The opening titles theme starts with some fanfare-type music before swinging into a 1970s-TV swing lounge groove.

Strings, horns and reeds play some romantic figues as well as "official"-sounding music that one can imagine accompanying a shot of the US Capitol building, followed by some flute and string work that has echoes of Mission: Impossible.

Similar flute and string work follow in "The Letter", but this time with the addition of a plucked string instrument that sounds as if it could be a bazouki or tres or something like that that, as well as a sinuous oboe line that nods toward North African or Middle Eastern modalities.

"Sarah and Bridget" starts off sounding like a romance theme but ends up in tenser, more suspenseful dramatic underscore territory.

A quick hit of hand percussion and wind instruments set the scene for "Ethiopia/Takahene" with presumably source music but the jaunty feel is soon replaced by more Mission: Impossibleesque suspense music.

Then it's adventure time in "Jungle Trek", with propulsive rhythms and buoyant horn lines, with an unexpected electric guitar figure at the end.

"Search For The Key And Ben Gala" starts romantic and ends suspenseful while "How Do I Live?" is the other way around.

More Daktari- and Mission: Impossible-ish music comes next in Jungle Monastery and Ms. Koman, followed by some intriguing long tones and sinuous reed lines accompanied by hand percussion in "The Mystic".

After a brief instrumental introduction, a male choir performs a capella in "Tortuous Philosophy and the Chant". The next cue, "The Monks", probably refers to them, and is another suspensful piece with exotic flavors and intrigue.

Cymbalom and hand percussion as well as other international sounds, along with more conventional flute and harp, create another effectively alluring piece for "An Amphibious Woman", which is developed further in "Through the Underwater Passage".

"The Unmasking" is the longest piece here, at almost five minutes, and is most likely the climax of the story. More hand percussion and suspenseful tones from strings and wind instruments, as well as statements from the resonant plucked instruments heard in previous cues, generate considerable tension and excitement.

The pace and energy pick up for "The Chase", which brings a lot of the previous ideas to a boil, and then things settle down for a sedate "Finale and Closing Credits".

The last track on the record, "Opus Parts 1 & 2", is a swing jazz piano combo piece and quite nice.