The soundtrack to ''
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'' is a 1984 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg. It is the second installment in the ''Indiana Jones'' franchise, and a prequel to the 1981 film ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'', fea ...
'' is a score release of the film's music, first released on CD, LP, and cassette in 1984 and reissued on CD in 2008.
Numerous cues from the film were missing from the soundtrack's initial LP issue due to the inherent length limitations of a single LP (approximately forty minutes). After the release of an extended ''
Raiders of the Lost Ark
''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' is a 1981 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Lawrence Kasdan, based on a story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman. It stars Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronal ...
''
soundtrack album
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in 1995, there was some hope of a more complete release of the ''Temple of Doom'' score. This was eventually realized in November 2008 by the
Concord Music Group
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as part of a five-CD boxed set that also included the soundtracks for ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'', ''
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' is a 1989 American action film, action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg, from a story co-written by executive producer George Lucas. It is the third installment in the Indiana Jones, ''Indiana ...
'' and ''
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'' is a 2008 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and the fourth installment in the ''Indiana Jones'' series. Released and taking place 19 years after the previous ...
''.
Track listing
Concord Release
The soundtrack to ''Temple of Doom'' was re-released on CD in November 2008 with expanded and remastered versions of ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' and ''The Last Crusade''. The set includes material never before issued from the original albums.
2008 Concord Set
*Previously Unreleased
The Indiana Jones Trilogy
Silva released a new version of Williams' ''Indiana Jones'' music entitled "The Indiana Jones Trilogy"
[ Overview )))">allmusic ((( Indiana Jones Trilogy > Overview )))/ref> on January 21, 2003. It features various cues from the entire trilogy, with five from ''Raiders''. However, although they use the original manuscripts, this is a re-recording performed by the ]City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (Czech: ''Filharmonici města Prahy'') is a classical orchestra, predominantly composed of Czech classical, jazz and guest musicians.
The history of the orchestra goes back to the Film Symphony Orchestr ...
. Helen Hobson provides both the Cantonese and English lyrics for "Anything Goes" in these recordings.
Missing music
Several cues from ''Temple of Doom'' have yet to be released.
#"Anything Goes Playoff"
#"A Tribute to Vernon"
#"Once in a Vial (Dance Orchestra)"
#"The Indian Village"
#"The Old Priest's Tale"
#"The Child Returns"
#"To Pankot Palace" (the version presented on the Concord set is not the film version)
#"Entrance of the Boy King"
#"Palace Source"
#"The First Supper"
#"Exchange of Glances"
#"Moloram's Speech"
#"The Evil Potion"
#"Willy in the Fryer"
#"The Rope Bridge"
#"End Credits" (the version presented in all sets is an abridged version combining the opening of "Return to the Village/Raiders March" with the majority of this cue)
References
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Indiana Jones music
1984 soundtrack albums
1980s film soundtrack albums
Polydor Records soundtracks
John Williams soundtracks