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For a well executed, high-end release--such that only 1-in-5,000 movie scores get the same level of commemoration--this got a hell of a lot of negative flak on this thread.
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Incidentally, the 2-CD, $40 reduction some of us hoped was just around the corner never eventuated. So you stuck to your guns, Varese, and shot yourself in the foot.
The "Complete Masters" 1-CD version doesn't count to that end? I wonder if the "extras" will be sold as their own box set or seperately, although the site does state: "The Spartacus boxed set we released in 2010 was a great success and is one of our best-reviewed soundtrack releases ever!". Who are we to ascertain?
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The 1-CD release is the other unpalatable extreme. There's 4 CDs of original film score in the box, so maybe after it's sold out, Kritzerland can release those. 
Does Kritzerland actually have a deal with Universal (I know Bruce has been pursuing one, but don’t remember if he actually managed to get one)? If not, Intrada or LLL would be more likely for a less padded reissue of this score (I have not sprung for this due to a combination of cost and not wanting the two discs worth of Love Theme Variations).
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Wow! less than 35 left? I appreciate the heads up!!
I put off getting it all this time because it was so much more than I wanted, at such a high price, but since it's about to vanish, and the single-disc version isn't really the stripped-down set that many of us hoped to get eventually, I finally caved and bought it.
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Just for curiosity I checked this release on Amazon and it's a complete schmozzle. The illustration is of the 6 disc set and half the reviews pertain to some Spartacus historical fiction. I've never seen Amazon wreck things up quite like that.
Edit: Just looked again and it's disappeared. I sent a "correction" through their system; maybe they responded to it.
Edit again: Nope, it's still there but only accessible searching directly from Google, otherwise it doesn't show. No info about tracks or anything and, as I say, half the reviews are of novels--SPARTACUS: THE GLADIATOR and SPARTACUS: REBELLION. El weirdo.
Amazon is hopeless at combining items its deranged algorithms think are related into one listing.
For example, the Gabriel Yared score to By The Sea, which was a download only, was also listed as a CD, but it was a CD of ocean wave white noise that was just also titled "By The Sea", lol.
And they moronically combine all customer reviews from all versions of any item, meaning that 1-star reviews for old DVDs are listed under beautifully remastered Blu-Rays of the same film, etc.
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Let's do get real here. When they say 35 left that's probably near accurate. What they are NOT saying is that they never pressed the full amount. So, it's 35 left of what they actually pressed. The cost of this thing was humungous. I ran into Chris Kuchler one day and asked him how it was doing and he just rolled his eyes and basically said it was a disaster, sales-wise.
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Amazon is hopeless at combining items its deranged algorithms think are related into one listing.
For example, the Gabriel Yared score to By The Sea, which was a download only, was also listed as a CD, but it was a CD of ocean wave white noise that was just also titled "By The Sea", lol.
And they moronically combine all customer reviews from all versions of any item, meaning that 1-star reviews for old DVDs are listed under beautifully remastered Blu-Rays of the same film, etc.
Yeah, just today I came across the listing for Ballet Russes (released by Intrada way back when) and it had a 1-star review from someone who thought it was the DVD. Now if this is Amazon's fault or idiocy I dunno, but...
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The score must surely have meant something to you to have forked out for it. Regardless of what may come out in the future, the Varese Spartacus box sets the high watermark. If you don't open it and keep it sealed, the value of that set may fetch a pretty penny in future. That's what I would do. The Varese long version of The Great Escape seems to be premium value all the time, in comparison. Think of it as an investment.
Even for $88. I want the ghost of Alex North to appear and air conduct every time I play it. For me there is no single film score ever recorded worth more than $50. Even then there may only be 1 or 2 worth that much.
TELL that to LLL.
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Someone is ten years out. Spartacus was made 60 years ago, not 50.
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