In Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), John Williams gave Short Round his own hero theme music. Anytime he is in action, the theme plays, just like Indy’s.

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image showing In Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), John Williams gave Short Round his own hero theme music. Anytime he is in action, the theme plays, just like Indy’s.

Brother_-_John on May 27th, 2020 at 04:15 UTC »

Williams does this all the time. It’s called a leitmotif, and the technique was developed most by Richard Wagner.

LostReplacement on May 27th, 2020 at 05:52 UTC »

No time for love Dr Jones

Radidactyl on May 27th, 2020 at 06:02 UTC »

The 4th Indy movie, if there had to be one, should have been about Short Round.