Alexandre Desplat - Jurassic World Rebirth (2025)

[Toillion 427]

Looks like it’s officially Alexandre Desplat
 

https://ew.com/jurassic-world-rebirth-switches-composers-alexandre-desplat-exclusive-11719200

[Jay 46,468]

How the turntables...

[Edmilson 12,417]

HABEMUS COMPOSER

[Bespin Copilot 10,851]

3 minutes ago, Edmilson said:

HABEMUS COMPOSER

 

We got Gitane's smoke!

[scallenger 665]

I don't understand why there was such devoted secrecy over this choice...

 

I'm sure I'll be more excited after getting over that bizarre strategy.

[Muad'Dib 2,086]

Awesome!

[Tom Guernsey 3,869]

21 minutes ago, Toillion said:

Looks like it’s officially Alexandre Desplat
 

https://ew.com/jurassic-world-rebirth-switches-composers-alexandre-desplat-exclusive-11719200

As I really enjoyed his Godzilla score, I'm actually really looking forward to this. Most complaints about his music often seem to stem from the fact that he scores a LOT of movies, many of which are relatively straightforward and/or quirky dramas, but I think he delivers when outside of that zone quite effectively. Plus, let us not forget that the finale to his (terrific) score to The Golden Compass almost quotes JW's JP theme (presumably a coincidence, but it always makes me think of dinosaurs when I hear it).

[thomas_cdvault 216]

Wonderful news. Desplat's Harry Potter scores are great, I think we can expect something along those lines! And Godzilla is a lot of fun.

 

Giacchino is good at evoking other composers' styles on a surface level (John Barry in Incredibles, John Williams in Rogue One), but I generally find his melodic writing very incoherent and unsatisfying. On the other hand, Desplat knows how to write a strong melody and arrange large orchestral forces. He's able to tap into that Williams mode of writing, without feeling like a pastiche or rip off.

[ddddeeee 565]

Well this is exciting! I listen to Godzilla and Valerian all the time.

[scallenger 665]

Yeah I was around back when we were all excited for his Deathly Hallows scores and I remember being a bit disappointed, especially with the lack of adapted Williams material in interesting ways. But I guess we forget the franchise had jumped the Williams train a long time ago by that point. But then again so has Jurassic, where even Williams himself abandoned most of his own material in Lost World. I think it's important to temper expectations of him adapting Williams on this score and just see what he can do on his own, ala Godzilla, Golden Compass, and other scores mentioned here.

[Edmilson 12,417]

Yeah, I think it's a great choice. Certainly better than Gia or Brian Tyler. I really like when AD goes outside of his comfort zone of quirky little valtzes for Oscar nominated dramas, as in Godzilla or Valerian.

[Knight of Ren 1,560]

Quite an unexpected choice but I'm really looking forward to it. I'm a big fan of Desplat's scores for action/adventure/fantasy films so this should be great!

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WOW! Shocked but stoked with this news! 

 

Unexpected but makes complete sense given Desplat's involvement with Edwards on Godzilla/Rogue One, and also Williams holding Desplat in high esteem. Surprising how secretive this reveal was kept until now.

 

Very curious to hear what a Desplat Jurassic Park score sounds like!

[Evanus 428]

Yep I'm pretty happy with Desplat. Could've been a lot worse...

 

[mstrox 7,351]

15 minutes ago, scallenger said:

I don't understand why there was such devoted secrecy over this choice...

 

I'm sure I'll be more excited after getting over that bizarre strategy.

Probably wanted to get far enough along before the announcement to be sure they weren’t going to have to replace him.

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using a "mainly orchestral" score with help from a 105-piece orchestra and a 60-piece choir.

 

That's a big choir! I figured the score would lean more towards the tone of The Lost World but the heavy choral flavour intrigues me.

 

Maybe the big new mutant will have some hellish choral leitmotif.

[thomas_cdvault 216]

4 minutes ago, mstrox said:

Probably wanted to get far enough along before the announcement to be sure they weren’t going to have to replace him.

 

"After what happened last time..."

 

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At least Desplat is realistic about the realities of Hollywood:

 

"John Williams' wings are flying above us, so I do hope Spielberg enjoys the score. We'll see. Maybe I'll be fired! You never know."

[Ollie 1,375]

Great news. I love his Godzilla score.

[thomas_cdvault 216]

So... are we renaming this thread or starting a new one!

[Ollie 1,375]

2 minutes ago, crumbs said:

At least Desplat is realistic about the realities of Hollywood:

 

"John Williams' wings are flying above us, so I do hope Spielberg enjoys the score. We'll see. Maybe I'll be fired! You never know."

So breaking it down, that means Michael Giacchino will be announced as composer with 4 weeks left until the premiere?

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Just now, Ollie said:

So breaking it down, that means Michael Giacchino will be announced as composer with 4 weeks left until the premiere?

 

Not a chance... Mick will do it, he's just busy fixing the Skeleton Crew OST!

 

1 minute ago, ThomasFernando said:

So... are we renaming this thread or starting a new one!

 

Only @Jay has this power!

[ddddeeee 565]

This might be silly, but could Desplat/his management have requested his involvement not be announced until everything was done and dusted? He's had three incredibly high-profile 'firings' (Rogue One, Black Widow and Barbie) and I would speculate his management were wary of him getting a reputation for it.

[badbu 195]

i like

 

 

[Holko 12,083]

Hell yeah!

[Tallguy 7,393]

Is this the least surprising surprise announcement? Wasn't Desplat originally going to do Rogue One?

[badbu 195]

at the end it‘s balfe  

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I kinda hope the score leans more percussive, considering neither Davis nor Giacchino really followed TLW's lead in that respect.

 

3 minutes ago, Tallguy said:

Is this the least surprising surprise announcement? Wasn't Desplat originally going to do Rogue One?

 

It's definitely surprising when you consider Edwards has never worked with the same composer twice (ignoring the Rogue One debacle).

[Luke Skywalker 2,387]

Of allnthe avaiable choices, this i a good one!

 

 

it seems no music from giacchino will be referenced, which is a little weird being the jurassic wolrd fourth film.

[DangerMotif 1,303]

The music in the clip sounds great, I guess today’s news is good news

 

[thomas_cdvault 216]

4 minutes ago, Luke Skywalker said:

it seems no music from giacchino will be referenced, which is a little weird being the jurassic wolrd fourth film.

 

True, but I don't think there's a huge level of continuity in the scores for these films, particularly in the World scores. A couple of themes from JP1, but that's it. I'm happy for Desplat to discard Giacchino's material in favour of new themes and ideas.

 

I wouldn't think of this as a fourth World film; it's really a 7th Jurassic film, and the start of a new sub-series for Universal (heaven knows how many sequels they're already planning...)

[Jay 46,468]

28 minutes ago, ddddeeee said:

This might be silly, but could Desplat/his management have requested his involvement not be announced until everything was done and dusted? He's had three incredibly high-profile 'firings' (Rogue One, Black Widow and Barbie) and I would speculate his management were wary of him getting a reputation for it.

 

I would say that's exactly right, yes.

[thomas_cdvault 216]

6 minutes ago, DangerMotif said:

The music in the clip sounds great, I guess today’s news is good news

 

Wonderful little preview, very colourful and classic-sounding! Love the detail in the woodwind orchestration. That frenetic passage at the end sounds straight out of an old monster movie.

 

Also our first cue number & title. "1m1v8 Opening Lab".

[Zenon 7]

Now this is a really exciting development!

 

I slowly started to lose interest in blockbuster scores. MI-8 and Superman's originally attached composers weren't thrilling announcements, and then their replacements [additions?] couldn't excite me less. But hoping we get solid music from all!

 

[Luke Skywalker 2,387]

Well all giacchino scores have good continuity between them, more than williams did with his two scores.

[thomas_cdvault 216]

3 minutes ago, Luke Skywalker said:

Well all giacchino scores have good continuity between them, more than williams did with his two scores.

 

Certainly, there's a fair amount of shared material between the three scores, even though they're quite stylistically different.

 

Jurassic World is a very Williams-esque score.

Fallen Kingdom leans much more heavily in the monster movie direction. Lots of fun.

Dominion is... not very good.

 

New characters and story (as new as a 7th film can be), so it makes sense to go in a new direction with the music.

[ddddeeee 565]

I'm a big fan of Desplat, but he's been in a bit of a slump recently, scoring movies that  push him into territory he's already covered 100 times. This and Frankenstein are exciting, though. They're probably my two most anticipated scores of the year.

[Paul M. Grenon 112]

I was wrong about it being Williams, but I am happy with this. I don’t know much of his work, but I really enjoy the stuff I know. Excited for new action cues that I’ll be excited for!

[Jill Sandwich 11,208]

I knew it would be Desplat.

[Stark 1,031]

Not a big Desplat fan, but I like his Godzilla a lot, and that is undoubtably his benchmark here.

[Thor 9,363]

Of course it's Desplat.

 

Out of the many thousands of composers out there, I only had FOUR I didn't want it to be. And it turned out to be one of those four. On the flipside, he's at least the 'least bad' of those. I went through all of Desplat's catalogue about two years ago, and have - I think - 9 of his scores in my digital collection. That's more than can be said about the other three. So in that respect, it helps a little. But just a little.

 

Now we just have to wait and see how it turns out. The proof is in the pudding.

[Not Mr. Big 5,011]

37 minutes ago, Luke Skywalker said:

Well all giacchino scores have good continuity between them, more than williams did with his two scores.

One of my least favorite thing about the World scores.  Whenever the Jurassic World theme showed up, my eyes glazed over

[Rachael Foley 10,198]

8 minutes ago, Thor said:

Of course it's Desplat.

 

Out of the many thousands of composers out there, I only had FOUR I didn't want it to be. And it turned out to be one of those four. On the flipside, he's at least the 'least bad' of those. I went through all of Desplat's catalogue about two years ago, and have - I think - 9 of his scores in my digital collection. That's more than can be said about the other three. So in that respect, it helps a little. But just a little.

 

Now we just have to wait and see how it turns out. The proof is in the pudding.

 

The Thor Horsemen of the Apocalypse?

 

Michael Giacchino

Ludwig Gorranson

Alexandre Desplat

Volker Bertelmann

[Thor 9,363]

Volker Bertelmann.

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Just nice to see a major tentpole Hollywood score that isn't done by an RCP disciple or Giacchino, honestly. And I say that as a (mostly) fan of what Gia did for the last two Jurassic scores.

 

Is this Desplat's first major summer popcorn score since Godzilla in 2014?!

 

And it's his third time following in JW's footsteps, after Harry Potter and Star Wars. 

[Luke Skywalker 2,387]

Lets hope desplat delivers and doesnt make the gia scores masterpieces then 🙄

[Richard P 5,319]

Well... there we are. Mystery solved.

 

The music in that Twitter clip has some promise, but there's almost nothing Desplat has done that I've liked. Maybe he'll surprise me, and at least it sounds from that interview that he had some semblance of wanting to do the film.

[Luke Skywalker 2,387]

And interest to homage the williams sound.

[wickerman 98]

Alexandre Desplat scores "Jurassic World: Rebirth":

 

https://ew.com/jurassic-world-rebirth-switches-composers-alexandre-desplat-exclusive-11719200

[Trope 1,458]

YES! Man, I hope he knocks this out of the park. I was so disappointed when he couldn't tackle Rogue One all those years ago, this is a fantastic opportunity for him to go hard.