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| Indiana Jones: The Soundtracks Collection | 
| Creator: John Williams
Label: Concord Records
Category: Music
List Price: $59.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (11 reviews)
Sales Rank: 186
Format: Box Set, Limited Edition, Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 5
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 5.2 x 1.7
UPC: 888072310001
EAN: 0888072310001
ASIN: B001G562ZU
Release Date: November 11, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | In the Jungle | | • | The Idol Temple | | • | Escape from the Temple | | • | Flight from Peru | | • | Washington Men/Indy's Home * | | • | A Thought for Marion/To Nepal | | • | The Medallion | | • | Flight to Cairo | | • | The Basket Game | | • | Bad Dates * | | • | The Map Room: Dawn | | • | Reunion in the Tent/Searching for the Well | | • | The Well of the Souls | | • | Indy Rides the Statue * | | • | The Fist Fight/The Flying Wing | | • | Desert Chase | | • | Marions Theme/The Crate | | • | The German Sub | | • | Ride to the Nazi Hideout | | • | Indy Follows the Ark | | • | The Miracle of the Ark | | • | Washington Ending & Raiders March * Previously unreleased on CD |
Disc 2
| • | Anything Goes | | • | Indy Negotiates * | | • | The Nightclub Brawl * | | • | Fast Streets of Shanghai | | • | Map/Out of Fuel * | | • | Slalom on Mt. Humol | | • | Short Rounds Theme | | • | The Scroll/To Pankot Palace * | | • | Nocturnal Activities | | • | Bug Tunnel/Death Trap | | • | Approaching the Stones * | | • | Children in Chains | | • | The Temple of Doom | | • | Short Round Escapes * | | • | Saving Willie * | | • | Slave Children's Crusade | | • | Short Round Helps * | | • | The Mine Car Chase | | • | Water! * | | • | The Sword Trick * | | • | The Broken Bridge/British Relief * | | • | End Credits* Previously unreleased |
Disc 3
| • | Indys Very First Adventure ** | | • | The Boat Scene * | | • | X Marks the Spot | | • | Ah, Rats!!! | | • | Escape from Venice | | • | Journey to Austria * | | • | Father and Son Reunited * | | • | The Austrian Way * | | • | Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra | | • | Alarm! * | | • | No Ticket | | • | Keeping Up With the Joneses | | • | Brother of the Cruciform Sword | | • | On the Tank * | | • | Belly of the Steel Beast | | • | The Canyon of the Crescent Moon | | • | The Penitent Man Will Pass | | • | The Keeper of the Grail | | • | Finale & End Credits*Previously unreleased ** Includes previously unreleased material |
Disc 4
| • | Raiders March | | • | Call of the Crystal | | • | The Adventures of Mutt | | • | Irina's Theme | | • | The Snake Pit | | • | The Spell of the Skull | | • | The Journey to Akator | | • | A Whirl Through Academe | | • | "Return" | | • | The Jungle Chase | | • | Orellanas Cradle | | • | Grave Robbers | | • | Hidden Treasure and the City of Gold | | • | Secret Doors and Scorpions | | • | Oxleys Dilemma | | • | Ants! | | • | Temple Ruins and the Secret Revealed | | • | The Departure | | • | FinaleDisc Five: INTERVIEWS AND MORE MUSIC FROM INDIANA JONES |
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Album Description
Indiana Jones: The Soundtracks Collection Includes remastered versions of Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade --expanded to include previously unreleased music -- as well as the original Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull soundtrack. PLUS A BONUS CD WITH EVEN MORE PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED MUSIC AND FEATURING INTERVIEWS WITH JOHN WILLIAMS,STEVEN SPIELBERG AND GEORGE LUCAS ON THE MAKING OF THIS HISTORIC MUSIC. RELIVE THE MUSICAL ADVENTURE TODAY!
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 5 stars for the music, 3 stars for the presentation November 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Since the 1980s, Indiana Jones music has been pretty hard to come by. The soundtrack to Temple of Doom has been out of print for ages, very hard and very expensive to track down. Raiders was given an expanded release in the 1990s but went out of print pretty quickly. Last Crusade has been available on CD pretty much since it first came out. Now, finally, we have them all together in one set along with the soundtrack to the recently released Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
First, the good news. Temple of Doom and Last Crusade are expanded so as to be nearly complete. The original soundtrack to Temple of Doom in particular suffered greatly from its low running time, a mere 40 minutes. What was on the original album was great, but clearly a lot of key scoring moments were not included. Now with this set, we have close to 90 minutes of the score and it is a revelation. In the scene when Indy takes the Sankara Stones, we can finally hear the glorious choral piece. The thrilling music for the fight on the bridge finale can finally be heard. There isn't a dull note in the whole score, from the exciting fight and chase music to the suspenseful to the tragic music for the starving villagers to the playful love theme. This is a masterpiece of a film score nearly equal to the original Raiders score, Temple of Doom alone is worth the price of this set. We are also given a couple extra tracks from Raiders that have never before been released. We have about double the amount of music from Last Crusade now. Crystal Skull is merely a re-pressing of the soundtrack issued earlier this year. There are no bonus tracks for Crystal Skull. So, about 90-95% of music from the original three films has been released. This is definitely a good thing and overall makes this set a must-buy!
Now, the not so good news. This set could have been a home run, but falls short in a couple areas of presentation. The presentation is why I can't give this set 5-stars, even though it is some of the best film music ever written. Each movie is given its own disc, then we get a bonus fifth disc with a 17 minute interview and about ten extra tracks from the original three films. The interview is a waste of space, if you own the DVDs or any behind the scenes material on these films then this interview offers no additional insight into the music or the films.
The format they chose is similar to the Star Wars Anthology box set that was released in the early 1990s where each Star Wars film got its own disc and a bonus fourth disc contained extra tracks from all three films. The problem with the Indy set is that the bonus disc is only about 50 minutes long, even including the 17 minute interview. Why then are there are still several notable cues missing from the original films that could have easily fit in this space? The Star Wars box I mentioned was filled to capacity and very little was left off. Here on the Indy set, we get a worthless interview and 20 minutes of unused disc space. Take away the interview and there is plenty of room where remaining tracks could be placed, really making these scores complete. This is kind of a missed opportunity here and mind boggling why the fifth disc is only about half utilized.
Also odd is the insert booklets. We are given no liner notes to this music, just notes from Spielberg that were on the original soundtracks (nice to have but they offer no insight). No track by track analysis, nothing. All we get is a booklet containing some pictures from the movies. This is really disappointing given the wealth of music and thematic material in these films. These scores are just begging for some in depth analysis.
Even with the flaws, I am happy to finally have this music and still recommend this set. Here's hoping we see another release of these scores someday that includes every last note of music. John Williams and Indiana Jones deserve nothing less!
 Great to have for the unreleased music...but marred by timing, pitch problems and edited cues November 18, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
As an expanded edition of the 3 earlier films, the set contains a lot more music not available for many years. While it was exciting to hear the many new tracks, it was really disappointing that the most exciting track on "Raiders" - Desert Chase - is the edited cue missing about a minute of music that was available in the earlier DCC Classics album.
There were no information that the set contains edited cues on the packaging. Only when one has the set and reads inside to find Laurent states that he uses the original album edits.
Not only that there were pitch problems in Raiders and Temple of Doom where some cues are faster/slower resulting in either pitch higher or lower especially when compared to earlier editions of Raiders and Temple of Doom. Raiders - Map Room - is worst in being faster and out of pitch. One gets the feeling that the tracks were either speed up to make room for more tracks...or just plain sloppy mastering...
While claiming to be remastering from the original 24 tracks masters, tracks available previously are used to for the remaster, and not new transfer. Only the unreleased tracks are transferred from the original 24 tracks masters.
Sound quality is clear and more upfront but it is no excuse for the pitch problems...probably somebody transferred the mastertapes indifferently.
The Last Crusade is for the most part are free from these defects. Even though these are remastered editions, they should have been handled and mastered more professionally, not with the out of pitch issue present. Sadly, while we can rejoice at the availability of the unreleased tracks, we are left with a product that should have been more than what it is.
Caveat Emptor..
 This is it...this is where Forrestal cashed in. November 17, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've been yearning for a serious collection of the "Indiana Jones" scores since 1993, when they put out that first "Star Wars" CD box-set. I was thrilled by the DCC release of "Raiders" a few years later, but always had to make do with my cassette-tape version of "Temple of Doom" and a CD of "Last Crusade" that didn't bother to include the entirety of "Indy's Very First Adventure." (Um, wasn't his very first adventure being born?)
Now, thanks to Concord, I have a handsomely packaged, beautifully remastered set of all THREE "Indiana Jones" movies. (Yes, I know that "Crystal Skull" is in there, too...but I don't consider that a real movie.)
Almost all of my favorite musical moments from the series are finally available, though astute fans have pointed out that there are several omissions. For the most part, I can live with these missing pieces.
But what about the awesome book-burning song by the Nazi pep band? That's sort of the "Lapti Nek" of the Indiana Jones movies. I always walk around whistling that tune after watching "Last Crusade."
Raiders of the Lost Soundtracks November 16, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
For nearly 3 decades man has been searching for the lost Indiana Jones soundtracks. Fortune & Glory, it seems, is just beyond our grasp. Yes, they are incomplete and are missing several prominent cues that were omitted for time in order to release single-disc expanded albums. Still, there's enough missing material to keep even the most persistent Arkeologist from obtaining the one, true, Arkival edition of these classic scores and enough to warrant another major release at some point in the future. I'm still giving this set 4 stars because the remastered audio quality is phenomenal and a huge improvement with greater dynamic range, sub and mid-range clarity than on the 1995 DCC release of Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981 Film) and the Polydor release of Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and the unforgiveably abridged Warner Bros. Records release of Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack as well as the expanded bootlegs ripped from the DVD Dolby rear channel mix with ambient sound effects I've had to endure for nearly a decade.
So just what's missing?
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK:
(The Concord set is missing 4 minutes, 18 seconds of Raiders of the Lost Ark that keeps it from being the complete score):
* The Rolling Ball (Insert) (0:10)
o aka Escape From The Temple (insert)
o Has been bootlegged as "Unused Music"
* Marion Into The Pit (0:36)
o Released on the 1995 DCC LP (included at the end of "The Well Of Souls")
* Escaping The Pit (2:05)
o aka Indy Rides The Statue (Original Version)
o Has been bootlegged as "The Mummy Cave"
o Appeared on an early prototype of the Concord Raiders disc as "Indy Rides The Statue" in high quality
* Escaping the Pit (Alternate) (0:42)
o aka Indy Rides The Statue (Alternate)
o Has been bootlegged as "Through The Wall (Alternate)"
* The Desert Chase (missing sections) (total about 0:45)
o Released on the 1995 DCC LP & CD
INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM:
(The Concord set is missing about 21 minutes of Temple Of Doom that keeps it from being the complete score):
* Shanghai, 1935 (0:12)
* The Nightclub Brawl ("Anything Goes" overdubs) (0:40)
* Fast Streets Of Shanghai (missing section) (0:08)
* Over The Himalayas (revised section 1) (0:38)
o Is available in "Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures" as "MAP_TEMPLEOFDOOM"
* Over The Himalayas (revised section 2) (0:04)
* The Village (1:12)
* Indy And The Villagers (Alternate) (3:21)
o Is available in "Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures" as "TD_PANKOTSECRETS_A_QUI" and "TD_PANKOTSECRETS_B_QUI"
* Shankara / Fortune And Glory (2:17)
* To Pankot Palace (Revised Section) (0:52)
* The Maharajah (0:35)
* The Feast (1:03):
o Snake Surprise (0:19)
o Eels (0:05)
o Bugs (0:16)
o Soup (0:04)
o Desert (0:11)
o Chilled Monkey Brains (0:08)
* A True Believer (4:07)
* The Black Sleep Of Kali (1:28)
* Indy Wakes Up (0:50)
* On The Rope Bridge (2:05)
* End Credits (Missing Section) (0:26)
o Available on the CD The Indiana Jones Trilogy performed by the Prague Philharmonic
In addition, the full version of "Sanskrit Ceremony" has never been released (exact length unknown, probably around 9 minutes)
INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE:
(The Concord set is missing about 21 minutes of The Last Crusade that keeps it from being the complete score):
* Escape From The Train (New Opening) (0:15)
* Packet From Dad (0:53)
o Has been bootlegged, sometimes as "Package From Dad"
* Inscription On The Rock (1:00)
o Has been bootlegged, sometimes as "The Legend Of The Holy Grail"
* Flight To Venice (Clean Ending)
* X Marks The Spot (Clean Opening)
* X Marks The Spot (Ending) (0:45)
* The Catacombs (2:37)
o Has been bootlegged, sometimes as "Into The Catacombs"
* Escape From Venice (Opening) (0:02)
* Family Reunion (2:06)
o Has been bootlegged, sometimes as "Papa Jones" or "The Two Joneses"
* Family Reunion (New Ending) (0:10)
o Has been bootlegged, sometimes as "Papa Jones End Tag" or "Don't Call Me Junior"
* Elsa's Betrayal (1:59)
o Has been bootlegged, sometimes as "Put Down The Gun"
* Blasphemy (Opening) (0:02)
o Has been bootlegged, sometimes as "To Berlin" or "The Road To Berlin"
* Biplane Chase (Film Version) (1:43)
o Has been bootlegged, sometimes as "Keeping Up With The Joneses (Film Verion)" or "The Birds Of Charlemagne"
* Death Of Kazim ("Nazi Theme" Insert) (0:07)
* Death Of Kazim (New Ending) (0:20)
o Has been bootlegged, sometimes as "Indy Fanfare, Part 2"
* On The Tank ("Nazi Theme" Insert) (0:07)
* On The Tank ("1 Shot, 3 Nazis" Insert) (0:04)
* The Breath Of God (2:51)
o Has been bootlegged, sometimes as "Henry Is Shot" or "Papa Jones Shot" or "Professor Jones Is Shot"
* Unused Indy Fanfare (0:14)
o Has been bootlegged, sometimes as "Indy Fanfare, Part 1"
* Iskenderun (Source Music) (1:57)
o Has been bootlegged
* Der Koniggratzer (Source Music) (2:39)
o Has been bootlegged
* Der Koniggratzer (Timpani Overdub) (0:50)
For completists, not quite complete November 16, 2008
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
The collaboration between Steven Spielberg and John Williams has been among the most fruitful of any director/composer pairing in movie history, and it's no slight against Spielberg or his actors to say that the soul and to some extent smarts in the Indiana Jones tril-- excuse me, tetralogy is the music. These scores have been shortchanged on record over the years, so to get this 5-CD boxed set with expanded editions of the "Raiders," "Temple of Doom" and "Last Crusade" soundtracks is a treat. However, a word that rhymes with treat also comes to mind, and Williams fans should be excused for feeling a little cheated. This box gives us more of the music, but not all of it, and cues are arbitrarily truncated or presented as disconnected fragments instead of segueing into one another as in the movies. The music for the truck chase in "Raiders" was presented complete on the DCC issue some years ago, but for some reason it's subjected to several needless cuts here. The equivalent set piece in "Last Crusade"--the tank sequence--is presented so that the music from the middle of the scene comes before the beginning and end of the scene. Would it have been too much trouble to string it together to follow in sequence?
Naturally, I'm glad to have the music on CD in any form, but this set feels like a missed opportunity when you consider the deluxe, completist treatment that the "Lord of the Rings" and 1977-83 "Star Wars" trilogies have gotten on disc. And if this sounds like nitpicking from a movie geek--well, what other audience is a 5-CD set of film music supposed to reach?
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