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I've written about Williams' work a few different times even before I started the movie music theme. He does a lot to push your emotions in the films on which he works. Movies like Star Wars and Jaws wouldn't be nearly as emotional or moving if it wasn't for that soundtrack backing them up. What's most impressive to me about this piece is that Williams is able to take a march and make it feel like something other than a march. The percussion still has the sound and parts of a march, but the rest of music sounds completely different in style.
This song was nominated for Best Original Score at the Academy Awards, but it lost to Chariots of Fire. Something interesting I just recently learned about the film series is that Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (easily my least favorite of the series now) is actually a prequel to Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, the first film released in the series. I think I'm going to have to go back and watch all three films again to see if knowing that makes any difference to the movies' time lines. Actually, I've seen the third movie in the series so many times that I shouldn't really need to see it again.
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