Why Jurassic Park's Music is So Powerful
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- Опубліковано 12 лип 2021
- John William's score for Jurassic Park contains some of the most iconic themes ever written for film. But although the music by itself is deeply affecting, the real power comes through the complex relationships we make with the music when it's paired with Spielberg's visuals. In this essay, I consider why the music for Jurassic Park is so powerful, and why it has stayed with us all of these years.
Note: At 2:00 I say that the carnivore theme is played by a pan flute - it's actually played by a shakuhachi
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"Without John Williams: Bikes don't really fly. Nor do brooms in quidditch matches. Nor do men in red capes. There is no Force. Dinosaurs do not walk the earth. We do not wonder. We do not weep. We do not believe."
-Steven Spielberg (at John Williams' AFI Life Achievement Award Ceremony in 2016)
Truth!
From Spielberg on Spielberg: John Williams has made the most remarkable contribution to all of my movies. And they reach the heart universally in every country on every continent of the planet. John rewrites my movies, musically.
@@mariabrady4031 It’s to his credit that he fully recognizes this. One of the smartest things he has ever done is using Williams on almost every one of his films.
John Williams is like the Bach of film music. And the JP themes are his very best. Better than Star Wars imo.
Brilliant
Spielberg freely admits that his success has a lot to do with working with John Williams.
Both legends! Both iconic!
This score was so gay the acting sucked not enough effects those kids were do fucking annoying
@@gkroll8467 I think you mistyped your name - Troll, not Kroll.
@@adic9091 😂
Citation needed.
I've watched Jurassic Park at least 100 times and the brachiosaurus scene gives me chills every time. As Steven Spielberg once said “Without John Williams, bikes don't fly, nor do brooms in Quidditch matches, nor do men in red capes, There is no Force, dinosaurs do not walk the Earth, we do not wonder, we do not weep, we do not believe.”
Wow, that's a great quote.
Wow I love that quote!! I saw john Williams at the Hollywood bowl a couple weeks ago and I had tears in my eyes the whole time!!!
but Batmen can still be Batmen. Phew.
@@951demonkobe8 no way haha
"They do move in herds." The music moves perfectly with this moment, which is likely the greatest single moment in Grant's life at this point. It's so joyful that he looks like he's about to break down sobbing.
It’s one of my favorite lines and so meaningful. To see what you never thought possible, your research realized…it’s in incredible feeling that the music and that line convey so well.
@@BioHzrd420 Yes, it's a sort of "They should have sent a poet." moment.
I was 12 when I saw this in the theater back then and I'm not kidding, this movie had so many boys in tears to see a real dinosaur! It was what cinematic magic was all about.
"How'd you do this?"
"I'll show you."
Hammond is sharing Grant's moment of perfect joy - this, more than any other moment in the film, is the feeling that Hammond dreams of sharing with the world. The money doesn't matter to him at all, this is what it's about.
In a fanfiction, I note that, after the helicopter lands, Hammond doesn't seem to need his walking stick anymore. He is reenergised by returning to a place that is now his personal empire of discovery and creation and, at last, he is sharing it with others.
@@benrussell-gough1201where can I read it?
Goosebumps. Every single time from that brachiosaurus scene.
Also yes, you used that edit suggestion haha!
I know. Even after listening to it a million times when editing, it always sent shivers down my spine. And thanks for the suggestion - definitely needed to be in there somewhere!
Same... that Journey to the Island Theme always gives me the goosebumps!
I was about to comment the same thing.
The way I view a majestic beast like elephants, this music plays in my head.
It's just dusty in here all of a sudden.
the way i INSTANTLY got goosebumps and teary eyes as soon as the music started just proves your point.
I didn't grow up with this movie and it even happens to me. If that isn't testament to its genius idk what is.
Literally I feel like crying everytime after listen this
@@arcosprey4811 same bro I watched the 1st jp likely in 2010 and all three parts instantlt... I got addicted to it's music overwhile
Same. Unreal how music can hit us like that…
When the movie came out, I was in middle school. I bought the music score on CD and listened to it for weeks. Saw the movie almost every other weekend until it ran out of the theaters. It’s a big reason behind why I became a biologist.
The brachiosaurus scene gives me goosebumps and makes me cry every time. Heck! I’m crying right now after watching this video.
I'm just gonna admit it - The Jurassic Park island fanfare music is even more exhilarating than the Star Wars main titles.
I think they’re both equal
@@Greanery agreed!
There is something magical in it. Star Wars talks about things that we already know in a way or another. War, empires, rebellion and this kind of stuff. It is good, actually it is awsome. However Jurasic park represents the new and the old... I don't know. It made sense in my mind. kkk Jurassic park is just magical.
Agree with this.
Star Wars was before I was born... so my Star Wars moment was Jurassic Park at age 11, and gladly, Williams did the score.
It's the track of my movie-going childhood.
I get shivers when I hear the JP music in its original form.
I agree. Star Wars’ music is wonderful, but I’ve always felt more emotional connection with the JP music. Something about the who film being less high fantasy and more grounded in our world and in people we can more directly relate to. I’m not sure if JP is John William’s greatest work all round, but it is certainly his most beautiful, and, ironically, most human 🦖
The main Jurassic Park theme isn’t just synonymous with one of the greatest scenes in film history, but is synonymous with the awe and beauty we imagine for the age of the dinosaurs. One of many reasons why it’s one of John Williams’ best. You really highlighted the intricacies of Williams’ score for the film in a way that few manage to put into words as well as you do.
I totally agree....the host here is a master in translating music and composing tecniques to words and emotions. Your comment Oscar is also well writen. Greetings from Brasil.
@@siegfriedkleinmartins7816 Thank you very much! Greetings from England, hope your day’s been good!
Yep. Totally agree.
I remember when I was little going to universal studios in the 90’s and they would always play Jurassic park theme in the parking garage and while you’re on the way walking to the park and it would just get me so unbelievably excited
I call it the love theme.
When I saw Jurassic World as a grown man and that main Jurassic Park theme came on, I nearly cried. I grew up with Jurassic Park as a small child. A lot of us did. And there were a lot of young kids and teenagers in that theater that have yet to understand how something so simple as a theme song can be so powerful.
I actually did, right there in the theater. It was such an incredible scene, and we were not prepared for THAT! OMG it was exhilarating!
Same here. My wife laughed at me lol.
Imagine still crying as an adult
Pitty movies were utter garbage
I was 18 at the time and watched it with my younger brother and the music was so powerful and mesmerising I forced him to sit through the credits to hear it again!
I'm not even a musician and found this break down of the music incredible
When I think of the "Magic of Cinema" in it's purest expression, it's always the Brachiosaurus scene.
I live in the Boston area and went and saw John Williams with the Boston Pops every year for about 8 years straight. Every year I was waiting for Jurassic Park to be on the program and it never was....until 2014 when he performed it with a 100 person choir. It was unreal and everything I hoped for. Truly magical. This was also the last year where he conducted the full concerts. Now he just comes in for the last few pieces. I feel so lucky to have seen him so much and I also met him three times, had a few conversations, and got some pics with him. He was just as cool and warm as you'd expect.
I hope you thanked him! I’d be star stricken. Literally a living legend.
I read somewhere that when Spielberg and Williams were discussing how the music should be, Spielberg explained that he wanted to feel the raw awe and wonder of seeing a majestic creature, like an elephant, for the first time and when you listen to the music, it's kinda true, majestic is one of the words that comes to the mind when you hear that rising riff. Chills, literal chills!
10:29 "The first time the T-Rex appears"
What always intrigued me was that there was no score during this very eventful suspenseful and action packed sequence. There were a number of way John Williams could have scored it, but the decision to have no score at all was the wisest choice. The contrast makes all of the scenes with scores that much more effective. I'm curious how they came to that decision, if it was Spielberg's or William's idea.
I agree, there's a lot of contrast there. That scene is when the movie changes from adventure to horror.
Without music, the scene is given permission to feel far more real. With music, the audience might feel a little safer, and not be allowed to be completely lost in how visceral the nature of the horror is: The fact that huge, predatory sounds and the fear of being hunted are imbedded in our subconscious is something that can be traced back to our primitive roots. We can't get rid of it, no matter how sophisticated, modern, or powerfully we build our world, or the fact we have wiped out of natural predators, Jurassic Park was a message saying "Nature CAN defeat you if you make enough mistakes, especially if the creatures in mind are too ancient and giant to be tamed or contained."
25 years ago, when I saw Jurassic Park on TV, my uncle, working in the film business, said, that we soon would forget this movie. When the CGI gets outdated, we will realize how ... boring it really is and how it doesn't compare to other great movies.
I thought back in the day that he was wrong as a young lad.
But as a young lad, I never really could put into words why - but the success of JP over time seemed to prove me right.
Today, I realized why he was wrong: While back then movie-nerds focused on the CGI and the effects, few actually saw the movie in its entirety.
This scene - the "welcome to Jurassic Park" scene - this scene alone engrained the movie into our collective memory. And it was the music behind it together with the cinematography that made it possible.
And I just realized that from you, 25 or so years later.
Thank you.
Cgi is Still impressive
The film is just as moving today as when it came out. It's held up incredibly well. And outshines all the sad attempts at sequels which I don't even bother watching. Even the CGI holds up far better than I ever dreamed watching it again on Blueray. Because the CGI was hard to do back then, it took discipline and thought to make it great. There it is...
The CGI in Jurassic Park holds up better than from some CGI in movies that came out within the last decade. The practical effects are what seal the deal.
The reason your uncle was wrong is because of how CGI was used back then versus today. CGI was expensive and cumbersome to work with. You were limited in how much you could actually get rendered in time to make it into the movie so you had to pick the points where you wanted to add something. I don't have the numbers with me, but look up how much, or rather how little screen time the dinosaurs get in this movie. And it helps the movie a lot in building up the tension.
And because CGI was used so little (a lot of the effects in this movie are not CGI by the way), they did their best to make it as good and believable as possible. And that is what is wrong with CGI today. It has become so cheap and simple to do in movies that we now have entire movies shot against a green screen. But it takes you, the viewer, into a world that doesn't exist and it means that our brain immediately screams: fake!.
Id like to point out that very little CG was used in the original movie. Most of it was done with practical effects like animatronics and people in costumes. Yeah, the Raptors were actually people. That's why the effects still hold up today.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who gets really emotional every time in that Brachiosaurus scene of jp1. Honestly I have balled my eyes out at this scene and I put it down to nostalgia but it’s definitely the music too
30 years old and it brings a tear to my eye just about every time I watch it. Because it is a rare, truly perfect moment in cinema. The acting, the special effects, and the score all mesh into perfection that rip us right out of our seats and into the movie itself.
I’m crying right now just watching this. After working in science, the scene means even more to me. To see all your research realized… I break down at “They do move in herds”…
I watch Jurassic Park again and again just for that scene and then go on to complete the whole movie.
@@SpaalKodaav that is an absolutely perfect summation. Bravo!
I swear I could listen to the island theme forever.
Your wish is granted.
For some reason I love rewatching just the opening half hour or so of Jurassic Park, it's just so exciting and full of wonder and tension and it's in no small part due to the musical variety contained in just that opening.
The original scene from JP is literally the textbook example of how the acting, cinematography, and score combine to hit us in the emotions and evoke the same sense of awe that the characters felt. It is still moving even to this day.
A reminder that modern cinema has lost its soul in pursuit of the $1B box office.
I love "Journey to the island" so much that my old Jurassic Park tape is all scrambled on this scene because i kept rewinding it to watch it over and over !
I play that track in the car whenever I drive in the hills. Creates a whole other perspective of the beauty and majesty around me.
are you in any way related to Klayton Fioriti,the guy who does Jurassic Park videos?? im not italian,so dont yell if the slight similarity of your names confused me..!
@@Turgon92 Their last names aren't the same, so why would they be related?
Thank you for this. I've been trying to explain to people my frustration with how Jurassic World misused the music. You've said it spectacularly. I love the Jurassic Park soundtrack and it always makes me emotional because of how well it was written and used. This video says it all beautifully. Thank you!
You know... they could have NOT put the iconic theme in the reboot and people like you would still complain. 😂 You don't take into account that Jurassic Park was the very first time we've heard the music, or seen anything that grand to accompany it to make it so iconic. When Jurassic World comes around, there's already been 3 J-Park movies and over two decades of movies with better special effects or soundtracks. Comparing the two as equals is ridiculous. Just appreciate the callback to the original. Lol
@@chatboulon743 reboot was a** like for real the scores were misused.
@@chatboulon743 Well no. We'll appreciate it if it is done qualitatively, which does happen (though seldom granted). Top Gun Maverik and Blade Runner 2049 come on top of my head as long coming sequels who knew how to do their own thing and use references in a smart way. Jurassic World series is just soulless cash-grabs, and as such it failed
@@chatboulon743 did you even watch the video?
Saw JP in the theater, when I was 13. Spent the rest of the day with the journey to the island theme repeating in my head, occasionaly with the accompanying T. rex roar. This movie aged so well, the visuals are still stunning even compared to things made today.
Literally every time I hear the Jurassic Park theme, chills run down my body
14:00 wow that statement hit me hard. That's an insanely deep concept.
Excellent analysis; this movie's definitely a masterpiece on all levels.
When I enjoyed your breakdown of the LOTR music score I would not dare wishing for a Jurassic Park coverage in the same style. And yet here we are...goosebumps and all...
Same here...thank you for bringing this to us...music is everything & these master class creations require beautiful tributes like this 👍❤️
Love this channel - and consider myself privileged to be able to perform this music live (I'm a professional orchestra musician). Orchestras now routinely perform the scores to a number of the movies scored by John Williams in their entirety, accompanying live screenings of the film. It's a real challenge to sync to the film when performing live in a concert hall, but so rewarding. I've had the good fortune to play two of these scores to a live screening: Jurassic Park and Star Wars: A New Hope. The audience reaction to the first presentation of those two themes (approaching the island and the reveal of the dinosaurs) is electrifying - you can feel it on stage. The highlights in Star Wars are playing the Fox fanfare at the beginning, then you can hear a pin drop as the text "A long time ago..." is displayed, and then when the orchestra nails that Bb major chord -- the cheer that goes up is a serious adrenaline rush (makes it hard to perform!!).
I saw a screening performance of ET by our local symphony and it was incredible. They also do a Best of John Williams night in their pops series once every year - highlighting different movies each time. The conductor is a Williams fanatic and he makes sure it sounds flawlessly like the originals - every tone is perfect. While I love the classical series, too, the Williams show always leaves me with a warmed heart. Thanks to you and all the performers who bring symphonic music to our cities. It is deeply appreciated.
@Abhijit Racer they usually set up a very large screen above the orchestra. It is so large it sometimes hides musicians from view. And the lights are turned off throughout the hall (we read our music with lights on our music stands that are designed so as not to distract the audience). So we are "seen" but not in such a way that we distract from the film. It's very much like an opera or ballet performance -- in fact, in some theatres the orchestra performs the score from an orchestra pit in front of the stage, just like for opera/ballet.
@@robertfraser485 And you reminded me that in the olden days of silent film, a pianist would accompany the film, providing the 'soundtrack', the emotion.
Robert Fraser I’m a retired Elementary School teacher. An orchestra used to come to our school every Spring as part of an Inner City Program. I saw them from 1988 to 2008 or so. Every year, I’d pray that they’d play something from the soundtrack to E.T. by John Williams. The closest I ever got was when they played one piece from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in 2002. Sad thing was, I hadn’t seen that movie yet so I didn’t recognize the piece. I’ll never forget watching the 4th and 5th graders whisper “Harry Potter” to each other. If they would’ve played the theme song to Jurassic Park, I would’ve lost my collective sh#t!
My adrenaline exploded just reading and visualizing this in my head... no lie
I can watch this movie 100 times and still get same chills when I hear the theme, it's just soo good ❤️
The way this man analyses and breaks down sheet music and conveys the meaning of every note is spectacular! It definitely helped me gain a deeper and more profound understanding of music in general. Keep up the great work man I'm eager to see more from you.
I'm also eager to HEAR more from him!
I'm not a musician, but I still I still love hearing the explanations.
I remember when Jurassic Park came out I purchased the soundtrack CD and listened to it over and over. An excellent and memorable score by John Williams.
Stephan Wessels I used to blast that cassette when I was driving my ‘93 Toyota Camry! I’m such a nerd. 🤦🏻♀️😂
Ah, I missed all the treasures.
I've been waiting for this video...."life will find a way" muhaha
Add me too
im not crying u r
You forgot the ‘uh’ 😄 The greatest ‘uh’ in cinematic history.
They move in herds... they *_do_* move in herds!
I was only 13 when I saw Jurassic World, and even I felt the placement of the main theme felt like something being marked off a checklist rather than something that was placed in order to make me feel something.
Great video! An essay on the music of Indiana Jones would be epic!
I second this!
Yes please!
Basically anything and everything John Williams.
Couldn’t agree more!
Please!
This theme, along with Superman's (1978) opening credits, moves me more than any soundtrack selection ever....
Play the Superman theme on your way to a job interview. You'll boost your confidence!
Why Jurassic Park's music is so powerful. Answer: Because John Williams.
Well yes, but also: because Spielberg, and because dinosaurs. It’s the marriage of the great music with the great visuals and great central idea that make thing quite so stunning.
@agreen778 Didn't you see the beginning of the video? Good God, that little capacity of comprehension.
This video has affected me incredibly deeply. It's the first of yours I have seen, and I thank you for the unimaginable amount of hours, love and care poured into this project. It's a movie and work of art in itself.
Blessings from a fellow musician
My sentiments exactly. It's very professional and respectful.
4:45 Ah it's actually quite amazing how Williams weaves the music around the dialogue. It's like a dynamic compressor or ducking technique but instead of working on just the volume, it works on the whole arrangement. I also love the little darker, tense, martial theme following immediately after the Brachiosaur scene when they are on the move to the visitor's building to meet the kids. It's only there for like 15 seconds and never comes back but I always love it.
I always thought the main theme had different emotional interpretations as the film went on and they kept playing it with a different twist or tweak here and there. That piece that plays right as the final credits roll is so comforting with nostalgia
Yeah...My heart is in my throat EVERY TIME I hear this theme. It HAS to be John Williams' absolute pinnacle of creation
John Williams truly is the great composer of all time. I dread the day he passes, because the world will never be the same ever again. He has given us so much throughout his life. He helped us fly with Superman, walk with Dinosaurs, lead us through a world of magic and outer space. He is truly the man who inspired generations of people to dream, and wonder. He has changed cinema forever.
My lack of understanding of the intricacies of musical language ('time signatures', 'modes', 'keys' and their relationships, etc.) always frustrates me to no end, when I am trying to follow your video's. Luckily, you always give relatively simple 'pointers' to what the music is trying to convey on an emotional and storytelling level. Great work! (Even though I am not able to appreciate it 100%)
Same for me, I totally agree. I know way too little about music theory in general to fully understand this video, but it is still an awesome insight even for me.
I like the superimposing of the score with the visuals.
For someone who has always appreciated a films score, listening to them sometimes obsessively but never anything deeper than that, these in-detail videos are the thing I never knew my life was missing! I’m addicted to your videos! I would love a similar video based around James Newton Howard’s works - my favourite composer of today’s films at the moment!
December, 2023... and I legit still cannot watch the dinosaur reveal scene without getting emotional. Truly one of the most amazing and beautiful moments in cinema!
John Williams. Stephen Spielberg. Stan Winston. It is amazing what happens when a group of brilliant men who are masters of their craft all come together to create a single work of art. Jurassic Park is possibly the greatest movie of all time. I will never forget seeing it as a child in theaters, I was 8 years old.
Jurassic Park was a milestone in CGI technology. It was better than anything else before. A great jump.
There's a beautiful sense of wonder, majesty, and power.
John Williams did an amazing job with the sense of adventure. It's beautiful
That final T-Rex shot should be listed among the most iconic shots in cinema history. It never fails to bring a smile to my face. The addition of the falling banner with "When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth" written on it is just so brilliant. Whoever thought of that is a genius.
The end theme always makes me cry and it makes me feel empowered to be anyone I want to be.
One word: timeless! This movie, the incredible score from John Williams is timeless!
Music and Jurassic Park is exactly how I would explain my passions. This video right here is just…well, the emotion I feel is one someone doesn’t feel too often. Thank you for this experience. JP will always be my favorite movie and passion.
Watching this movie in cinema for the first time was beyond anything I have ever experienced.
That 1st score and particularly the theme encapsulates the childlike wonder we all have felt when we first discovered dinosaurs as a child. That love and excitement and fear, that thrill we feel for those creatures that existed but that we’ve never seen alive. There’s nothing like that theme.
As a lifelong film score fan, I’m sorry I didn’t discover your channel until now. Immediately subscribed! Love the John Williams posts. 👍🎼
I cry everytime when I hear John Williams work. It's so amazing and magical, it's like he knows a world we don't and he gives us a look through his musics and scores.
“Hearing the voices of the past”... absolutely agree
Seen JP in theaters in 93. I was 8 years old. Even then, I felt the music. This and Williams's Star Wars scores makes me get emotional, to this day.
Damn it! WHY AM I CRYING?! YOU EVIL MAN!!
Played the theme over 20yrs ago in concert band class.. gave me chills back then playing it on stage and still does to this day. And fairly recently, I purchased some new reeds for my alto sax as for shits and giggles, I tried to play it from memory, and among disbelief, I was able to do it. Actually caught a tear in my eye.
Wow. A far cry from the emotions of the first one to not even getting past the first 5 minutes of the last one.
Thank you so much for this! I'm not a musician, but my daughter is. She's the exact same age as this movie and after earning her Masters in cello performance from CMU in 2018, she was selected as this year's Library Fellow at Tanglewood. Only a couple of days into the two-month festival, she was working in the library when this older man came in wearing a Boston Red Sox cap. "Hi, I'm John," he said. He was introducing a new violin concerto at the festival and needed the score annotated. My daughter, ever the professional, thanked him, said it was a pleasure to meet him and got to work. I think I would have passed out...
Fabulous work! I loved the Jurassic Park theme so much, when my first daughter was born, we were playing it in the delivery room and then would hum it as a lullaby to get her to sleep for many months afterwards. That childlike wonder still works for a new dad who cannot believe in the beauty and miracle of birth. Thanks for all of you wonderful analysis! Looking forward to chatting with you very soon!
"The beauty and miracle of birth" - indeed, human conception to birth is the Creator's most spectacular achievement.
I have never been so affected by this kind of analysis. Your commentary on the nature of music and how it binds life, hearts, memory and experience, is also hugely powerful when combined with these video and music clips. I have never cried listening to a commentary... until now. Subscribed.
The brachiosaurus scene is one of the best examples of a pure cinematic experience. Spielberg's direction and camera work, the actors' performance, ILM's digital effects, and of course, John Williams' music all working together to totally immerse us in the scene. We remember not only the visuals and music but the emotion of the moment. We saw Jurassic Park again several years ago when it was re-released in theaters locally and its as amazing as the first time I saw it as a college kid.
The context of excitement and lost dreams also hits REALLY hard in that last scene of Extinction with the Brachiosaurus fading in the smoke and fire. The first dinosaur we see in all it’s glory and splendour, and also the last. 😢 You can’t help but think back to that initial reveal and the emotion of the journey in between.
I'm really enjoying these John Williams analyses. Keep up the great work!
You showed me how the usage of these two themes is the epitome of “less is more”. Fantastic explanation and work again. Thank you!
This movie is VERY special to me, it was my first movie ever, in life (born in 1991). That score and the first dinosaur reveal, first full shot of T-Rex have stayed with me since then. Also, the helicopter descending and huge waterfall in the background. Makes me cry everytime I watch this movie.
How to make you cry in 16 minutes. Thank you, I really needed that.
God, John Williams created something beyond a masterpiece. I get a crazy strong chill and such an impervious sense of nostalgia, so much it makes me want to shed a tear
That Jurassic Park theme section made my hair stand on end the same way the film does. Well done!
Incredible. Jurassic Park is a timeless classic for many reasons, and focusing on the music is an excellent way of conveying that because of how deeply the score understands the story, the characters, and the emotional journey the audience is taken on during the course of the film.
Wow, can you believe I've been a life-long fan of film music and I just discovered this amazing channel by accident?!
You my friend, are an internet treasure🙌🏻
I never comment on youtube (or anywhere else lol) but I JUST H A D TO SAY this video TORE a piece of my soul just to heal my over-melancholic broken hear with a kissie on the forehead. I LOVE every single one of your videos (that I may or may not have binged over an emotional ice cream night) and you sir, are truly, TRULY amazing at your craft.
Cheers m8s
The Jurassic Park OST was the first CD I ever bought. Still an experience twenty-eight years later.
I like you.
Same
John Williams made music to almost all my childhood memories.....it made my life so much richer!
Finally found a video that understands my feelings, this is one of my favourite and maybe my favourite music of all time, i hesitate maybe between that one and "how to train your dragon test drive" but yeah it reminds me of my childhood so much that's insane and i like it so much
The amount of effort you put into these analyses is unmatched. I have always felt that without the music, the accompanying visuals in movies and video games cannot bear the same weight. If there is one thing that we, as humans, can leave as our legacy..it's the music we have created.
Please keep up the fantastic work with these videos!
0:38 “… just how difficult it is to create meaning to music..” perfectly put
John Williams, Howard Shore, Hans Zimmer...what legends they are...thank God for them.
It is such a shame that the copyright system is how it is. These videos are praising and analysing music and movies and are an excellent way to reminisce about the movie.
I feel like it falls under fair use as, but heck if I know how the system is supposed to work.
Great content as always!
John Williams is a true master of his craft. Practically untouchable.
This channel’s brilliance deserves far more views
that 1:50 sound is so freakin powerfully creepy, it's in Twister as well, it makes you hold your breathe when you hear it
Another of the best film music analysis videos on the internet. Every single thing you produce is absolute gold. Thank you so much for doing what you do.
By far my most favorite movie of all time. Get chills whenever I have Alexa play this soundtrack. Had people over the other night and played the soundtrack and they all loved it. I saw Jurassic Park in the theater with my parents when I was 8 and it is still just as magical now as it was then. Love your videos, keep up the great work!
What a wonderful video! Thank you! I can vividly remember the first time watching Jurassic Park. It also made me just realize that the movie turned out the be the perfect analogy for the 90s. In 1993, it really felt like anything was possible, with 120 Mhz computers and dial up modems. Ah, miss the days of unbounded hubris!
Beautifully done as always
This video is incredible! Opened my eyes to the musical theory underpinning this genius score. Please consider doing a video essay on The Lost World sometime; the contrasting orchestration and darker textures make a fascinating follow-up to Jurassic Park. It's the poster-child for how composers should handle sequel scores (similar to his approach for Temple of Doom after Raiders).
Also interesting to compare the very dark, suspenseful score Williams recorded, versus what Spielberg & his music editors hacked together in editing. They deleted huge chunks of his score and replaced other parts with music tracked from his concert suite for The Lost World. Fascinating from a film production standpoint!
I kinda feel like it actually has a similar effect at the beginning or Jurassic world because in Park we see tis music lead to the revelation of something that Grant has wanted for so long coming to fruition in the interaction of an actual living breathing dinosaur. In the same way, we see a similar scene play out in World with the unveiling of Hammonds dream, a park centered around this concept of ancient beauty. The score swelling through every interaction of dinosaurs, the inclusion of Mr DNA and children learning about these creatures fulfills a similar nod to the dream of a main character even though he is deceased. They even show a shot of the smiling Hammond statue in the main hall looking at all his work finally being brought to the masses.
Perhaps just how I viewed it differently then other but it kinda brought the same reaction to me in World as it did in Park.
this is an amazing video deconstructing the song and made me appreciate it even more!
The Jurassic Park theme really has to one of my favourites of all time. Its one of the few themes that seems to perfectly encapsulate the poweful majesty of these creatures and the awe they inspire. And yet the beginning is soft, almost shaky. It has a quality of innocent fragility, a sense that this will never last. In many ways the theme perfectly outlines the plot of the movie, without a word being said. And so when you hear it again every bar sounds like a ballad telling the story we're about to witness in a microcosm of emotion. It truly is one of the best works in cinematic history.
People love John Williams for Star Wars
I love John Williams for Jurassic Park
With visuals and music being proverbial dance partners, this explains why in Jurassic World it felt like the former was stepping on the toes of the latter.
This was so beautiful. Thank you!
Absolutely brilliant!!! Keep up the terrific work! Cheers
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I sometimes cry to that track because of nostalgia. I love the first one only, haven't seen the recent sequels and couldn't care less.
I love that soundrack. Thanks for the video!
Great video and analysis. Well done and thank you.