Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (Cannes Score reactions)

[Courtney Sees Ghosts 269]

So when are we gonna hear the damn score for ourselves? 

[LB Makes Stuff 240]

1 minute ago, Courtney Sees Ghosts said:

So when are we gonna hear the damn score for ourselves? 

Probably June 28th

[Courtney Sees Ghosts 269]

9 minutes ago, LB Makes Stuff said:

Probably June 28th

I'm losing patience man. I can't take it anymore!

[Jay 37,372]

Why do people keep asking this question?  For many many many years OST albums drop the same Fridays their films come out

[bollemanneke 3,349]

3 hours ago, Brando said:

Isn't....isn't that a good chunk of scoring?? Why would he not score to a sync point?

No! We want a score like Nocturnal Animals, with the pivotal cue telling you absolutely NOTHING about what's happening on screen! Background ambience!

[Garrett 153]

2 hours ago, Courtney said:

So when are we gonna hear the damn score for ourselves? 

 

1 hour ago, Courtney said:

I'm losing patience man. I can't take it anymore!

Don’t worry. I will release my mock-up of Voller’s theme on Sunday!

[LB Makes Stuff 240]

2 hours ago, Courtney said:

I'm losing patience man. I can't take it anymore!

Just look out for the random ass leak that will occur sometime next week.

[TheUlyssesian 2,478]

4 hours ago, Cerebral Cortex said:

Would you say you prefer this scoring effort (as presented in the film, of course) over KOTCS? Or about the same? Thanks for answering all these questions and sharing your thoughts, by the way.

 

I hope people don't mind my answer. But 100% KOTCS. I think that's a fantastic score. Has great presence in the film too. Maybe my reaction is colored by my response to the film. Because I think KOTCS is a significantly better film because Mangold is not Spielberg.

 

4 hours ago, DangerMotif said:

Thank you, how would you compare these to the star wars sequel scores?

 

I feel I'm approaching them very differently. With those I was able to experience the album and film in quick succession - with the score first in several cases.

 

Here I've seen the film 6 weeks before release and the album isn't in sight. So there's no ability to double check what I heard, what I liked etc.

 

I'd say you could compare it to ep 9 if you wanted in scope and assignment etc. Ep 7 is clearly more significant because he was debuting so much new thematic material and launching themes that had to carry on for multiple films.  Here it is very much a standalone score.

 

4 hours ago, Bellosh said:

@TheUlyssesian how about any warm and reflective moments of the raiders march, akin to Indy's Home cue from raiders and when Indy hops out of the window at university in TLC.  Always felt KOTCS missed an opportunity with those bits.

 

also relevant to this and my post:

 

 

 

I think there might a few heartwarming type takes on the theme in there. But don't expect a whole lot. The film is very busy and has no downtime once the plot gets going - this may or may not be a positive in your book. 😀

[mrbellamy 6,288]

14 hours ago, TheUlyssesian said:

I hope people don't mind my answer. But 100% KOTCS. I think that's a fantastic score. Has great presence in the film too. Maybe my reaction is colored by my response to the film. Because I think KOTCS is a significantly better film because Mangold is not Spielberg.

 

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I'd say you could compare it to ep 9 if you wanted in scope and assignment etc. Ep 7 is clearly more significant because he was debuting so much new thematic material and launching themes that had to carry on for multiple films.  Here it is very much a standalone score.

 

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The film is very busy and has no downtime once the plot gets going - this may or may not be a positive in your book. 😀

 

This gives me the best idea what to expect, I think. If it's a little more on the Ep 9 side of things where I felt his score overall got kinda lost with the lack of breathing room, but a lot of busy and fun orchestration, then I'm more excited for the soundtrack than to hear with the film. 

 

But the fact that you could take notice of the new villain and Macguffin stuff in context is good news, plus a strong map cue, and the Raiders march is always a blast, that's definitely good enough for me. Helena's theme also still feels like a ? factor here, it's interesting you only found it okay so I'm curious to hear it in the score.