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I only have the original Varese and it suits me fine, despite the added bass line to the theme, with all the main material. When I learned that the 20th Anniversary version had dialog mixed in with the score (not separate tracks but actually part of the score), I lost interest in buying it. It's been a while since I listened to it all the way through, but I'm pretty sure the material with dialogue is lifted straight from the movie sound mix, and then the music is repeated afterwards without the dialogue.
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Was the 20th made up from the japanesse vinyl not played it for years, seem to remember, chattybits here and there
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I think both versions are essential. The album versions are great, but some of them are different from the film versions. You need the 20th ann edition to get the film version of the main titles sans the thumpa-thumpa beat, which is a must for me!
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100% the original release, it has all the music and themes. The 20th Anniversary dialog excerpts drive me insane. I also dig the sickly yellow background on the original release!
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I think both versions are essential. The album versions are great, but some of them are different from the film versions. You need the 20th ann edition to get the film version of the main titles sans the thumpa-thumpa beat, which is a must for me! FYI, the first HALLOWEEN album was mixed by Alan, who admitted he hadn't seen the first film, which accounts for a number of the different diffences between the mix on that album and the film mix. The 20th Anniversary Album was closer to the original film mixes. Also, what puzzles me is that I see some folks bitching about the dialogue. OK, but you can very easily program it out, they are all SEPERATE TRACKS from the score? Didn't anyone notice that? Ford A. Thaxton
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Was the 20th made up from the japanesse vinyl not played it for years, seem to remember, chattybits here and there No, but that album was the jumping off point for the 20th Anniversary edition. I learned that the original Japanese album was a RE-RECORDING of the score done in Japan and not the soundtrack recording. Not that you'd really tell the difference, it was that good. Sadly, it's never been issued on CD or digitally as I can recall. Ford A. Thaxton
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Oct 24, 2012 - 11:57 AM
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I think both versions are essential. The album versions are great, but some of them are different from the film versions. You need the 20th ann edition to get the film version of the main titles sans the thumpa-thumpa beat, which is a must for me! FYI, the first HALLOWEEN album was mixed by Alan, who admitted he hadn't seen the first film, which accounts for a number of the different diffences between the mix on that album and the film mix. The 20th Anniversary Album was closer to the original film mixes. Also, what puzzles me is that I see some folks bitching about the dialogue. OK, but you can very easily program it out, they are all SEPERATE TRACKS from the score? Didn't anyone notice that? Ford A. Thaxton For the most part, you are right, Ford. Unfortunately, the one track that really matters is the original main title without the thumpa-beat which is marred by the kids' trick-or-treat chant played over the ending. Bad choice there.
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There is some dialogue that bleeds in over the score - off the top of my head, a group of children trick or treating towards the beginning of the album? (Sorry, my memory is a bit rusty, as I haven't seen the film in about 10 years) Yeah, that was something that was done on the original Japanese album and I thought it was great idea to use those kids singing that little bit as bookends to the first track. Alan did as well. But, we also included the track without the kids at the end of the album. Ford A. Thaxton
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I think both versions are essential. The album versions are great, but some of them are different from the film versions. You need the 20th ann edition to get the film version of the main titles sans the thumpa-thumpa beat, which is a must for me! FYI, the first HALLOWEEN album was mixed by Alan, who admitted he hadn't seen the first film, which accounts for a number of the different diffences between the mix on that album and the film mix. The 20th Anniversary Album was closer to the original film mixes. Also, what puzzles me is that I see some folks bitching about the dialogue. OK, but you can very easily program it out, they are all SEPERATE TRACKS from the score? Didn't anyone notice that? Ford A. Thaxton For the most part, you are right, Ford. Unfortunately, the one track that really matters is the original main title without the thumpa-beat which is marred by the kids' trick-or-treat chant played over the ending. Bad choice there. No, but that very same track appears at the end of the album. Also you have to rememeber that the original VARESE album was a totally different mix the the one heard in the film. Ford A. Thaxton
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I think both versions are essential. The album versions are great, but some of them are different from the film versions. You need the 20th ann edition to get the film version of the main titles sans the thumpa-thumpa beat, which is a must for me! FYI, the first HALLOWEEN album was mixed by Alan, who admitted he hadn't seen the first film, which accounts for a number of the different diffences between the mix on that album and the film mix. The 20th Anniversary Album was closer to the original film mixes. Also, what puzzles me is that I see some folks bitching about the dialogue. OK, but you can very easily program it out, they are all SEPERATE TRACKS from the score? Didn't anyone notice that? Ford A. Thaxton For the most part, you are right, Ford. Unfortunately, the one track that really matters is the original main title without the thumpa-beat which is marred by the kids' trick-or-treat chant played over the ending. Bad choice there. No, but that very same track appears at the end of the album. Also you have to rememeber that the original VARESE album was a totally different mxi the the one heard in the film. Best of both worlds. Ford A. Thaxton
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