Journal #3

The movie the Raiders of the Lost Ark was directed by Steven Spielberg and George Lucas. Even though the movie had star directors, it also had a star composer, John Williams. John Williams composed music for many of the old famous movies, such as Star Wars, E.T, Jaws and all of the Indiana Jones Movies. Raiders of the Lost Ark happens to be one of the famous Indiana Jones movies. I think John Williams did exceptionally good in composing music for this movie, particularly because the theme is widely recognized, more so than some of his other famous movies.
The movie the Raiders of the Lost Ark had it's score written during the movie. John Williams wanted to base his music off of what was happening in the movie. He didn't want to have the movie be based off of what he had determined as the melody. Also, George Lucas and John Williams had worked together before, so they weren't new with each other. They both worked in the production of the Star Wars trilogy that came out in the 1970's. came out in 1981, so Mr. Lucas and Mr. Williams had quite a bit of experience with each other. This past experience helped in the creation of the music for the movie. Overall the score for Raiders of the Lost Ark wasn't too hard to accomplish, considering the men who organized it were and still are the elite of what they do.
On the other hand, the score for Raiders of the Lost Ark is one of the most original scores says Mr. Panton in his review about Raiders of the Lost Ark. He says that it is described as Indiana Jones music, and nothing else. Meaning that Raiders of the Lost Ark has it's own originality and sticks out among other scores. Also, Mr. Zucaro agrees that Indiana Jones music is original and great in his review of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Overall the Raiders March as many call the theme to the movie, is one of the most recognizable themes around the world. John Williams created another score that is known through the world, along with Star Wars and Jaws. But the music in the actual movie seems like it relates to lost of Mr. Williams other stuff. For example, the love dispute between Indy and Marion. The theme sounds almost identical to the love theme for Leia and Han Solo in the movie Star Wars, except that Harrison Ford is not with Princess Leia in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Also, the sounds being made int opening in the jungle sound similar to the sounds in the Jungle during Star Wars: Return of the Jedi with the Ewoks (little bear guys). Although there is great similarity, the similarity has a purpose. The music is all by the same composer. So he is going to naturally take a theme and modify it a little is he cannot think of a certain theme to come up with. Also, it can give the view links between movies he has done. The links are equivalent to an alliteration in a piece of writing. So overall, John Williams has been praised again for another great soundtrack to a movie.
The music in Raiders of the Lost Ark is one of John Williams famous works. He creates a march theme for Indy in the movie that gets stuck in peoples head. This creates for a tune that is remembered by many people, and played throughout the nation. But even though John Williams created a great masterpiece of art, he still had to use some of his themes from other movies such as Star Wars to come up with themes in this movie. But overall John Williams did a fantastic job in creating music for Raiders of the Lost Ark and his music made the movie that much more enjoyable. Especially when Indy was saving the day.