I'd just like to say that after 5 years, The Lost World has made it onto my list of top John Williams scores. When I first heard it I thought it was poor. But after studying it a lot over the last year, I can safely say that this score contains everything that makes a John Williams score brilliant for me. It has a lot to do with the structure of the album / tracks. The action tracks are amazing, but I think the reason it has been pushed aside is a lot to do with the film being not so great. I think this album would suffer heavily from an expanded release.
I will never look down on this score again - ever.
The only thing I disagree with is how it would suffer from an expanded release- tell me you wouldn't want the film version of "Sarah's Rescue"-that entire scene and cue is one of Williams most brilliant action set pieces, and only HALF of it made it to the album... John F
My favourite cue is ofcourse "The Hunt" here the music takes a safari hunt like initiative. It kinda swashbukles-because Williams used the notes from the 'Lost World theme' and tunrned into a fanfare! Its exciting and really the most fun cue on the album-Ofcourse it wasnt used in the film at all and thats a pity.
The film version of 'Sarahs Rescue' is also great and it features a couple of motives from 'The Hunt' cue. I wish they had included this completed un edited version on the cd.
Another piece of music which isnt in the cd is the T -Rex chase music (the one on the island) and film version of the finale and end title which is so cool!
Another great cue is for 'The Stegosaraus' sequence. I find the end sequence when the attack comes on Sarah Harding to be stunning. The percussion effect as a coda is just too amazing. I just love the last half of it. Infact the whole cue is great.
May one day we will get an expanded edition of this score on 2 cds with better and improved sound-I Hope!( the current edition is mastered at a low volume amd sounds hissy)
Probably my favorite moment in "Rescuring Sarah" (and missing from the CD) is the brief moment where both rexes return and begin checking out the truck Eddie is in. It's nothing special, but I always loved the effect of the bells in that moment.
I like this score quite a bit, though I rarely listen to it.
I swear it's a cursed title for me. I've had three different copies of it since it came out. First I bought brand new when I was living in Texas, but it got scratched all to hell due that ridiculous packaging. Second time 'round it was stolen out of my car with a handful of other CDs when I lived in Vegas. the replacement I bought for it, was only 99 cents at a used store in Vegas, but alas, it too, is scratched beyond playability.
I have always thought this score incredibly under-rated. The main theme with it's churning rhythmical pulse is brilliant piece of writing - and those action pieces left out of the film all dazzle me. Williams' out-takes blow many other composers away - and with all the talk about Lucas's hacking the score in 'Clones' - what about this film? What's the story? Why DID those tracks not make it? Etc.
I always assumed that the CD track called "The Hunt" was more of a concert arrangement that a piece composed for the movie. At first I thought it was a most-unused cue, so I synced it up with the hunt sequence, but soon realized (despite starting off good) it didn't go with the rest of the scene, so that's when I realized it must have been a formal arrangement of the hunt music instead.
But I agree about the score as used in the movie. It is very chopped up in places, and near the end when Jeff Goldblum and Julianne Moore jump off the boat, there's a very bad cut and then a repeat of some music that just played. Very bad.
I always assumed that the CD track called "The Hunt" was more of a concert arrangement that a piece composed for the movie. At first I thought it was a most-unused cue, so I synced it up with the hunt sequence, but soon realized (despite starting off good) it didn't go with the rest of the scene, so that's when I realized it must have been a formal arrangement of the hunt music instead.
No no it works great! Just start the music in the scene when Pete Postlethwaite is talking to the company guy in the safari and jeep and is giving him his piece of mind :
'You can keep it. All I want in exchange for my services is the right to hunt one of the tyrannosaurs. A male. Buck only. Why and how are my business. If you don't like either of those conditions, you're on your own. Go ahead and set up your camp right here, or in a swamp, or in the middle of a rex nest, for all I care. But I've been on too many safaris with rich dentists to listen to any more suicidal ideas. OkaY? '
START the cue when Pete says "Okay"?
And play the cue-It will sync correctly( even the mikey mousing sections in the music which correspond to the section where the one of the smaller Dino's is captured)
Once you watch the scene with the music only you will see WHY it just didnt work all too great with the film-I guess Spielberg wanted a different pace to it. Williams came in and added a new music at the end of the scene while other bits were tracked with The Lost World Theme.
I'll give it another try next chance I get. I just remember the sequence ending before the music did (and some music being in action mode while it was just dialogue moments on screen), but I'll see how it looks. Maybe I started it at the wrong moment last time.
I always assumed that the CD track called "The Hunt" was more of a concert arrangement that a piece composed for the movie. At first I thought it was a most-unused cue, so I synced it up with the hunt sequence, but soon realized (despite starting off good) it didn't go with the rest of the scene, so that's when I realized it must have been a formal arrangement of the hunt music instead.
The thing I find strange about The Hunt is the fade out ending. Williams is always so adept at writing concert versions of his pieces and always finishes them with flourish and or gusto. Despite being unused in the film the fact that this piece fades out is odd at best. Maybe the piece runs much longer? Bring on an Expanded release.
All I can remember from the score is 'The Lost World' theme and the loud bass notes when the Dino appears in San Diego (hope that's not a spoiler for anyone, but here you never know). I should probably give it another listen, but I doubt I'd be too fussed with an expansion.