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Indiana Jones: The Soundtracks Collection | 
 enlarge | Creator: John Williams
Label: Concord Records
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 357
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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| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
The Almost Complete Soundtrack Collection November 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
For the past few years, soundtracks to well known motion pictures like Star Wars, Superman, and The Lord of the Rings have been given the royal treatment: boxed sets with every minute of music included and ordered according to the movie (which in the case of Superman and Empire Strikes Back even included some cues that were never in the film).
We've waited a long time for the Indiana Jones films to get their long overdue "completist" makeover, and with Indiana Jones: The Soundtrack Collection, we come as close as we've ever gotten. As many reviews before me have noted, not everything is included, but chief for me is the absence of the "Source Music" that one hears in the background, particularly in Temple of Doom. To note, the Star Wars Trilogy and Superman soundtracks each have source music tracks included (Jabba's Baroque Recital, Lex Luthor's Luau, etc), yet it's visibly lacking for Indy.
Anyways, the ups and downs of this set:
First, the sound quality is beyond perfect. All discs are clean, clear, solid. Many tracks that could have been simple Copy/Pastes from previous CD soundtracks were given just as much of a makeover as the newly released tracks. From a technical point of view, the audio is excellent.
Second, the previously unreleased tracks will be a new enjoyment to most listeners who never bothered to track down "bootleg" soundtracks that existed online for years. I remember getting a complete uncut soundtrack of Last Crusade almost 10 years ago online, and one could easily note the difference between the officially released tracks and the the lesser quality of the uncut.
However, as I mentioned above, not everything has been released. There are noticeable gaps in music for Last Crusade and Temple of Doom. What I really wanted to get was a clean copy of the Pankot Palace banquet music that was playing (traditional Indian sitar and percussion music). Also missing from the TOD soundtrack are much of the background tribal percussion pieces, such as when Indy comes upon the outside shrine to Kali, or the bridge scene before he cuts the rope. Viewers will also be diasspointed to note that "Der Koniggratzer", the German march played at the Nazi book-burning scene in TLC - and for which Williams conducted anyways - is also missing.
Despite these disappointing absences, I'd say there are more pros than cons on this set. It's certainly a welcome addition to my collection, but I'll still need some Last Crusade tracks I got on Napster to round out this set. To me, the best quality "complete set" soundtracks are the Star Wars and Lord of the Rings sets. The same should have been done to Indy, and I can only hope that in the near future, all remaining music cues will be released either for direct purchase, or for download.
 Great set, not complete, but still worth it. November 22, 2008
Ok, here is what I thought of it after a thorough listen.
It's a great collection considering the last time I had these they were on cassette tape.
Sound quality..
This top notch on most of the tracks.
There are a few tracks though like on "Temple of Doom" and "Last Crusade" that have a muffled sound to them. They aren't as crisp sounding as others. I guess they got it cleaned up as good as they could.
Music..
A fair warning, if you are looking for a complete soundtrack set with these you'll be disappointed.
Another reviewer said that some music is truncated (trimmed down) and missing. He's correct on that. A few tracks in "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "Temple of Doom", and "Last Crusade" have missing or truncated (trimmed down) tracks. They could have used more of the 5th disc to put these on, you'll notice if you flip the disc over there was plenty of space left. They also used "album versions" for some of the songs instead of film versions".
Even though this set isn't complete I still think its worth it because we get a few tracks that has never been released before. It's a joy to me because like I said the last time I had these 3 were on cassette. Also if your an Indian Jones fan you will love this.
Box it came in..
It's nice but its a tight fit. If your worried about tearing or damaging the sleeves I would recommend holding the box at an angle and tapping it on the back to get the individual sleeves out. Otherwise you might run a risk of tearing the edge or top of them trying to get them out.
In all I think Intrada or Film Score Monthly should have handled this production because they seem to always give %100 detail in their box sets. If you want an example their work here's a link to the Superman: The Music (1978-1988) Complete Set. http://www.screenarchives.com/title_detail.cfm?ID=8874
5 stars for the music, 3 stars for the presentation November 18, 2008
2 out of 2 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."
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