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Long time lurker and of course huge fan of JW. I absolutely love the new collection, as it's something I've been longing for since 1997. TLW score has been severely underrated and of course given a shortened 14 track OST originally... but now we can all rejoice. TLW extras have given renewed life to the score and I hope this gives it exposure to those who haven't gotten into it before. So far the "Corporate Helicopters" is my favorite addition. Amazing work by JW.
 
I don't want this to seem like a flat out plug, but I interviewed Mike Matessino this past weekend about this collection and figured I'd give you all a heads up. Take a look if you want to: http://www.jurassicparkpodcast.com/home/2016/12/12/interview-w-mike-matessino-produced-edited-mastered-the-la-la-land-records-jurassic-park-collection-episode-77
 
I'll try not to lurk anymore and actually be an active participant. I've always liked coming around here. 

Long time lurker and of course huge fan of JW. I absolutely love the new collection, as it's something I've been longing for since 1997. TLW score has been severely underrated and of course given a shortened 14 track OST originally... but now we can all rejoice. TLW extras have given renewed life to the score and I hope this gives it exposure to those who haven't gotten into it before. So far the "Corporate Helicopters" is my favorite addition. Amazing work by JW.
 
I don't want this to seem like a flat out plug, but I interviewed Mike Matessino this past weekend about this collection and figured I'd give you all a heads up. Take a look if you want to: http://www.jurassicparkpodcast.com/home/2016/12/12/interview-w-mike-matessino-produced-edited-mastered-the-la-la-land-records-jurassic-park-collection-episode-77
 
I'll try not to lurk anymore and actually be an active participant. I've always liked coming around here. 

Ahh thank you for splitting it out, I guess I probably should have done that from the start. 
 
Thanks so much for the kind words on the interview everyone! I was honestly a little nervous to post it here, because I was hoping I covered everything you'd want to know / asked the right questions while speaking with Mike. These scores have been a huge passion of mine and I do love talking about them, so that definitely helped. Mike was a pleasure to speak with and yes, he definitely hyped up some future releases! I can't wait to see what they have in mind. 

Long time lurker and of course huge fan of JW. I absolutely love the new collection, as it's something I've been longing for since 1997. TLW score has been severely underrated and of course given a shortened 14 track OST originally... but now we can all rejoice. TLW extras have given renewed life to the score and I hope this gives it exposure to those who haven't gotten into it before. So far the "Corporate Helicopters" is my favorite addition. Amazing work by JW.
 
I don't want this to seem like a flat out plug, but I interviewed Mike Matessino this past weekend about this collection and figured I'd give you all a heads up. Take a look if you want to: http://www.jurassicparkpodcast.com/home/2016/12/12/interview-w-mike-matessino-produced-edited-mastered-the-la-la-land-records-jurassic-park-collection-episode-77
 
I'll try not to lurk anymore and actually be an active participant. I've always liked coming around here. 

I wish he'd live-stream the recording sessions on Facebook like a normal person.

Ahh thank you for splitting it out, I guess I probably should have done that from the start. 
 
Thanks so much for the kind words on the interview everyone! I was honestly a little nervous to post it here, because I was hoping I covered everything you'd want to know / asked the right questions while speaking with Mike. These scores have been a huge passion of mine and I do love talking about them, so that definitely helped. Mike was a pleasure to speak with and yes, he definitely hyped up some future releases! I can't wait to see what they have in mind. 

Long time lurker and of course huge fan of JW. I absolutely love the new collection, as it's something I've been longing for since 1997. TLW score has been severely underrated and of course given a shortened 14 track OST originally... but now we can all rejoice. TLW extras have given renewed life to the score and I hope this gives it exposure to those who haven't gotten into it before. So far the "Corporate Helicopters" is my favorite addition. Amazing work by JW.
 
I don't want this to seem like a flat out plug, but I interviewed Mike Matessino this past weekend about this collection and figured I'd give you all a heads up. Take a look if you want to: http://www.jurassicparkpodcast.com/home/2016/12/12/interview-w-mike-matessino-produced-edited-mastered-the-la-la-land-records-jurassic-park-collection-episode-77
 
I'll try not to lurk anymore and actually be an active participant. I've always liked coming around here. 

Long time lurker and of course huge fan of JW. I absolutely love the new collection, as it's something I've been longing for since 1997. TLW score has been severely underrated and of course given a shortened 14 track OST originally... but now we can all rejoice. TLW extras have given renewed life to the score and I hope this gives it exposure to those who haven't gotten into it before. So far the "Corporate Helicopters" is my favorite addition. Amazing work by JW.
 
I don't want this to seem like a flat out plug, but I interviewed Mike Matessino this past weekend about this collection and figured I'd give you all a heads up. Take a look if you want to: http://www.jurassicparkpodcast.com/home/2016/12/12/interview-w-mike-matessino-produced-edited-mastered-the-la-la-land-records-jurassic-park-collection-episode-77
 
I'll try not to lurk anymore and actually be an active participant. I've always liked coming around here. 

I saw Jurassic Park long before I ever saw Star Wars. I first saw JP in 1994. I didn't see a Star Wars movie until 1999 and that was The Phantom Menace.

Long time lurker and of course huge fan of JW. I absolutely love the new collection, as it's something I've been longing for since 1997. TLW score has been severely underrated and of course given a shortened 14 track OST originally... but now we can all rejoice. TLW extras have given renewed life to the score and I hope this gives it exposure to those who haven't gotten into it before. So far the "Corporate Helicopters" is my favorite addition. Amazing work by JW.
 
I don't want this to seem like a flat out plug, but I interviewed Mike Matessino this past weekend about this collection and figured I'd give you all a heads up. Take a look if you want to: http://www.jurassicparkpodcast.com/home/2016/12/12/interview-w-mike-matessino-produced-edited-mastered-the-la-la-land-records-jurassic-park-collection-episode-77
 
I'll try not to lurk anymore and actually be an active participant. I've always liked coming around here. 

St. Mattessino of the Church of Williamsism.  The penitent man shall listen.

Great interview, I almost had tears when I heard Mr. Matessino talking about how JP and Harry Potter may have moved and touched a younger audience, like Star Wars touched us back then...  Time passes... sigh...
 
Well, I was proud to hear that he also consider JW as the greatest film composer of all time.
 
Can we start a religion that will acclaim and venerate Mike Matessino?

I feel very much in line with Mike's statement. I too think of myself more as a student of Williams' music than a simple fan. Of course that doesn't mean I have a doctorate-like approach every single time I listen to his music, but I love to ponder and think a lot about it (especially when I'm not listening).
 
Kudos for the brilliant interview and welcome to the board!

Long time lurker and of course huge fan of JW. I absolutely love the new collection, as it's something I've been longing for since 1997. TLW score has been severely underrated and of course given a shortened 14 track OST originally... but now we can all rejoice. TLW extras have given renewed life to the score and I hope this gives it exposure to those who haven't gotten into it before. So far the "Corporate Helicopters" is my favorite addition. Amazing work by JW.
 
I don't want this to seem like a flat out plug, but I interviewed Mike Matessino this past weekend about this collection and figured I'd give you all a heads up. Take a look if you want to: http://www.jurassicparkpodcast.com/home/2016/12/12/interview-w-mike-matessino-produced-edited-mastered-the-la-la-land-records-jurassic-park-collection-episode-77
 
I'll try not to lurk anymore and actually be an active participant. I've always liked coming around here. 

Ahh thank you for splitting it out, I guess I probably should have done that from the start. 
 
Thanks so much for the kind words on the interview everyone! I was honestly a little nervous to post it here, because I was hoping I covered everything you'd want to know / asked the right questions while speaking with Mike. These scores have been a huge passion of mine and I do love talking about them, so that definitely helped. Mike was a pleasure to speak with and yes, he definitely hyped up some future releases! I can't wait to see what they have in mind. 

Holy Cow! This is Awesome-Thanks Brad and welcome onboard!

Wow, what an absolutely riveting interview! Very enlightened, relevant questions as well. I could listen to Mike tell anecdotes and get super technical all day long!
 
That discussion about the multi-tracks shedding was disconcerting though, considering these scores are relatively young. The Star Wars masters would want to be carefully archived... 

Welcome to the board, Brad!

I hope you don't mind, but I broke out your post and its replies from the larger JP Collection thread in an attempt to draw more attention to this great interview, which I have just finished listening to.
 
HOLY cow, it's a seriously great interview!  Mike shares numerous interesting stories about not only the creation of this set, what it was like working on the elements and assembling the final program, but also his experiences researching the films and putting them in the context of Spielberg's and WIlliams' stories, as well as film making in general.  It's a great listen, and I heartily recommend all you guys check it out!  
 
This audio interview will definitely scratch the itch for those of you jonesing for the becoming-traditional JWFan.com written Q&A I have been lucky to get to do with Mike for a lot of these big releases.  Check it out!!

Here's the link again:
 
http://www.jurassicparkpodcast.com/home/2016/12/12/interview-w-mike-matessino-produced-edited-mastered-the-la-la-land-records-jurassic-park-collection-episode-77
 
And again, great work, Brad!

Nice interview. Thanks for sharing!
 
"Soundtrack buyers do have an expensive hobby. And I'm very, very grateful that they exist and that they support all these efforts. I will just advice John Williams fans to save some money. Particularly over the next year or so. There are a lot of things happening."
 
Oh my.

What a brilliant interview!
 
And it's really surprising that JW's camp initiated this - was not expecting that revelation.
 
It's also very encouraging that MM knows full well what promos/boots are out there, and knows to cater these expansions to supersede them. Sounds like his discussions with JW were pretty frank at times!

Indeed. This is a very cool interview, and Mattessino is definately the right guy to do Williams releases. He knows what we want and how to explain to the executives that

Welcome! And thank you for sharing the interview! 
 
After listening to the interview I have to say it again: Mr. Matessino you are my hero!
 
The explanation on the administrative "entanglements" this type of release has makes you appreciate the work gone into making this set all the more as they have to go into these convoluted negotiations on the rights and who owns what. Boggles the mind how complex it can get.
 
And it is shocking how quickly the multi-track masters deteriorate. Even the ones from 1993 for JP were in bad condition. I am glad Matessino was there to save them. Without the Live Projection concerts this would not have happened as they were not used for this set but serendipity and damn good luck saved them in digital form. And the story of how meticulous the assembly of the whole 2 score set has been makes you really appreciate Matessino's work and LaLa-Land's dedication to the music of John Williams.
 
Aha! Matessino reveals that the original cue title of The Saboteur was The Menace Dennis!  Oh Johnny you are so funny.   
 
 
Oooohhh at the end Mike also strongly hints that there will be some great John Williams stuff coming, perhaps next year or so, advising us to start saving money. He mentions specifically his good relationship with the Amblin Entertainment. More Spielberg/Williams collaborations?!!! 

Long time lurker and of course huge fan of JW. I absolutely love the new collection, as it's something I've been longing for since 1997. TLW score has been severely underrated and of course given a shortened 14 track OST originally... but now we can all rejoice. TLW extras have given renewed life to the score and I hope this gives it exposure to those who haven't gotten into it before. So far the "Corporate Helicopters" is my favorite addition. Amazing work by JW.
 
I don't want this to seem like a flat out plug, but I interviewed Mike Matessino this past weekend about this collection and figured I'd give you all a heads up. Take a look if you want to: http://www.jurassicparkpodcast.com/home/2016/12/12/interview-w-mike-matessino-produced-edited-mastered-the-la-la-land-records-jurassic-park-collection-episode-77
 
I'll try not to lurk anymore and actually be an active participant. I've always liked coming around here. 

Long time lurker and of course huge fan of JW. I absolutely love the new collection, as it's something I've been longing for since 1997. TLW score has been severely underrated and of course given a shortened 14 track OST originally... but now we can all rejoice. TLW extras have given renewed life to the score and I hope this gives it exposure to those who haven't gotten into it before. So far the "Corporate Helicopters" is my favorite addition. Amazing work by JW.
 
I don't want this to seem like a flat out plug, but I interviewed Mike Matessino this past weekend about this collection and figured I'd give you all a heads up. Take a look if you want to: http://www.jurassicparkpodcast.com/home/2016/12/12/interview-w-mike-matessino-produced-edited-mastered-the-la-la-land-records-jurassic-park-collection-episode-77
 
I'll try not to lurk anymore and actually be an active participant. I've always liked coming around here. 

Long time lurker and of course huge fan of JW. I absolutely love the new collection, as it's something I've been longing for since 1997. TLW score has been severely underrated and of course given a shortened 14 track OST originally... but now we can all rejoice. TLW extras have given renewed life to the score and I hope this gives it exposure to those who haven't gotten into it before. So far the "Corporate Helicopters" is my favorite addition. Amazing work by JW.
 
I don't want this to seem like a flat out plug, but I interviewed Mike Matessino this past weekend about this collection and figured I'd give you all a heads up. Take a look if you want to: http://www.jurassicparkpodcast.com/home/2016/12/12/interview-w-mike-matessino-produced-edited-mastered-the-la-la-land-records-jurassic-park-collection-episode-77
 
I'll try not to lurk anymore and actually be an active participant. I've always liked coming around here.