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Music : Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
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Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull by: John Williams List Price: £16.99 CD-Charts Price: £5.96 You Save: £11.03 (65%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0888072308565 Format: Soundtrack Label: Concord Manufacturer: Concord Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Concord Release Date: May 19, 2008 Running Time: 77 minutes Studio: Concord Sales Rank: 39015 Disc 1:
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 Rating:  - Yet Another Superb Film Score from WilliamsComposer John Williams does an elegant job revisiting his classic "Indiana Jones" themes from the original trilogy, along with some well-written new music for "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull". It was a most wonderful surprise hearing "Marion's Theme" from "Raiders of the Lost Ark" again. But I was quite impressed with the surreal "Call of the Crystal" with its almost otherworldly three note motif and "Irina's Theme", which is yet another superb example of "sinister" film music along the lines of a softer, but no less menacing "Imperial March" from the original "Star Wars" trilogy. While I won't rate this fine score as among John Williams' very best (e. g. "Schindler's List" and "Angela's Ashes" among others), it is still ... Read More: Rating:  - Not quite up to scratchLike the film it accompanies, John Williams' score is an undeniably good piece of work, but isn't quite in the same league as the first 3. There's nothing that really stands out as memorable and it just kind of passes you by. It's much more minimalistic than the old scores as well and reuses several themes from the past films, which just feels abit lazy. When the action does kick in it's quite exciting, but overall it's just mereley 'okay'. Rating: - Indy is back with a venganceI was waiting for this soundtrack to arrive as I am a big Indiana Jones fan. I found it was as good as the others but as I bought this before seeing the film it was hard to visulise where the themes fitted in to the film. John Williams always seems to do Justice to all the films he has scored my most enjoyable was the The Empire Strikes Back. I would say that in time this could be as good as his others. I also liked the way that John has kept a reference to the other three films. Rating: - Sounds just like Indy - only a new one for a new eraFilm music is a tricky thing these days. As just about every score composed seems to get an album release, so I think a lot of film music collectors forget that scores are written exclusively to support a film's narrative and emotional structure, and not to be released on CD - that's just a bonus. With this in mind it's unfair to complain about cues that you can't whistle to as you leave the cinema - if you're interested in catchy tunes, go buy pop or classical. Otherwise, remember what the cue was composed to do and keep that context in mind. Jerry Goldsmith once told me at one of his scoring sessions that some people collected albums "like bottle caps" - the art and craft of film scoring is much more complex than that; this is why we have ... Read More: Rating: - Doesn't really sound like IndyMy main problem with this score is that it doesn't sound like Indiana Jones. It's been 19 years since Williams last composed for the series and in this time a significant change occurred in his writing. The music became heavier and more mature. When I listen to "Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull", it seems to me like Williams is trying really hard to remember how he used to write back in the days but it just comes across as forced. The most apparent example of this is "The Adventures of Mutt". This is a kind of new "Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra". It tries to be funny and light but it just doesn't have the spark and wit of its predecessor. And it lacks the distinctive sound of an Indiana Jones music, which has always ... Read More: |
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