ColonelVogel 6 Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 I was just wondering what are some of your favorite 10-50 second segments from any of the Indiana Jones films. I like plenty more than I am sharing, but I don't want to take them all. I really like 0:40 to 1:07 in I also really like 1:42 to 2:01 in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,384 Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 I have no idea. I don't really think about scores that way and on such a miniscule level. I prefer to play full tracks and full albums from start to finish. But any tracks featuring the 'religious sound' are up there, like "Only the Penitant Will Pass" and "The Map Room: Dawn". ColonelVogel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jay 37,042 Posted September 14, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted September 14, 2016 I just love "1M1 High Life In Hong Kong", aka the first 40 seconds of "Anything Goes" The way in 40 seconds, Williams creates a sense of mystery and foreboding that gracefully gives way to the old-school musical sound as soon as Kate Capshaw steps out in her dress and lifts her arm up, a second choir part when she puts both hands up for Harrison Ford's name, then the little fanfare for the film's title, and then perfectly segues into the Cole Porter song... it's great! Such a brilliant way to introduce the score and film! Loert, artguy360, Cerebral Cortex and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColonelVogel 6 Posted September 14, 2016 Author Share Posted September 14, 2016 Yeah, I like that introduction as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Loert 2,495 Posted September 14, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted September 14, 2016 3 hours ago, Jay said: Such a brilliant way to introduce the score and film! Yes! And it gets you so pumped for the score when listening to it away from the film as well. But that whole arrangement is brilliant, especially during the dancing sequence. It's quite easy to dismiss that track as just Cole Porter's song and under-estimate Williams' involvement in it, but the fact is that Williams arranged the whole thing for orchestra, and it's so colourful, so playful, so upbeat yet so elegant that it's hard to imagine anybody could do a better job for that sequence. I love to look at the sheet music of that cue for inspiration, as it's brimming with so many cool ideas. As for my favourite Indy short segments...there are so, so many. The score I'm least familiar with is The Last Crusade; at least the middle part. But I'll keep it to the first film at least. This one starts with a creepy jungle vibe. I love the aleatoric part of "The Idol Temple" (0:00 - 1:33) - that opening piano cluster sounds just like opening the door to some gigantic, ancient room. And I especially like that sting at 1:20, with the bizarre clarinet. Those notes fit so perfectly, for some reason. I like the very opening notes in "Flight from Peru", as well as the whole Indy fanfare at 1:23. It feels like the whole sequence with the pizzicato strings is a build-up to that point, and it really works. And the trilling woodwind from 1:32 is like being in those rollercoasters which launch forward very fast at the beginning, and where your head is thrown back because of the force. It suits the whole take-off sequence perfectly. My next favourite moment comes during the masterpiece that is "The Map Room: Dawn". Well, it is hard to pick a best part of it because the whole thing is so integrated. But I really love the whole build-up with the choir from 2:09, till the powerful "tinkly" chord at 2:58. When I saw the Live to Projection concert of this score, and the orchestra landed on that chord, it felt as if all the air in the hall had turned into brilliant shards of glass. It is because at that point, Williams suddenly introduces a triangle, glockenspiel, xylophone, two harps, and piano on top of the music. It doesn't come across so well on the album, but when played live...it's really quite something! Love the garbled sounds heard at the beginning of "The Well of the Souls" (0:00 - 0:53). Terrifying! Now, "Uncovering the Ark"...the whole section between 3:11 and 4:24 is great. First we hear something which sounds like screaming in the background (violins trilling + choir). And then the Ark theme comes in at 3:26 in the horns, but it is transposed down from how we always heard it up till that point, which gives it a really menacing character, sort of like hearing an army approaching from a distance. This notion of transposing themes is nothing new, but the way Williams employs it here is very effective I think. We hear the Ark theme again at 4:50, against whirling strings, a sort of forshadowing of what's to come... "The Fist Fight/The Flying Wing" and "Desert Chase" are fantastic tracks of course, but they don't really have short moments. Although 3:55 - 4:02 of Desert Chase is definitely hair-raising against the shot of the soldier falling into a chasm... I'm pretty confident that 0:38 - 1:03 of "Ride to the Nazi Hideout" is the best variation of the Raiders March in the whole franchise. Even better than anything in the concert version. "The Miracle of the Ark" - this probably has the most famous soundtrack moment in the franchise! I'm talking about 3:31 of course. You don't really hear it in the film, but the horn rip at 3:44 is bone-chilling. I also like the ending, from 5:47. An open chord; indicative of a resolution, but not totally. ColonelVogel, Cerebral Cortex, Will and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TownerFan 4,983 Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 12 hours ago, loert said: Yes! And it gets you so pumped for the score when listening to it away from the film as well. But that whole arrangement is brilliant, especially during the dancing sequence. It's quite easy to dismiss that track as just Cole Porter's song and under-estimate Williams' involvement in it, but the fact is that Williams arranged the whole thing for orchestra, and it's so colourful, so playful, so upbeat yet so elegant that it's hard to imagine anybody could do a better job for that sequence. I love to look at the sheet music of that cue for inspiration, as it's brimming with so many cool ideas. I always thought that the arrangement of Anything Goes is JW's own homage/send-off to the great Conrad Salinger, the amazing orchestrator/arranger of the greatest MGM musicals (and also one of his early mentors). As for my own little favorite moments, I have plenty from all Indy scores. I'll resort to a classic, spine-tingling one: (from 2:43 to the end) ColonelVogel and Loert 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Holy crap, Williams's "Anything Goes" track is incredible!! (I say track because I mean both 1m1 High Life and the song, both included under the same track title in the Concord release (and the OST?). I believe it was only when reading this thread that I listened to it for the first time away from the film, and I'm blown away. I had it running through my head all night while doing homework earlier this week! It's so jolly, and this cue is actually one I'd consider epic under my main definition. The scene and music work together with such a precision and perfection, as Jay alluded to. Everything works like clockwork and you can't imagine it being any better. I love the Asian musical flavor JW adds to Porter's song, among many other things. This arrangement has JW written all over it! (although Porter's song is already pretty great in its original 30s form) After listening to this, I had to stay in the "musical theatre-ish" spirit by listening to this album of JW arrangements (or, at least he's conducting): His "Hooray for Hollywood" arrangement isn't on there but it's absolutely marvelous too: On 9/14/2016 at 6:22 PM, loert said: And the trilling woodwind from 1:32 is like being in those rollercoasters which launch forward very fast at the beginning, and where your head is thrown back because of the force. Clever description! Loert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,444 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Hearing the triangle shine through, at the climax of THE MAP ROOM:DAWN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,042 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 @Will check out this French Horn cover of Williams' Anything Goes arrangement Will and Naïve Old Fart 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
looohhk 27 Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 Every once and a while I find myself repeating this snippet, the horns bring me back each time. Great moment. 0:45 - 1:02 from A Thought for Marion/To Nepal Will and Cerebral Cortex 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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King Mark 3,615 Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 I like that little moment at the end of ToD, when Indy re-surfaces on the broken ladder with the stone in his hand and everyone starts laughing (just before the Raiders March starts) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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