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Jedi_Keiran_Halcyon Registered: Dec '00	Date Posted: 5/30/08 1:03am Subject: RE: Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull (Spoilers Allowed)
	"Adventures of Mutt" has a very Copland-esque feel to it.
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HookLineAndSinker Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Oct '01	Date Posted: 6/5/08 12:34am Subject: RE: Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull (Spoilers Allowed)
	It's just how I thought it would be. The movie was okay, but nothing special and the same with the score. I'm just hoping Williams can get one or two more inspiring scores in before he finally retires. I knew this one wouldn't be it though. -----signature----- I am from the corrupt land of Illinois
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Strilo Title: Manager • Music • Prequel Trilogy Registered: Aug '01	Date Posted: 12/9/08 10:39am Subject: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
	So the Indy IV score was nominated for two Grammys... One for Best Score for a Motion Picture and one for Best Instrumental Composition for the track "The Adventures of Mutt." Pretty cool! I think the score is fantastic and definitely deserves the nods. -----signature----- #1 on iTunes Most Played: R.E.M. "Imitation of Life" #1 on iTunes Film Scores: Harry Potter "A Window to the Past" * * * * * * "And therefore blah blah blah your mom..."
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General Kenobi Title: Administrator Emeritus Registered: Dec '98	Date Posted: 12/9/08 11:48am Subject: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - Date Edited: 12/9/08 12:00pm (2 edits total) Edited By: General Kenobi
	I just did a little research on the Grammys. John has won the Grammy for Best Instrumental Composition eight times. Oddly enough, that does not include 1982, when Mike Post's "The Theme From Hill Street Blues" won, and "Raiders March" was not even nominated! ("Theme From Hill Street Blues" is a great tune, btw, but not better than the Raiders March. Come on, man!! ) He has won the Grammy for Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture ten times, including for Raiders Of The Lost Ark. That includes six consecutive years, from 1978 - 1983. In 1984, Return Of The Jedi got beaten out by Flashdance. BTW, the 1981 Grammy for Best Instrumental Composition was awarded to the entire ESB soundtrack (also nominated were The Imperial March and Yoda's Theme). Every other year, from what I can tell, it has been a single track.
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Jedi_Keiran_Halcyon Registered: Dec '00	Date Posted: 12/9/08 12:01pm Subject: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
	As I said in the other thread on the Lucasfilm/IJ4 board, I thought The Adventures of Mutt was some of the best, and definitely the most adventurous, music John Williams has written in the last fifteen years, even if it had more in common with Hook than with any of the previous Indy scores. But overall I thought the score was unspectacular. The film made clear that John Williams has moved past his classic broader style of scoring, the same way it made clear that Spielberg has moved past HIS broader style of directing. But the real crime with these Grammy nominations is the snubbing of Craig Armstrong's fantastic score to The Incredible Hulk in favor of the over-sampled noise in The Dark Knight and the generic rock sounds of Iron Man.
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Strilo Title: Manager • Music • Prequel Trilogy Registered: Aug '01	Date Posted: 12/12/08 5:27pm Subject: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
	I actually really like the score. I find it listenable and enjoyable. I have recently been putting all four Indy scores on shuffle... -----signature----- #1 on iTunes Most Played: R.E.M. "Imitation of Life" #1 on iTunes Film Scores: Harry Potter "A Window to the Past" * * * * * * "And therefore blah blah blah your mom..."
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DarthBoba Registered: Jun '00	Date Posted: 12/12/08 6:09pm Subject: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
	I've got all four on a playlist. -----signature----- Bantam-Spectra To Release Glove Of Darth Vader, Jedi Academy Trilogy, and Darksaber in special limited-edition 'Dark Hand Of Mediocrity' box set
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