Maestro 147 Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Calling on the JWFan-hive: I'm producing a radio story for NPR about how the Jurassic Park theme transcended the film and has infiltrated pop culture, and I'm trying to find examples of it being used in other settings. I'm thinking Simpsons / Family Guy / Saturday Night Live / sitcom gags, references in other movies and TV shows, viral videos / memes, etc. Can you all help me out with any notable examples? Thanks a million! Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,281 Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,024 Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 It's used in Jurassic World. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellosh 3,383 Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 7 minutes ago, Maestro said: viral videos / memes this has 18 million views Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,429 Posted May 19, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 19, 2022 It's used in Ted 2 Darth Mulder, Bayesian and p0llux 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayesian 1,359 Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Maestro said: Calling on the JWFan-hive: I'm producing a radio story for NPR about how the Jurassic Park theme transcended the film and has infiltrated pop culture, and I'm trying to find examples of it being used in other settings. I'm thinking Simpsons / Family Guy / Saturday Night Live / sitcom gags, references in other movies and TV shows, viral videos / memes, etc. Can you all help me out with any notable examples? Thanks a million! Tim (1) This sounds like an awesome story you're putting together and you have to let us know when it airs, Tim! (2) In exchange for that, I'll track down the instances the JP theme has been used in the Simpsons. I know it was used at least once, probably a decade ago. Let me dig into it.] EDIT: OK, the instance I was remembering is in episode 14, season 22 ("Angry Dad: The Movie") at 14:07, where it plays over a montage of Homer hogging all the credit from Bart for an animated movie they made. EDIT 2: Season 31, episode 21 ("The Hateful Eight-Year-Olds"), starting at 3:40. Lisa learns that her new friend owns horses. They set it up just like in the movie, with Lisa even wearing Dr. Grant's outfit. EDIT 3: Season 6, episode 6 ("Treehouse of Horror V") @ 10:19. Homer transports himself back in time and marvels at the dinosaurs around him. Note that the music here only imitates the JP theme, but in a way that it's impossible to mistake the reference. EDIT 4: Season 30, episode 4 ("Treehouse of horror XXIX") @ 16:45. A parody of the JP theme plays during a promo video for "Geriatric Park," which is itself a parody of Jurassic Park. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabulin 3,510 Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 You may include the anecdote how Williams visited J.S. Bach's old church, the Thomaskirche in Leipzig, Germany, on October 10th 2021. As he was exiting, the organist begun to play the Jurassic Park hymn and Williams said 'now I can die'. Here is a photo from the church: The source is one of those high profile interviews, was that The New York Times? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,281 Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 It was the New York Times, yes https://www.jwfan.com/forums/index.php?/topic/34431-new-article-in-the-new-york-times-on-john-williams-says-he-will-soon-step-away-from-film-projects/&do=findComment&comment=1862576 Fabulin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestro 147 Posted May 19, 2022 Author Share Posted May 19, 2022 Thanks everybody! (And please keep ’em coming.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,463 Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 Well, you mentioned FAMILY GUY yourself. But a couple of examples: Maestro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConorPower 148 Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 Not sure this will count, and I have to say I really despise this but it seems to have spread virally on TikTok and the likes. So now, whenever I mention JW or Jurassic Park to a friend they "know the words". It's a little skit on an English panel show called 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. [I'm sorry] Maestro and Jurassic Shark 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,024 Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 What an annoying voice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConorPower 148 Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 I agree. Although to be fair it is put on. It's a "character" he's playing. (I assume against his will) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayesian 1,359 Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Tim, if you’re still working on this piece (and I hope you are), I came across a reference in the webcomic xkcd by Randall Munroe: https://xkcd.com/324/ Another (albeit oblique) candidate comes from the Fox animated show Duncanville. In season 2, episode 11, Annie introduces her newfound passion as a bird lady to her family à la John Hammond and the music at that moment is meant to evoke the majesty of the JP theme. (The show is available on hulu.) Marian Schedenig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 I believe they referenced it in the latest Jurassic Park movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,272 Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 Barely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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