> I can't believe how generous you are being with this review.
> I mean, most of us are John Williams fans, but this soundtrack just
> doesn't make the cut and it's not even close.
> But I should say I saw the movie only, have not listened to the
> soundtrack, however, I wish John Williams had turned this down and left
> his legacy at near perfection.
> You know you have a winning John Williams soundtrack on your hand when you
> can sit in the theater and listen to the end credits music and you want to
> see the movie again.
> That is simply not the case here.
> The end credits music of this movie has virtually nothing at all to
> summarize.
> It is A FAR DEPARTURE FROM EVERY OTHER INDIANA JONES movie.
> Williams, the undisputed champion of leit-motifs, has almost added nothing
> new to the film franchise.
> The music as heard in the movie is horrible.
> And I was shocked in the theater to hear copy/paste or re-recorded cues
> from Belly of the Beast, Escape from Venice in the first 20 minutes of the
> movie among other tracks.
> This is really lowering the standards for what a John Williams soundtrack
> should be.
> But in the end, I don't really blame John for not creating any new
> compelling content, because he was given nothing interesting to work with.
> The movie is unwatchable and should never have been made. I can't believe
> you described this as a fitting end to the franchise - this can only be
> described as an extreme low point for the films and the soundtracks.
> Sorry - I'm a fan of the website but this review just does not ring true.
Music is a matter of taste. This music is horrible according to you. Well, in my opinion every bit of music that Williams has re-used is still 500 times beter than the mediocore crap we have been put up with for the last 20 years.
Movie was not very good, but fun anyway.