Is the Raiders March your favorite theme John Williams has ever written?

[ThePenitentMan1 161]

On 11/11/2022 at 3:16 PM, Andy said:

I'll put it this way... If I am ever in the position where I'm swimming for my life to attempt to board a submerging Nazi Submarine, I wouldn't want the Jurassic Park theme to get me there.

 

I wouldn't want the Jaws theme, either.  For...  slightly different reasons.

[Brando 863]

On 9/11/2022 at 1:22 PM, MrJosh said:

One thing I do love about Raider's March is that it works wonderfully both in march form and also in slower, contemplative form. 

The insert when the child tells Indy if he drinks the blood, he won’t wake up from the nightmare is sooooo good.

[A Farewell to Kings 3551]

My favorite statement of the theme has to be the end of Fast Streets.

[Brando 863]

2 hours ago, Clockwork Angel said:

My favorite statement of the theme has to be the end of Fast Streets.

As the plane is taking off against the sky? That plays in my head anytime I'm merging onto a road and begin to accelerate to join traffic

[A Farewell to Kings 3551]

11 minutes ago, Brando said:

As the plane is taking off against the sky? That plays in my head anytime I'm merging onto a road and begin to accelerate to join traffic

Nice try Lao Che!

[Bellosh 1718]

20 hours ago, Brando said:

The insert when the child tells Indy if he drinks the blood, he won’t wake up from the nightmare is sooooo good.

 

yes!!!!  this one right?

 

 

i won't believe my ears the day we have all these missing cues. 

[Jay 30969]

Technically the insert plays after that line and seems to have been added to punctuate Shorty looking at Indy and him looking back, with Indy's theme instead of the dramatic chord on the album version

 

 

[Bellosh 1718]

that synthwave outro was throwing me off in that clip!! 

[Brando 863]

4 hours ago, Bellosh said:

 

yes!!!!  this one right?

 

 

i won't believe my ears the day we have all these missing cues. 

So good.

 

3 hours ago, Jay said:

Technically the insert plays after that line and seems to have been added to punctuate Shorty looking at Indy and him looking back, with Indy's theme instead of the dramatic chord on the album version

 

 

Yeah, you're right, that was the only identifiable line I thought of for that moment that I knew people would recognize since that's such a deep moment.

[Andy 2204]

The best emotional use is the celli playing as Indy and Shorty give their hats back to each other. 

[Jay 30969]

Yesssss

 

 

https://youtu.be/5X1qCDIMSWQ&start=269

 

 

[Andy 2204]

I’m not crying, you’re crying. 

[Bellosh 1718]

Andy just make the switch to 'Yes'

 

You know you wanna

[Bellosh 1718]

@Andy

[Tallguy 1514]

It tells you all you need to know about JTW is that he wrote the Raiders March and it is NOT my favorite Williams theme. That would have been any other composer's crowning achievement. Williams says "I have others."

[Andy 2204]

1 hour ago, Bellosh said:

Andy just make the switch to 'Yes'

 

You know you wanna

[Bellosh 1718]

24 minutes ago, Andy said:

 

you crazy son of a bitch you did it

 

[Tallguy 1514]

11 hours ago, Bellosh said:

 

you crazy son of a bitch you did it

 

 

So... You want him to pick Jurassic Park?

[Andy 2204]

Simple, eh?   Repetitive?  Bit through this piano wire?  Don’t you tell me my business again. You get back on the bridge. 
 

[Bellosh 1718]

"I think my only input was can't you use both??? And he did! He made the latter the bridge and he made the former, the main theme."

 

😂 I've listened to that interview on disc 5 so much 

[Jurassic Shark 9331]

Objection! Leading question. 

[Brando 863]

3 hours ago, Andy said:

Simple, eh?   Repetitive?  Bit through this piano wire?  Don’t you tell me my business again. You get back on the bridge. 
 

“John that doesn't prove a damn theme.”

”Well it proves one thing Mr Spielberg: it proves that you wealthy college boys don’t have the education enough to admit when you’re wrong.”

[Tom 3372]

A whole thread about a silly little march.  

[Bellosh 1718]

7 minutes ago, Tom said:

A whole thread about a silly little march.