Newly recorded by John Morgan & William Stomberg with Moscow Symphony & Choir.
1. Prelude 1:40
2. The Ruins 0:54
3. The Red Sea & Childhood 3:02
4. The Nile & Temple 1:24
5. Her Name Was Merit 1:19
6. The Chariot Ride 1:22
7. Pursuit 0:35
8. Akhnaton - One Deity 1:18
9. Taia 1:13
10. Party's End 1:58
11. Nefer-Nefer-Nefer 7:02
12. The Rebuke 3:16
13. The Deed 2:20
14. The Harp & Couch 1:29
15. The Perfection of Love 1:21
16. Violence 2:13
17. Valley of the Kings 7:49
18. The Homecoming 1:13
19. Hymn to Aton 4:51
20. Sights, Sounds & Smells 0:47
21. LIve for Our Son 1:41
22. Am I Mad? 3:30
23. The True Pharoah 1:28
24. The Tomb 2:44
25. The Holy War 0:36
26. Dance Macabre 1:35
27. Death of Merit 4:10
28. Death of Akhnaton 5:23
29. The New Pharaoh 1:04
30. Exile & Death 1:47
Based on the novel by Mika Waltari, "The Egyptian" is set several centuries before the birth of Jesus Christ. Young Egyptian doctor Edmund Purdom and his athletic pal Victor Mature have the misfortune to stumble upon Pharoah Michael Wilding when the latter is suffering an epileptic fit. Condemned to death for witnessing what they shouldn't, Purdom and Mature are saved when the Pharoah, grateful that the pair had endeavored to save his life, appoints Purdom court physician. Much of the film is devoted to the tedious romance between Purdom and alluring Babylonian courtesan Bella Darvi (whose horrendous performance must be seen to be believed). The thrust of the film is Purdom's acceptance of the concept of one single God rather than the battalions of animal-headed Deities worshipped by the Pharoah and his minions. Peter Ustinov, in a droll comic turn as Purdom's scruffy servant, and Jean Simmons, as the girl he left behind, do what they can to avoid being lost in the film's overabundance of huge sets and teeming extras. "The Egyptian" is so wearisome a film that it probably wouldn't have succeeded even if Marlon Brando, originally slated to play the doctor, hadn't pulled out of the production at the last minute. 1954