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Minority Report was my first red flag, as I thought for sure that the expansion was going to blow my mind, but I found myself constantly missing the edits. The action cues feel disjointed without the film to bind them together, and there's a lot of "sneaking around" music that isn't all that interesting. 
 
This idea that film scores need room to breathe, or some such, doesn't really hold for me. Symphonies open with themes, and then develop from there, and I find that is what Williams does in his OSTs. They make musical sense, not narrative sense, and I'm fine with that. If I want narrative, I'll watch the movie. Film music occupies a weird space between absolute and program music. I want it to be more the former than the latter.
This reminds me of the debate about shooting films and TV for phone screens. Should that be the default style if most people are viewing it that way, or should directors continue to shoot for "ideal" viewing conditions knowing that it will be "compromised" for most people? For orchestral music, I want all the dynamic range I can get. That's just me, though.

To me this basic discussion on prefereces for OST edits or complete scores make hardly any sense. I would even impute stubbornness to anyone claiming always the one or the other position. Some scores work very well in their complete form where all the themes and motifs get their room to breath and bloom. And other scores work best in their condensed form as an OST with their album edits and rearrangements. Other scores are best represented and enjoyable by a 10 to 20 minutes suite arranged by the composer for the concert hall.
It always depends. Some expansions bore me to death. Sometimes they just contain two or three tracks that I wouldn't want to miss and apart from these I prefer the OST. But it is always good to have the choice. 
I said it before, John Williams is basically the only soundtrack composer where I am interested in expansions. But even there I struggle sometimes with the program.

While that would certainly make for an exciting few weeks, I’d still rather not have waited 30+ years for more Hook. Like is too short for that. A lot of folks who loved the Hook score when it came out are probably dead now. Personally, I’m grateful I had the previous expanded album before my hearing started to decline. 
 
“How much of human life is lost in waiting.”

The third act of this score is terrific and more than makes up for any "sins". 
 
Karol

You can argue if this was more implausible than the jump of the lore or Indy stopping the lore just with his shue soles. But the scene with the falling raft came after we had a few years earlier that scene where Luke Skywalker falls into the abyss in Cloud City. And this was really comparably dumb.
 
This movie fell into Spieberg's early post E.T. phase were there always had to be these kids in his movies what I didn't like. And Willie is really annoying. Spielberg was in love.
 
Anyway, the movie was pleasantly different from the first one, the opening is the best of any Indy movie and the score is fantastic.

Such a great film, with such a great score. Okay, the film may have untypical pacing, but that's part of its charm and uniqueness. When it fires, it fires on all cylinders. From the fantastic opening escape to the mine car chase and resolution on the bridge, it's pure fun.
 
I was thinking about perhaps the most implausible sequence - the falling raft - after reading some negative takes on it. And I have to say it's never bothered me. It's an exhilarating escape and I have no problem accepting the implausability of it, unlike the nuked fridge of Crystal Skull. 
 

I must say, when the citations of older works are done like in Tuktuk chase, I don't mind them, because they are significantly adapted and integrated into the new composition. And by the way, if one has the option to listen to to the TrueHD format in Surround sound, do it! It sounds so much more involving. No matter if 5.1, 7.1 or Atmos, it is a big difference to simple stereo. 

I must say, when the citations of older works are done like in Tuktuk chase, I don't mind them, because they are significantly adapted and integrated into the new composition. And by the way, if one has the option to listen to to the TrueHD format in Surround sound, do it! It sounds so much more involving. No matter if 5.1, 7.1 or Atmos, it is a big difference to simple stereo. 

I hope you enjoy.
 
 
likes and subscribes are welcomed
 

I must say, when the citations of older works are done like in Tuktuk chase, I don't mind them, because they are significantly adapted and integrated into the new composition. And by the way, if one has the option to listen to to the TrueHD format in Surround sound, do it! It sounds so much more involving. No matter if 5.1, 7.1 or Atmos, it is a big difference to simple stereo. 

I must say, when the citations of older works are done like in Tuktuk chase, I don't mind them, because they are significantly adapted and integrated into the new composition. And by the way, if one has the option to listen to to the TrueHD format in Surround sound, do it! It sounds so much more involving. No matter if 5.1, 7.1 or Atmos, it is a big difference to simple stereo. 

I'll listen to them at least once, but I'm definitely going to make a score only playlist and may not revisit the songs very much if at all after first listen.

To me Banning Back Home, We dont wanna grow up and When Your Alone kind of ruined the flow  and taking place of more important cues. And I immediately noticed the never feast insert missing.
 
I'm open to include the songs on this edition but I generally don't like songs, especially if they waste underscore space

I've always thought this OST was one of JW's better ones. No unchronological shenanigans mostly, and it tries to cover the entire 'journey'. We Don't Wanna Grow Up is an inexcusable inclusion though.

I think it's a waste and a useless price bump to have another disc just for the same music copypasted in a worse order with bad edits. If the real program would overflow but just so that it still leaves space for the OST on the last disc and/or it's used to present unique pieces/alternates like WotW or ET or Eiger Sanction then cool.

I am very happy and intend to buy, but I will wait first for reviews. I want this to be the last (the 4th!) version I buy, this time everything must be perfect.

The full concert & discussion can be watched from here: https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/112249-000-A/eastwood-symphonic-une-affaire-de-famille/

Some other cool stuff up there, I'd appreciate a like and or subscribe
 
 
 
 

My collection is stored as ones and zeroes on shiny discs.

I wonder what a potential tracklist would be.
 
1. Main Title: New York, 1932 (4:06)
2. Dead Composers Anecdote (3:54)
3. John Meets Steven (2:34)
4. George's Theme (11:38)
5. Dead Composers Anecdote (Reprise) (3:54)
6. Arrival in Boston (4:35)
7. The Microediting Montage (15:48)
8. Dead Composers Anecdote (Reprise) (3:54)
9. Scherzo for Turtleneck and Orchestra (2:49)
10. The Lasik Scene (5:23)
11. Journey To Tanglewood (3:45)
12. Dead Composers Anecdote (Reprise) (3:54)
13. Welcome To Vienna (1:42)
14. Turning 90 and The Adventure Continues (7:03)
15. Dead Composers Anecdote (For Violin And Orchestra) (feat. Anne-Sophie Mutter) (4:21)

https://forscores.com/
 
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiNVoBckLqLknw7Rbfk3OksolRz8yaVbR
 
https://www.treefort.fm/series/disney-for-scores
 
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/disney-for-scores/id1476844445
 
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3IPv01BIG5JTbbEoUHT9OA?si=fmQDuu74TqmNVHoTbbV6IQ
 
https://tunein.com/podcasts/Music-Podcasts/For-Scores-p1241747/
 
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1135-disney-for-scores-48059743/episode/john-williams-125466602/

I’m a 3D Blu Ray guy. 
 
For the past several years, Disney has sold 3D titles exclusively in Japan. 
 
So maybe I’ll move. 

I had them all, once. Temple of Doom as a German pressing was a present from my first girlfriend, must have been in 1988 or 89. Last Crusade I bought as my first soundtrack purchase on the newfangled CD format in 1989. Raiders I had as a cassette copy from the LP and bought on CD when it was released, sometime in the 90s. And then I bought the DCC when it came out. And when the Concord set was announced I sold them all on amazon, mostly for a really good price. I only then realized that my TOD CD must be quite the collectors item. Funnily enough a few years later I regretted selling the DCC, looked for used copies and bought one on amazon for small fraction of the price I was paid a few years ago. So no regrets in financial regard :-)

I actually think we (including Lucas himself) do the films a disservice by lumping them up into trilogies, because the nuance of the individual sensibilities, strengths and weaknesses of each film become drowned in that.
 
For instance, I like Episode III more than Episode VI, and I probably dislike Episode II more than IX.

Nothing different, except that the CD master was of course resampled to 44.1kHz.
But no audible mixing/EQ/level/reverb differences compared to the high res FYC.