John Williams - Temple of Doom Transcription

Very impressive.

 

This is insane.

 

Awesome work man! This must have take forever to do

 

Fantastic job! You and your template are killing it.

 

"0:47" How the Yisus Craistsss did you managed to make the violin sound so good there?!?! :O

 

*Faceplam... that´s why you need to sleep at least 5 hours folks! don´t be like me!

 

first off all: I think that was a painful experience? I mean don´t get me wrong, I love those chaotic action cues from williams but transcribing that stuff is a hell of an undertaking imo. However, I have another question: did you learn something apart from Williams love for triadic brass stabs, elefant low brass stomps, swirly runs and swirly free counterpoint, I mean his approach in structure here? Anybody get an idea about the skeleton of that composition here and how you approach writing a piano draft which results in that track? I have done by myself a few experiments a while ago but I would like to know more input here. Thanks for sharing.[/QUOTE]

Hmm... the way I understand the structure after hearing it a few times would be more or less like this:

-0:00 to around"0:10 would be the introduction
-0:16 in the Horns is the first thematic material ("motive A") I hear and is developed until around 0:47
-0:48 seems to be the following section "0:53-56" ("Motive B"), develops until around 1:29
-1:30 next section we hear back the A motive from "0:16" together with the B motive "1:32", develops until "1:56"
-1:57 CODA? No clue where this melody in the violins came from...

That´s kind of what I think now of the form.... I think overall, it is a pretty loose form, I don´t think we ever have "sections" as textbooks says.

What are your thoughts on the structure?!