Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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Composer: John WilliamsEdition: Music CD
Format: Import, Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 1999-08-24
Music Label: Import [Generic]
Soundtracks:
- Anything Goes
- Fast Streets Of Shanghai
- Nocturnal Activities
- Short Round's Theme
- Children In Chains
- Slalom On Mt. Humol
- The Temple Of Doom
- Bug Tunnel And Death Trap
- Slave Children's Crusade
- The Mine Car Chase
- Finale And End Credits
Music reviews of Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Music Review: Good music, Awful CD
Rating: 3 Stars
After composing one of the best scores of his career, John Williams continued with the franchise to score it's prequel and sequel. In "Temple of Doom," he introduces new themes that are just as wonderful as any other Indiana Jones themes.
Included in these themes is a childish theme played on some kind of percussion for Short Round. It's comparable to the Ewok theme from "Return of the Jedi," but because it never makes an appearance for more than a few seconds, it won't easily get on your nerves. In addition, when this theme is played by the full orchestra, it even sounds heroic.
Willie Scott seems to have two themes. One is played slowly on the violins, and is comparable to other romatic themes (including Marion's from "Raiders"). Her other theme reflects how out of place a night club singer is in the jungles and caves of India.
The Slave Children's Crusade is my favorite part of this album. This brass-heavy theme shows more determination than any other musical piece I know, and it works just as well on album as it does in the film.
The last major recurring theme in the film is "The Temple of Doom." I find that I have to turn up the volume every time this song comes around. Not because I like the music, though; it is so much quieter than the rest of the CD and I have trouble hearing it otherwise. Up to a point, this is the same cult music sung when one of the Thuggees is lowered into a pit of lava. It works better in the film than it does on the album, but it's still sure to send chills down your back. The earsplitting cry at the end could either make this peice your favorite, or it could ruin it for you.
Though "The Mine Car Chase" is often compared to the "Desert Chase" from "Raiders" or "Belly of the Steel Beast" from "Crusade," I find that it fails to do anything but support the speed of the chase. There is very little theme besides that. I much prefer the "Slalm on Mt. Humol" (which is only too short). "Bug Tunnel and Death Trap" is comparable to "The Trash Compactor" from "Star Wars," but while in "Star Wars" the music sounded really desparate, in "Temple of Doom" it is a little humorous. Most of the rest is typical John Williams underscore for an Indiana Jones movie.
That being said; the music is terribly out of order on this album. They should be arranged 1, 2, 6, 4, 3, 8, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11. There is only 37:20 of score on the album. Many great themes were left out that could have been included (including what I think of as the Indian Temple theme which you briefly hear around 2:20 in "The Mine Car Chase"). There is absolutley no score included from the end of the mine cars until the end of the movie. I would have loved to hear the simple drums he used to score the bridge confrontation, but it's missing. This is one of the most pathetic releases of a soundtrack I've ever heard, and that is why I only give the CD 3 stars.
At the price people are selling the CD, it's not worth it. I wouldn't pay more than $30 for this CD. There are pirated copies of the complete score of two discs which I would reccomend over this version. Other than that, just hope that this soundtrack gets the re-release treatment it deserves.
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Description of Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Japanese pressing of John Williams' soundtrack to the secondof Steven Spielberg Indiana Jones films, 1984's 'Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom'. 1984 release on Polydor. 11 tracks.Pop CDs
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