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Jul 6, 2007 - 1:35 PM
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Avatarded
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This score album has been a disappointment from the time I first heard it years ago.
There are three negatives going against it:
-Very POOR sound quality
-cues shortened in many places
-plenty of missing cues
To be more specific about each issue:
-The sound quality and mixing is terrible, as there is almost no clarity in the recording whatsoever. Compare the film to the album, in any track, and you will hear a world of difference. The main titles have prominent snare drums in the film that are completely drowned out on the CD.
"Attack Of The Batwing", where you hear the Batman theme in all its glory 1:01 into the track is a muffled mess on album. In the film, the brass and tympani are clean and clear, whereas the CD is a muffled mess with no detail at all.
-The edited cues is a distraction, when you know music is missing from them. "Roof Fight", "First Confrontation", and "Attack Of The Batwing" have many moments, highlights even, cut out of them.
-with a 55 minute running time, certainly some additional cues could make their way onto a reissue.
Because the score was recorded in England, that means re-use fees aren't really an issue correct? Is it just a lack of interest among fans regarding an remastered, expanded reissue of this score?
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What you are hearing in the film isn't always what they recorded on the stage. Those edits in the music could have made to fit picture changes and do not reflect Elfman's written score.
A re-release would be nice, perhaps in 2009 with a remix, but the sound is not nearly as bad as you describe it.
Ryan
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A re-release would be nice, perhaps in 2009 with a remix, but the sound is not nearly as bad as you describe it.
Ryan
I agree, it doesn't sound bad too me.
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No matter the release there is always someone who complains about "sound quality"
This is understandable when one realizes that most of the population is hearing impaired from listening to music on headsets and/or gear equiped with "Subwoofers" and "mega-bass".
oy!
brm
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Yes, the album is a different mix from what's in the film, but I've always found the album a great listen. And as far as the length is concerned, don't forget that the album came out in 1989, that it is so that it could still fit on an LP, and very well organized for the dual-sided formats.
I don't think it sounds that bad either... a little low by today's standards, but you can crank it up yourself.
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This was an Eric Tomlinson recording.
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So there's this huge problem with my mentioning that some cues on the CD are shorter than they should be?
That depends on your point of view. Most of us are clearly satisfied with the album. Sure there is interesting stuff in the film that isn't on it, but it is a well organized, satisfying listening experience on its own. As far as whether the cues on the album should be longer than they are, well, the album was edited by Danny Elfman and Steve Bartek, and in their opinion this was the best way to present the score on record.
Given that the score is very well represented and that there is no major thematic material left off, I think the advantages of a re-issue would be minimal. They might remaster the sound a bit, but I think that would just amount to yet another way too damn loud, dynamically compressed CD. I'd rather have the music with its dynamic range intact, thank you very much.
I personally don't always agree with the decisions of the composers when they make albums (I complain about John Williams endlessly), but I love this score - definitely the best aspect of the film - and have always been perfectly fine with the album. But as Lehah says, you can't please everybody.
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