Quinn Tran Professor Thomas Sharp/Music 355 Film Music Criticism Paper21 April 2014 Instrumental Music in the Film The Mummy Alan Silvestri was born on March 26, 1950 in New York City. He is one of the famous composers of Hollywood. He began his career at just 21 years old with the first film: Doberman Gang. Subsequently, he continued to make himself known through numerous works such as the Back to the Future trilogy, Forrest Gump (1994), Captain America: The First Avengers (2011) and The Avengers (2012). Silvestri has received two Oscar nominations and four Grammy Award nominations. The Mummy Returns was also the popular work of this talented composer. It was produced by Alan Silvestri and David Bifano, orchestrated by Mark Mckenzie, David Slonaker and William Ross. In every film, theme songs are always important because they are considered an indirect tool that leads viewers to the stories of the films. The Mummy Returns theme song emphasizes place and time and people can listen and realize that many instruments were used. At first the music is raised by drums and keys...