...and your other favorite lesser-known John Williams music!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hxzrluB8Lg
The unrelenting, bombastic terror! The pulsing timpani and trombones! The dark, resonating tribal drum rolls that sound like groaning dinosaurs! Those bizarre off-kilter ethereal melodic lines! Those jaunty, adventurous rhythms! The shrill horns and lightning fast trumpet passages! The way all the chaos is pinned together by a strong sturdy melody -- a notable case of a minor-key melody being harmonized with all major chords! So unusual! So brilliant! So John Williams!!
This isn't your father's Jurassic Park film score.
Listen to the intricate battle between the broad, sweeping horn/string theme (representing the heroic invading humans) from the first part, and the frenzied scalic counter-motif (representing the anarchy of dinosaur life on the island) that begins to overtake it through the middle and end sections.
From 2:05 to 2:58, there's this impressive build-up where the underlying bass rhythmic pattern stays firmly entrenched on the same note, yet the melodies and counter-melodies above leap and soar, making the sudden shift into a new key at 2:58 a thrilling turn!
And those epic finale chords! Smack you in the face! So good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hxzrluB8Lg
The unrelenting, bombastic terror! The pulsing timpani and trombones! The dark, resonating tribal drum rolls that sound like groaning dinosaurs! Those bizarre off-kilter ethereal melodic lines! Those jaunty, adventurous rhythms! The shrill horns and lightning fast trumpet passages! The way all the chaos is pinned together by a strong sturdy melody -- a notable case of a minor-key melody being harmonized with all major chords! So unusual! So brilliant! So John Williams!!
This isn't your father's Jurassic Park film score.
Listen to the intricate battle between the broad, sweeping horn/string theme (representing the heroic invading humans) from the first part, and the frenzied scalic counter-motif (representing the anarchy of dinosaur life on the island) that begins to overtake it through the middle and end sections.
From 2:05 to 2:58, there's this impressive build-up where the underlying bass rhythmic pattern stays firmly entrenched on the same note, yet the melodies and counter-melodies above leap and soar, making the sudden shift into a new key at 2:58 a thrilling turn!
And those epic finale chords! Smack you in the face! So good.