Dial of Destiny: Cue-by-Cue Breakdown of the Score

[Archive Collection 214]

Having seen the film, I’m in the process of creating a detailed breakdown of the film score, cue-by-cue. I’ll try to include any information about “tracked” music from other films, diegetic source music etc.

 

Spoilers ahead.

 

INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY

 

Music by JOHN WILLIAMS

 

Work in Progress:

 

1. "Opening Titles" (ca. 2:35): contains 'Belly of the Steel Beast' from Last Crusade.

 

2. "Once Upon a Time..." (ca. 0:15)

 

3. "Explosion Sting" (ca. 0:05)

 

4. "Castle Explosion" (ca. 0:40) contains 'The Nightclub Brawl' from Temple of Doom.

 

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Magical Mystery Tour - by The Beatles

 

Source Music.

 

Space Oddity - by David Bowie

 

Source Music.

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New York Chase Sequence:

 

a - Score (Unreleased)

b - Source No. 1 - Marching Band (Unreleased, possibly Pulse of the City by William Ross - overlaid with score)

c - Source No. 2 - Amazing Grace Bagpipes

 

"New York, 1969": OST track 17, 0:00-0:46. Underscores Indy and Helena’s dialogue. Film has a clean ending, whereas the album crossfades into...

 

"Marion's Theme - Finale" (1:25): OST track 17 0:46-2:18. Marion’s theme onwards. The album version is longer in a few spots, but the film version has a clean opening with the Flute solo.

 

“Main on End Credits” (ca. 1:54):

OST track 17, 2:18-end. Raiders March, exact same on OST.

 

“End Credits Crawl #1” (ca. 3:20): OST track 2. Helena’s Theme. The complete suite, but a few silences and longer notes are shortened in the film version.

“End Credits Crawl #2” (ca. 5:33): OST track 1, 1:07-end.

[Edmilson 7,466]

Already bookmarked this thread, because I'll be consulting it incredibly often over the next few days 

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Gosh this is impressively fast, you beat me to the punch! Happy to answer any questions here as well.

 

1 hour ago, Archive Collection said:

Source Music.

 

I picked up on quite a bit of source music throughout the film but have no idea what's Williams or not.

 

There's a jazzy source cue in the Morocco bazaar, and another source cue for the puppet show in Sicily. The funeral (or wedding?) procession at the start of the Sicily section has source music too.

 

William Ross was credited for something called "Pulse of the City", as you identified.

[Bellosh 3,419]

we will watch your thread with great interest, @Archive Collection

 

[HB Potlood 33]

More source music: "The Girl from Ipanema" by Stan Getz plays when Helena follows Indy and Mason is spying on her. This leads into the first appearance of Helena's Theme.

Correction: This song plays a bit earlier, when Indy gets his retirement clock. 

 

A snippet of Tom Jones' version of "Fly Me to the Moon" is briefly heard during the chase through the parade.

 

The end credits also list "Chombo Merengue" by Les Aiglons de Basse Terre and "La Fogaraccia" by Nino Rota. This last piece is possibly the jazzy piece in the Morocco bazaar. 

[Damien F 1,742]

2 hours ago, HB Potlood said:

More source music: "The Girl from Ipanema" by Stan Getz plays when Helena follows Indy and Mason is spying on her. This leads into the first appearance of Helena's Theme.

 

I'm fairly certain that the first appearance of Helena's theme in that scene is from the start of the Polybius Cypher track. It was possibly tracked from that scene.

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4 hours ago, HB Potlood said:

The end credits also list "Chombo Merengue" by Les Aiglons de Basse Terre and "La Fogaraccia" by Nino Rota. This last piece is possibly the jazzy piece in the Morocco bazaar. 

 

Well there's a few mysteries solved.

 

This is the Morocco bazaar source:

 

And this is the source music for the puppet show in Sicily (when Teddy steals money from that other kid).

 

I'd hoped the Morocco source was Williams, but there ya go.

 

Still unclear where William Ross' Pulse of the City belongs.

[lairdo 726]

In terms of "source" music cues, should we include Beethoven's 5th Symphony 1st movement as performed by Indy and Helena when they are in the cave?

 

[Brando 1,864]

Is it playing off of a record? I’m not that familiar with Beethoven so I don’t know what the 1st movement of the 5th Symphony sounds like, but is it just playing in the background then? Also if it is, kinda strange IMDb doesn’t have it listed there. 

[TheUlyssesian 2,478]

10 minutes ago, Brando said:

Is it playing off of a record? I’m not that familiar with Beethoven so I don’t know what the 1st movement of the 5th Symphony sounds like, but is it just playing in the background then? Also if it is, kinda strange IMDb doesn’t have it listed there. 

 

They "sing" it.

[Brando 1,864]

33 minutes ago, TheUlyssesian said:

 

They "sing" it.

Oh duh, I’m an idiot, now I remember

[Damien F 1,742]

Harrison Ford and Phoebe Waller Bridge might get a Best Song nomination at next year's Oscars!

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"Lili Marleen" - Hans Leip & Norbert Schultze (1930)

"The Girl from Ipanema" - Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes & Norman Gimbel / Stan Getz & João Gilberto featuring Astrud Gilberto (1964) 

"Chombo Meringue" - Raymond Celini & Michel Nerplat / Les Aiglons de Basse Terre

"Magical Mystery Tour" - John Lennon & Paul McCartney / The Beatles (1967) 

"Pulse of the City" - William Ross 

"La Fogaraccia" - Nino Rota (Amarcord) 

"Space Oddity" - David Bowie (1969)

"Fly Me to the Moon" - Bart Howard / Tom Jones 

"I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream" - Howard Johnson, Robert King & Billy Moll

[Tydirium 1,167]

On 28/6/2023 at 9:12 AM, Archive Collection said:

New York Chase Sequence:

 

a - Score (Unreleased)

b - Source No. 1 - Marching Band (Unreleased, possibly Pulse of the City by William Ross - overlaid with score)

c - Source No. 2 - Amazing Grace Bagpipes

 

Don’t forget the marching band playing Sousa’s “Semper Fidelis” when Indy rides the horse through them.