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Oct 18, 2020 - 7:38 PM
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Grecchus
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Sorry, Mike. You did mention the hi-res stuff during the video talk. It does seem, however, that going the extra mile (with the analog material seemingly off limits nowadays), in the sense that nobody really wants to bother with it if they don't have to, is down to the simple expedience brought about by the big P. That's the crux of where I'm coming from, because as you point out very clearly and eloquently; times, how they have changed. Thank you for replying. On that note, I'll give my gnashing teeth a rest. Of course, it is great this score has been wheeled out because God knows, the sound of music is thin on the ground at best.
To my mind, the last big contemporary scores were for the likes of Jackson's King Kong and such like. Broadly speaking.
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My copy is being held back by Children of the Damned, but should ship soon. I predict an epic day of music in the near future.
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My copy finally arrived here in Toronto (Canada) and the first thing I did was inspect it for the scratches that everyone has mentioned. Yup. Visible scratches on Disc 1. But then I played it and it's fine. Whew!
This is my favourite of the Matessino remasters so far. It's full-bodied, rich, and detailed. Really incredible work.
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I realized that I never actually listened to the prologue and epilogue on the older album since the dialogue bugged me. I love having those tracks clean now.
The closing narration is over the "Reunion" track on the OST, the Epilogue cue has always been available clean
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Spielberg just tracked Driving Away From Trouble into the start of the end credits. Epilogue is the only thing Williams recorded for the end credits.
Escape from the City on the OST album contained an edited version of Before The Escape followed by an edited and looped version of Driving Away From Trouble
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Sadly, my copy also has those dreaded scratches on the outer edge of Disc One that affect playback of the last few cues.
I got lucky with The Rocketeer, which also had some, but much lighter ones.
I've contacted Intrada and have no doubt they will fix the problem within my next/future order.
Fantastic release though. A revelation, programme and music-wise.
I hope intrada will take care of this. they helped me out just a few days ago with another order.
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This is perhaps the only John Williams score where Williams's original album presentation was actually a disservice to the score. It plays much better and is more coherent in C and C form.
"The Intersection Scene" in particular is an indelible combination of images and music. Just a slicing, churning nightmare of a piece, with Williams again using the "Stravinsky chords" as he did in JAWS.
I think the album for Revenge of the Sith, released that same summer, also undermines the score by reorganizing it so much. The score has a narrative flow, and the album jumbles it into a collection of random compositions.
I didn't love the album at first, but reordering the tracks on a burned CD was a revelation.
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I wonder what Goldsmith would do for this stupid movie, which has some hysterical action scenes nontheless.
Goldmith always delivered great score for trash movies like this one...
Simmonds drums and tick tock metronome synths as was the custom during the period.
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