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LOG IN Forgot Login? Register General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board Search Terms:  Search Within:  topics posts since 2019 2018 posts 2017 posts 2016 posts 2015 posts 2014 posts 2013 posts 2012 posts 2011 posts 2010 posts 2009 posts 2008 posts 2007 posts 2006 posts 2005 posts 2004 posts 2003 posts 2002 posts 2001 posts 2000 posts users  search tips  You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2 3 4      General Discussion: The Land Before Time - a re-issue or a complete?     1 2 3    NEXT   LAST   Last Post   Posted:   May 14, 2011 - 8:46 PM     By:   KevinSmith   (Member) I recently re-watched the film (with the girlfriend) and noted that there was missing music on the album from the film. Now I would argue that the missing music isn't vital to be included on the album (it's mostly rearranged versions of the various themes, overdubs of themes over some of the action music, repeated sections, shorter end credits). But if there was the possibility of reissuing The Land Before Time, would you want a complete version of the score or just a re-issue of the original 58 minute album? It's one of my top 5 favourite Horner scores.    Posted:   May 14, 2011 - 8:49 PM     By:   drivingmissdaisy   (Member) I can't remember if I've ever seen it, the score is, like you said wonderful on so many levels. It's such a, un-kiddie sounding score for a kiddie type film. If that makes any sense, it's a very dramatic and serious work to a childrens film. I can't imagine there is that much more music left off the album, but again, I'd be up for a complete or at least a re-issue so others can get this great album.    Posted:   May 14, 2011 - 8:55 PM     By:   MerM   (Member) If there's an opportunity to have more good music, I think I'll go with having more good music.    Posted:   May 14, 2011 - 8:56 PM     By:   Paul MacLean   (Member) I recently re-watched the film (with the girlfriend) and noted that there was missing music on the album from the film. You have a really cool girlfriend if she's willing to watch animated films from the 80s! As far as the score, I really like the CD, which flows very nicely. I've never seen the film though, so I don't know what I'm missing.    Posted:   May 14, 2011 - 9:03 PM     By:   KevinSmith   (Member) I recently re-watched the film (with the girlfriend) and noted that there was missing music on the album from the film. You have a really cool girlfriend if she's willing to watch animated films from the 80s! As far as the score, I really like the CD, which flows very nicely. I've never seen the film though, so I don't know what I'm missing. It was her idea.    Posted:   May 14, 2011 - 9:18 PM     By:   Mr. Jack   (Member) Whether expanded or just a straight re-issue, I just hope the mastering is better. The existing CD is plagued by featuring passages so soft, I crank the volume a lot louder than I normally would, only to nearly have my speakers blow out when the loud parts come crashing in. This is probably the score that turned me into a Horner fan back in the day.    Posted:   May 14, 2011 - 9:27 PM     By:   BasilFSM   (Member) The original Land Before Time is by no means "kiddy", though I can't say the same about its sequels. There were ten minutes of uncompleted animation deleted from the final cut because it was too violent - these deleted scenes no longer exist, apparently, unless there's a chance that Don Bluth or someone else might have archived them. There's a huge chunk of the film that doesn't have its music represented on disc - if I recall, Spike's birth scene up until the group reaches the volcano is absent, and that's likely ten minutes worth of the film right there. The end credits in the film is also heavily cut - the album version runs six or seven minutes, but the film version is only something like two or three minutes. In any case, YES, please release an expanded/complete edition! It's one of my all-time favorite films and film scores.    Posted:   May 14, 2011 - 9:37 PM     By:   TerraEpon   (Member) There's a huge chunk of the film that doesn't have its music represented on disc Really? I thought the film was like only 10 minutes longer than the CD.    Posted:   May 14, 2011 - 9:43 PM     By:   Trent B   (Member) I would love it if this score got a complete issue, it definitely deserves it. With it being Universal it's possible they'll let Intrada or one of our labels issue a complete version. All though not much is missing but I'd still love a complete and remastered version.    Posted:   May 14, 2011 - 10:02 PM     By:   GoblinScore   (Member) Dunno about any of this, BUT, this score is perfect. Don't care about any alleged ripoffs, the LSO is spot on, the music is gorgeous, I love this record......so there    Posted:   May 14, 2011 - 10:03 PM     By:   Maleficio   (Member) The original HOUR long album is just fine. A remastered reissue would be more than welcome. Also the film is 69 minutes long and I don't recall it being scored wall to wall.    Posted:   May 15, 2011 - 12:26 AM     By:   TerraEpon   (Member) Don't care about any alleged ripoffs It's actually pretty obvious in this one. One track sounds like "The Jimmy Heart Version" of Peter and the Wolf, while a motif that runs through the score is lifted out of Romeo and Juliet (also Prokofiev). Still, it's an utterly fantastic score and I'd by an expansion in a second.    Posted:   May 15, 2011 - 11:17 AM     By:   Yavar Moradi   (Member) Well, assuming there aren't any unreleased alternates (I think the original album may have contained an alternate version of its film cue), there's actually only one unreleased cue (starting around where Spike is found). The catch is, since it's Horner, the cue goes on over 12 minutes (like many of the cues that made it on the album). Definitely worth having, IMO, and the score really needs a good remaster. I'd buy an expanded release in a heartbeat...but I'd be even more excited for a complete Balto! Yavar    Posted:   May 15, 2011 - 1:44 PM     By:   DavidCoscina   (Member) Don't care about any alleged ripoffs It's actually pretty obvious in this one. One track sounds like "The Jimmy Heart Version" of Peter and the Wolf, while a motif that runs through the score is lifted out of Romeo and Juliet (also Prokofiev). Still, it's an utterly fantastic score and I'd by an expansion in a second. The beginning is from Bartok's The Wooden Prince also. But I also find it a wonderful score nonetheless. I'd rather Horner evoke from the masters than some of the crap that passes for "music" in film scores these days.    Posted:   May 15, 2011 - 6:41 PM     By:   Accidental Genius   (Member) Complete reissue! I'd love a two-disc with the complete score on disc one and an album remaster on disc two. I absolutely love this wonderful score.    Posted:   Jun 27, 2011 - 7:39 PM     By:   KevinSmith   (Member) Here's a pondering to everyone. In the first few minutes of "The Rescue/Discovery of The Great Valley", there's the breakout of the majestic theme with the french horn leading it, but in the film that music isn't heard. So I wonder if it was an alternate of the performance of the majestic theme (without the french horn) because a similar performance of it was in the film (where Littlefoot discovers the Great Valley) is heard on the strings.    Posted:   Sep 22, 2011 - 5:57 PM     By:   henry   (Member) This is one of my most wanted Horner scores!    Posted:   Sep 23, 2011 - 2:26 AM     By:   Thor   (Member) I may or may not have seen this film during my childhood (I was 11 in 1988), but I never got around to picking up the soundtrack. Always been curious, though. So a straight re-issue would be the thing for me.    Posted:   Sep 23, 2011 - 2:36 AM     By:   goldsmith-rulez   (Member) Re-Issue. The complete score would even be more repetitive than the overlong 58-minute MCA release already was.    Posted:   Sep 23, 2011 - 8:59 AM     By:   Solium   (Member) Re-Issue. The complete score would even be more repetitive than the overlong 58-minute MCA release already was. I don't think the OST is repetitive or too long. So yes I also vote for an expanded score. There's some great cues missing. Sadly we have to look at the out put of scores. No one. And I mean, no one are offering feature animation scores from the 70's 80's and 90's. Its proven Goldsmith, Horner and Zimmer are big sellers and their titles often sell out quickly. Yet no remastered or expanded scores from any of their animation projects. No expanded Secret of NIMH, An American Tail, Land Before Time, Prince Of Egypt, Road To ElDorado, the list goes on and on. One can only hope with the Intrada deal we will see some expanded animation scores from Disney library.     General Discussion: The Land Before Time - a re-issue or a complete?    < 1 2 3  > >>  Go to page:  1 2 3 4   First Post    General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2 3 4

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