Mr. Brown 91 Report post Posted June 17, 2014 I vote THE LOST WORLD. Wish we'd get a proper expansion.Williams really does a good job of writing music to match the jungle setting of the film. The main theme works great, too. Very militant, like the antagonists of the film. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fal J. M. Skywalker 1819 Report post Posted June 17, 2014 filmmusic will vote JP, I am sure of it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jay 13453 Report post Posted June 17, 2014 No "I love both scores equally and can't decide" option?They are both so brilliant in their own different ways.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
indy4 151 Report post Posted June 17, 2014 Very hard to decide, but I went with JP. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Brown 91 Report post Posted June 17, 2014 No "I love both scores equally and can't decide" option?They are both so brilliant in their own different ways....There can only be one... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Datameister 674 Report post Posted June 17, 2014 Jurassic Park gets my vote, but they are indeed very different scores that are actually very hard to compare. Aside from a few thematic references, TLW pretty much occupies its own musical universe. Now, if we were voting on which score is in greater need of an expanded release right now, I would hope we'd all vote TLW. There's a very substantial amount of excellent music missing from the OST, whereas JP only has a couple of minor cues that haven't surfaced. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Not Mr. Big 2495 Report post Posted June 17, 2014 Jurassic Park, easily. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Balahkay 620 Report post Posted June 17, 2014 Jurassic Park. I haven't been able to get into The Lost World, film or score. Maybe an expanded release will allow me to appreciate the music more, if that happens. In fact, I don't find Williams' film output from 1994 to 1998 all that interesting. Although, I have warmed up to Stepmom over the years. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nightscape94 956 Report post Posted June 18, 2014 I prefer JP. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muad'Dib 1198 Report post Posted June 18, 2014 I think I prefer JP because it holds such a special place in my heart, but I'd dare to say that the action material (except for T-Rex to the Rescue) isn't that great compared to the rest. TLW, on the other hand, lacks the awe-inspiring, smile-inducing factor, but all of the action cues along with the suspense material is priceless. There's not a note wasted in all that action, and it's much more unique that JP's action material, that feels more like Williams using tricks he used before in similar-themed movies. TLW feels like Mancini on steorids, and I freakin' love it. Not to diminish JP of course, I just think TLW has the edge on that area. But JP has the inspiring, smiling, crying stuff. So it's a tough call.Right now I'm going for TLW just because. Tomorrow my opinion will probably change. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Incanus 5061 Report post Posted June 18, 2014 JP by a somewhat narrow margin but it was indeed the score that got me into film music while TLW was my first ever CD. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blumenkohl 951 Report post Posted June 18, 2014 The Lost World. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Þekþiþm 5664 Report post Posted June 18, 2014 Jurassic Park III. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scallenger 173 Report post Posted June 18, 2014 Oh shit, you're in a world of trouble now, Drax. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BloodBoal 7509 Report post Posted June 18, 2014 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Incanus 5061 Report post Posted June 18, 2014 The Lost World. Giacchino's, of course. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jonesy 55 Report post Posted June 18, 2014 The Lost World. Giacchino's, of course.Excellent choice! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thor 2621 Report post Posted June 18, 2014 Easiest choice ever, as JURASSIC PARK is my alltime favourite score, not only favourite Williams score!That being said, I also enjoy THE LOST WORLD for what it is, although it took me a couple of listens to warm up to it back in 97. More Stravinsky-ian and primal. I also think the film is severely underrated -- it actually contains some action setpieces that surpass that of the original and most other adventure films in the history of cinema! 1 publicist reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DreamTheater 131 Report post Posted June 18, 2014 Hi Thor, we meet again ! It's been a while... I'd go for The Lost World. As action scores go, that one kicks major some butt ! Add to that a superb album presentation and my most played of the two. He hasn't done anything as brilliantly exciting since, except for the odd cue here and there.But Jurassic Park has a special place in my heart too.Filmwise, JP is a gem, TWL is great fun. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boom Tss 1937 Report post Posted June 18, 2014 JURASSIC PARK -- it's just got more variety. THE LOST WORLD has the superior action setpieces (I'm probably one of the few here who isn't so crazy about T Rescue and Finale), but for cues are like Hatching Baby Raptor, Main Title, Encased Mosquito, Eye to Eye, Dennis Steals the Embryos and Journey to the Island etc. are why I'm a Williams fan. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thor 2621 Report post Posted June 18, 2014 Hi Thor, we meet again ! It's been a while... I'd go for The Lost World. As action scores go, that one kicks major some butt ! Add to that a superb album presentation and my most played of the two. He hasn't done anything as brilliantly exciting since, except for the odd cue here and there.But Jurassic Park has a special place in my heart too.Filmwise, JP is a gem, TWL is great fun.Hey, Mr. G! Awesome to hear from you again. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crocodile 4172 Report post Posted June 18, 2014 JP is more memorable, but TLW has better underscore.Karol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stewdog1 46 Report post Posted June 18, 2014 JP is definitely up there on my all time favorites. However, TLW, is just awesome from an action perspective. Some of the best JW has ever done. Very Goldsmith like, probably the closest JW has ever come to emulating the great Jerry. Especially the main theme being very similar to Capricorn One. Sent from my 831C using Tapatalk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RedBard 70 Report post Posted June 18, 2014 The Lost World, easily.Music by Paul Sawtell and Bert Shefter, right? ....Right? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Uni 304 Report post Posted June 19, 2014 Jurassic Park. Still warming up to TLW after all these years. Never liked the movie, which didn't help my impression of the score. JP's just eminently more listenable--and still represents one of the most exhilarating cinematic experiences of my life. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Koray Savas 1483 Report post Posted June 19, 2014 The Lost World, if only for "Rescuing Sarah." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DreamTheater 131 Report post Posted June 23, 2014 The Lost World, if only for "Rescuing Sarah."That and "Visitor in San Diego" !!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paleo 13 Report post Posted June 23, 2014 Didn't we have this poll at least once already in the past few years? Anyway, easy choice. I love Jurassic Park and listen to it very often; The Lost World... well, it's okay in what it wants to do, but I never liked it much (in fact, it was my first major soundtrack disappointment after a "blind buy"),and I rarely go back to it. Just not my cup of tea... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boom Tss 1937 Report post Posted June 23, 2014 What's wrong with it? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paleo 13 Report post Posted June 23, 2014 I guess I expected grand, sweeping themes and traditional action music (I still think "T Rex Rescue & Finale is absolutely awesome), and instead got brooding jungle percussion. Except for "Stegosaurus", there is nothing even remotely like what I love from JP. Still can't understand why Williams altered his style so fundamentally between the two movies. I don't hate TLW, but, as I said, it's really nothing I am excited about. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Incanus 5061 Report post Posted June 23, 2014 Still can't understand why Williams altered his style so fundamentally between the two movies.It was Spielberg's idea to have a different "percussive jungle sound" to the sequel and Williams just ran with that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paleo 13 Report post Posted June 23, 2014 Yeah, I did read about this too; still, the end result is so strikingly different from JP that it almost seems Williams (and Spielberg) hated the first score. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scallenger 173 Report post Posted June 23, 2014 While JP's score will always win for me, TLW really grown on me as its own thing. And actually, for those who have read the JP and TLW novel, doesn't the score for TLW fit the tone of them quite a bit more for the most part? When I listen to it now I definitely think that it would be the kind of score most other directors would have asked for JP if they had followed the tone of the novels more closely. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paleo 13 Report post Posted June 23, 2014 That's true; the JP novel actually lacks the kind of grandeur that would require a score such as written for the film (just compare Grant's reaction to first seeing dinosaurs on the island - in the novel he reacts in a sort of analytical way, if I recall correctly, and the moment has nothing of the near-religuous quality of the corresponding scene in the movie. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Incanus 5061 Report post Posted June 23, 2014 I think Williams likes to avoid retreating of the old if he can possibly avoid it and I guess following Spielberg's mandate he created a very different sound world for the sequel. He seems to have been in favour of even darker mood than the director as in many places the film makers favour the upbeat main Lost World theme over his often brooding, earthy and even grim underscore and it is indeed tracked in instead of Williams' quite harsh action writing quite a few times to give some scenes more heroic feel. Granted the "oohh aaaah" awe factor is largely gone from the sequel and it is a new locale so the change of musical style is somewhat justified as is the darkening down of the overall mood. I think that came as a surprise to anyone who fell in love with JP. It is a completely different beast. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dixon Hill 4186 Report post Posted June 24, 2014 Bah! Another non-public poll. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Incanus 5061 Report post Posted June 24, 2014 JWFan thrives on secrecy! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Naïve Old Fart 3598 Report post Posted June 27, 2014 "TLW": a superior score to a (vastly) inferior sequel. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scallenger 173 Report post Posted July 3, 2014 JP will always be better... because even the goats can sing to it's theme! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FilmManiac79 6 Report post Posted July 10, 2014 JP definately for me. I like TLW, and have grown to like it quite a bit more over the years. If we should ever get an expanded release of TLW, I'll probably like it more. But JP was my first JW soundtrack I bought (on tape), so its hard to beat the nostalgia factor- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red 72 Report post Posted July 10, 2014 Jurassic Park Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Breathmask 436 Report post Posted July 10, 2014 Jurassic Park. It just strikes me as the more coherent of the two. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MSM 53 Report post Posted July 15, 2014 JP is magic, and it has changed my life. TLW is 'just' a great JW score. 1 Jay reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muad'Dib 1198 Report post Posted May 12, 2015 Didn't know where to put this, but Conrad Pope just posted this on Facebook: 1 Incanus reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jay 13453 Report post Posted May 12, 2015 Bloody love that cue! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stefancos 10097 Report post Posted May 12, 2015 One of JW's best of the 90's. Silly that it wasn't used Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jonesy 55 Report post Posted May 12, 2015 The Hunt is probably one of my favourite cues from The Lost World. A delightful highlight. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jay 13453 Report post Posted May 12, 2015 The Trek wasn't used either and that cue's also awesome (in a completely different way) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stefancos 10097 Report post Posted May 12, 2015 What was Spielberg thinking? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Josh500 1404 Report post Posted May 12, 2015 We need an expanded/complete TLW! And sooner than later! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
