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I really walked away impressed by the presence the score had in Dead Reckoning. One choice, in particular, I've been a bit fascinated by is this variation of the main theme that plays for Ethan in pivotal moments involving his character (his "theme" of sorts). I think it's a really interesting solution to the problem of being 7 movies deep into a franchise with no established recurring character themes to draw from and you also want to try and score it in a more classically leitmotific way. It's a really unique approach I feel to take the theme that defines the franchise and alter it such that a variation of it then becomes the theme for the character in a way. It's such a simple variation, sure, but I think it's really effective within the film.
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I also think you could make the case that Williams writing the theme in that way, in addition to stuff like bringing ASM in for a different recording of the theme, is what makes the project interesting for him. Getting to write stuff that is more creatively challenging while also leaning more into that concert space that he already seems more geared towards at this point in his life is what probably helps make these projects worthwhile for him at this point in his life.
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This thread and comments like this are why I come to JWFan. That final point is superb.
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So if Dial of Destiny pulls music from every Williams/Spielberg action movie collaboration of the last 20 years (Minority Report, WOTW, KOTCS, Tintin), does that mean that there is a universe out there where Williams scored and then tracked in music from Ready Player One into an Indiana Jones movie?
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I think there also might be something to the idea of Williams seizing the opportunity to just play the Raiders March in the credits with nothing tied to it. It doesn't lead into anything, it doesn't act as a sandwich to bookend the credits. It just gets to kinda stand on its own, which it never has in quite the way it does here.
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There's definitely something quintessentially Indy about that passage and then it's second rise at around 2:12. It's fascinating to hear because you're listening and there is just something to the music in moments like that where it just feels like it belongs in an Indy film. At the end of the day, I'm not sure what ultimately creates that distinction for Williams that separates that sort of sound from a Star Wars film. One of my concerns honestly was that this was gonna sound more like another Star Wars ST score than Indy 5, but it unmistakably is Williams in Indy mode, and it's so much fun to hear. Another moment in that track that I can't get enough of is this brief little twinkly strike Williams does here at 3:00. It...
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I think you could definitely frame the film musically as Indy having to "earn" his theme again throughout the film. After the flashback opening, it slowly trickles back to the forefront in terms of prominence. Once the film ends and cuts to black, you get hit with the full theme in its entirety as Indy has completed his arc (not ark!) and gets a last musical hurrah. After that, Williams moves past the man and focuses on recounting the adventure you just observed the man experience musically. The celebration and rush you get from hearing the Raiders March in full with the start of the credits gets diminished by getting to hear it again. Ideally, you WANT more. You don't want your time with this character to be done. But it is, and that's okay. Because the fact he and his music ever graced us at all is something to be treasured. Or at least, that's one way to look at it.
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I'm seeing so many more people online talking about the score for this film in a positive light, even in more casual corners of the Internet. Definitely seems to me to be getting noticed and appreciated in the public sphere in a way that I never saw so immediately after release with the ST scores, so that warms the ol' heart.