Jurassic Park Soundtrack-01 Opening Theme

[scruffynerfherder90]

Invokes my childhood and my nightmares of Velociraptors and desperate want for a red and grey TJ Jeep Wrangler

[trogloditamacoto]

I dont know if God exists but I know John Williams does

[Maximus1Decimus]

Has me thinking about the raptors. >.<!!!

[MrHEC381991]

when I first saw this, i thought he was shouting his friends name "SHUTA! - SHUUUTA!!" don't ask why lol

[semperfi2o10]

By far the greatest entrance music of any movie ever made,the three perfectly timed drum beats with the addition of that creepy flute sound makes for a truly prehistoric sounding intro

[PolishMartian]

@semperfi2o10 The intro is definitely unique, but nobody really KNOWS what prehistoric sounds would be like, so John Williams, a brilliant composer, has the advantage of us knowing what the film is about, thus he can just suggest and let our imaginations take over. The three low-resonance one-pitch single kettledrum (timpano plus bass viol?) beats could be more timpani with slightly different pitches, timing and/or beats and still sound just as ominous with or without the creepy woodwind sound.

[semperfi2o10]

@PolishMartian well i suppose that your right in the sense that nobody truly knows what prehistoric sounds are actually like but I think the reason why this music so appropriately fitting for this movie is because it has a that jungle feel to it.jungle sound + dinosaurs is a winning combination. Its interesting how much more ominous and terrifying john williams Lost World music is compared to this first films more majestic operatic score

[PolishMartian]

@semperfi2o10 I agree that it has a jungle feel to it and there were a lot of steamy jungles in the Jurassic Period (cold-blooded reptiles thrive better in warm climates), so that would make it more appropriate for dinosaurs. I haven't listened to enough YouTube Jurassic Park video soundtracks and it's been a long time since I saw the films, but I believe you're right about the first film's music being more majestic and the Lost World's being more ominous. This intro, however, is ominous!

[Tidieokia]

Clever girl

[brainy1130]

jurassic park is awesome, and so is john williams, obviously!

[PolishMartian]

@brainy1130 Yes, I enjoyed the Jurassic Park film scores immensely, but John Williams seems to do his best work when he works with Steven Spielberg and/or George Lucas. I could listen to his movie (and some other) music all day – not quite 24/7 – and I have more or less done so on several occasions. Awesome, yes!

[brainy1130]

@PolishMartian Yes, I would say that John Williams is doing his best for what I suppose I would call "the best movies", because I would say that most of my favorite movies that touched my heart were made by Steven Spielberg and George Lucas. For this reason I call John Williams an amazing composer and a great artist in the studies of music.

[mohican19831]

john williams best composer ever

[PolishMartian]

@mohican19831 I would agree with you that John Williams is the best composer in the last 40 years or so, but without listening to many days of other composers' music, I can't even definitely say he's the best film score composer ever. However, if he isn't, he'd be in the top 3.. "Star Wars" is still the American Film Institute's highest-ranked movie score in history. HOWEVER, compared with some of the best classical music composers, I'd have to rank him slightly lower – but still outstanding!

[danny6290]

SHOOT HER!!!!!!

[NinjaShadow8]

i love it, so creepy

[scottb3034]

@edgarasc1 You'll get to experience it in better sound quality and picture quality now that it is going to blu-ray.

My favorite movie

[hupbla87]

@edgarasc1 it was, I was only 5 or 6 but I remember seeing this and it blowing my kindergarten ass away

[UnknownThomasFan30]

Totally sets the mood for the movie. It even sounds like it was filmed in the jungles or something. It works amazinglly well with the big picture of the movie.

[showti]

anyone can make a "remix", it's too short !

[irkeysersoze]

Does anyone know what chord this is??? It sounds like the transition chord in LCD Soundsystem's "Sound of Silver" but I can't find sheet music of either one. HALP!

[RogueRotting360]

@irkeysersoze It's a polychord of Em7 and F#. The notes are (from lowest to highest) - E, B, G in the left hand - D, E, F#, G, A#, C# in the right.

The tonality is B harmonic minor.

The sound at 0:26 is a shakuhachi, played Masakazu Yoshizawa. It's a Japanese bamboo flute. You can also hear it in Images, Empire of the Sun, The Lost World, and Memoirs of a Geisha.

Hope that helps.

[irkeysersoze]

@RogueRotting360 That's awesome man. Thank you!

[PolishMartian]

@RogueRotting360 (and @semperfi2o10) Thanks for most of the music/sound info here, which I missed seeing earlier. I started another reply to semperfi2o10 two weeks ago, but IE-8 it. So, the "creepy flute sound" sounded like an actual WOOD (not metal) woodwind and I'd heard of a shakuhachi before, but didn't recognize it here. I found that info in another article later, but where did you find out about the vocal polychord? I hadn't tried to guess it earlier and couldn't find it elsewhere later.

[PolishMartian]

@PolishMartian (and @RogueRotting360 and @semperfi2o10) Your polychord info seems accurate, despite my diminishing music skills, because I heard or see the notes of Em7-9 (counting F#), Bm and F# chords; however, I can't play 6 notes in the right hand now.

After much replaying, I still thought the drumbeat sounds could be a kettledrum and/or low-frequency string (cello or bass), but according to another article, it's electronically-distorted thumps of a Japanese drum, so it fooled me.

[Ganondorfys]

i love that sound 0:26

[dorkandproudofit]

IAN: God creates dinosaurs... God destroys dinosaurs... God creates man... man destroys God... man creates dinosaurs...

DR. SADLER: Dinosaurs eat man... woman inherits the Earth.

IAN: O.o

[occody]

john willems u never desapoint us 

[FREAKNIZZLE100]

This is why the 3rd movie sucked. These movies are supposed to have elements of horror and suspense.. Not just cheesy adventure/action. Hopefully the fourth is alot darker and scarier.

[occody]

@FREAKNIZZLE100 a 4th movie i hope so to i love jurassic park LOVE IT !!!!!!!!!

[scottb3034]

@occody They are doing a whole new trilogy

[occody]

@scottb3034 thats what i herd i hope its good spelberg is returning to direat the flim it been annosit at comic con the the jp 4 will come out

[scottb3034]

@FREAKNIZZLE100 No John Williams either for the 3rd one. Maybe he is back, jack.

[Rocketman1314]

I wanna be a Dinosaur

[tylerhaunted]

@Rocketman1314 eh.... no you dont...... remember God killed you off :p

[TheBlueBeatle3]

@Rocketman1314 But we all are! :D In our on way. See I'm a T-Rex! RAAAaaaaAAAaaaaWR!!!! ^-^

[norncare1]

@TheBlueBeatle3 LOL! and I'm a Velociraptor mongoliensis. LOL! XD

[mouloudo]

pissed myself 17 years ago! lol was 7 back then

[walecs2]

Why there's a dislikes button? It should be exctinct

[scottb3034]

@walecs2 Something has survived, and it was the dislike button

[ShinXari]

i remember Muldoon trying to save that worker from the raptors and yelling "kill heeer!!". What a masterful scene.

[danny6290]

@ShinXari Actually, he was saying "Shoooot Herrrr!!". But yeah, that scene was awesome.

[IDante1Savage]

This is my fav "theme" within Jurassic Park, for me it catches everything about the film, I think it is a stroke of genius, fills me with anxiety but a sense of wonder, its perfect.

[occody]

@IDante1Savage ithink so to a tottly agree beause this theme just is alsome wen makes thos sounds it just blurs ur mind about dinosaurs and how epic and badass thyere are

[cons789]

freakyyyy 

[Agentcapture]

Reminds me of the game for Super Nintendo. Memories!

[Sunny4434]

i can see the begging of the movie where there unloading the raptor in the cage when i listen to this

[medwcw1nwo4life]

Love this music for an epic film. Jurassic Park is my favorite. 

[Moeman774746]

Kinda foreshadows the "impact tremors" that made this film famous

[TheCommentGiver2000]

which one is the "HOLY FUCKING SHIT, IT'S A DINOSAUR HOLY SHIT WHAT THE FUUUUCK???"?

[centuryboy77]

@TheCommentGiver2000 its wtf its a dinosaur

[Sonjoeoe]

Both book and movie wer amazing

[zulnaim09]

i hear.....F..F...Foo.....Foo...­..Footstep! RUN=

[Corusco]

whenever i hear this i imagine the trailer for The Lost World, where these lawyer dudes are sitting at an Ingen staff meeting or something, and one of them says,"A british family on a yacht cruise, stumbled upon site B (Lightning strikes dramatically)"

Anyway, great music man

[SpinoCarchaOrnito95]

I´m very scaried....realy....I LOVE IT!!!

This Little opening is perfect for the opening of a lot of diferent kind of videos in youtube.PERFECT! 5 Stars Rating,Of Course. ( : )

[sunshards93]

I....Love....That...Tune

[PapagenoJuan]

Chilling :)

[MrSunday61788]

John Williams is absolutely brilliant at conducting great music that can scare the shit out of you.

[clonecommander62]

I can second that!

[mb01eaglecommandbase]

Of couse the T-rex was a hunter. This theory of scavenger is mistaken. Itś because the books picture him erect, but he used to walk with his back horizontaly.

[achang34]

I like the flute or whatever at :24

[Flash11I19]

Should have been longer ;_;

[KE2wentythree]

@Flash11I19 Agreed! The beginning of the movie is may favourite part just because of this short few seconds of music.

[peopleispoep]

T_T what's the name of this track ?

Great btw

[scottb3034]

@peopleispoep Opening titles. This and the last track don't have a cool name like the rest of the pieces

[Gloppy605]

I just Love the soundtrack!!!!!

I love the beggining!

[DinoDude65]

Jurassic Park was and still is my favorite movie (and book!)

[trexlpl]

when I think of T-REX how he always hunted many dinosaurs in the past

[SNOOZE3091]

yeah man I hear ya. I can picture the T-REX as well at the begining of this piece.

[sonofthedestroyer]

T rex may have been a scavenger.

[BtbamShevanel]

T-Rex didn't hunt, it was a scavenger, due to the structure of it's legs, it couldn't run.

[magio00]

No dude, it could run but with that weight a fall would be lethal. That's why was very sigilous at the moment of an ambush.

[Escalondarkness32]

best part of the movie

[jlxrated]

where can i get a sound only for my remix at photobucket??/

[seed900]

omg, gives me chills every time!!!

[cwb0361]

John williams is fuckin amazing