The Bearded Trio

David Gawne continues his in-depth look at the expanded Jurassic Park soundtrack released by La La Land Records.  This week we get a track by track review of Jurassic Park: The Lost World.  If you missed last week's review of the original Jurassic Park review you can catch up by following this link. A s great as it was to hear the expanded Jurassic Park score on the La La Land Records CD set, it was Jurassic Park: The Lost World I was really looking forward to. I remember buying the original soundtrack in '97 with that amazing 3D packaging which over the years has become a bit battered and bruised. The great thing about John Williams when he scores a sequel is his refusal to rely on what has come before. Think of The Temple of Doom, now compare it to Raiders, or Empire Strikes Back compared to Star Wars. His sequel scores are always darker, more complex and deeper, while also keeping what made the original so amazing. The Lost World is no exception. We get many new t...

David Gawne gives us a detailed track by track review of the exceptional complete Jurassic Park soundtrack from La La Land Records. T he Jurassic Park score is very important to me for three reasons.  Firstly it`s a score to my favourite movie of all time, secondly it`s by John Williams, lastly it was the very first score i bought - that and Home Alone later that same year. For over twenty years I've listened to it over and over and I've never tired of it one bit. So late last year when La La Land Records announced they were going to release an expanded edition along with The Lost World, it felt like a dream come true. When Jurassic Park was released as a digital only expanded edition in 2013 I had mixed feelings.  I much prefer physical media to download, being a collector and all.  Also I wasn't a fan of how the extra tracks were just tacked on at the end. Then Mondo announced they were to release the score on vinyl with the extra tracks, this was amazing n...