Episode Notes:



2:30 – Notes on Jurassic Park as a Spielberg film and its place in film history

7:10 – Theme From Jurassic Park

10:00 – The main theme as a hymn

15:00 – The structure of the main theme

17:20 – The end credits version of the theme

21:00 – The ‘Journey to the Island’ theme

23:30 – Comparison with ‘Summon the Heroes’

26:00 – The ‘sheen’ to the thematic orchestration

29:56 – The ‘panic’ theme

31:45 – Comparison with Dies Irae

41:10 – Comparison with later John Williams ‘suspense’ music

43:45 – Petticoat Lane

47:00 – Comparison with other John Williams celeste writing

49:00 – Triceratops music

53:32 – Dennis’s music and comparison with JFK

55:40 – Williams’ jazz influences

57:15 – The development of the action music

1:00:25 – The raptor motif

1:01:00 – The animation jazz and comparison with Gershwin

1:03:30 – Williams’ use of synth

1:08:50 – ‘Incident at Isla Nublar’

1:12:00 – Comparison with 1990s synth action music



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