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Orchestrating Dinosaurs
Equally as famous as Steven Spielberg for Jurassic Park is its composer John Williams. As Jurassic World builds with anticipation for its summer release date of June 12th, viewers of the trailers have already noticed a similar piano rendition of the Jurassic Park theme song (breathtakingly good!). However, Michael Giacchino will score the new soundtrack for this park/movie. And just like any great movie, music is (and needs to be) its own character in the storytelling process.
John Williams explains:
He always hits the right notes with movies and music.
A Blog 400 Posts in the Making
This is the 400th blog post on Jimmy’s Daily Planet!
It’s surreal to contemplate where this blog began and it’s surreal to imagine where this blog will continue to go in the future.
A sincere thank you to all who read it!
There are countless things to write about and reflect on for what’s to come post-400. However, after being guided to a behind-the-scenes look at 2015’s much-anticipated Jurassic World starring Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard by a loyal reader, embedding the following music clip just seemed right on this special occasion.
It is my honor to present to you a beloved John Williams masterpiece from my favorite movie of all-time:
“Life finds a way…”
Happy Monday!
I was scrolling through my iPod Touch this weekend and tapped on “John Williams.” It had been too long my dear friend, too long!
Quite frankly, this quick tap was all I needed to reopen a world of unlimited possibilities and imagination. On this Monday, dream the unthinkable because, if you do, it just may come true…
Happy Monday and Have a (Pre-)Historic Week!
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