0'00-0'10

""in every generation there is a chosen one..." Anthony Head's imposing introduction to the Slayer mythology. See 2.02-ex.1

2'42-4'01

Enjoyably spooky music introducing the Inca legend of the mummy princess. Ethnic-sounding instrumentation includes overblown pan pipes and/or bamboo flute, referred to hereafter as "panpipes"

4'01-4'42

[Later: the mummy awakened.] Here a slow upper-string passage incorporating a recognisable rising chromatic [Ex.1] heralds the recorder,introduced as the soundworld of the young mummy princess herself. Pause as Rodney steals the seal (expectation), then a gluttony of rasping dissonance as the mummy awakens and takes her first victim

[4'43-5'31

Buffy the Vampire Slayer theme]

7'56-8'57

Some whining and muted strings follow the gang visiting the museum again and find the broken seal. At 8'29-40 a brief energetic passage accompanies the 'body guard's' attack. Both parts of the cue are serviceable but not memorable. The panpipes are used as a touch at the end, helping to further unify the score's tone around the mummy

10'03-10'33

[Foreign exchange student Ampata is 'replaced'] Very atmospheric, very tense. Instrumentation is key here, utilising errie celeste and pan pipes to highlight the Inca princess's concealment. Unthematic at this point, though

10'50-11'09

[Ampata/the Mummy princess appears for the first time as a girl] ...and there is magic! The hollow exotic fright music is replaced suddenly with glowing, yet tentative, harmony and melody. Celeste is still present and there is a distinct minor key solemnity, but the panpipes and their tribal/savage connotations are banished. [Ex.2]

13'18-13'21

Even this brief bridging episode is coloured with the soundworld of the mummy, using ethnic percussion and returning panpipes [irony? - "One normal life coming up!" - Buffy]

19'30-20'27

Exciting, jolting action music [as the bodyguard attacks 'Ampata' and Xander] which is mainly distinctive in its rhythms, but also uses tom-toms(?), lending some general ethnicity. At 19'50, [where they meet back at the library] there is merely a mysterious undertone, a glass harmonica-sounding chord with some string elaboration. [Ex.3]

23'19-24'38

['Ampata' is confronted by her bodyguard] A moody buildup of brass (with semi-tone motif) and strings, breaking into a thumping rhythm as 'Ampata' makes her choice [feeding off her bodyguard]. Here the panpipe sound returns, and still hinted at as 'Ampata' returns to Xander.

25'46-26'31

'Ampata' tells the story of the princess: here the romantic and beautiful return to the score. The recorder line is tentative, the semi-tone shifts gently pull between major and minor third. All is interrupted suddenly though (26'14): 'Ampata' stops Buffy from discovering the real 'Ampata's corpse - the magic is broken, and although the semi-tone shifts are still apparent, the empty bamboo flute/panpipe sound is to the fore.

[28'01-30'14

Pop song [at the Bronz]]

30'50-31'17

Mystery chord [ex? or from previous?], some panpipe underscore, with upward semitone shifts (but this time not always on the minor/major third of the scale, so more threatening) [Buffy and Giles discover 'Ampata's secret]

[31'17-32'49

Pop song [at the Bronz]]

32'49-32'57

Brief cut, with panpipes

[32'58-33'40

Pop song (same as 31'17) [Back to Bronz]]

33'40-33'44

['Ampata' starts mummifying again, needing more lifeforce] - single low note

[33'40-

Pop song]

33'51-34'29

Atmospherics. 34'01[back in Giles's car]: short tense string passage [Ex.4]

[34'30-34'55

Pop song (same as 33'40?)]

34'54-35'40

Atmospherics, a high string note, whining, a percussive rattle (reminiscent of barbaric mummy music), rising string semitone again but no hint of major/minor harmonies ['Ampata' attempts to seduce Jonathan for his lifeforce]. Ends with a low brass/string drop-semitone [as Xander arrives and Jonathan exits]

35'59-37'41

The rising semitone motif heralds the cue used in Beck's promotional album. Tender, sad, it is very obviously the highlight of the score and this matches the scene perfectly as 'Ampata' is forced between aching hunger and love. Graduitous electronic munching sounds accompany her feeding, and when she stops there is left only the strings playing the rising-semitone motif over a high whine. [BIG Ex.5]

37'41-40'42

[Cut to Giles piecing together the seal] Ethnic drums, quiet panpipes and strings. This is a rhythmic passage, gradually moving higher and adding new layers as Buffy moves towards finding 'Ampata'. The string rising-semitone motif enters in the background as Xander is found (a trace of 'Ampata's presence?). At 38'38 [as we cut back to Giles] the rhythm is interrupted, and more violent orchestral forces kick in as Buffy confronts 'Ampata'.

39'49-???

Low string/piano thumps underscore the Xander/'Ampata' confrontation as Buffy's life hangs in the balance. As Xander offers his life instead, the semitone string motif hovers above, but is frozen in a chord of icy chorus, then high strings as 'Ampata's time runs out.

40'42-41'16

A harp accompanies the oboe as it breaks from the rising semitone motif into major harmonies and the strings bring a calm conclusion

42'03-42'13

A spooky ending to the episode, as recorder and panpipe round off chillingly in the minor mode

[42'14-42'42

Nerf does his stuff]