A GUIDE TO THE MUSICAL THEMES OF

MUSIC BY JOHN WILLIAMS

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

CATALOGUE CONTENTS

I. Heroes and Sidekicks

II. Lovers and Family

III. Villains

IV. McGuffins

V. Miscellaneous Recurring Themes

Note: This guide will be updated and revised continually.

Stay tuned for additional themes and bibliographic information.

Materials herein are based on research and transcriptions of the author,

Frank Lehman (frank.lehman@tufts.edu)

Associate Professor of Music, Tufts University. Stable link here: franklehman.com/indiana-jones-themes

Updated April 18, 2020

I. HEROES AND SIDEKICKS THE RAIDERS MARCH Raiders of the Lost Ark, Doom, Crusade, Skull

I. HEROES AND SIDEKICKS CONT. SHORT ROUND Temple of Doom

PARADE OF THE SLAVE CHILDREN Temple of Doom

I. HEROES AND SIDEKICKS CONT. KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES The Last Crusade

MUTT Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Note: not a recurring theme in KotCS's score, but garners full concert arrangement)

II. LOVERS AND FAMILY MARION RAVENWOOD Raiders of the Lost Ark, Skull

II. LOVERS AND FAMILY (CONT.) WILLIE SCOTT Temple of Doom

II. LOVERS AND FAMILY (CONT.) HENRY JONES SR. The Last Crusade, Skull (Note: Also serves as general "Grail Quest" theme in TLC, family theme in KOTCS)

III. VILLAINS THE NAZIS Raiders of the Lost Ark

PANKOT PALACE The Temple of Doom

MOLA RAM AND THE THUGGEE CHANTERS The Temple of Doom (Sample phrase; actual chant is more varied, multi-sectional, complex)

PANAMA HAT The Last Crusade

III. VILLAINS CONT. THE NAZIS The Last Crusade

THE RUSSIANS & DOVCHENKO The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

III. VILLAINS CONT. IRINA SPALKO The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

IV. MCGUFFINS THE ARK OF THE COVENANT Raiders of the Lost Ark, Crusade, Skull)

THE MEDALLION Raiders of the Lost Ark

IV. MCGUFFINS CONT.

THE SANKARA STONES Temple of Doom

(Note: "Parade of the Slave Children" also serves as a secondary theme for the stones) THE CROSS OF CORONADO The Last Crusade

THE HOLY GRAIL The Last Crusade

IV. MCGUFFINS CONT.

THE CRYSTAL SKULL (A THEME) The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

THE CRYSTAL SKULL (B THEME ) The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

V. MISC. RECURRING THEMES

TOMB RAIDING Raiders of the Lost Ark

APPROACHING THE ARTIFACT Raiders of the Lost Ark

V. MISC. RECURRING THEMES CONT.

SINISTER FORCES Raiders, Skull FATHER AND SON The Last Crusade SCHERZO FOR MOTORCYCLE AND ORCHESTRA (A SECTION) The Last Crusade

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the result of my own personal by-ear transcriptions. These examples are

rendered in accordance with the dictates of fair use in the United States

Copyright Act, Section 107, and are included solely for educational and

research purposes. Notation of themes is reduced for maximum clarity,

with simplification of register, instrumentation, and sometimes specific

chordal voicing and polyphonic lines.