Don Davis's JURASSIC PARK III (2001) - 2024 La La Land Records edition produced by Mike Matessino and Neil S Bulk

[Jay 40,305]

 

 

JURASSIC PARK III: REMASTERED & EXPANDED LIMITED EDITION
(2-CD SET) LLLCD 1653
Original Themes by John Williams
New music composed and conducted by Don Davis
Limited Edition of 3000 Units
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La-La Land Records, Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, Universal Music Group and Decca Records present JURASSIC PARK III, a limited edition 2-CD remastered and expanded presentation of acclaimed composer Don Davis’ (THE MATRIX, THE MATRIX RELOADED, BOUND) original motion picture score to the blockbuster second sequel in the legendary JURASSIC PARK franchise, starring Sam Neill, William H. Macy and Tea Leoni, and directed by Joe Johnston.

 

Expertly interpolating, and building on, maestro John Williams’ iconic JURASSIC themes, composer Davis propels the film’s excitement even further with his own powerhouse, original orchestral material. Expanded and sounding better than ever, JURASSIC PARK III shines brilliantly – it’s robust, thematic high-octane film scoring that finally gets to shine in full within this deluxe release.

 

Produced by Mike Matessino and Neil S. Bulk, newly edited by Bulk and mixed and mastered by Matessino from the original 24 bit film mixes, this 2-CD presentation showcases the original 2001 soundtrack release remastered on Disc 1, with the expanded film score spread across both discs, concluding with additional tracks on Disc 2. The exclusive, in-depth liner notes are by John Takis, including new comments from the composer, while the sharp art design is by Jim Titus, continuing the eye-catching style he employed for our JURASSIC PARK and THE LOST WORLD re-issues. This is a limited edition of 3000 Units.

 

TRACK LISTING:

DISC 1
ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK ALBUM (54:28)
1 Isla Sorna Sailing Situation 4:21
2 The Dinosaur Fly-By 2:13
3 Cooper’s Last Stand 1:59
4 The Raptor Room 2:35
5 Raptor Repartee 3:04
6 Tree People 2:00
7 Pteranodon Habitat 3:01
8 Tiny Pecking Pteranodons 3:34
9 Billy Oblivion 2:49
10 Brachiosaurus On The Bank 2:05
11 Nash Calling 3:36
12 Bone Man Ben 7:18
13 Frenzy Fuselage 3:58
14 Clash Of Extinction 1:39
15 The Hat Returns / End Credits 5:07
16 Big Hat, No Cattle 4:24
Performed by Randy Newman

 

SCORE PRESENTATION (85:07)
17 Isla Sorna Sailing Situation (Film Version) 4:26
18 Dinosaur Man 1:43
19 Udesky, Nash And Cooper 2:29
20 The Raptor Bone 1:18
21 Raptor In The Cabin 1:52
22 The Dinosaur Fly-By (Film Version) 2:28
23 Cooper’s Last Stand (Extended Version) 2:52
24 Frenzy Fuselage (Extended Version) 4:08
25 Clash Of Extinction 1:40
DISC 1 TOTAL TIME: 77:40

 

DISC 2
SCORE PRESENTATION CONT’D
1 Kirby Paint And Tile Plus 4:07
2 Bone Man Ben (Film Version) 3:39
3 Raptor Eggs 2:54
4 The Raptor Room (Film Version) 2:44
5 Raptor Repartee (Film Version) 3:28
6 Eric To The Rescue 1:52
7 Tree People (Film Version) 2:02
8 Nash Calling 3:36
9 Party Crasher 3:16
10 Pteranodon Habitat 3:01
11 Tiny Pecking Pteranodons (Film Version) 3:24
12 Billy Oblivion (Film Version) 2:54
13 Brachiosaurus On The Bank 2:05
14 Reaching For Glory 2:32
15 River Rampage 2:13
16 Paul Makes The Leap 2:59
17 River Reminiscence 1:07
18 Raptor Harassment 3:41
19 The Hat Returns / End Credits (Extended Version) 10:02

 

ADDITIONAL MUSIC (13:14)
20 Dinosaur Man (Alternate) 1:43
21 Raptor In The Cabin (Alternate) 1:52
22 Cooper’s Last Stand (Alternate) 2:38
23 Clash Of Extinction (Alternate Opening) 1:46
24 River Rampage (Alternate Ending) 2:11
25 River Reminiscence (Alternate Ending) 1:08
26 Dinosaur Man (With Choir) 1:44

DISC 2 TOTAL TIME: 75:18

TOTAL 2-DISC TIME: 2:32:58

 

This is a CD format release.

 

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[Smaug The Iron 600]

Finely! I knew this one would come out this year, Lost World last year and the first one the year before that. 

[scallenger 581]

Insanely delighted! Had no idea this was coming! I'm surprised this wasn't saved for Black Friday! But glad to get it sooner!

[Richard P 4,375]

What a fantastic announcement, and the cover is awesome as well - love the detail with the pteranodons and the parachute!

 

The two main things I'm hoping for here are that the film version of Raptor Room has a brass moment where Leoni is looking at the raptor through the glass, which is either edited out of the OST or is an alternate take. Plus all the end credit material after the tracked Brachiosaurus on the Bank. It's about a minute and a half longer than my edit so I'm sure all that material is there. Boy am I going to be nervous playing those two for the first time.

 

I think I came to terms with not hearing the cage percussion some time ago - my best guess would be that it's stock music/samples.

 

And being Mike and Neil, we know it will sound as good as it's possible to be. Deep, deep down I thought, surely they had to be working on this one after starting a nice remastering and design series with Williams.

[A. A. Ron 2,091]

Love the cover!

[Edmilson 9,443]

"New Music Composed and Conducted by" might be one of the funniest music credits 

 

At least this is more direct to the point than Powell's credit on Solo though.

[Luke Skywalker 2,015]

Finallly niceee

 

and from mike mattessino 🥰

[Richard P 4,375]

19 minutes ago, Edmilson said:

"New Music Composed and Conducted by" might be one of the funniest music credits 

 

At least this is more direct to the point than Powell's credit on Solo though.

 

Yes, it's an odd one. All of the music is new... just that some of it quotes Williams' themes. Unless they're referring to bits such as the island theme, which are effectively reorchestrations of Williams' material, so Williams is technically the composer for those bits?

 

I'm thinking of cleansing my aural palette and removing the promo from my playlist so I approach the release freshly in about 3 weeks' time.

[ZackR 102]

Ordered and can’t wait for this. Love what Davis did with this score.

[Luke Skywalker 2,015]

Its weird to have the ost first though. It seems they did the same with spiderman 2 but its on a different disc. Maybe it was contractually obligated but neither jp or tlw were like that

[Meredith McKay 7,071]

31 minutes ago, scallenger said:

Insanely delighted! Had no idea this was coming! I'm surprised this wasn't saved for Black Friday! But glad to get it sooner!

Apparently, this is Black Friday!

[Jurassic Shark 13,741]

4 minutes ago, Luke Skywalker said:

Its weird to have the ost first though.

 

The release is ruined. 

[Justanothercrow421 126]

35 minutes ago, A. A. Ron said:

Love the cover!

I think the cover is okaaaay. Not crazy about the silver (although I get that it's a nod to the theatrical poster) and I really don't like the Spino's adjusted posture. It looks like she's doing the limbo. 

 

Otherwise stoked for this release and will be using my own artwork for this (Jim Titus-inspired).

 

[Evanus 367]

Awesome! And the cover looks fantastic 

[MedigoScan 339]

FILM VERSIONS

Its been 2000 years!

 

Alltho there only being 1 version for the Paul Takes a Leap track makes me worried its gonna be the FYC version.

[Richard P 4,375]

23 years since the film, so I'd imagine there might've been the odd post from 2001 about whether its anniversary was going to be marked.

 

And yep, every time LLL has come out with a monthly flyer some of us found a tad disapppointing for our personal tastes, stuff like this was waiting to come out. Just imagine what's still sitting there, waiting for signatures....

[TownerFan 5,420]

26 minutes ago, Richard Penna said:

Yes, it's an odd one. All of the music is new... just that some of it quotes Williams' themes. Unless they're referring to bits such as the island theme, which are effectively reorchestrations of Williams' material, so Williams is technically the composer for those bits?

 

The way people are credited is consequence of terms of agreement signed by artists with the studio. It's legal representatives who decide who is credited and how.

[Richard P 4,375]

Oh, I was never in any doubt that it's all decided by lawyers. Just looking for some semblance of logic in it... which can be a futile exercise 

 

I have to say though, I actually like this the most of the three covers. For my taste, the first one is a bit too bare and white and TLW goes in very heavy on the red. This one has the nice grey, broken up with the pteranodons and the broken parachute (great detail!) and the red slashes. Very nice balancing.

[Demondm810 414]

Orchestrations in this are incredible.  Can't wait to have this one. 

[Richard P 4,375]

Had a listen to the sample of the end credits and it's got the fanfare from the start of the credits in the film, but evidently that was originally later on in the cue, and the film goes into the dinosaur theme at that point.

 

The OST version has what I assume is Davis' intended music for the flying dinosaurs shot and the start of the credits, and an edited few minutes from the rest.

 

Hence this set is the first time ever that we will hear the entire finale cue as intended - even between the film, and OST and the promo it's not heard in its full form. I reckon Johnston replaced the first credits section with Brachiosaurus On The Bank (totally the right decision) and then, possibly as a result of that, cut out the island fanfare to follow it, then let the rest of the cue flow, minus the island fanfare.

[MedigoScan 339]

Those samples dont give me a lot of hope either that this will even have what I have been wishing for.

[Evanus 367]

Listening to the samples, it doesn't appear to be a huge upgrade in sound quality like I was hoping for, but I'm sure they did all they could. Seems like some film versions are missing though, like Pteranodon Habitat:

 

 

[Manakin Skywalker 5,510]

I'm so glad that they kept the same design.

 

[Richard P 4,375]

The recording probably wasn't fantastic to begin with, but the samples feel more enveloping than the promo, and as you said, Mike and Neil will have done everything possible to remaster it.

 

I wonder whether the liners will address the birdcage sequence at all - it's been a mystery for a very long time where that percussion was tracked from. It's one of three things - stock percussion, something from the first film's elements, or a genuine alternate, and I don't think it's that last one. Most likely a case where something was used on the editing stage that either isn't available now or wasn't documented.

 

It's a shame because it's much more effective in the film than the intended beginning of the cue would've been, but I've kind of lost the impetus to hear it over the years.

 

Aside from that, there are probably 3 things (two are very minor, and one's on the promo) that need to be here for it to be a closed book for me.

[Manakin Skywalker 5,510]

5 minutes ago, Richard Penna said:

I wonder whether the liners will address the birdcage sequence at all - it's been a mystery for a very long time where that percussion was tracked from. It's one of three things - stock percussion, something from the first film's elements, or a genuine alternate, and I don't think it's that last one. Most likely a case where something was used on the editing stage that either isn't available now or wasn't documented.

 

There's stock music from Immediate Music in an old bootleg I found years ago. Is this it, or is this just from one of the trailers?

 

 

[Richard P 4,375]

That's one of the trailer cues, yes. There's another one from Non-Stop Music from the trailer.

 

The birdcage one sounds like samples to me.

 

The film version of Raptor Room is 9 seconds longer than the album version, and I'm very much hoping/assuming that it's because it's got this bit. I can't fathom why Davis would edit it out so it's probably a tiny alternate section - it's also named 'film version' so something is musically different.

 

 

 

[Evanus 367]

Yeah, I'm starting to think that bit in the birdcage scene isn't something actually recorded for this score. Would be nice to have though! But if the rest is on there I'm not too bothered.

 

[MedigoScan 339]

Pity that unlike TLW who got that 2nd release with movie edits, I dont see a more expansive release for JP3 happening.

[Groovygoth666 1,057]

They're holding onto the film version of the birdcage cue till the 65th anniversary edition 

[Meredith McKay 7,071]

1 hour ago, Manakin Skywalker said:

I'm so glad that they kept the same design.

 

Jurassic Nugget/Potato Smile

[A. A. Ron 2,091]

1 hour ago, Manakin Skywalker said:

I'm so glad that they kept the same design.

 

I prefer mine.

 

[Jurassic Shark 13,741]

1 hour ago, Manakin Skywalker said:

I'm so glad that they kept the same design.

 

 

Titus revealed. 

[Brando 2,235]

Well thats sad that that section isn't here, perhaps the liner notes will talk about it. Still looking forward to the release though!

[Edmilson 9,443]

12 minutes ago, A. A. Ron said:

 

I prefer mine.

 

Oh no, not that meme again, please I'm begging!

[Brando 2,235]

This'll probably be the last time we can do this

 

[A. A. Ron 2,091]

 

7 minutes ago, Edmilson said:

Oh no, not that meme again, please I'm begging!

Luckily for you, there's a lot less room for wordplay with this one.

[Brando 2,235]

.

 

[Bellosh 3,973]

Wonderful news!

 

This will feel good to have all 3 fully complete like this.

 

Question though, does Williams and his people tell them to put his name above Don Davis?  Is this a move by LLL for marketing? How's that work, I mean I kinda feel bad for Don to not get top booking on that.

 

I could care less either way it's just interesting 

[Datameister 2,362]

Isn't the birdcage percussion in the film thought to be pulled from TLW's "Ripples"? Or was there never a conclusive answer to that? 

 

Anyway, it's gonna be tough to wait for this one to arrive! So so glad it's finally happening. I wish I could tell my 20-year-old self that by 2025, we'd have legit expanded releases of all three JP films.

[scallenger 581]

The question no one is asking is... are these "Enhanced CDs"?  (For those who know, you'll know...)

[Richard P 4,375]

33 minutes ago, Datameister said:

Isn't the birdcage percussion in the film thought to be pulled from TLW's "Ripples"? Or was there never a conclusive answer to that? 

 

Anyway, it's gonna be tough to wait for this one to arrive! So so glad it's finally happening. I wish I could tell my 20-year-old self that by 2025, we'd have legit expanded releases of all three JP films.

 

The percussion in ripples is too quick and 'dry' sounding, but the percussion right at the start of T-Rex Rescue sounds mighty close. Maybe back in 2001 they had access to percussion stems from the first score?

 

Anyway, we've got the entire actual score to look forward to - I'll be so happy to finally delete that promo forever.

[Bilbo 3,911]

It’s great to finally have complete versions of all the Jurassic films! 

[Richard P 4,375]

43 minutes ago, Datameister said:

Isn't the birdcage percussion in the film thought to be pulled from TLW's "Ripples"? Or was there never a conclusive answer to that? 

 

Neil has just responded on the FSM thread about the ordering of the discs (makes perfect sense) - might be worth asking him if they had any idea what the birdcage music is from?

 

Knowing how these things work, it'll probably turn out they did the audio for this 5 years ago and neither can remember 

[Luke Skywalker 2,015]

I always thought it was from the lost world, either from the sessions or re-recorded.

[John Takis 328]

This was a blast to write the liner notes for! I've long maintained that JPIII is in the very top tier of "Williams sequel scores not written by Williams." It balances the Williams-derived material with original material and Davis's sensibilities just brilliantly, and it's just ripping good music all around -- including one of my favorite action cues ("Billy Oblivion") of the early aughts. I also appreciated the opportunity to interview Davis, who had some wonderful stories and insights to share.

[crumbs 15,125]

1 hour ago, Brando said:

This'll probably be the last time we can do this

 

There's 4 more sequels they can do now! We're just getting started...

 

1 hour ago, scallenger said:

The question no one is asking is... are these "Enhanced CDs"?  (For those who know, you'll know...)

 

I hope all the wallpapers are ported across from the OST album!

[Muad'Dib 1,882]

[crumbs 15,125]

14 minutes ago, John Takis said:

This was a blast to write the liner notes for! I've long maintained that JPIII is in the very top tier of "Williams sequel scores not written by Williams." It balances the Williams-derived material with original material and Davis's sensibilities just brilliantly, and it's just ripping good music all around -- including one of my favorite action cues ("Billy Oblivion") of the early aughts. I also appreciated the opportunity to interview Davis, who had some wonderful stories and insights to share.

 

I've been hanging out for a JP3 expansion ever since JP/TLW were first done by LLL, so can't wait to get my hands on this and read your notes! The film is a guilty pleasure too -- knows exactly what it is and doesn't waste time cutting to the chase.

 

And I love when liner notes contain new interviews with the composer reflecting on their work years later. Sounds like Davis was happy to take a trip down memory lane

 

I always thought it was neat how DD watched completed sequences with JW and they discussed together how to approach the scoring. Basically a proto-Solo/Powell situation.

[Justanothercrow421 126]

14 minutes ago, John Takis said:

This was a blast to write the liner notes for! I've long maintained that JPIII is in the very top tier of "Williams sequel scores not written by Williams." It balances the Williams-derived material with original material and Davis's sensibilities just brilliantly, and it's just ripping good music all around -- including one of my favorite action cues ("Billy Oblivion") of the early aughts. I also appreciated the opportunity to interview Davis, who had some wonderful stories and insights to share.

As a kid, I used to film little movies with JP action figures and vehicles scored by tracks like Billy Oblivion. This score holds a special place in my heart. Love it.

[Bilbo 3,911]

13 minutes ago, crumbs said:

 

There's 4 more sequels they can do now! We're just getting started

We need the opposite of expanded soundtracks for those…