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Just finished my first listen to the album and I think I'm going to like this, looking forward to hearing it in context when I see the film later today. That said, what the hell has he done to the 'Jurassic Park' theme at the start of the end credits?! The florid swirling music that's been added around the solo trumpet completely undercuts what worked to make the original so simple, noble, adventurous and elegant. It's truly grotesque!
It's a huge upgrade over his treatment of the theme in "As the Jurassic World Turns".
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You're choosing this over I2? Why so?
I don't disagree, just curious on your elaboration.
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Is the 11-minute end credits suite the longest cue in Jurassic music history?
Really loving that main theme. It's far more interesting than JW1 main theme, and has its own flavor/identity completely separate from John Williams, which is precisely what post-Williams JP music has needed. Yet FK's never really gets played full blast throughout an entire cue, more just pops up in variations every other track, woven neatly into the score's DNA. It reminds me a lot of either Christopher Young, or Goldsmith's The Final Conflict.
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Jul 12, 2018 - 3:49 PM
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I had high hopes for this as Bayona seem to be the perfect fit (given how impressive the directing of "The impossible" was) and "A monster Calls" was among my favorite movies of its year.
But what a failure. I got bored from 15 minutes on and it just got increasingly worse.
And I actually enjoyed the first "Jurassic World", which derivative and borderline silly as it was, was sympathetic & likable as a whole - and I cared for its characters.
Sure this one is better directed with some striking imagery, but man is the story to tell stupid: it was a collection of people with the most idiotic behavior possible, completely unbelievable situations (even by blockbuster and the series standard), characters are even more sketchy than in the first one, Howard and Pratt have nothing to say (except "we have to save them") and do (except running around).
As for the score, I really liked some Giacchino's scores (although not the first JW), but I thought this was overbearing and didn't help. I am certainly tired of the series never evolving agenda, it's just the same "don't play with mother nature" / "hide and seek with dinos" thing for 5 movies, and tired of Giacchino's heavy handed scores for them as well.
As Trevorrow wrote this, I am kind of relieved he's off episode IX (yes, I still care).
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I too enjoyed Jurassic World. I loved it for its nostalgia, its respect for Spielberg’s originals (not just JP, but TLW too), its fantastic dino fun, its impressive visual effects, and its killer climax. Fallen Kingdom, however, (for me) had some major, impossible to overlook story and character issues. Some stunning visuals and excellent dinosaur fun, but serious, serious story problems. That said, I’m quite sure that in time I’ll warm to the film as brainless popcorn entertainment and enjoy it over and over for what it does do right (or at least I hope I will).
Giacchino’s score is great fun and full of energy. I like the themes of Jurassic World (I actually like the InGen march much better than Fallen Kingdom’s march), but as many others have noted, the performance and recording of Fallen Kingdom is leagues better. For whatever reason, Giacchino’s scores have been historically plagued by weak-sounding recordings. I’m glad that’s not the case here.
And does anyone else love those screaming horns in “Keep Calm and Baryonyx” as much as I do? Incredibly effective in film and on album. Perfectly captures the mad terror of being trapped in close quarters with pouring lava and a crocodile-snouted beast stalking your way. 
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I love Powell's Solo to bits (probably the first time I've loved a Star Wars score!), but this score is so uncannily suited to my tastes as far as what 2018 film scores have offered. That beastly brass! The choir! That killer main theme! A lot of the action writing in this reminds me of 50's horror/sci-fi scoring, which makes me so stupidly happy.
I admittedly think it's a better put together album than Solo as well.
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