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"Water" from Temple of Doom and the instruments used in it


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The Concord CD only contained the original version of the cue.  He later wrote an Insert that is used in the film, but hasn't been released.


There has never been a session leak for this score either, so there is no legal or illegal way of getting this music - other than ripping it from the DVD or BD.

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The only thing the lego game gave us was the brilliant original version of Indy and the Villagers, the Map insert, and rope bridge music IIRC

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The Lego games had it twice! Once as cutscene audio, once as a ingame cue! The ingame cue was as it is edited in the film though (the cutscene has it unedited)

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1 hour ago, Jay said:

The only thing the lego game gave us was the brilliant original version of Indy and the Villagers, the Map insert, and rope bridge music IIRC

There was a piece that I've never heard before, but it sounded like Williams. Is it that extremely weird piece with bass trombones?

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17 minutes ago, Fal said:

The Lego games had it twice! Once as cutscene audio, once as a ingame cue! The ingame cue was as it is edited in the film though (the cutscene has it unedited)

 

Ah yes that sounds vaguely familiar now

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11 minutes ago, Brundlefly said:

There was a piece that I've never heard before, but it sounded like Williams. Is it that extremely weird piece with bass trombones?

 

I don't know what you might be referring too.  The original version of Indy and the Villagers fits right in with the rest of the score, and features a full, long-lined development of the shankara stones theme.  It's awesome.

 

I just tried finding it on youtube but didn't see it there; Maybe Faleel can put it on youtube for us?

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I don't think so. I mean, you don't drink steam, right? Wouldn't be ice too, because you can like, stand on ice, while can't stand on steam nor liquid water. I only know 2 people who can do that.

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At some point early in the history of the universe two molecules of hydrogen must have bonded with an oxygen molecule for the first time ever.  That's a wild thought.  What physical state was water in when it first happened?  This is freaking me out.

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Well considering that every natural element by definition was forged in a star, I would think water would have first occurred as steam, in extreme heat.  But I'm no scientist.

 

Somebody ask Neil DeGrasse Tyson!

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I heard that our water came on asteroids from all over the galaxy. When those hitted the surface, the friction caused the molecules to evaporate and accumulate to the point where it rained for like, years and years.

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https://www.dvdfab.cn/download.htm

 

And to be clear, its not like the music is stored on blu rays as a separate stream from the other audio; All you can do is rip the entire audio of the finished film out, and hope the music plays without much sound effects from some of the channels for the part you want

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Just search out Faleel's 11 track complete edition, it has everything in great quality, with only very minor atmospherics, nothing distracting.

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1 hour ago, templeofwhat said:

I just downloaded it, and i have no idea how to do stuff. Help please?

 

I think @BloodBoal and @Fal are good at ripping blu rays, can one of you help this guy out?

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So in "Water" theres some odd- sounding instruments that i would like to know the names off. Firstly, theres this theremin-ish instrument that plays from 0:50 to 0:52 in the right channel. In the same part, theres also this clean-ish sounding flute (instrument 2). The third instrument sounds like a edited sound of a buzz saw that plays from 0:53 to 0:56. And finally the fourth instrument is hard to describe what it sounds like, and it plays from 1:01 to 1:02. Its kinda hard to hear, so listen closely.

instrument 1 and 2.mp3

instrument 3.mp3

instrument 4.mp3

instrument 4 pitch change.mp3

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Speaking of weird orchestral sounds, what's the percussive instrument being used in the opening of The Island Prologue for TLW, for about ten seconds before the first statement of the island motif? It almost doesn't sound like an instrument. 

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Prepare for a long read. Also, english isn't my first language, so excuse me.

 

So in "Water", there's this odd instrument wich i think sounds really great, and i would really like the name of it. So i made 2 posts about it, but no one seems to know what im talking about, and the sheet music doesn't have the name of it, so heres an in-depth post about it.

 

The instrument is hard to describe what it sounds like, but i think of a chainsaw when i hear it. The instrument plays in sync with the 6-4 note trombone motif, but its 7,30% lower pitched.

 

Here's the parts where you can easily hear it.

At 0:21-0:23 it syncronizes with the tubular bells https://instaud.io/1kKj

 

At 0:46-0:50   the notes are a bit loud and is heard easily https://instaud.io/1kKl

 

At 0:53 to 0:56 its the most obivious part https://instaud.io/1kKm

 

At 1:02-1:05 i slowed it down 8000% and its the loud notes https://instaud.io/1kKo

 

And finally, the last part at 1:14-1:17 https://instaud.io/1kKp and we never hear the instrument again.

 

The instrument is also louder in the movie version, so heres some parts where it can be heard easily.

https://instaud.io/1kKq

https://instaud.io/1kKr

https://instaud.io/1kKs

 

I hope people finally know what instrument im talking about.

 

 

 

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I think I hear it now.

 

It just sounds like some synth bass to me, although I'm no instrument expert and may be wrong.

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Williams often has specific synth sounds created by the sound engineers, so it can't always be recreated after-the-fact.

 

Eg. the synth 'heartbeat' in Munich.

 

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I still have no idea what you're talking about...

 

The instruments which play the main motif are trumpets, trilling winds, violins, and a piano playing chords in alternating hands supported by chimes and vibraphone. The bass is played by low strings, low brass and low wind. You occasionally get the horns playing a countermelody. Can you hear all those instruments in there? What else is there? 

 

The only thing that sounds like a chainsaw to me are the brass, particularly the trumpets playing the main motif, the horns playing the other stuff (like the random chromatic scale) and the trombones and tuba in the bass. 

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1 hour ago, Loert said:

I still have no idea what you're talking about...

 

The instruments which play the main motif are trumpets, trilling winds, violins, and a piano playing chords in alternating hands supported by chimes and vibraphone. The bass is played by low strings, low brass and low wind. You occasionally get the horns playing a countermelody. Can you hear all those instruments in there? What else is there? 

 

The only thing that sounds like a chainsaw to me are the brass, particularly the trumpets playing the main motif, the horns playing the other stuff (like the random chromatic scale) and the trombones and tuba in the bass. 

 

I don't hear anything that sounds like a chainsaw either.  No synth in here.  Glock + vibes + chimes (bells) + harp + piano for the shimmering as high winds play trills and trumpets and strings play this bouncy rhythm.  The low winds, strings, brass playing a pedal E in octaves.  Is that the "chainsaw"? 

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In the first link, there is a low "bwaaaummmmm" sound throughout, and in the third one, there are two higher "byaaaaaaawwwwmmmm"s, if that's what he's referring to. Not really chainsaw-y.

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5 minutes ago, Holko said:

In the first link, there is a low "bwaaaummmmm" sound throughout, and in the third one, there are two higher "byaaaaaaawwwwmmmm"s, if that's what he's referring to. Not really chainsaw-y.

 

That's just the bass. Strings + brass + woodwind. All spelled out in the sheet music.

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