What Role Does Music Play In Jurassic Park

Ever since music first was combined with movies it created a truly emotional and scene setting experience. Music describes 4 key roles in movies, it sets time and place or convey characters or ideas or creates a mood or atmosphere or expresses the emotions of the character or a combination of these ideas. A movie that uses all 4 roles is Jurassic Park.
A huge advancement in scientific technology has allowed the creation of dinosaurs. When a billionaire creates a park on an island and inhabits it full of dinosaurs he invites 2 palaeontologists, a mathematician, a lawyer and his 2 grandchildren to sets the parks attractions. When the dinosaurs break free, everyone must run to escape the island. John Towner Williams is the composer to Jurassic
It starts as a mainly homophonic sound that develops into a polyphonic clash of brass, wood wind, vocals, skin drums and strings. It starts with one ominous and loud drum beat which is followed by Gregorian chant that rises in pitch and has no harmony. Flutes join in with a sharp, cold and high pitch melody that clashes with the chant. It has a quick and constant but, menacing bass line that plays the same repetitive and continuous note until after 2 bars it drops the first note down in pitch. (ask what shake plays) majority Violins join in and crescendo as they increase in pitch over time, they then quickly and unexpectedly rise and lower in pitch while (shake playing). (ask if this is double bass 1:49). The chanting returns followed by violins that are now playing faster and more unpredictable joined with a short and sharp French horn that jabs and clashes with the violins. Suddenly the scene’s music changes tones and becomes more triumphant, with the help of the French horn playing long, high pitch notes, accompanied by a steady, constant and drum beat with a determined feel. However, it changes quickly and reaches the highest dynamic