ABSTRACT
This chapter examines a number of hypertexts that graft themselves onto a particular scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark. Some of these hypertexts reuse John Williams's score or 'recreate' it by recognizing and copying its essential gestures, but all of them, in demonstrating their audiovisual difference from Raiders, help us understand how Williams's music functions in the original film. The chapter discusses the importance of synchronicity to the film's musical strategies. It describes a few hypertexts of the type found in television, film, and video games, before moving on to fan recreations. The chapter offers some final thoughts on its strategies. The new possibilities for creativity and fan response offered by video-sharing sites such as YouTube have resulted not only in a discrete 'mash-up' culture that manipulates existing video but also in a proliferation of film hypertexts that aim to copy favorite scenes or entire movies.
