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Been listening to this new release of the soundtrack from La Land Records over the last month it's amazing great release the best Superman The Movie has ever sounded !!!

Agreed with you on that also not just on CD with the sound quality of the soundtracks (mostly the 1997 Special Edition Releases of the OT) but the film mixes themselves for The OT on DVD and Blu-Ray in 2004 and 2011 they even don't sound the same but that's a whole different topic all together. So in many ways both the soundtracks on CD and film mixes have been botched in some cases since 1997. I hope someday Mike Matessino does get to do a proper re master of all 3 Star Wars Trilogy Soundtrack releases at some point.

That's been a huge question regarding the sound on these expanded Star Wars Trilogy Soundtracks from 1997 by RCA victor. Don't know the answers as to why they sound off. to me A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back sounds fine while Return of The Jedi does not sound great at all. I'm sure if they ever do another expanded release of these scores the sound will fix fixed on any future releases.

Jaws (1975) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. 2 CD Set from Intrada I got in the mail awhile bak. Great score and amazing soundtrack and I'm happy to have this in my CD Soundtracks Collection !!!

Close Encounters of The Third Kind 40th Anniversary Remastered Edition : 2-CD Set Limited Edition from La Land Records I got in the mail awhile back. Great score and amazing soundtrack and I'm happy to have this in my CD Soundtracks Collection !!!

Got my copy of E.T. The Extra Terrestrial 35th Anniversary Remastered Edition: 2 CD Set Limited Edition. Got my copy awhile back from Ebay after it had sold out on La Land Records originally. Great score and great soundtrack release amazing !!!

Blake Neely did mention something awhile back regarding The CW CD Arrowverse soundtracks for the current seasons of the shows. From his Twitter :

After hearing the many interviews for the different Superman The Movie CD Releases from Rhino , Film Score Monthly and La Land Records that Mike Matessino has done over the years it is quite remarkable how each of the releases was done and some of the legal issues etc. each had to get through. 1. You had the Salkind's owning everything up through 2001-2006 owning all materials related to the Superman films from 1978-1987 , 2. Warner Bros Music Group (now Water Tower Music and different from Warner Bros Records) splitting up the music division in 2004 and all the labels from one label plus the AOL Time Warner Sale in 2001 , 3. The Siegel and Shuster lawsuit regarding the Superman character which did get settled in 2013 prior to the release of Man of Steel and 4. Getting John Williams and his representatives to approve this new release of Superman The Movie on CD for the 40th Anniversary. A lot of hurdles and legal issues each release had to go through for each of the CD release but I'm glad we have these all out and in our CD Collections and special thanks again to Mike Matessino and the teams who worked on these CD release for Superman The Movie.

Hope their will be a live stream of this panel on Creature Features or on MM Youtube Channel posted later on

I've recently gotten all my movies both new and older on 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray Disc. Not for every title but a few older and mostly newer released movies. I do like 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray Disc but do like the colors for certain titles better on Blu-Ray than 4K it depends on the title I guess. My 4K Set up is an LG 4K UHD Blu-Ray Disc Player plus an Onkyo A/V Receiver with 4K Pass Through and a 50 inch 4K UHD TV from TCL.

It is amazing that Superman: The Movie has had 3 restorations on CD the Rhino Records 2 CD release in 2000 , The Superman The Music (1978-1988) 8 CD Box Set release in 2008 and La Land Records 3 CD Release this year in 2019 for it's 40th Anniversary in 2018. It took 3 try's to get it right and the hard work Mike Matessino has put into these releases have been amazing !!!

Changed it just now. Thanks for the tip @Jurassic Shark Great points guys I always prefer physical media CDs , DVDs , Blu-Ray Discs and 4K UHD Blu-Ray Discs over Digital Downloads any day. I will always buy my soundtrack OST or Expanded Soundtrack Album on CDs.

Agreed Sony Classical had the Star Wars license for two decades and did nothing to remaster the soundtrack except 3 re releases and 1 remaster of the original soundtrack albums for The Original Trilogy in 2017 for it's 40th Anniversary on both CD and Vinyl. I hope one day Mike Matessino gets to do proper remasters of the 1st 6 Star Wars Soundtracks someday have La Land Records work with Walt Disney Records together to put a proper release fully remastered out. Though likely won't happen anytime soon since Disney is so focused on the newer films at the moment. Agreed the whole history of the Star Wars music rights Pre Disney is a mess.

The amount of copies yo Agreed guys that being said however the amount of copies you can sell today for a limited edition expanded releases is different than it was in 1997 and 2000 back then you could sell 15,000 to 20,000 unit copies of a CD Soundtrack Album / Expanded CD Soundtrack Album release. Places like Varèse Sarabande , Intrada Records and La La Land Records now can only sell up to 5,000 unite copies of a Expanded CD Soundtrack Album release. Times had indeed change for selling a CD Soundtrack Album / Expanded CD Soundtrack Album release as MM said in recent podcast interviews.

Agreed great interview Maurizio @TownerFan and Tim did with Mike on the subject about JW !!!

Great comments so far guys and good insights from everyone commenting so far !!!

Thanks Maurizio @TownerFan for all the content from The Legacy of John Williams Website plus the 2 part audio interviews with Mike Matessino. Mike is great and Tim Burden always great insights from him. Hope more content is coming to the website soon keep up the super amazing work Maurizio !!!

Agreed

Thanks @The Illustrious Jerry and great comments

Great 2 interviews with Mike Matessino !!! Mike is a very knowledgeable guy and film historian and his work on these John Williams Expanded Soundtrack releases are amazing. Also his liner notes he puts together for these soundtracks are very well detailed and amazing. Thanks @TownerFan for putting these out great listens !!!

So sad Nick Redman has passed away. 1st heard his name on The Star Wars Trilogy Anthology and RCA Victor Star Wars Trology Special Edition Soundtrack Releases plus the many scores and soundtracks he produced for Film Score Monthly. He will be missed in the music and soundtrack producing industry. 😢

Agreed. It is nice that these Specialty labels for Soundtracks like Varèse Sarabande , Intrada Records and La La Land Records are keeping limited edition soundtracks alive and making plus and fans keep buying them.

The Specialized Soundtrack Market has it changed or stayed the same? For me it times have change. In 1997 when the RCA Victor Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition 2 CD Releases , The 2000 Superman The Movie Rhino Records 2 CD Release and the 8 Disc Superman The Music 1978-1988 Box Set came out those where the peak of the specialized soundtrack market. Buying CD Soundtracks and expanded soundtracks is not the same now as it was in 1997 most people are streaming or buying their music off of iTunes , Amazon Music , Google Play Music , listening to it via Spotify etc. Sure you have company's and labels like Varèse Sarabande , Intrada Records and La La Land Records who put out these Limited Edition CD Soundtrack Sets but the market for buying CDs has changed. What are your thoughts on this and what is your opinion on this?

For Star Wars Episode 9 (IX) I do think John Williams will created mostly newer music for the last episode of The Skywalker Saga. For the questions asked in the poll I will try to answer them as best I can. 1. Yes I think their will be new JW Music in the teaser trailer for Episode 9. , 2. The Force Awakens recording will be re-used again for the main titles unless they do use the one from the Original Trilogy but doubt they would. , 3.The Force Theme will be used and will be the final theme of the score before the ending credits fanfare. It makes sense to use it to close out The Skywalker Saga. , 4. JW will write an original end credits suite. A proper end credits suite (ala TFA's "Jedi Steps and Finale"). , 5. John will write something new as his big send-off to the saga. and 6. Yes, JJ won't let that opportunity slip twice! and John will get his Williams-composed 'Cantina Band'-esque source music. So many ways Star Wars Episode 9 (IX) could go musically and I hope it will be good. Fingers crossed

I'm 50/50 on this and of two minds about this. While I don't see no John Williams expanded soundtrack fatigue It really depends on how much do you love John Williams scores and soundtracks and how many of his expansions and expanded soundtracks are you willing to get? Times have change for that in 1997 when the RCA Victor Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition 2 CD Releases , The 2000 Superman The Movie Rhino Records 2 CD Release and the 8 Disc Superman The Music 1978-1988 Box Set came out those where the peak of the specialized soundtrack market. Buying CD Soundtracks and expanded soundtracks is not the same now as it was in 1997 most people are streaming or buying their music off of iTunes , Amazon Music , Google Play Music , listening to it via Spotify etc. Sure you have company's and labels like Varèse Sarabande , Intrada Records and La La Land Records who put out these Limited Edition CD Soundtrack Sets of John Williams scores and fans like myself will buy them but the specialized soundtrack market is not the same as it was back then. I do think it is nice where are getting these anniversary and John Williams expanded soundtracks since 2014 with Empire of The Sun , Jaws , 1941 , Hook , Saving Private Ryan , Close Encounters of The Third Kind , E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial . Harry Potter , Schindler's List and Superman: The Movie etc.. So for me the more John Williams expanded soundtracks the better still would love to see one day some remastered expanded soundtracks of The 1st 6 Star Wars Films though. Also Mike Matessino's liner notes in these John Williams expanded soundtrack releases from Varèse Sarabande , Intrada Records and La La Land Records are amazing.