Movie.. because it should have got more than 1 or 2 Oscar awards because it deserves much than that... and my always favorite and nonstop movie... i watched many times

[@nicholassassatelli1359]

A great combination of African and Irish music.

[@man_of_salvation]

What a great score from Maestro Jerry Goldsmith- RIP (greets from Vienna)

[@ADEAL918]

Canadian men’s figure skater Elvis Stojko used this score in his 1998 Olympic program (where he skated brilliantly, landing 8 triple jumps and won silver, despite skating with a torn groin muscle, from which he keeled over in pain immediately upon finishing the program and literally had to be helped off the ice)

[@scanlon645]

Genius you are Jerry and so sadly missed I salute thee!

[@jensen9507]

10:46, my favorite part.

[@eltonsantosoficial]

Me too!

[@SegunOlusanya]

Mine too but if officially starts at @11:00

[@davigomes8519]

Minha parte favorita da música também

[@gjack4230]

HELL YEAH!!!

[@dmytrokorol321]

Me too!

[@Salisbury2015]

I'm reminded of why Jerry Goldsmith is one of my favorite film composers (certainly in the top five). His soundtrack to The Ghost and the Darkness is simply incredible. One of many brilliant soundtracks he's composed.

[@Red_Finn]

Yes! I had the CD so long ago. Couldn't find a copy again. Haven't searched recently for a digital version. Yay! So happy!

[@elliptical29]

The thing I love about this soundtrack is that it has parts which are relaxing and then soothing. Then out of nowhere, there is suspence which is scary. It's like a bit of everything thrown into the one track which is unique.

[@mrdrprof99]

Because they are always there in savanna watching.....the ghost and the darkness

[@carlosunknown9973]

What a story teller you can forget the film but not his story.

[@rossirving2317]

Fantastic movie and Fantastic soundtrack.

[@Eiger6]

Jerry Goldsmith at his greatest.

[@michaelbabs7288]

The soundtrack always brings me back to the movie. Oh what a hypnosis.

[@stormcloud5940]

Starting at 3:51 you will even hear music that sounded like hyenas which resonates with nature. This film score is amazing. I didn’t care for the movie much but saw it in theaters twice just for the music…

[@JonathanFrederick23]

Right absolutely

[@quantumfeet]

it is more like zebra than hyenas, don't you ?

[@NeroBlack2200]

Goldsmith was the undisputed master of the adventure score.

[@gray-nox]

10:50 chills _every_ time!

[@MadMazov]

Amazing film the music is simply mind altering

[@sucrisam]

Jerry Goldsmith hacia magia, su música transformaba las peliculas

[@daniellarusso6920]

cuales otras conoces? es excelente su música

[@alfredobg2403]

tienes "Rudy, camino a la gloria", "Desafio total" o "Powder, pura energía", entre otras, hay mucho donde elegir

[@erdemk.5065]

Beautiful music for a beautiful continent 💞

[@judithfleming5712]

This plays in my head when traveling in the high desert of New Mexico...especially the Magdalena Mountains west of Socorro. Truly wild and beautiful. You can see forever and no one gets in your way.

[@petersbergpeter]

Ich liebe diese Musik!!

[@donizetebelinato2808]

ich auch

[@mikaelcykelstall2373]

Great Theme - but what else is to expect from Jerry Goldsmith. That was his strength...

[@stevefleeman5929]

I went to the Field Museum in Chicago and saw the "Ghost" and the "Darkness" lions for the sake of the movie. "You will be afraid." The were stuffed and converted from being rugs. Poor beasts - poor murdering beasts. I loved the movie and Val Kilmer.

[@pianoboi4842]

When I first heard the first theme, it stuck in my head for an entire week.

[@Eiger6]

I'd say this is my all time favourite of Mr. Goldsmith's work.

[@alexsandermartiolidasilvad4211]

meus parabéns muito bom alguém valoriza a trilha sonora desse maravilhoso filme

[@nicolas12cabj11]

Que gran infancia cuando vi esta pelicula con mi papa y mi hermano que buenos momentos

[@telkinesaristoforo2987]

KENYA , Africa, 1898 . A British Military Engineer Lietenant Colonel John Henry Patterson is commisioned to build a bridge on River Tsava and enlarge the Railways in South Africa. Meanwhile the natives are terrorized by a pair of bloodiest Lions named "the ghost" and "the darkness"

[@tanvirgrewal1092]

+telkines aristoforo *Tsavo

[@teretere8323]

Tanto la pelicula como la musica todo en su totalidad es espetacular , maravillosa (soy de Argentina)

[@OldMovieRob]

Man, that buildup at +4:10, and those strings.... They just don't make film music like this any more.

[@jandreidrn]

reformedfruit The genius of Jerry Goldsmith. He also had the buildup in "The Final Game" in Rudy and so many others.

[@robertcorbell1006]

I remember watching this movie as a kid and loving it.

[@kerrymountford5838]

Same

[@wonka3209]

@@kerrymountford5838 Me too

[@deshaunbethea5254]

+Robert Corbell Wait a minute you saw this movie as a kid? But it’s rated R (Meaning it’s not family-friendly).

[@robertcorbell1006]

@@deshaunbethea5254 A year or two after it came out on video. Video stores were far more lax than theaters in the 90s.

[@Betterhose]

10:50 Me and the boys when a wasp flies into the classroom.

[@aristasmit3932]

Just spent our weekend in the South African bush, definitely a highlight sitting amongst three lions, not 5 meters away, one night hearing them roar right around us. What an awe inspiring sound 😱😱😱

[@Antonio_NetoH]

Esse filme é incrível, trilha sonora e história sensacionais!!!! Essa trilha sempre vai ficar marcada 10:45

[@slithisbullard14]

The music touches the soul.

[@arunps113]

Awesom jerry goldsmith

[@TheShismo]

Love this soundtrack and movie. Puts me straight in the Serengeti.

[@ZeeshaanBukhari22]

Amazing movie

[@MJmysummerlove]

I just looked up a photo of them on display at the museum and they still look creepy, very life like :)

[@TheShismo]

They're actually in The Field Museum in Chicago. I wanna go there someday.

[@Captainkebbles1392]

They're about 1/3 the original size bits it's wild to see them

[@patrickmccormack4318]

Welcome to the film that brings adventure, excitement, bromance, guns, beasts, racial comradery, decency, and meanings of life. "I am the Devil." -Charles Remmington

[@thomethemistocles-madeira8488]

"Even Now , if you look at them, you will have fear"

[@bandeiraredemanchete3784]

um grande filme uma ótima trilha sonora

[@entertainmentindia3446]

Wonderful creation tsavo 🦁

[@redplanet8091]

Great music forever great musicians excellent realy big screen theater ical back ground music

[@reachthroughreality]

Everything about this film was top tier

[@TheShismo]

You still can. I'm going there on a safari someday. I always promised myself that. Even if I have to go it alone.

[@davigomes8519]

Essa música é incrível, fico até arrepiado

[@lionsbite5728]

To Catch a Train reveals just how very good Goldsmith was: a short, tender scene underscored for the most part, but ravishing none the less.

[@wildcats1955]

The lions are on display at The Field Museum in Chicago. A couple of inconsistencies from the film that I noted: the lions don't look as fearsome when stuffed and they were main-less males. I LOVE this soundtrack though, one of the very best. Since the movie I read about everything I could get my hands on re: this historical event. The Field museum has some hard copy stuff for sale that I found of interest, but quite touristy - surprise, surprise.

[@TheSchwarzengger]

This soundtrack reminds me of Africa. I’ve never been to Africa thought. Great movie.

[@legioix4538]

that is awesome.

[@elarins]

Watch this about 3 times a month.

[@sahilshah2064]

I think it depends where your from for this movie to hit the heart properly. One of my favs for sure. 👍

[@cristinalarraburu7832]

Nunca la dan en cable a esta película, que es hermosa, y si repiten otras pavadas!!!

[@eduardofigueiredo2376]

Fantastic .......

[@csmith5725]

I came to this looking for the song at 10:50

[@amreenmehbubnatasha5396]

9:01 that music is something that gives me goosebumps

[@koppsr]

i think the point was to see these lions up close and personal and i think he is right, it would be creepy, no matter WHERE exactly they are displayed.

[@laakytravel]

awesome music

[@QrizSeven]

I agree with you 100%.

[@TheShismo]

Thanks for the info. But I'm still surprised Goldman doesn't like it. I think it's such a grand story. I've loved it for a long time. And it's interesting to hear that the writer, perhaps the biggest fan of the original material of all, is not a fan of the finished product. Yes, he is attached and has a vision, but the movie is a beast of its own. It's not like Michael Douglass did a bad job with Remington AKA Redbeard's role.

[@Valen-xu2wy]

"My God.....you sorted it out"!

[@HighSchoolwizard11]

10:52 I always hum that when I'm walking home LOL

[@rationalhuman5338]

do you know anything about those chants and the meaning behind them they sound awesome and gives me chills everytime i hear

[@stanleydomalewski8497]

Great Movie, Based on Fact !

[@starscreamsdkfz475]

2020???

[@kevindavies2114]

rousing soundtrack

[@Milan74]

Wish i could see the lions in a European museum one day ;)

[@franknowakowski3103]

They are not very impressive. Terrible old taxidermy. Still....they were awful good at being maneaters.

[@liltd87]

thank you!!

[@CaminoAir]

As far as I remember this was another 3 week replacement scoring job for Goldsmith (one of many during the 1990's). I can't remember who the original composer was. It can get a bit ridiculous at times: Goldsmith was the 3rd composer to work on 'The River Wild' for example.

[@weldorman8495]

The ultimate true horror story.

[@jeremybear14]

0:55 to 2:00 is the most awe part of the song which makes me wish I had a instrument to join in

[@HatesStupidPeople194]

poyay poyay poyay OY YOY YOY YOY

[@thomasschneeberger1998]

The lion don`t sleeps to Night!

[@BoredomEnsues]

6:48 to 8:18 is very moving to me.

[@nolan9221]

"The Devil has come to Savo!"

[@MJmysummerlove]

I wonder what it's like to see the two lions that are in the Smithsonian, the ones the movie was based on? I can imagine it being fascinating, but creepy at the same time, knowing what they had done.

[@paulaguccardi4441]

They are at the Field Museum i Chicago.

[@TheHunting123abc]

I love this move but cant find it on dvd and not on Netflix Ill find it one day I mean in stores I know I can find it on ebay or something like that

[@amandawaineanderson7677]

My grandfather was a train engineer in SA

[@Ibrahimrehman08]

forever movie

[@davidyoung4141]

Haven’t seen this movie in years.

[@Revieirato]

Bonjour !

[@nabeelhussain9615]

please upload this movie

[@amarischa]

whats the song from 10:52. Just like Jared Maldon i also always hum that when i am walking home :) wanna have that song .. :)