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Raiders March from ‘Indiana Jones and The Raiders of the Lost Ark’ By Shrivats 11E

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Raiders March from ‘Indiana Jones and The Raiders of

the Lost Ark’By Shrivats 11E

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Song informationComposed by John Williams (same man who

composed the music for Star Wars) and played by the London symphony orchestra

Produced by George Lucas (also the producer of Star Wars) and directed by Steven Spielberg

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Film SynopsisIn 1936, Indiana Jones, an adventure seeking

explorer, is hired by the U.S. government to search of the Ark of Covenant, a golden casket used by the ancient Hebrews which held the Ten Commandments. The Ark supposedly posses the ability to transfer magical powers to it’s user and the ability to communicate with God. Which is why Indiana Jones and fellow explorer Marion Ravenwood was determined to find it before Adolf Hitler’s Nazi forces discover it and unleash it’s power.

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Basic FactsThe purpose of the song was to capture the

essence of the hero Indiana Jones The song gives colorful, “larger-than-life”

effect (something that legends are made of) to suggest a brave, thrill-seeking and conquering hero in Indiana Jones

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Driving march section

Ostinato patterns with energetic and good dynamic rhythmsC Major-key melody with dotted rhythms and leaps which advocate

Jones’ desire to leap into action (ABAB structure)Strength and brilliance of the percussion and brass instruments

dominate the timbre while the loud volume compliments Indiana Jones’ reckless adventures

The song maintains it’s moderately fast tempo to evoke a sense of the non-stop exhilarating action in the movie

Time signature kept simple (4/4)

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Chords and intervals

In piano score most of the chords are right handed chords consisting of at least two notes of different pitches. In bars 1-6 all the chords are two-note chords which form only one interval.

After bars 7 and onwards some of the chords used are three-note chords, which means each chord will produce 3 intervals.

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Concords, discords and Harmony

The harmony of the song, which can produce an emotional effect on the audience, helps to illustrate and convey character

The chords in bar five (above) produce concordant harmonic effect. Concords are chords that are pleasant to hear.

The concordant harmony helps the listener to picture the character (which in this case would be Indiana Jones)

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Themes conveyedThe music conveys the personality of a hero

like Indiana JonesUses a leitmotif: “a piece of music used

repeatedly to represent a character, theme, or action” to convey the character of Indiana Jones as this would later become his recurring theme song in the rest of the movies

Daring, adventure seeking, heroic and all-conquering. These are some of the attributes of Jones which the music is trying to convey

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Full Score (just as a referance)

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Bibliography1980, April. "Raiders of the Lost Ark." Wikipedia,

the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 31 Jan. 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raiders_of_the_Lost_Ark>.

Dorricott, I. J., and B. C. Allan. "'The Raiders March'" Exploring Film Music. Sydney: McGraw-Hill, 1998. Print.

"Leitmotif - Television Tropes & Idioms." Home Page - Television Tropes & Idioms. Web. 31 Jan. 2012. <http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Leitmotif>.