Music Composed and Conducted by JOHN WILLIAMS
TRACK LIST
01. Raiders March (5:06)
02. Call of the Crystal (3:49)
03. The Adventures of Mutt (3:12)
04. Irina's Theme (2:26)
05. The Snake Pit (3:15)
06. The Spell of the Skull (4:24)
07. The Journey to Akator (3:07)
08. A Whirl Through Academe (3:34)
09. "Return" (3:12)
10. The Jungle Chase (4:23)
11. Orellana's Cradle (4:22)
12. Grave Robbers (2:29)
13. Hidden Treasure and the City of Gold (5:14)
14. Secret Doors and Scorpions (2:17)
15. Oxley's Dilemma (4:46)
16. Ants! (4:14)
17. Temple Ruins and the Secret Revealed (5:51)
18. The Departure (2:27)
19. Finale (9:20)
Total Time: 77:30
ALBUM RELEASE
May 20, 2008
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LABEL
Concord Music Group -- Press Release
ALBUM CREDITS
Album Produced by John Williams
Music Editor: Ramiro Belgardt
Music Recorded and Mixed by Shawn Murphy
Music Contractors: Sandy De Crescent and Peter Rotter
Choir: Hollywood Film Chorale
Vocal Contractor: Sally Stevens
Music Preparation: Jo Ann Kane Music Service
Music Recorded and Mixed at Sony Pictures Studios, Culver City, CA
Album Mastered by Patricia Sullivan Fourstar at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, CA
Music Published by Bantha Music (BMI), Administered by Warner Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI)
Music Performed by the Hollywood Studio Orchestra
Orchestrations by Conrad Pope
Recorded February 26 - March 6, 2008
ALBUM REVIEWS
SOUND CLIPS
ALBUM PICTURES
COMPLETE SCORE ANALYSES
UNRELEASED MUSIC
TRAILERS
LIVE PERFORMANCES
- May 20-24, 2008 - 'Film Night', John Williams and the Boston Pops
- July 26, 2008 - 'Film Night' at Tanglewood, John Williams and the Boston Pops
JOHN WILLIAMS INTERVIEWS
Video Interview with John Williams
From the Empire Magazine Indiana Jones special (see photo of the article here):
"Returning to Indiana Jones for 'Crystal Skull' has been wonderful. It was like riding a bicycle. I didn't have to re-learn how to do it. I began work and within an hour or two I was back into the rythm and spirit of the piece. It's also been a great opportunity to take another romp through the imaginations fo George and Steven. Working with these two gentlemen is always a joyous experience. We get along as people so well, we have the same sensibilities and tastes about scenes, and we hit upon something that works, we all seem to agree about it. That's another way of being in sync. On all four films, it has been filmmaking that is more play than work ."
John Williams during a photo session for
Empire Magazine (click to enlarge)
SPIELBERG ON WILLIAMS
Excerpt from the Empire Magazine Indiana Jones Special:
"John Williams hasn't forgotten how to show an audience a good time", says Steven Spielberg on the Los Angeles scoring stage where the musicians are 'taking five'. "It's so exciting watching the images become infused with 120cc of pure Johnny Williams adrenaline."
“John Williams and I have a word we use when we have something we think the audience will love. Maybe it’ll be a little over the top, and we ask each other, ‘Are we being too shameless?’ In a way I think we’ve both grown kind of proud of being shameless.”
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
John Williams began working on the score to Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull in October 2007.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull will be the first film score to feature the Continuum Fingerboard, an electronic piano keyboard that uses sensors to detect every motion of the player's fingers. The 'Continuum' has been used in other movies such as War of the Worlds and Superman Returns for background ambiance, but never as part of a film score. Composer/orchestrator Randy Kerber, who has worked with John Williams in the past, played the instrument in the Crystal Skull score. Click here to read an interview with the performer. (Note: Contrary to what the article states, Kerber did not write any music for the film).
An interview with clarinetist Donal Foster, who performed on the Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull score, revealed that the 10 days of recording sessions wrapped on Thursday, March 6 at Sony Pictures Studios in Los Angeles. In this short video taken during his recent visit to Detroit, John Williams discussed briefly his recent schedule and mentioned that Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is 7 reels.
RELATED SITES
Indiana Jones - Official Site
TheRaider.net
SpielbergFilms.com Forums: Indiana Jones
IMDb page
Wikipedia page
MUSIC INSPIRED BY 'INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL'
(Composed by members of the JWFan forums)
An Excavated Affair (Love Theme) - Composed by Daniel Bouwmeester
Crystal Skull Theme - Composed by David Vincent
Russian March - Composed by Marcus
There Will Be Adventure - Composed by Ming San Ma
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