Episode #394 of BGMania: A Video Game Music Podcast. Today on the show, Bryan and Bedroth unwrap the bandaged mysteries of mummy-themed music from across gaming history. From tragic cursed souls seeking companionship to ancient guardians protecting their tombs, this episode explores how composers balance Middle Eastern instrumentation, horror atmospheres, and adventure energy to bring these undead creatures to musical life.
This spooky October episode showcases the incredible versatility of mummy representation in video game music, featuring everything from playful puzzle themes and gothic platformer soundtracks to emotionally devastating character ballads and epic orchestral arrangements.
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EPISODE PLAYLIST AND CREDITS
- Cursed Mummy Battle from Grabbed by the Ghoulies [Grant Kirkhope, 2003]
- Loading Screen / Main Menu from Mummy Maze Deluxe [Hannu Salonen, 2002]
- Chapters 8 & 12 from The Mummy [Junko Karashima, 2000]
- Transylvania Theme from DuckTales [Hiroshige Tonomura, 1989]
- Bat Mummy from Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy [Steve Duckworth, 2003]
- Jack Theme from Power Stone [Tetsuya Shibata, 1999]
- Sandstorm -Kan-Ra's Theme- from Killer Instinct, Season 2 [Mick Gordon, 2014]
- Mummyfucker from Catacomb Snatch [anosou, 2012]
- Mausoleum -Master Mummy's Stage- from ARMS [Atsuko Asahi & Yasuaki Iwata, 2017]
- Cryptometrics from The Mummy Demastered [Gavin Allen, 2017]
- Level 2 from Decap Attack [Fumito Tamayama, 1991]
- The Curse of the Sad Mummy -Amumu- from League of Legends [Christian Linke, 2009]
- The Mummy from Pumpkin Jack [Yohan Jager, 2020]
- Pyramid -Marahna- from ActRaiser Renaissance [Yuzo Koshiro, 2021]
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