Jurassic Park Theme - Why the music is so powerful

so let's talk about the Jurassic Park theme and why it's so powerful! So we have this variation of the theme on the piano and it brings to mind a sense of what it was like when we were a kid you know it's very innocent and intimate and and just what we thought about like any other normal kid about dinosaurs being awed and fascinated by them so just sort of that childlike wonder about it and then the piece transformed into this which denotes more of a sense of actually seeing the dinosaurs for the first time at Jurassic Park right so capturing that real-life grandeur and just awesomeness about it and I love these bells they are very John Williams sort of a style it's like they accentuate or keep pulling that thread of childlike wonder even into this part of the music and then there's a distinct change in the theme I think where it goes from talking more about the story of us and our ideas and childlike wonder about dinosaurs growing up to then talking about the dinosaurs themselves as just animals or these grand creatures of nature I love how I mean the theme is the same but the notes are played longer right and it gives more a sense of reverence here and I think it touches on that sense of reverence so much that it wouldn't be a Miss in a scene like this and all of a sudden it transforms here and it gives a sense of being more intimate maybe being one-to-one with the dinosaur you know right in front of you and you're caressing yet or something like that like in a scene like this and then I love how it goes back to the piano but with elements of the strings that have you know accompanying us along this big journey so it's almost as if we went to Jurassic Park we saw the dinosaurs and now we're a kid again with her dreams haven't been realized now I absolutely have to talk about this part because the first four notes are awesome we have a fifth here and what I mean by that is on a piano these two notes are literally five notes apart and that space between those two notes or the interval of a fifth is typically used to announce something grand like a battle opening or a trumpet playing something reverential or in honza more score for Man of Steel and what I love that the music does here is okay it announces something with that major fifth but then it's like it grabs us by the shoulders and says no you didn't hear me right let me pull you another fifth but even higher so it plays two major fifths one after the other and it really catches their attention right we're just primed to react that way to this type of an interval it's almost like I'm looking at a brontosaurus and I keep trying to look up to see the top of it and finally by the time I almost reach the top is that part it goes but of them but I'm bump-bump so it's like okay get it this is this is big I really have to notice this and then this part of the track brings to mind a sense of being in the helicopter and seeing the dinosaurs from afar and just being able to look at them with your own eyes but also being able to consider the concept of the fact that you're actually looking at dinosaurs right from that relaxed point of view or even on the flipside I can imagine coming to the island and just considering the fact that I'm gonna be seeing these animals and then I love all these flutes doing these flourishes later on it's just again it's a very John Williams sort of a style and it gives that sense of like something exciting happening and then back to the piano part and I think it really closes the loop there but it's not just a story about dinosaurs but our relationship to them our ideas about them and our experience with them which really starts at a young age learning about them and playing with all those dinosaur toys and that sort of stuff so all in all I love the center to this movie I love the main theme and all its variations I think it's a classic obviously and it'll be one of them here at soundtracks of all time for the rest of my life I listen to it someone often so anyhow thank you for watching and let me know what you think in the comments below and if you enjoyed this video please consider subscribing liking and sharing and if you really enjoyed this video please consider backing me on patreon where there are a lot of cool rewards like talking to me one-to-one about music or a lot of behind-the-scenes exclusive content and many more things so as always thank you for watching soundtrack reviews and I'll see you next time you