Jurassic Time

Trespasser- The Lost World: Jurassic Park; a sadly failed and forgotten game from 1998. Instead of delivering on a fully-realized world of dinosaurs in a 3D environment, it instead produced endless headaches for most of its gamers as they attempted to trek through the various bugs and glitches; much more terrifying than any dinosaur. However, the story that was told through Richard Attenborough's performance of John Hammond was masterful and quite unforgettable. Unfortunately, it was a performance that would have been lost entirely if it weren't for efforts to excavate all the audio files from its depths.

I didn't want fans of Attenborough or Jurassic Park to miss out on what I believed to be a deeply thoughtful and melancholy look into the mind of the park's creator: a story not told with this level of personal marred recollection in the novels by Michael Crichton or the films by Steven Spielberg. In the past, I only had what was recorded for the game in its files. It was in a jumbled mess that I had to put in a storytelling order, fitting it as correctly as I could, like pieces of a complex puzzle. Setting it to Bill Brown's incredible score from the game was like having Attenborough's words put to a lovely beat and rhythm to be enjoyed. The end result was Jurassic Time: The Memoir Of John Parker Hammond (a name derived from the game's strategy guide). The audio program was finally a way to experience the story apart from the game, in the most complete way possible. Through various editions, I eventually added some sound effects, additional tracks, and other enhancements into the mix.

After some attempts to get the story across, things became pleasantly complicated when I received a wonderful gift from the game's writer, Austin Grossman. It was a complete scan of the actual script read by Attenborough for the recordings! However, on those pages were about 80 sets of additional dialogue that were apparently never recorded. The additional dialogue had wonderful and engaging information that really gave a bigger scope to the story that was told.

It was then that I knew I had to "excavate" a proper book compilation of the entire story. Just like the audio files, the script was all out of order; categorized by sections of dramatic tone for Attenborough to read instead of within context of storytelling. After putting it all in the best order possible, I made the entire book look like something John Hammond himself had put together. It comes complete with fantastic illustrations. This style was later adapted into an engaging video program.

I eventually had the tools to bring this additional dialogue to life with a synthetic recreation of Richard Attenborough's voice using audio from Trespasser. The audio and video presentations had the new dialogue bookended with Anne, performed by Minnie Driver: a woman stranded on Isla Sorna after an unfortunate vacation accident. She comes across "Hammond's Lost Diary", which features the rest of Hammond's intended story with these recreated files. It was the final step in having the entire story performed.

The Hammond Memoir has been through many variations over the years, but the "Definitive Edition" was finally created. I still cannot believe it has been over a decade since I decided to bring Hammond's buried story to the surface for everyone to enjoy. This final incarnation will hopefully stand the test of time like the very story it tells.

Jurassic Time: The Memoir of John Parker Hammond is something I have been very proud of preserving, and will always hold dear. I hope you will, too.

- Derrick Davis, Creator of Jurassic Time, 2021

Preserved Hammond Recordings

Presented for the first time are the entire available and unedited recordings of Richard Attenborough’s performance of John Parker Hammond from the DreamWorks Interactive PC Game Trespasser- The Lost World: Jurassic Park. These were the same files featured in Jurassic Time: The Memoir Of John Parker Hammond audio program, an audiobook-style presentation that included music from the game edited to carry the story. Most of the files are sourced from an early alpha version of the game that featured the best quality available. The retail version of the game featured degraded quality and dreamlike echo effects on the voice, whereas these are mostly the untouched recordings with fantastic sound. Some of the dialogue remains edited, in stereo, with minor atmospheric effects (but are also offered SFX-free in the 'Additional Files' thanks to new removal software). A set of dialogue that reads an old diary entry sadly remains in intentionally degraded quality. Also included are a few alternate versions of the dialogue and some additional dialogue selected from the DreamWorks Interactive PC Game Chaos Island- The Lost World: Jurassic Park that is hard to come by (and sadly in poor quality).

In addition, the files created by a synthetic recreation of Richard Attenborough's voice using audio from Trespasser are also included. These were heard in the "Hammond's Lost Diary" tracks. They continue the rest of Hammond's intended story, as seen in the game's original script.

The files are all organized in folders in the order done for The Definitive Edition. It should be noted that in the game files themselves there was no storytelling order at all; just a scattered, incoherent mess. After over a decade of different versions of The Hammond Memoir, I decided it was finally time to have the recordings themselves easily accessible. While I still firmly believe The Definitive Edition is the best way to experience Hammond’s story, I know these files have been long-requested. So here they are; preserved for all time.

Jurassic Time.

Weapon Sound Overhaul TPA

"This is a small mod I did a long time ago for a user who wanted to replace the weapon sounds with his own selection. I never released the file publically, and the user seems to have disappered since (if you're the one reading this, feel free to let me know who you are!), so I've decided to put the file up for download. It works as an additive Effects .TPA file which you can attach to your mod in order to replace most of the gun sounds with these excellent new ones!"

Anne And Hammond's Audio Adventure

Hi guys!

A few months ago I began work on an audio project, similar to that of Jurassic Time, entitled Anne's Audio Adventure. It was the first time I'd done something like that, and following that, I decided I would try to do a longer, more Trespasser-canon audio script. In the works from around August, this was scripted and put together over the course of about a month. It follows Anne's journey through the island, based on a prose-like walkthrough, before the "actual" prose walkthrough release. It is based on what that walkthrough dictated, the retail build of Trespasser, and a bit of imagination in between to fill in some gaps.

As I'm not a complete expert when it comes to audio creations, or canon-Trespasser scripts (and the like), please consider this a sort of "basic version" - it's open to feedback and further development. Consider it partly a community project - I know this isn't perfect, and there are probably some parts which all of you won't like, thus it's a sort of "first complete build beta stage" thing. However, it does contain every single VA and VH included in Build 96, and VH162 from the Retail version (at least, I tried to include all of them, and I think I did).

You can download the transcript files here: Anne And Hammond's Audio Adventure Transcript Download

Anne's Audio Adventure

Anne's Audio Adventure was made by LtSten in the spirit of Jurassic Time. It follows the same theme but with Anne instead of Hammond. This is an early version of the "Anne And Hammond's Audio Adventure" project.

Jurassic Trek: The Anne Tribute

After the success and acclaim of Jurassic Time, many fans wanted yet another experience in the same engaging style. However, Hammond’s story was done. I had cobbled together every single line of dialogue he had in the game. What story was there left to tell? Well, there was one other character in the game that had a story: Anne, the woman marooned on Site B, left to fight for her life across an island full of dinosaurs.

Titled Jurassic Trek- The Anne Adventure, it was to be an old-time radio-style audio adventure using sound effects, music, and dialogue from the game. With no visuals at all, the listener was either reminded of the best moments from the game or taken through them for the first time in a way no one had ever experienced. It was also a way to present most of the wonderful dialogue of Anne, performed magnificently by Minnie Driver, in a way similar to what I had done for John Hammond in Jurassic Time. Some of the moments from the Hammond memoir would be seeded throughout to complete the story. In the end, it was to become a atmospheric yet fast-paced adventure to assault the ears.

But it was not to be.

Due to a loss of interest in the project and diminished energy, I decided not to continue. I had done some tests of what I was trying to accomplish and I simply was not satisfied with the results. It became unsatisfying and ultimately frustrating, and every time I would stop and start again, it didn’t get any better. With that I realized this project simply wasn’t for me.

However, in light of still wanting to have some kind of keepsake of Minnie Driver's performance, I have decided to make a brief, 12 minute vignette of it. It doesn't use any sound effects, just dialogue sometimes set to music like Jurassic Time. I call it Jurassic Trek- The Anne Tribute.

Transcript can be downloaded here: Jurassic Trek Transcript Download

Anne's Podcast (Parody)

For quite some time now, many have wanted to have a proper audio presentation of Anne's story of her ordeal on Isla Sorna. Well, this isn't it. This is actually something quite a bit more than that. I have created a unique and incredibly odd audio experience.

Based loosely on the events of Trespasser, Anne has crashed-landed on Isla Sorna, the dinosaur-infested island of John Hammond. But not long after she arrives, she discovers a recording device that allows her to express her thoughts and describe events that have happened to her, sometimes as they happen. As she makes her trek across the island, outrageous things continue to happen and exponentially become more incredible.

What makes this presentation so odd is that everything is done by me. Her voice, other characters, the dinosaurs, sound effects, and even music. Not one sound is taken from any other source, it is all my own vocal talent, with the aid of several audio editors. The result is a bizzare audio experience, with lots of humorous references and scenarios, that is meant to be the ultimate one-man-show parody of a game that delightfully deserves it. It is dedicated to fans of Trespasser and the Jurassic Park books and films. I hope you enjoy it.

Chicken SFX

SFX that can be used with the Chicken model found in the Dinosaur download section: Chicken Download

Cow SFX

SFX that can be used with the Cow model found in the Dinosaur download section: Cow Download

Total Chaos

Fans of Trespasser may be led to believe that Richard Attenborrough's collaboration with the game was unique. However, this is not quite accurate. Back in 1997, a year before Trespasser was released, another game was put on store shelves that captivated fans of Jurassic Park on a whole different level of fun: Chaos Island- The Lost World: Jurassic Park. Loosely based on the events from the second film, the game was a mission-based, WarCraft-esque, dinosaur-infested strategy adventure. It's main goal was to get the main characters from the film through various tasks before leaving the troubled island. Along the way the player would come across many of the dinosaurs from the film, but also constantly be harassed by hunters. The player would not only be able to play humans, but dinosaurs as well (thanks to a "special DNA serum" used to hatch your own dinosaurs that can be controlled). What made this game so unique, even today, was not it's story or fun use of the strategy format, but the fact it had the same actors who portrayed their roles in the film do so in the game as well! Among the actors, of course, was Richard Attenborrough.

Many people have fond memories of this simple yet fun game that came out around the same time The Lost World: Jurassic Park did. I myself am one of those people, and have always been entertained by it's fun version of the film's story, with the actors clearly having a good time with their voice acting talents. In fact, the John Hammond portrayed in this game is far more like the easy-going millionaire we all know and love from the films, rather than the more solemn man we know from his Jurassic Time memoir. Although Hammond is not the main star of Chaos Island (most of the dialogue goes to Jeff Goldblum's Ian Malcolm character), his performance here should not be missed, as well as everyone else's. It's very rare for a game version of a popular film to feature the same cast doing new work with their same characters. The only other game I can think of that has done this to the extent of Chaos Island was the new Ghostbusters video game.

As a fan of Chaos Island and it's unique use of voice talent, I have decided to not let their performances be forgotten and be available for all to hear in a audio presentation. Using Remdul's game editing tool (available from his great fansite), I was able to assemble the mission briefing, video clip, journal, and other sound bytes to create what I have called: Total Chaos. About 30 minutes long, it chronicles the story of the game simply as it had played out, inter-cut with Ian Malcolm's journal. In addition to that, there is a bonus track using music from the game (composed by Michael Giacchino) overlayed with other audio sound bytes. Although this presentation was nowhere near as challenging as Jurassic Time, it was done purely for fun and to have something to remember the game by.

Arranged By Derrick Davis (aka Scallenger)
From The Dreamworks Interactive Game Chaos Island- The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Written By Danny Hartigan & Tim Wade
Characters & Situations By Michael Crichton
Music By Michael Giacchino

Featuring:

Richard Attenborrough as John Hammond
Jeff Goldblum as Ian Malcolm
Julianne Moore as Sarah Harding
Vince Vaughn as Nick Van Owen
Richard Schiff as Eddie Carr
Vanessa Lee Chester as Kelli Curtis

Trespasser Soundtrack

Download and listen to the full Trespasser soundtrack. You can download the promo soundtrack made by Bill Brown (but originally unreleased) or the complete collection, compiled and collected by Scallenger.