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Topic: Motif in THE LOST WORLD?
Hector J. Guzman
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I was listening to the Lost world soundtrack and found a motif that I don´t think anyone has talked about. I wonder what this motif is for. It´s a four note motif that starts right away from the beginning of the movie. Here´s a list of the approximate times where it can be found:
Track2. "The Island Prologue"
0:15 - 0:32
1:46 - 1:52Track9. "The Raptors Appear"
0:05 - 0:16
0:29 - 0:37
2:26 - 2:33
2:40 - 2:46Track10."The Compys Dine"
3:05 - 3:43
4:15 - 4:30Track12."Ludlow´s Demise"
4:11 - 4:17Track13."Visitor in San Diego"
0:11 - 0:18
0:47 - 0:55
1:07 - 1:23
1:32 - 1:57
4:13 - 4:20
6:24 - 6:39
7:04 - 7:13
7:24 - 7:33
NP. THE LOST WORLD(John Williams)
posted 06-01-2000 05:45 PM PT (US) JJH
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Well, I don't know, but I must commend you on your listening skills.NP -- Carter Burwell compilation, "Fear" Main Title plays
posted 06-01-2000 05:51 PM PT (US) dantoris
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Well, I heard that cue everytime I played the score/watched the film, but I never gave it much thought. Maybe it's just a cue he liked and wanted to use it as much as possible?NP: The Lost World - "The Island Prologue" ****/***** (You got me wanting to hear this now. Which is actually a good thing, seeing as how I haven't played it in about three months)
posted 06-01-2000 05:57 PM PT (US) Rang
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I've always suspected that motif might represent the Island, but maybe not. Actually, that same four-note motif appeared in another Williams' score two years before THE LOST WORLD. You'll find it in "Main Title... The White House Gate" from NIXON, and also from NIXON, it seemingly goes through further variations in "The Meeting With Mao" (the whole piece revolves around those four notes).[This message has been edited by Rang (edited 01 June 2000).]
posted 06-01-2000 06:32 PM PT (US) James
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I noticed it. I thought it might represent the island too, but it's used in the San Diego sequence, so I guess not.Chilling motif, but not as foreboding as the four-note raptor motif from the first JP. That was really my only disappointment with the Lost World score, that he didn't reuse the raptor motif.
But the new one works well, too.
James
NP - Wilde (*****) posted 06-01-2000 06:46 PM PT (US) Rang
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James, do you think it could represent the island and its inhabitants? I could definitely see that, which would bring its use in San Diego into perspective.
posted 06-01-2000 06:58 PM PT (US) Marian Schedenig
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I always thought of it as the Dinosaur motif, just like that other Dies Irae-like 4-note motif in Jurassic Park (every descending 4-note motif is Dies Irae-like). Even if therer are no Dinosaurs on-screen when the theme is heard, I think it still represents their threat.
posted 06-02-2000 03:13 PM PT (US) Old Infopop Software by UBB