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Thanks a lot, glad you're enjoying these !
Next one will be 1M4a ("Get' em R2!") and I'll have covered the whole Battle Over Coruscant Sequence 

Fantastic work as usual! 
 
Love hearing all the exposed brass like this. It actually feels more like the mix of the original trilogy, the close up more brutal sound from the likes of 'The Snow Battle' etc. 
 
I've always imagined what a original trilogy approach to the prequels may sound like and this is the closest to that experience. Thank you! 
 
Love these. 

1M4
 

One thing for sure is that the Imperial March will be the last encore 

I will definitely be there. Unbelievable that he is doing this at his age. But he lives for music and it keeps him healthy🙏🏻. And I am looking forward to meet up with other JWFan members again😊

1M3
 
 

And now 7m4 
 
 

should honestly be a thread called
 
"Did you get f*cked by The Mouse with anything CD related?"
 
poll options:  Yes
 
 
 

My mantra while writing it out was "make Daddy Jay proud"

A 5 minute track was recorded to play throughout the scene, the walk through Diagon Alley was meant to be scored by the woodwinds and witchy fiddle. Then a "Reveal insert" was recorded to change the start of the reveal into an orchestral swell because it wasn't magical and awe-inspiring enough. Williams liked the music he wrote and expanded it into a longer, slower tempo concert piece in his Harry Potter Children's Suite for Orchestra, "Diagon Alley". For the original 1 disc soundtrack album release, Williams replaced the opening portion of his full recorded track with part of the Diagon Alley concert piece, this is "Diagon Alley and the Gringotts Vault" as you know it. For the movie, the filmmakers decided the reveal needed more of a warm happy reveal and excitement than a weird new world, so they replaced that same opening section with a latter track that Williams wrote for entering the Great Hall. (Confusingly, the track on the 1 disc soundtrack album called "Entry into the Great Hall and the Banquet" does NOT contain this entry music, only the banquet music.) The film also appends part of "Hermione's Feather" to the start of the track for the bricks moving out of the way. The LLL expanded release linked above has the original recorded track combined with the Reveal Insert in Disc 1 track 7, "Diagon Alley and The Gringotts Vault [Extended Version]", the Great Hall entrance in Disc 1 track 13, "Through the Doors", and the concert piece in Disc 3 track 8, "Diagon Alley". The original recorded opening of the track for Diagon Alley, the Reveal Insert, the full unedited concert piece and Through the Doors all premiered on the set, they were never before released, they were only available in a recording sessions leak with the exception of the Reveal Insert. I've done two videos about how the original opening and the reveal insert opening would've worked in the film:
 
 
 
 

Some more alternate takes I found today:
 
The entire film take of 3m1 The Princess Appears is completely unreleased; all 3 albums (the 1993/1997/2018) feature the same wrong take.
 
3m4-4m1 The Sandman Attacks has the wrong take for the opening on the 1997 set, specifically for the part that was previously unreleased and isn't on the other two albums. The parts that are released on all 3 are the same as the film take

Sure, you couldn't perfectly phase out two versions of a take from different masters, but if they're the same consistent correct speed they will still imperfectly phase which is enough to tell that they're the same take.

A little speed-correction goes a long way.  Plus, two tracks that are the same take, but ever-so-slightly different speeds still creates a very distinctive sound when laid on top of each other, kinda like a jet plane flyby:
  9m1B - Indy's Feats (Album Take v3).mp3  
 
 
EDIT: Here's the DCC overlaid onto the unmodified Concord from the Youtube link I just posted:
C+DCC Desert Chase.mp3  
 

And an expanded release session dump of Rogue One!

I'm wondering if the Dolby Atmos Releases for the prequels are on there way? Last year's May 4th Release was the Original Trilogy in Dolby Atmos. 
 
Or.... 
 

Sadly I'm not yet at the point where I can just laugh about this. 

Decided to start a thread to list all of these since I've started documenting them. There are a surprising number of these available to the public.
 
From ANH, everyone knows about takes 16-20 of 1m2 Star Wars on the 1997 set, and the alternate takes throughout the 1993 album are pretty well known as well (though not necessarily documented). But I was surprised to find that the 1997 and 2018 albums actually have alternate takes too! Here's a few that I've found already:
 
1M3 The War has an alternate take on the 1993 set from 2:15-2:58, the 1997/2018 sets have the correct one.
 
2M3 The Little People has an alternate take in a couple spots. The 1993 and 1997 sets both have the wrong take from 3:12-3:16, where the 2018 has the right one. However, the 1993 and 2018 sets have the wrong take for the ending Imperial statement, where the 1997 set has the correct one.
 
2M5 More Little People has an alternate mix for 1:25-end on the 1993 and 1997 sets, where the 2018 has the correct mix. I thought this was a different take originally but @Manakin Skywalker noticed that the 1997 and 2018 versions do indeed phase, so it must be a different mix and not a different take.

I'll keep updating this thread as I find more. Feel free to include ones from other Star Wars scores, they don't have to just be ANH

It's the exact same recording as the one in the End Credits, just without the timpani hit at the end (and obviously not trailing off into the rest of the Credits recording).

If they stick with their normal schedule I believe it's approximately 6pm UK time.

OMG! 
 
It's real!!! 
 
https://www.rrauction.com/auctions/lot-detail/348366007074046-star-wars-john-williams-original-handwritten-music-manuscript-for-the-opening-star-wars-main-title-theme

"...the dots on the paper...they are worth nothing."
 
- John Williams -