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The film music fan community segment is now a legion of its own and it has to be reckoned with.
What makes you think that? We're a niche market, plain and simple, and while Star Wars may be much more popular than just our crew, few others are quite as exacting about it as we are.
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The film music fan community segment is now a legion of its own and it has to be reckoned with.
What makes you think that? We're a niche market, plain and simple, and while Star Wars may be much more popular than just our crew, few others are quite as exacting about it as we are.
Exactly.
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Niche ? Yes but its much bigger niche than it was some 15 years ago. Maybe you are underestimating your self now;
Is it? The Star Wars box set was released 1993, was among the first of the expanded film music releases, and these were in brick and mortar retail stores and often on major labels. The "man on the street" that might have still been interested in the box set back then would most likely just download a "best of" compilation and call it a day now.
It may feel much larger because of the way that the internet has allowed us to all connect in places like this one, but soundtrack albums don't usually move in numbers that interest major labels.
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That also easily explains why the original Star Wars Trilogy 2cd sets were re issued at least twice this past decade. And the fact that the extra DVD disc on Episode III also contained remixed and remastered sound in 5.1 mix says a lot more too.  Im sure there is more of these in the offing this decade too..
They were re-issued once because they changed from one label to another, other than that there were just cover art changes to tie into the releases of the films on DVD. When the rights went to Sony, many were speculating that this would mean a remaster (perhaps even an SACD release), but they used the exact same masters as the RCA sets did.
I think you're reading too much into the remaster for the "Greatest Hits" DVD in the ROTS album. All of the Star Wars scores were now under one roof, so to speak, and that was a new project (save, obviously, "Duel of the Fates") in a different format, requiring a new mix. It proves that the elements are in better condition than they appear on the RCA sets, but not that there is any intention of releasing remasters, however nice that would be.
I'd like to be proven wrong, of course, but…
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We'll surely see new re-releases of Star Wars music.
Of course we will. I just doubt they will be remastered.
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....as far as Blu Ray is concerned. both Lucas and Spielberg have said it aint happening, and they're reasoning is that there is something waiting in the wings beyond BLU RAY!!! A Chip? They are not talking, but I know they are not going to release any of their work on Blu Ray.
Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind is on Blu-ray. As is Spielberg's Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. And Lucas just released the Clone Wars Animated series on Blu-ray.
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