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Does MV Gerhard think it'll be safe to wait until Christmas to get this one?
I'll be devastated if I can't get it, but money may just be too tight for the forseeable future, and I blew a lot of dinero getting John Williams' Dracula, WarGames, The Legend of the Lone Ranger, and of course the latest iteration of The Beatles' White Album over the holidays.
If you email them and give a date by which you'll order it, maybe they'll reserve one for you. Chances are you'll be fine anyway, but this would be insurance.
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Mar 10, 2019 - 12:02 PM
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Musicmix
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This release is absolutely super, if you'll pardon the pun. The Blue Box served us well for the last ten years and this one will serve us well forever.
I was amazed at how a veil of harsh shrillness had been lifted for the first time in forty years.
Now the recording sounds more gentle and dry so that the sound stage ambience can be heard for the first time. We were used to how it would be mixed into the film, but now we can hear the original recorded intent. I remember reading back in 2008 about how in the production of the Blue Box that a lot of EQ had been used to "flatten out the blarey glarey midrange they had in the '70s." Not so here it seems. Plenty of healthy full-bodied midrange. Absolutely super.
The reproduction of the original soundtrack album from the ground up is astounding. I'm glad the "Theme from Superman" was re-edited seamlessly rather than presented from the original album master again.
I also received my copy of the "Superman II/III" set the other day for access to the re-mixed source cues. The inclusion of the previously unreleased and the extended ones was a nice surprise. I especially loved "Lois' Pad." Moody, dreamy, and romantic. One minor thing I noticed though: the track "Can You Read My Mind (Instrumental No. 2)", the one intended for a vocalist, does not sound like it was remixed from 24-track. It sounds exactly like it appears on the Blue Box. If anything, it does sound slightly less harsher, as though it may have been remixed from the 35mm magnetic six track. No matter though. It's great to have it, its companion piece, and the other source cues where they belong.
Overall, the definitive edition of the most super film score in the history of cinema! Thank you to Mike Matessino and associates!
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I'd love to have a high resolution pic of this cover?
Someone dropped a really gorgeous version in the custom covers 2 thread.
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They are the same masters for Superman II and III, and largely for Superman IV.
The Superman II /III set does include the better source cues from Superman The Movie.
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I was just determined not to get Superman, but all the yammering here finally convinced me. Ordered it last week, got it just a few days later - sometimes it works not to order right away.
Anyway, I had to listen to the original album presentation first. And I loved it right through the Fortress of Solitude (or side 2, as I still think of it). I tend to prefer the edited versions of the Krypton material, less repetition of the Kansas theme, etc. But then the rest seemed to rush by, the end titles playing way too soon. I missed so much of the wonderful action and super-heroics music I realized I'm just not likely to go back to it. Fun for nostalgia's sake though.
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lucky you... ordered immediately... shipped Feb 28.. still hasn't showed up :-/
What does your tracking info say? I notice you're in Prague, so obviously that's going to be more complicated than a domestic shipment within the U.S.
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Not to take away from Superman, which I also ordered and appreciated for its really remarkable sound quality, but "Archer" is the kind of thing that I would have gone crazy for in, say, 1997. It's pretty fantastic, and even though I'm sure Goldsmith wrote it in his sleep it's great to have. Probably the closest thing to "Pursuit" that we'll ever get.
Also, I have a fondness for Warning Shot, which I like for its jazzy sound and less cheese than the Flint scores. I'm glad to see it getting some love as this sounds a lot better than the last release.
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Bump to put this thread above spam threads.
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