The Sound Of Williams' Jurassic Park

[@ObsessiveCostumingDude]

Absolutely fantastic, well-researched, well-explained video! Thank you for sharing this with us! :)

[@Wilkins325]

I appreciate how much attention to detail you have put into this video, even going as far as sharing details on ho the music itself was recorded. Great work.

[@minder01]

I've waited years for someone beyond my skillset to cover this score. The synth doubling, the smaller size, the almost Goldsmith-ian world instrumentation. The mixing and how they let the MGM sony stage sing out it's room tone. The Lost World score carried a lot of this to the extreme and I sometimes favor it over the first film's score but all in all, thank you!

[@johnjoedaly]

Really enjoyed this , thank you

[@omnimusicpublishing974]

That majestic section with Seattle is going to sound heavier because the choir is absent. It's a huge difference without it, you lose that sense of majesty. Plus, the "pumping" bass is more prominent. Williams wisely has that tucked in to give a cuttime feeling as opposed to the march-like rendition where you hear every beat. Great video. The mic explanation is so important to understanding how these film scores sound the way they do.

[@omarreyesmx]

My god! What a piece of documentary! Jurassic Park was the score engaged me to the film music, so, as a long time Williams fan, all I can say it's thanks for all this information. I keep thinking in what you say about the ambience mics, because in the film mix the music sounds dryer. The music in the OST sounds with a lot more reverb. Even in the last Lalaland issue, on the track "Journey to the Island (Film version), can be clearly heard when they switch to the film mix source. They tried to equal the reverb and EQ from the OST, but a difference can be heard.

[@stratisoundinc]

so glad you enjoyed it!

[@grantmoon689]

Absolutely fantastic insights, brilliant. Thank you so much. Subscribed!

[@vxla]

Great study of the recording; thank you.

[@Avlimusic]

Wow!!! Thank you for this video!!!!

[@santiagovalenciamusic]

Amazing video. Thank you!!

[@Richard-b5r9v]

Any piece of music that John Williams composes has his unique signature. He is the greatest composer of film music of all time

[@GeorgeStreicherMusic]

This is the coolest channel

[@nine96six]

Thank you very much for this video

[@anatomicallymodernhuman5175]

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[@parisdavid8962]

aw man this was so fun. thank you for uploading!!

[@NathanEinhornMusic]

This is a wonderful analysis, I love it! I only have a couple of things to say. At around 9:30, when you're comparing the original recording and the one from Seattle, it would have been good to mention as well the impact of the choir. They undeniably bring a lot of the "majestic" aspect in the original recording, even though there is definitely a difference in interpretation and mix between the two versions. Also, there are a couple of spots in the video where the music was in my taste a bit too loud to clearly understand the narration (I had to really concentrate around 21:00 for example) But in the grand scheme of things, these points are a bit of a nitpick for so much valuable informations! I hope to see more of this kind of videos, I wish I had seen this when I was a student!

[@dacomposer]

Incredible mix breakdown!

[@Makusa-qc2qd]

The choir has always been a mystery to me. If you buy the Jurassic Park study score, it's not even included. Was it added later?

[@BrianBisetti]

Is the study score an arrangement? I ask because I’ve got a copy of the original full score and the choir’s in there.

[@Makusa-qc2qd]

@@BrianBisetti it wasn't in the Hal Leonard signature edition which I thought was an exact transcription of the original score

[@BrianBisetti]

@@Makusa-qc2qd The Hal Leonard Signature Editions are as accurate as you can buy, but are slightly-reduced “concert” versions which, in this case, weirdly, omits the choir. I suppose they do this to make the pieces more accessible to the average orchestra. But I promise it’s in the original!

[@AFLopes]

Great work with this video. At the back-to-back comparison at 8:54 it sounds like there is a humming choir in the background of the original which makes it sound wider and with more gravitas. But I assume it’s the WW.

No, you are right, there's a full choir there and they're not humming, they sing the 'a' vowel.

[@BrianBisetti]

They start on “mmm” and at some point switch to “ah” but, interestingly, the change isn’t notated in the score (at least that I can see). One wonders if that was a podium decision.

[@SamuFL]

Very very nice and informative video. Cudos. However, I wish you would have spent a few minutes more to emphasize the importance of arrangement. Williams is a master of making things just sound good.

[@miroslavsafin2458]

Когда я вижу Дирижёра такого уровня. Когда я вижу, как Дирижёр и Композитор посрать хотел на микрофоны! И всё у него ЗАМЕЧАТЕЛЬНО. Вильямс - гений наших дней. С кем бы сравнить? Да ни с кем. Чайковский, Малер, Вагнер. Все стоят и приветствуют!

[@preciseaudioblog]

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[@dbp_pc3500]

Amazing video! What is the sound playing at 15min?

[@stratisoundinc]

so glad you enjoyed it, that is a piece I (Michael Barry) wrote for a USC screen scoring session back some years now you can listen to it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZa8n2h6etaoY5I

[@dbp_pc3500]

Waow thank you very much for your reply. This was a fantastic piece, we can really feel the John Williams influence in there. Not that it’s a copy or anything but you got that really exciting orchestral feel in there!

[@M-pb8ms]

In terms of technical knowledge, this is an effective analysis. Nevertheless, it doesn't address the clear assumption that John "Pasticheur" Williams wrote the main themes of this soundtrack after Brahms' horn solo from his second piano concerto and Brahms' first symphony (fourth movement).

Man, talk about something that has NOTHING to do with Jurassic Park. Does every composition with a horn solo get a "Pasticheur" award from you?

[@M-pb8ms]

@garyallen8824 I couldn't agree more!! As you can see, the main problem is that the vast majority of people are too naive and they don't know the work of the great composers either.

​@garyallen8824What are you talking about? Are you saying that Brahms was the first writing for horns in that key and range? Are you accusing the hundreds of composers that wrote for horn in that key and range after Brahms of being "pasticheurs"? If this is "copying", then Brahms (and every other composer) "copied" from his predecessors.

[@mathieualvado]

Maybe I haven't pay enough attention but I don't hear any musical link in Jurassic Park's themes and Brahms' 2nd piano concerto and 1st symphony. Could you please tell me which bars you are referring to in these musics ?

[@nandoflorestan]

People. Please don't feed the troll.