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Because their Encore of Rozsa's Eye of the Needle was the fastest sellout of its batch? A better question would be why they made so few copies or why they didn't expand it!
Yavar
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Dec 24, 2014 - 12:22 AM
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SchiffyM
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The answers are myriad, and complex. What exists, what they can get the rights to (this in itself can be very convoluted), what it will cost them, how many they think they can sell, and on and on.
But one big factor is passion. Just as we have holy grails we hope will see the light of day, so do the people at each of the labels have projects and composers they'll work tirelessly to release, even if they don't necessarily make a lot of business sense.
I don't want to over-romanticize it. I've spoken with several producers who have admitted quite candidly that a certain release of their own is "terrible," but was easily acquired, inexpensive to produce, and had a following.
By and large, though, it's some confluence of availability, viability, passion, and just random dumb luck that one CD is announced this week and another is not.
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Dec 24, 2014 - 1:42 AM
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Francis
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That is one expensive 8-ball.
Judging by the last couple of years, I'd say the labels have a good understanding of what to put out that fans want. That includes what to reissue that fans missed out on and what to expand, etc. There will always be naysayers and complaints from people regarding what gets released, but I always find them to be the loud minority. And which customers do you want to base your business around? Those who only want a handful of (impossible) titles as they already own everything? Or those who are looking to expand and upgrade their soundtrack collection? How can you complain a score you like is getting expanded or remastered? I never understood this.
I don't mind when producers do their dream projects, that has resulted in some fine releases. To the label's credit, if they have put out what they consider a stinker of a release, it doesn't show in the quality and care they put into them. And at the end of the day they are soundtrack producers, they have little to do with the music itself, I personally care more how a composer regards his or her score than a soundtrack producer, no offense.
Speaking for myself, this year has been another amazing year of experiencing releases such as Falling Down, Naked Gun, Adams Family, Dead Ringers, Predator 2, Batman TAS v3, Young Sherlock Holmes, City of the Living Dead, ... all diverse enough and worthy of a purchase! Some day one, others later on as the only downside to this passion is the ever increasing shipping. In that regard I do thank the labels for some of their promotions and wish them a merry Christmas! 
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Er..you mean Rozsa`s FEDORA from the latest batch not EYE OF THE NEEDLE?
No. He asked why Varese decided to (re)release Fedora, and I surmised that they knew it would be successful because their similar Encore of Eye of the Needle was the fastest selling title of its batch! Of course that ended up being true of Fedora as well, but since Varese can't know the future (just sometimes predict it accurately) Fedora's actual sales can't be the reason for releasing Fedora.
Yavar
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The cat is OUT of the bag as to how label's find their titles...
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