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STAR TREK NEMESIS
Hands down has the worst cover & poster art of the entire series.
A minor quibble in light of this great 2CD set.
Actually the expanded version of First Contact has the worst artwork for the entire series. Nemesis is probably the best of the 4 TNG expanded releases for the artwork.
Mike for what you said about the OST...hmm I'll hang onto it for the time being until I can get my copy of the complete score. Keeping Insurrection's OST was a right call considering it had the longer version of "Children's Story".
I have kept all of the old Trek OST albums if for
no reason other then to remember where I came from (so to speak). I mean as yall know, thats all we had for years until 4 years ago when the light started to shine at the end of the tunnel. And some of those old albums like First Contact had some minor bonus stuff which was cool at the time (ex. The quicktime video that was included). I remember walking into Tower Records (while my father waited in the car) one day and buying the original Nemesis album before i saw the film. Of course I was disappointed that the cues on the album were slightly different then what i heard in the film, but im so grateful this has finally gotten the treatment it deserves. Good times indeed.
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STAR TREK NEMESIS
Hands down has the worst cover & poster art of the entire series.
A minor quibble in light of this great 2CD set.
The new GNP Crescendo FIRST CONTACT deluxe cover is very cool!
I like the emphasis on diseased yellow enhancing the imposing Borg threat.
Regardless Varese didn't choose the art, Paramount did.
I think that the cover for Nemesis isn´t optimal... but it´s what´s possible given the available poster designs. Keeping that in mind, they did a good job IMO.
However, I cannot agree on GNPs First Contact covers. That one is one of the worst cover designs I´ve seen in years. Ugly fonts, placement is odd/wrong... it looks cheap, there´s no style. The design for Insurrection for example is much better.
I think the First Contact cover is in the "ok, but could be much better" category.
The release in person leaves a better impression than the cover on the site alone.
The Generations and Insurrection covers are much better, IMHO, and certainly show the releases in a good light.
I think the Nemesis release is fine. Same cover art as the OST, but better arrangement of title etc., with the ubiquitous "DELUXE EDITION" banner across the top.
Each label has it's style for presenting scores, and this is really obvious when looking at which labels release which score on CD.
Intrada did something interesting here, looking to match their Star Trek IV, V and VI releases to the 2 FSM releases, and breaking away from their usual style, which is an appropriate, humble thing for them to do.
Of all the releases of the Star Trek scores, I believe LLLRs Star Trek: The Motion Picture is my favorite, with everything top notch, stunning artwork, amazing sound and mastering, great, detailed and beautifully produced booklet, and all-around awesome work.
All of the first 6 movie score releases are fantastic, and the GNP releases are pretty excellent for the most part.
There's something appropriate about the styles of the TOS films compared to the TNG films, and the Nemesis release being an appropriate stylistic departure for that phase of the franchise (based on what we've seen).
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Oh your right. Stylistically very close though.
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It's great that all of Treks 1-10 have now been produced complete by Lukas (and most/all have involvement from Michael Mattessino and Jeff Bond), so I had a slightly greedy idea. Now that Lukas and Jeff are "in" with Varese a bit, I'm guessing it's likely they might be involved with the inevitable DE of Star Trek Into Darkness.
Personally, I can't think of a better time to reissue the first Giacchino Trek score -- put both of his scores out together, the original now overseen by Lukas for consistency with the rest of the complete Trek scores, ie. thorough liner notes, Mattessino mastering with any missing alternates and chorus/percussion overlays now included, and packaging that allows it to sit on the shelf with the other Trek feature score complete editions.
After all, 5000 copies might be enough for Nemesis because the film and score are the least popular that Goldsmith worked on, but it definitely *wasn't* enough for the very popular 2009 Star Trek, selling out in a matter of months and fetching high prices on the secondhand market. A reissue would make it available again AND give the opportunity to fix some of the issues with the first release.
For now though, I'm just ecstatic about Nemesis complete! I imagine a lot of people will be giving this a re-appraisal, because so much of the best music in the score was left off the first release (it was really the worst of all the Treks, album-wise). Really cool that Jerry revisited some of his material from TMP to bring his contribution full circle. I still think, of all his Trek scores, this is the only one I'd pare down for my own listening (too much low key suspense music), but now at least it's all available for superior "album programs" to be made.
Yavar
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Personally, I can't think of a better time to reissue the first Giacchino Trek score -- put both of his scores out together, the original now overseen by Lukas for consistency with the rest of the complete Trek scores, ie. thorough liner notes, Mattessino mastering with any missing alternates and chorus/percussion overlays now included, and packaging that allows it to sit on the shelf with the other Trek feature score complete editions.
That would be fantastic to have both of Giacchino's scores released complete. I missed out on Varese's Trek '09 expansion and haven't picked up Into Darkness yet as I'm holding out for the inevitable expansion of that.
Also really looking forward to experiencing Nemesis for the first time in January.
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Does anyone know if GNP will issue Hi-Res album art (1500x1500 would be sweet!) for this? Someone at albumartexchange posted blown up versions of the 600x600 art and the results are pretty nasty.
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