This carries on as the choir enters with their ‘oohs and aahs’. The orchestra start to converse with one another, with the strings initiating the theme and the woodwind replying. The percussion add drama and magic to the work with crashing cymbals and vibraphone twinkles. The theme is deep-rooted within the orchestra which creates these luscious textures that sweep across the instruments. This leads to the iconic Jurassic Park theme which is led by the woodwinds. The theme builds in the second repetition, with more instruments from the orchestra joining in. The strings play the opening flute melody, this time the texture and timbres are much fuller, with the tempo also starting to move along. Williams described this dotted crotchet-semiquaver theme as an attempt “to capture the awesome beauty and sublimity of the dinosaurs in nature.”įollowing the sultry flute solo the two harps play a gentle transition before a warm buzz from the whole string section occurs. This iconic theme is noted as the “gentle religioso cantilena lines” on the score. Opening with an ominous horn call, a solo flute soon joins in with the first theme, accompanied by the wind section.
The melodic content is taken and used throughout the whole soundtrack, making it also one of Williams’ most repetitive scores. The original theme to Jurassic Park is heard as the film begins.
Williams also uses a selection of much rarer instruments such as baritone horns, synthesizers, a piccolo oboe, celesta and a shakuhachi. Williams wrote music that matched the “rhythmic gyrations” of the dinosaurs, which in turn helped him to create such effective music.Īs with many film soundtracks, Williams uses a large orchestra throughout the soundtrack, plus a variety of other forces such as a choir, extensive percussion and multiple harps. Williams described these noises as “a rugged, noisy effort – a massive job of symphonic cartooning”. Williams composed and edited the soundtrack in Skywalker Ranch in California, and he took much inspiration from sound designer Gary Rydstrom’s noises for dinosaurs. However, after sustaining a back injury during this time, some of the recordings were conducted by Artie Kane, though he is not formally credited. The soundtrack was conducted a month after its composition, with Williams conducting a large proportion of the recording. John Williams: Theme from Jurassic Park ContextĬomposed for the 1993 Steven Spielberg film Jurassic Park, the theme to the film has remained one of John Williams’ most iconic works.
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