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I hope you haven't listened to the clips, in that case I haven't. Well, my willpower isn't that strong ^_^ I listened to the preview clips just two or three times... but it was enough to get Irina's theme, Mutt's theme and the Crystal theme stuck in my head, as it happens every time with new Williams' music.

I'm pretty cool to wait to listen to the actual CD once I'll have it in my hands. If the score would have leaked, say, two or three weeks ago I probably wouldn't have resisted, but now we're almost at the zero hour. I very much prefer to listen to the real thing for the first time like the good ol' days.

Well, I think they've learned the lesson and didn't distribute review copies around too early on...

Yeah, very Golden Age-like...

It's very interesting how JW interpolates Indy's theme into "The Adventures of Mutt". Cool! "Irina's Theme" is very infectious... can't get it out of my head!

In my books, The Accidental Tourist is probably one of the very finest scoring achievement JW ever did. I'd love to see him returning to this kind of film subjects.

I think that LC sounds fine in terms of clearness, but it's somewhat questionable how the score was mixed. Sometimes it sounds a bit too "distant" and all the various dynamics don't stand out quite right. Also, there isn't a great stereo separation.

Miz did a pretty accurate breakdown of Lost's themes and motives. I might add that Giacchino is showing considerable craftsmanship in the way he uses these ideas. In many cases, these are kind of fragments of thematic material, but they're instantly recongnizable, even when he uses just three or four notes. They always "trigger" the viewer's attention in a very smart way. Also, the various themes are linked to each other in terms of harmony and counterpoint. For example, I loved the way he interpolated Charlie's theme and the 'Life and Death' theme during .

No, you can read it without worries

Film critic/blogger Jeffrey Wells makes some interesting observations about these early reviews. Take it for yourselves.

Yeah, it seems there's a part for alto sax. Also, I heard some very nice bass flute playing Irina's theme. Cool!

Also, in "Journey to Akator" Williams reprises the Raiders March as heard in "Flight from Peru". Cool!

This will be one hell of a score! Great!

Have you noticed guys that at the bottom of the main page of the official IJ website there is a "Soundtrack" feature? It still says "Coming Soon" if you click over there, but I think in the next few days we'll se something...

I think I see what you're saying. I believe that the first Star Wars is a film scored more with a 1970's sensiblity. Despite the fact that there's a lot more music than what was used to do in the typical 70's picture, I feel Williams still approached the score with that sensibility, also because Star Wars is a film that still owes much to the 1970's filmmaking style. As you noticed, the style of the underscore is much more sparse and dry. And there are also quite a few moments of silence and absence of music, which was a very common practice back then. Right after the success of Star Wars, filmmakers started asking JW to score their movies from beginning to end, so it's very likely that Williams had to find a different approach to the scoring of these films (Superman, for example, despite some very 1970's stylings in the scoring, is imho a film scored more with the 80's Williams sensibility). Also, considering he was able to use the full power of a huge symphony orchestra almost every time, he saw the possibilities to explore the sounds and the textures of the orchestra in a way he wasn't permitted before. So, starting with Empire Strikes Back, Williams found a new, different way to underscore and accompany the film with music, but the reason is also that the filmmaking style of those kind of movies started to evolve into something different.

Yeah, it appears to be one of those bright, exuberant themes that only Williams seems able to create. Can't wait!

Found this over at FSM Board: 1. Raiders March (05:06) 2. Call of the Crystal (03:49) 3. The Adventures of Mutt (03:12) 4. Irina's Theme (02:26) 5. The Snake Pit (03:15) 6. The Spell of the Skull (04:24) 7. The Journey to Akator (03:07) 8. A Whirl Through Academe (03:34) 9. "Return" (03:12) 10. The Jungle Chase (04:23) 11. Orellana's Cradle (04:22) 12. Grave Robbers (02:29) 13. Hidden Treasure and the City of Gold (05:14) 14. Secret Doors and Scorpions (02:17) 15. Oxley's Dilemma (04:46) 16. Ants! (04:14) 17. Temple Ruins and the Secret Revealed (05:51) 18. The Departure (02:27) 19. Finale (09:20) Source: Exlibris.ch

From what I understood, I think the point the reviewer is trying to make is that Indy 4 is a very dense and detailed score, the product of a real composer, so it's much different than the current standard film scores produced by contemporary Hollywood composers. I didn't need this review to have a confirmation about this. JW is on a whole different and superior level than most, if not all, of his peers. Personally I don't think Williams went back to his so-called "80's sound" for this score. It's a fact that a composer can never "go back" in compositional terms, but he always have to go forward. I'm sure he did the right thing for the movie and that it will be an exciting work full of great things. And I'm sure I will not be disappointed

This are licensed recordings, not arranged or recorded for the film. Since the film versions of both pieces are quite different from the versions on the album (which are licensed as credited in the booklet), I thought they were specifically arranged by JW.

Another question: were the film versions of "OYF'N Pripetshok" and "Yeroushalaim Chel Zahav" arranged by Williams? If yes, did he record them in Toronto as well? By the way, these recording sessions are a very welcome surprise. It would be infinitely cool if someone with lot of time in his or her hands and with a lot of patience would compile an extended release using all the correct takes... 19M2/20M1 Insert is also an unreleased cue. It's an insert used in the film version of "I Could Have Done More". Heartbreaking stuff, really...

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I bet promotional advance copies will start flying around very soon.

An excellent score indeed.

Over at FSM board, Erik Woods said we need to be patient for a while, but it is coming soon.

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