Michael Giacchino's musical career is an impressive one: he's crafted the scores for Lost, The Incredibles, Up (which garnered him an Academy Award), J.J. Abrams' recent Star Trek films and more, and he recently spoke to Entertainment Weekly about creating the soundtrack for the rapidly approaching Jurassic World. Giacchino has done work for the series in the past - including the music for The Lost World: Jurassic Park video game - but the fourth cinematic instalment proved to be a whole other beast. "I was instantly sort of terrified and was questioning my sanity for even saying yes to it, but my excitement for working with [director Colin Trevorrow] and working on a Jurassic movie after so many years sort of overtook that [fear] and got the better of me."
John Williams' theme for the original Jurassic Park film is one of the most iconic themes in film history, and Giacchino explained that they planned to incorporate it from the very early stages. "In our initial conversations, Colin and I talked about where are we going to put John Williams' theme because we both love that music so much and that music, to me, is Jurassic Park," he revealed, saying there was "no way to do the movie without that somewhere." So, what does Williams think of Giacchino's new take? Well, the pair haven't discussed it yet, but Giacchino remains hopeful. "I'd like to think that he was just confident that I wouldn't do anything that would disappoint." EW managed to snag two exclusive tracks from the official score, titled 'Nine To Survival Job' and 'The Park is Closed'. Both utilise the original theme, so if you're up for some nostalgia, hit the links in the names (there's no embedded, unfortunately). The full Jurassic World soundtrack is set to be released on June 9th.
Steven Spielberg returns to executive produce the long-awaited next installment of his groundbreaking Jurassic Park series, Jurassic World. Colin Trevorrow directs the epic action-adventure from a screenplay he wrote with Derek Connolly. Frank Marshall and Patrick Crowley join the team as producers. Jurassic World will be released in 3D by Universal Pictures on June 12, 2015.
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