"Raiders March" - Raiders of the Lost Ark (Score Reduction & Analysis) 

Yes! That's what I surprised me the most!

Seems very adept musically hahaah!

​@@matthewpoon8529 His mother *was* a musician

It's that opening major sixth - Leia's Theme opens the same way. Williams loves those.

Then Williams must really visit a greek marching band 😂

@@maryhales4595 I have no idea what that means, and I love these scores so much that I wish I did.

It's probably based on Richard Rodgers' "Under the Southern Cross", a theme from Victory at Sea, which is itself a spiritual precursor to Star Wars. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TFwjWj4C8gA.html

Sheng Long Marion and Leia’s theme both begin with the same type of chord. Major sixth just means in a major scale the notes are 6 notes apart. As such the beginning of both themes have a similar sound at the beginning as although they are different notes and instruments they just the same interval in notes.

Only a Ravenclaw would notice that

Damn, this is legit bro. Good catch.

that’s cool. Thanks for calling that out!

@@HeyItsMaher only a sith deals in absolutes.

@@typo1345 Mooku from JKA?

His attack still unmatched to this day. Every other iteration sounds flat and lazy.

That piece is a master class in how to modulate around a motif. Intentionally frustrating and compelling at the same time.

I've been chipping away at the main title theme from Spider-Man 2 for awhile now, so you can expect that in the near future! I don't have the score for the first Spider-Man, unfortunately, but there's hardly a difference between the two opening titles anyway, so it's basically the same thing.

FilmScoreAnalysis Awesome, can't wait!!!

Hi JJay. I wouldn´t mind if he did some of your pieces. They are pure gold as well.

FilmScoreAnalysis could you do "Ramifications" from Zootopia or "Canine Conundrum" from Up please?

Thank you! A few others have asked for this as well now, so I think I'll definitely make a video in the future about how I go about doing this.

I swear, if my soul could be distilled into 13 measures of orchestral music, it would be mm 85-97.

Yes, Somewhere in my Memory. : )

I definitely plan on doing some Home Alone in the future! :)

What else would actually be different though

There's actually a pdf score of much of the Lion King music floating around the internet somewhere. You might have to search a while to find it, I did, but if you really want to see the music it's worth it. I'm sure you know there are at least a couple of Hans Zimmer's works FilmScoreAnalysis has done: Batman Begins and Pirates, up is down, search for them if you're interested and haven't seen them yet. Whoops, it appears that the "Temple Fight" music from Batman Begins isn't by Hans Zimmer but rather James Newton Howard, but to me that's a positive as you get to see the work of another great film composer. Oh, but I agree, something from the Lion King would be great. I remember the music for the stampede part which I believe includes a cow bell as being fantastic. And the Circle of Life is amazing too, the chorus really makes a huge difference, seeing(and hearing) their parts adds a whole 'nother dimension to the piece beyond what you normally see with a piano transcription/reduction, the chorus provides the driving rhythm with their repeated ostinato. I loved Zimmer's score for The Prince of Egypt as well. Oh, and Crimson Tide too.

Do you have the Lion King score? I haven't been able to get ahold of it yet, but I'd love to take a look at it, and I'd definitely make some videos out of it. I've got some more Zimmer stuff coming, including cues from the Dark Knight trilogy, Sherlock, and Pirates.

I'm sorry, but I don't, otherwise I'd happily send it as I would love to see the videos you'd make, but unfortunately I got a new computer and wasn't able to transfer the pdf file. I should also mention that what I found was actually kind of a bootleg score one might say, it seemed like a sketch or something, written by hand but generally clear and legible. If I remember right, it was a "full score" written for individual parts on multiple staves with instrumental indications, but I think it was kind of condensed, like an outline or something. Still, for me there was a lot to be gleaned from it, much more than a simple transcription for solo piano performance you find in most books.

+FilmScoreAnalysis Well, what do you know, I found it, and I didn't have to spend two hours like I did last time. It's on Scribd. www.scribd.com/doc/98273399/The-Lion-King-Conductor-s-Score Like I said, it's not quite the full score(now I see it's a vocal conductor's score with piano reduction), and it might actually be for the Broadway musical, maybe, I'm not sure, but it still gives a decent idea of what's happening in the music. Unfortunately the "devil's in the details" however, and I can see from your videos that there are many subtle things written in full orchestral scores(unfortunately missing here) which one may have a difficult time hearing and transcribing unless they are specifically listening for it. Maybe you can work some magic, you seem eminently capable, but regardless, whatever you do, if anything at all, will be much appreciated. And thank you for your hard work with all your videos, they are fantastic and I enjoy them a lot. : )

No worries, thank you for looking for it! Unfortunately, that link appears to be the Broadway version conductor's score. However, like you said, there's still plenty to be gleaned from that, although the devil is certainly in the details with this stuff. I'll keep an eye out for anything else in the meantime. I could see there being a handwritten sketch score, like you described, but I'd actually be really surprised to find a full orchestral score, seeing as most of Hans's score for that film was (I think) just mocked up with old 90s orchestral samples, rather than recorded with a live orchestra.

You really want the Battle of Yavin analysis, don't you... :P I can tell you that I definitely plan on doing a video for the Battle of Hoth, Battle of Endor, and the Battle over Coruscant from Episode 3. The problem with doing a Battle of Yavin video is - I only have the first half of that score, so it wouldn't be complete. If I get the full score sometime, I'd love to make a video for it.

Ook! [Battle of Yavin was one of those pieces i could listen to 24/7. The final 2 minutes were always orgasmic. I would pay any money to get my hands on the score.]

Aw man. The whole Battle of Hoth? All 14+ minutes of it? That would be an insane undertaking. Mad, mad, mad props if you pull it off. Can't wait to see it!

No.5??

From No. 11, certainly.

from which work?

@@tommyiglesias2267 just a reference to the part that the strings do in the violin concerto

MrHestichs that is Maurice Murphy , now deceased, but formerly principal trumpet of the London Symphony Orchestra. He was also in the original Star Wars soundtracks

They were trying their best though

Can you please explain? I'm not sure I understand.