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Plus it sounds like it could really use a new master. Isn't this one of the most-complained about loudness war ones?
 
Yavar

Wow, the clues do seem to fit that film nicely.
 
Would this be the first Brian Tyler expanded score release, if that's what it is?

Yeah, I like bits and pieces of the first two synth scores by Brad Fiedel, and they generally work okay in the films themselves... but (for me anyways) Marco Beltrami was a huge improvement.
 
Yavar

T3 would be fantastic. I really love that score. The film: eh.

Actually if we are talking Beltrami sequel scores controlled by Varese which they could expand, Terminator 3 interests me more than Blade II.
 
Yavar

Would they be re-releasing Brainstorm with the original score recordings?
 
I can dream ...

Sold out!

TWINE is my favourite, but partly for nostalgic reasons. It's also more balanced between the string/piano material and action which makes it an easier listen. I know TND is probably the most popular around here but for my tastes it's too loud and overbearing for the most part - I've never gotten into it.
 
The problem for me with QoS is that I think the film is absolutely goddam awful - I sat through it once with my brother, then twice more I tried again and neither of us had a clue what was going on, what the story was, and were both thoroughly bored. Arnold absolutely did the best job anyone could have done (and I'm sure he found the film more intesting than we did) but it remains a concept album for me - 20 minutes or so of decent action music.
 
I also unpopularly side with JNHFan2000 in that I like Newman's scores in general. The action music is a bit mixed given that (a) action is not his forte imo, and (b) some of the material at the end of Spectre is just generic fluff (considering Mendes knows how to use music well, I really question what he was thinking here) but the overall sound he gave to the scores is refreshing - his more ambient/rhythmic approach working particularly well with the early action sequences in Skyfall and the Scotland scenes later on.

Original film score: ALWAYS film year, regardless of expansion or not
Re-recording: always year of re-recording

I set the Composer as the Album Artist, then Composer(s) and Conductor(s) for each track, as well as the usual Year and Genre (soundtracks). For song-scores, or compilations, I use Various.
 
So my file structure is: Album Artist \ Score \ track - track name.mp3
 
For pop songs I separately tag Artist (band), Composer / writer etc.
 
 

Interesting to see such releases.

Possibly the first time that not only have I never heard of either film in a flyer, I've not sure I've heard of either composer.
 
They're the sort of thing I'd normally expect to see from someone like Quartet, not LLL. I'm assuming that they've got lots of bigger titles waiting in various stages of development/approval hell.

Always the year of the film's release.  I put the year of the soundtrack edition in the album title.
 
So for example, I'd have:
 
David Arnold - 1997 - Tomorrow Never Dies
David Arnold - 1997 - Tomorrow Never Dies (2000 Chapter III)
David Arnold - 1997 - Tomorrow Never Dies (2022 La-La Land)

So how do people handle Year on a soundtrack? I think the answer is obvious (year of the film with some exceptions) but I often get imported metadata that uses the year that the expansion is published. So Top Gun, rather than 1986 will say 2024.
 
If it's a film original score I use the film's year no matter when the release. All four of my Star Trek: The Motion Picture releases say 1979.
 
But if it's a re-recording I go with the year it is released rather than the film.

For me:
Album artist / album name / disc - track - track name.flac
 
Some of my early rips put different discs from multi-disc albums in different directories, and I'm annoyed whenever I encounter one of them.

Pilot: Dick!
Dick: Yeah?
Pilot: Take a look outta starboard.
Dick: Oh my God! It looks like a huge—
Birdwatching Woman: Pecker!
Birdwatching Man: Ooh, where?
Birdwatching Woman: Wait, that's not a woodpecker, that looks like someone's—
Army Sergeant: PRIVATES! WE HAVE REPORTS OF AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT. IT IS A LONG, SMOOTH SHAFT, COMPLETE WITH—
Baseball Umpire: TWO BALLS! [looking up from game] What is that? That looks just like an enormous—
Teacher in China: Wang! Pay attention!
Wang: I was distracted by that enormous flying—
Musician: Willie!
Willie Nelson: Yeah?
Musician: What's that?
Willie: [squints] Well, that looks like a giant—
Colonel: Johnson!
Johnson: Yes, sir?
Colonel: Get on the horn to British Intelligence and let them know about this.
 
A little bit later:

Basil: Did we get Dr. Evil?
Johnson: No, sir, he got away in that big spaceship that looks like a huge—
Teacher: Penis! The male reproductive organ. Also known as "tallywhacker", "schlong", or—
Barbecuing Dad: Wiener? Any of you kids want another wiener?
Son: Dad, what's that?
Dad: I don't know, son, but it's got great, big—
Peanut Vendor at Baseball Game: NUTS! HOT, SALTY NUTS! WHO WANTS SOME? ...Lord Almighty!
Woman: That looks just like my husband's—
Circus Barker: ONE-EYED MONSTER! STEP RIGHT UP AND SEE THE ONE-EYED MONSTER!
One-Eyed Monster: [bursts out of tent] RAAAR! ...Hey, what's that? It looks like a big—
Fan: Woody! Woody Harrelson? Can I have your autograph?
Woody: Sure, no problem. ...Oh, my Lord! Look at that thing!
Fan: It's so big...
Woody: I've seen bigger. That's—
Dr. Evil: [holding a syringe] Just a little prick! [injects Mini-Me] It's a flu shot! You've been in the coldness of space. I don't want you to get sick.

Below is a list of all the Bond Scores & the roughly what is missing time wise.
 
I really hope we see more expanded scores this year from LLL records because if they release via anniversary dates they might follow the below schedule, if not would be grate if they just released all of the Bond scores like they did in 2003 but obviously fully expanded with all the missing music ques.
 
Top of my list are all of the John Barry Bond scores but most wanted expansions are Moonraker , Thunderball & OHMSS
 
2024:
Goldfinger (60th) On Her Majesty's Secret Service (55th) The Man With The Golden Gun (50th) Moonraker (45th) License To Kill (35th) 2025:
Thunderball (60th) A View To A Kill (40th) GoldenEye (30th) Spectre (10th) 2026:
Diamonds Are Forever (55th) For Your Eyes Only (45th) Casino Royale (20th) No Time To Die (5th) 2027:
Dr. No (65th) You Only Live Twice (60th) The Spy Who Loved Me (50th) The Living Daylights (40th) Skyfall (15th) 2028:
From Russia With Love (65th) Quantum of Solace (20th)
DR NO - tecnhically none of the orchestral score is released, around 15-20 minutes
 
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE - around 15 minutes
 
GOLDFINGER - around 15 minutes
 
THUNDERBALL -20-25 minutes, including some album only recordings and unfinished music
 
YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE - if you don't count re-edited cues, this one is mostly complete
 
ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE - around 10 minutes 
 
DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER - 5 seconds
 
LIVE AND LET DIE - complete as per La La Land Records Release Jan 2024
 
THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN - around 25 minutes
 
THE SPY WHO LOVED ME - the whole score is missing, around 40 minutes
 
MOONRAKER - around 8-10 minutes
 
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY - around 10 minutes
 
OCTOPUSSY - complete as per La La Land Records Release Jan 2024 
 
A VIEW TO A KILL - around 16 minutes 
 
THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS - around 8-10 minutes
 
LICENSE TO KILL - around 40 minutes
 
GOLDENEYE - about 20 mins, plus 5:52 for the John Altman tank chase cue
 
TOMORROW NEVER DIES - complete as per La La Land Records Release 2022
 
THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH - complete as per La La Land Records Release 2018
 
DIE ANOTHER DAY - complete as per La La Land Records Release 2017
 
CASINO ROYALE - around 10 minutes still to be released on CD 
 
QUANTUM OF SOLACE- about 20 Minutes of music to still to be released on CD ?
 
SKYFALL - about 30 to 40 Minutes of music to still to be released on CD ?
 
SPECTRE - about 30 to 40 Minutes of music to still to be released on CD ?
 
NO TIME TO DIE - about 69 minutes 

Sam Smith was fine aside from that annoying falsetto in my view.
 
Radiohead had an interesting take but was rejected for good reason.

"Writing's on the Wall" is a fantastic song in and of itself, with great lyrics and a beautiful orchestral backing.
 
Sam Smith's cringey vocal is what ruined it for me. Shirley Basset was allowed 3 Bond songs, why couldn't they have gotten Adele back for this one?

The San Smith song has grown on me over time.
 
Given the importance of the song, good or not good. I’d always want it included with the score.
 
You Know My Name was sorely missed from Casino Royale for example.
 
For Bond the opening is always a key musical component to the film.

I wish it was there. It would have saved me some hassle creating a playlist and I consider the title song a vital part of the musical Bond experience. Even if it's not written by the score composer.
 
That said, I have a hard time getting through this one. It's so overbearing and busy. I feel it somewhat lacks the clarity of ideas the other Arnold Bond scores have.

I gotta disagree with your characterization that "no one cares that the song isn't included". I think a lot of fans care that the song isn't included --  they're super grateful and relieved that it was left off! 
 
Yavar

If you don't have it, get it. It is an EXCELLENT score. Song is not great, but score is.

Down to the last 75 units...grab it while you can
https://lalalandrecords.com/die-another-day-limited-edition-2-cd-set/
 
https://www.facebook.com/lalalandrecords/posts/pfbid0B6gG9LnZgHECi8F6kduks4CSFX7s6bFDRLFeb996r6qupbxKronhG8DhUtwBfzZ7l

Don't tell me.  Never tell me.