Alex

Will the best anecdotes be included in the expanded biography in 25 years time?

Saw the movie again. I’ve said it before in this thread, but I am convinced Indy stays in Syracuse in the original script.

I would be very surprised if this was the end of his career. There are people still working in Hollywood with far more egregious accusations.

https://variety.com/2023/music/news/barbie-producer-mark-ronson-dua-lipa-lizzo-soundtrack-1235674871/

That is a lot of money…

Listening to Greta Gerwig on Edith Bowman’s podcast. No mention of Desplat as far as I can hear. The Mark Ronson stuff (I think) that they play in the interview actually doesn’t sound too bad. It sounds like something Desplat could have written easily. It seems they wanted more connection between the songs in the movie and the score.

I would love to hear a Abbey Road LSO recording of that whole track

Was half expecting a shark to appear at the beginning of Water Ballet and the two-note Jaws theme to start.

Magical mwstewy touwr

The trumpet solo at 1.09 in Auction at Hotel L'Atlantique sounds like an upbeat version of Voller's theme. Am I correct in this observation?

I desperately want to hear a clean version of the NYC chase music. It just sounds so different to the rest of the score. I’d be really interested to hear about that choice.

Everything from 2.13 is absolutely gorgeous.

I finally watched the film. I was really enjoying it… until the end. The film just kind of wraps up very quickly. I have a feeling they planned for Indy to stay in the past and sort of become part of history himself, then the Mouse freaked out and reshot it (the background looked very fake in some of those Syracuse scenes).

The only thing about the soundtrack that genuinely irritates me is the awkward edit in Germany, 1944. It just seems so unnecessary.

There is a weird kind of thumping sound at the beginning of the Prologue (1.24). But I can only hear it with my headphones.

True, but I have an overall positive impression of the music. I will happily pander to JW! His music has helped me through many difficult times. He’s the closest I have to a “hero”.

I know it’s mentioned a lot, but I’m not sure we really recognise how incredible it is that this music was written and mostly conducted by a 90 year old man. Most people his age are either dead or not eating solid foods. I know we have some legitimate complaints about the album presentation, use of older themes etc, but how many other 90 year olds are active and working, let alone writing a cue like “To Athens”. It is an astonishing achievement whatever you think of the soundtrack. Just listen to the orchestrations in “Tuk Tuk to Tangiers”. A man who statistically should be dead sat down at his piano and came up with that. I remember back in 2015 when we all freaked out because he’d pulled out of writing music for Bridge of Spies and 8 years later he’s conducting at the premiere of the 5th Indiana Jones movie. Blessed we be.

It’s fascinating how these things work, because for it me it was the complete opposite!

1.20 in Germany, 1944 is the reason I have no problem with re-recording pieces from other films. That lower brass sounds incredible.

I’m glad the Tuk Tuk music remains clean and coherent on the album. I just watched the leaked clip from a few months ago and the album cue only seems to cover the first few minutes of the chase. The rest of the chase is a mish mash of original music and tracking of older music. This is one of the occasions where a complete cue wouldn’t do much for me, so I agree with JW’s choice here. It really is a great cue. A 90 year old man writing something with such energy and complexity.

Where´s the spreadsheet score breakdown, JWFAN?! The soundtrack has already been out for 6 hours!

Has JW ever created so many variations on one theme in a score before? I don´t think even Rey´s Theme was showcased this much.

1.42 in Germany, 1944 and I´m expecting the Death Star to appear.

I am also glad they didn´t shoehorn in the quotes from other films into the album recording.

The Battle of Syracuse is a fascinating cue