Jurassic Park [Enhanced] [Soundtrack]

1. Isla Sorna Sailing Situation

2. Dinosaur Fly-By

3. Cooper's Last Stand

4. Raptor Room

5. Raptor Repartee

6. Tree People

7. Pteranodon Habitat

8. Tiny Pecking Pteranodons

9. Billy Oblivion

10. Brachinosaurs on the Bank

11. Nash Calling

12. Bone Man Ben

13. Frenzy Fuselage

14. Clash of Extinction

15. Hat Returns/End Credits

16. Big Hat, Not Cattle - Don Davis, Don Davis, Randy Newman

From Amazon.co.uk
Film and TV composer and orchestrator Don Davis has taken on a daunting task: updating John Williams's iconic Jurassic Park themes and integrating them seamlessly into his own furiously modern take on scoring. The composer has followed director Joe Johnston's lead, matching the director's darker, more tension-wracked vision of the mega-successful dino series with an accomplished score that evokes both wonder and terror, often (as in "Raptor Room") in the space of a few jarring bars. Davis' accomplished use of orchestral colour and dynamics is a crucial element that seamlessly fuses actors and CGI-saurs, shading both with crucial emotional dimensions. And unlike all too many generic action scores, this one won't insult your intelligence as it builds to the modernist maelstrom of "Clash of Extinction" and heroic thematic resolve of "The Hat Returns"/"End Credits". Adding a welcome dose of humour, the album concludes with a typically jaunty turn by Davis patron Randy Newman on "Big Hat, No Cattle". --Jerry McCulley

Chronique amazon.fr
Prenant les places laissées libres par Steven Spielberg et John Williams, le duo Joe Johnston à la mise en scène et Don Davis à la musique font mieux que succéder à leurs illustres prédécesseurs pour Jurassic Park III. La bande originale, longue de cinquante-quatre minutes, fait la part belle à la musique d'action. Ayant eu l'autorisation de réutiliser les thèmes des deux premiers films, Jurassic Park et Le Monde perdu, l'auteur de la B.O.F de Matrix ne se prive pas de les récupérer dans sa propre composition. Cela donne une partition violente et agressive qui offre sa partie la plus cinglante aux légendaires vélociraptors – "The Raptor Room", "Raptor Repartee". Mais la grande nouveauté de Jurassic Park III est de proposer deux nouveaux dinosaures avec le carnassier spinosaurus et le reptile volant, le ptéranodon. Don Davis s'en donne alors à cœur joie avec "Pteranodon Habitat" ou "Billy Oblivion" pour tenir le spectateur en haleine. Les cuivres feulent, les flûtes deviennent carnassières, le tout sur un rythme effréné soutenu par des chŒurs machiavéliques. Les combats finaux – "Frenzy Fuselage" et "Clash Of Extinction" – renchérissent sur la musique de John Williams et amène Jurassic Park III à une conclusion très poétique. L'album conclut sur le tube nineties "Big Hat, No Cattle" de Randy Newman. Gare aux raptors ! --Didier Leprêtre

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Most helpful customer reviews   Recycled Williams tunes plus mediocrity from Davis, Mar 7 2004 By  The No Evil Killer "Know No Evil" (Everywhere, Anywhere, Nowhere) - See all my reviews I did find Matrix composer Don Davis a bizarre choice to replace John Williams for Jurassic Park III. He pulled off the job with efficiency but nothing of HIS creation excites or provokes. The best parts of the score are simply Williams' themes from the first two movies. I liked the movie (even tho it had a very, very poor ending) but it just did not give ANY composer anything new to work with at all. All JPIII could be is a 'same again' score. Davis' contribution is mainly the highly orchestrated chaos that matches the b-movie set pieces. There's not much a composer can do in this situation and I guess this makes the JPIII score the best it can be. Tho still average compared to Williams' work on the first 2 movies. This CD is 'enhanced', which means as soon as you stick it in your computer you get bombarded with sound effects and a menu screen in which you can look at stills from the movie, view the trailer or look at some boring text about dinosaurs. Was this review helpful to you?