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This is obscenely long past due, in whatever length and sequence is comes in.
I liked it in '97, close to being chronological and complete.
The original Arista sequence, though, is perhaps the only orchestral soundtrack of the seventies to be better than Star Wars.
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To the best of my knowledge, Hoffman doesn't remix--he only remasters.
I would presume that if he wasn't working with the 2-track master tape, then he would reveal exactly what he was using as the source.
That's OK by me. The first vinyl record I ever bought in my life was the 45rpm soundtrack single with the disco "Theme from Close Encounters" on the A side, and "Nocturnal Pursuit" on the B side. I don't know if I want them re-mixed or re-edited, but I do know I want a hi-res version of them for posterity.
I'll be listening to this one on my deathbed...if I'm lucky enough to die in one.
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Honestly, I just don't understand why the pop arrangement on the single still gets referred to as the "disco" version.
It's just pop.
The term "disco" has come to mean something different to soundtrack fans than it may mean to other music fans. I think there may be a negative connotation implied, but I recall the word disco used to describe the commercial-style singles included with Star Trek OSTs right through the '80s (when is the disco era considered to have officially ended?), with the Yellowjackets single on STIV and the Hiroshima single on STV included, if I'm not mistaken.
I think it's become a more casual colloquial term instead of a strict technical musical term, among soundtrack collectors.
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I think it's classified correctly as disco given that it does feature those cheesy disco horns.
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