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The opening scene in the first Jurassic Park where they are bringing in the raptor and it gets loose and kills one of the workers. The way the sound mix was designed in that sequence made up for the fact that you only saw fleeting images of the raptor.
I think my favorite part as far as sound goes is in the opening scene of the first Jurassic Park where all you ever see of the Raptor is the eyes, yet the make you so scared and aware of the danger in the park just based on the Raptor's sounds. To me this is still one of the scariest scenes in most movies in that you never see the thread, only hear it and a visually unknown threat is more terrifying then one you can see.
My favorite scene and best musical score are the same. It is when the team first arrives on the island and after stopping in the open field Grant sees the Brachiosaurus for the first time. That entire scene from when Hammond is explaining the park to when he says "Welcome to Jurassic Park" and Grant and Sadler look out across the valley to see herds of dinosaurs roaming the land. Brilliantly written and filmed. Haunting.
Maybe not the best scene, but the gallimimus stampede running from the T-Rex attack was my demo of choice to test my very first 2.0 surround setup (hooked to a VHS player) back in the day.
T-Rex roar at the end of Jurassic Park, after fighting the raptors. I remember that one in the theater and couldn't believe how loud and realistic it sounded.
The scene where Nedry is driving in the storm and then drops the cannister, finally meeting the dilophosaurus(spitter). So complex to get all those sounds to not be muddied. No pun intended.
while its not as loud or as energetic i like the scene when the Dilophosaurus attacks ned, and you hear all the rain from around you. and your at first cant tell where the dinosaur is.
When the Ford Explorers are parked outside the T-Rex paddock. It's raining, the power is out, and all of a sudden the T-Rex is ROARING OUTSIDE THE FENCE!
It's gotta be the T-rex's first appearance! I remember being in awe after watching JP and then driving home in the rain, expecting a T-rex to pop-up around every corner.
The opening scene with the first raptor attack. I love the mix of sound of the branches snapping as the cage is moved through the woods added to all the shouting and music. The sound builds the suspense even before the accident occurs.
Velociraptors clicking, the foot stomps rippling the water puddles, the "kitchen" scene and the overall jungle sounds...how can you choose just 1 scene in one of the best movies for sound design ?
The entire T-Rex scene from the first film, has been a very fond movie memory since the day I first saw it, starting with the infamous T-Rex-footsteps-cup-of-water-ripple.
I think I will go with the gallimimus stampede about midway through the first film. A nice range of sounds there, and should give the surround sound a nice workout when the Blus are released. It gets brownie points for a special appearance by the T-rex.
When you first see the T-Rex in the first Jurassic Park. The atmosphere, darkness, rain pinging on everything and the anticipation of something big coming is insane.
Hard to tell... it's been so long since I saw this in the theater and I never watched it with surround sound at home. You'll just have to give me a copy of the new blu-ray so I can better answer your question. Glad to do business with you.
So many wonderful audio scenes to choose from, but if pressed I will select one that left a lasting impression: "The scene where the children are in one of the jeeps outside the compromised T-Rex enclosure. It's very quiet and all you can hear is their breathing, the rain on the roof and the windscreen wipers." What made this scene special for me was that you knew something awesome was about to happen and the subtle mixture of these sounds as a prelude to one of the movies “core scenes" always struck me as sublimely appropriate. Great audio is not always about how well you can "bring down the thunder", some of my fondest cinematic memories have been scenes where the audio works with very little, but (at least in my mind) does it perfectly. I am very much looking forward to the above scene in DTS-HD Master Audio.
The deep bass in the footseps, just before T-Rex is revealed in the first film. The tension of the scene relies solely on the sound, as simple as it is, and it proves great sound mixing is not all about bombast... it's about dynamics. Also, it was one of the first things I ever remember hearing in DTS that made me understand why the leap to digital sound in movies was so monumental! Jurassic Park and The Crow were the first two films to screen with digital sound, and the cinema world has never looked back. We can trace all of the accomplishments in high-quality multichannel sound back to that point!
I like the higher-frequency tiny details vs the giant t-rex stops. Like the velociraptors walking or running or scampering: the details are sick. The other moment is in Jurassic Park 2, which might be one of the most visceral moments captured on film: the bus is hanging over the cliff, Julianne Moore is laying on the glass, and it begins to crack. Bit by bit, the web of cracks grows... and the sound of each crack happening is absolutely chilling. THAT is one of the great "sound" moments in all of film history.
Every time the T-Rex roared, my neighbors would start complaining!! And that was the DVD, wait til I get this blu they'll start freaking out as if I cloned one just like in the film!!!!
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