Track-by-Track: Soundtrack Discussion and Analysis

[Nuranar]

Yes, in the movies the music is not all connected, nor is all the music on the soundtrack in the movie, and vice versa.

That's what I figured. I don't know it well enough - "well enough" meaning I can sing an entire track - to know when the soundtrack and the movie sound correspond and diverge. I did think it was curious that those bits weren't anywhere near the Prancing Pony sequence. For all I know, of course, that may happen throughout all three movies.

I guess John Williams's style has spoiled me. I'm most familiar with his Indiana Jones scores; well, the 1st and the 3rd... I was entranced immediately by how tightly each track followed the movie. The best examples are the two long chase scenes: the truck in Raiders, and the tank in the Last Crusade. They're 8 and 5.5 minutes long, respectively, and each could be the same recording that's on the film. Except the Raiders one - there's an extra phrase added in the film. That really stuck out to me when I first saw it.

Not saying that one's style is better than the other, by any means! That's just where I'm coming from, and I was curious how closely the soundtrack followed the movie. My favorite pieces of music are those associated with things that I like: When I hear them, I think of "my favorite things." Always a plus!