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 A Darker Sequel Score For The Magnificent Original |
| Jurassic Park was a majestic score with 2 majestic themes and a cruel relenting motif for the raptors. It was dark but not as dark and dissonant as the sequel. In John William's sequel, he utilizes the main themes while adding an adventurous theme and tons of eerie percusion and synthesizers. Since the same scene designer from Schindler's List did the scenes for Lost World, the music reflects this as well. The beginning adventure theme gets you ready for the not so ordinary safari adventure and is followed next by an ominous and threatening cue for an incident at one of the hidden dino islands. The theme found only on The Hunt sounds exactly like the track title and was never used in the film, which was a shame because it fitted with the movie. Rescuing Sarah is definately a change from the action music in Jurassic Park. It is a a catchy upbeat barrage of percussion and bongos. Anyone thinking John Williams can't beat a cool rythym is extremely mistaken. Hammonds plan is also the cue with the raptor attack on a small group of hunters. I'm suprised and dissapointed that John Williams didn't bring the old raptor theme back or make a theme for them at all. After a slightly less-exciting percussive cue for The Raptors Appear, more dark dissonant music dominates. I love the cool syncopated brass rythym played near the end of The Stegosaurus. The whole cue sounds peaceful at first but then lashes out. Ludlow's Demise and Visitor In San Francisco bring out the final confrontation between the main characters and a runaway T-rex in the city. Though the latter cue sounds incoherent and jumbled, it makes for a roller coaster ride. The credits is like the other John Williams scores, a reshowing of themes, though it sounds like the orchestra rushed through it due to its tempo. Many people don't like Lost World because of its dissonance and lack of majestic music. This might be true but in the sequels, all peacefulness and Disney stuff go out and the darkness and savagery come in. I thing he did a good job making the score dark and threatening like the film intended. |
| The Lost World |
| John William's soundtrack for The Lost World is a dark, jungle-driven score that differs from the tone set in Jurassic Park, with fast-paced action tracks "The Island Prologue" and "The Hunt". While not as memorable as William's best work, it does have some enjoyable moments. "The Compys Dine" is reminiscant of some tunes from JAWS, and "The Stegosaurs" is adventurous and exciting. Then we are greeted with big noisy chaos in "Visitor in San Diego", where it's the maestro at his most grandiose. Not classic Williams by any means, but a great soundtrack that deserves a place in movie music history. |
| An excellent new score for the new Jurassic Park movie. |
| Steven Spielberg's sequel to his megahit Jurassic Park was a tad darker in look and feel that the thrill ride movie that proceeded it. His longtime composing partner John Williams created a pounding, threatening and utterly perfect score for it. Williams, like he did for the underrated Jaws 2, kept only a theme or two from his previous score and used them sparingly, instead focusing his energies on creating entirely new themes to give this all new adventure a different musical character; one that is superior to the sound of the first movie, in my opinion. Highly recommended to monster movie music fans. |
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