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    Christopher Young's SPECIES (1995) - NEW! 2024 Intrada 2-CD edition

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    25 minutes ago, Richard Penna said:

    but when you're openly admitting to pirating it and considering just not paying them (for a score that musically you liked) just because you don't like a few aspects of it,

    Okay, then let me amend this:

    2 hours ago, Holko said:

    but I don't want to support Intrada's lazyness in their art and mastering

    I very likely will, but I don't want to. For a score like this that doesn't feel that special/important in the grand scheme, and that I had no connection whatsoever to or even knowledge of before this single listen, I'd be more happy with a cheaper digital purchase than a more expensive physical just to have something on my shelf I never want to look at again (as opposed to say LLL or Quartet releases with competent design which I do take off the shelf and look at and reread sometimes when also listening), but if the business is stupid then the business is stupid, if it's gotta be the CD then that's that.

    Christopher Young's SPECIES (1995) - NEW! 2024 Intrada 2-CD edition

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    7 minutes ago, Richard Penna said:

    Have you ever considered contacting Doug with your comments/suggestions about mixing?

    Yeah sure he'll totally start paying more attention if I just tell him to. They totally won't deny the existence of anything like they did with Sleepy Hollow.

     

    7 minutes ago, Richard Penna said:

    I dont really see what you're achieving other than trying to get more people to hate Doug's work as much as you clearly do.

    Informing people who read the thread a little about the set's sound maybe?

    Christopher Young's SPECIES (1995) - NEW! 2024 Intrada 2-CD edition

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    On 21/04/2024 at 6:09 PM, Holko said:

    I got far more interested in checking out this release from a pirated rip than from the intrada store

    Aaand now I listened to the main program. And it's awesome. A lot of it is very Horner-like, a mix of Aliens, Sleepers, 90s Hornerisms, but infused with a little Elfman crazyness and broken up by Carpenteresque segments. Interesting how the score seems to be sympathetic to the alien for a lot of the score! Love the gentleness early on, there's some good tension, and fun chaos by the end.

     

    And now of course comes the worst part: I wanna support such Young expansions, I want to read the booklet, but I don't want to support Intrada's lazyness in their art and mastering - didn't notice any bad editing mistakes but once again Doug seems to have just taken a good enough premixed source and EQd it a bit, not caring that raising the treble boosts the hiss as well as the percussion. It's very audible in quieter sections, and obviously dialed up and down at the start and end of tracks. The program would need some work, combinations, order changes, maybe alt swaps, making up better titles than these barebones utilitarian cue titles - these belong in the booklet with the slates dammit! The biggest problem with having to pirate a release to check it out is that now I have the music, same as if I'd have ripped it, now I'd just be paying for an overpriced piece of plastic and ugly paper. Ugh. What are the chances that this'll be sold digitally? But then they of course wouldn't include the goddamn booklet.

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    Disney Emporium releases Indiana Jones: The Complete CD Collection (Expected ship date is March 27, 2024.) No new expansions - Includes the previous Concord Records programmes plus KotCS and DoD OSTs

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    1 hour ago, Bellosh said:

    Never understood how Donovan didn't get on that post

    I kind of get it. It shows you that Sallah and Marcus are back, shows you the girl, shows you the nazi villain. No more corners left, the essentials that everyone going in blind knows will be in there are covered. Donovan's of not that much interest until the surprise twist that he's with the nazis, the poster doesn't give away his centralness.

    Disney Emporium releases Indiana Jones: The Complete CD Collection (Expected ship date is March 27, 2024.) No new expansions - Includes the previous Concord Records programmes plus KotCS and DoD OSTs

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    1 hour ago, crumbs said:

     

    This set does include the OST for Crystal Skull.

    No, he means these vinyls. And the answer is no, please don't buy shit from these shits. And don't watch their shit shows. They need to be shown they can't keep getting away with lowest possible effort trash.

    What are your non-Williams film score holy grails now?

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    On 24/06/2022 at 6:23 AM, Holko said:

    HP4, Hobbits, Blade Runner at least without goddamn dialogue. I'd buy proper releases of the Pirates and Spider-Man trilogies. I missed out on Occhio Alla Penna, I'd buy it instantly if it was rereleased, preferably with some better remastering. I'd be happy with Rosenmann's LotR. But currently I'm in a mood where I'm too content with all the JW barrage we're getting, not actively hoping or wishing for anything, just happy to take things as they come or ignore them.

    So let's revisit this a little...

     

    HP4, hell yes, it'll be amazing

    Hobbits, hell yes, they'll be amazing

    Blade Runner hell yes

    Pirates trilogy, yes they need proper complete releases

    Spider-Man 2 and 3 need them too, all the music from all the composers

    Rosenmann's LotR, hell yeah I'd still buy that

     

    But what else can i think of?

    Once Upon a Time in the West from a non-shit source

    Hunchback of Notre-Dame: The Not Fucking Shit Edition

    Little Shop of Horrors, there are big film/album song differences, the "iso score" that's out there is kind of a mess of sources with varying quality

    The Prince of Egypt completely complete!

    Rocky Horror Picture Show completely complete!

    The Dark Crystal complete from a real source!

    Neverending Story with all of both composers' music including album pieces and the song too

    Brainstorm complete film and album recordings

    Sleepy Hollow done by someone with brains and ears

    One dream is a deluxe set of Pink Floyd's The Wall with the remastered movie on blu, the album, and the film version of the album

    The Ghost and the Darkness with a more senseful program with more attention to the sound maybe? The treble boosting Doug did really raised the hiss on some cues. Not a huge priority though

    The Mummy from a better source? Again not a huge prio, with a combo program it's good enough

    And a bunch of hungarian movies you guys won't care about

     

    But like I said in the original post, I'm also happy with exploring all the other good stuff coming our way - last year was a little duller from my POV but I still got surprise releases I never heard before but love now!

    Danny Elfman's SPIDER-MAN (2002) - NEW! 3-CD Expanded Edition from La-La Land Records (2022)

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    1 hour ago, Trope said:

    Or are the primary highlights already available on the OST?

    They are but the main program, maybe with some help, definitely presents a fuller more satisfying journey. The OST also shortens multiple cues.

    1 hour ago, Trope said:

    I know it’s a 3CD set, so reasonably costly apart from the discount.

    ...yeah, with the stupid OST inclusion and multiple alternates only having a short different section (30 seconds in a 5 minute track or 10 seconds in a 7 minute one), if you remove all the repetition of the same takes then there's around 90-100 minutes of unique music on the set. I grew to love the score but that was a hard sell for 60€.

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