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I'll lay money that it's BEN-HUR.
(Though I wouldn't go so far as to bet "a thousand talents...")
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Well.... I was totally wrong about POTA, so I guess this IS Ben Him!
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Feb 13, 2012 - 10:49 AM
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Dana Wilcox
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Yep, they are. It's been re-released on the Sony Classical label in the UK (£8.97 Amazon), it looks like it's still Rhino in the US ($13.94 Amazon). A fantastic deal.
No...they are not the same. The Rhino is the original recordings. The Sony are the 2 volumes released at the time of the movie's release. They are re-recordings and different in all aspects to the original. The questioner should get the Rhino. If the FSM release is indeed Ben-Hur I'm sure all will be included.
They ARE the same, with the same cover, only not in the long box. I don't know about America, but in the UK, Sony Classical re-released a lot (most) of the Rhino releases, & at a great price. For some reason they didn't re-release King Of Kings, which is why it goes for a lot of money now.
I think there is some confusion here due to the fact that Sony Music Special Products previously (in 1991) released a 2-disc set (A2K 47020) composed of most or all of the MGM LPs (re-recordings) which were released around the time of the film's release, adding in a few tracks from the OST. So this had the content of the "official" MGM soundtrack LP plus "More Music From Ben-Hur" and the few OST tracks. The Rhino 2-disc OST set had not yet been released, so at the time the Sony was the best there was on CD. I am not familiar with the more recent Sony set so I don't know what is on it. The first Sony (referenced above) is certainly long out of print.
(OOPS! George beat me to the punch.)
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If it's Ben Hur 5 CD edition then I'll pass. The Rhino is just fine for me but a nice item for those who can't get enough of that score.
BEN-HUR is not just another score. It was the score (at the end of the golden age studio system) which defined all that a magnificent symphonic film score could bring to a motion picture that itself excelled in every artistic department (cinematography, sets, costumes, editing, sound, etc. -- and, may I add, with no CGI or synthesizers).
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Ofcourse it's Ben hur, it's the only MGM Rozsa score that they didn't release yet
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Lukas said in the final releases there were no more box sets.
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Lukas said in the final releases there were no more box sets.
They are single CDs with a rubber band keeping them together.
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