Breadstick Basilisk 108 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Quote REMASTERS OF THE FIRST 6 STAR WARS SOUNDTRACKS COMING MAY 4 FEATURING NEW ARTWORK AND A COLLECTIBLE POSTER! This May the Fourth, fans of Star Wars music will have even more reason to celebrate. Disney Music Group announced today that May 4, a.k.a. Star Wars Day, will see the rerelease of John Williams’ original six Star Wars soundtracks on CD — all remastered, complete with new artwork and a collectible mini-poster. This includes A New Hope (1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Return of the Jedi (1983), The Phantom Menace (1999), Attack of the Clones (2002), and Revenge of the Sith (2005), which feature some of the Williams’ most memorable compositions, including the Star Wars main theme, “Imperial March,” and “Duel of the Fates.” You can get a first look at the covers below! The soundtracks were reconstructed from new hi-resolution (24/192) transfers supervised by Shawn Murphy and Skywalker Sound, and are available for pre-order now at the links below: A New Hope The Empire Strikes Back Return of the Jedi The Phantom Menace Attack of the Clones Revenge of the Sith http://www.starwars.com/news/remasters-of-the-first-6-star-wars-soundtracks-coming-may-4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,326 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Cool! Lame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,259 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Well, it's the first appearance ever of the full 2LP ESB program on CD, so there's that. Arpy and 1977 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,359 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Is that what it is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balahkay 627 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 While skimming the article and got excited when I saw... all remastered, complete but then... with new artwork and a collectible mini-poster. Does this mean ROTJ will sound good now? Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Wojo 2,453 Posted March 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 21, 2018 What a terrible step backwards for the industry. We want more music, not less. How many ignorant people will buy these, not realizing they're incomplete? They won't actually care. crumbs, bollemanneke, John and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977 1,743 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Mini-posters!!! Yippee!!! That artwork looks like a temp placeholder, except it isn't. But remasters, holding thumbs. rpvee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneBuckFilms 319 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 So the OT, will they be LP programs or remasters of the 2CD SE releases? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977 1,743 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Who knows. For the sake of Jedi, please let them be the 2 CD sets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,259 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 14 minutes ago, someonefun124 said: Does this mean ROTJ will sound good now? The original OST album of ROTJ has never not sounded good A. A. Ron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,491 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Since I don't own these 6 scores in any form (apart form the Decca JW Space Collection), I'll probably try and get them, even though those covers are horribly atrocious. They'll fit nicely with my TFA and TLJ OSTs (I hope). The Matessino complete editions will definitely come in their own time, but I never expected them to arrive until after the original trilogy. 1 minute ago, OneBuckFilms said: So the OT, will they be LP programs or remasters of the 2CD SE releases? They're all in the same price category, so LP programs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,259 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 All six are just the original OST programs, no bonus tracks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,326 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 19 minutes ago, Jay said: Well, it's the first appearance ever of the full 2LP ESB program on CD, so there's that. Apparently it is only 1CD. Would the 2LP fit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,491 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Yeah, both SW and Empire are 74 minutes, I just checked on Wikipedia to make sure. Wonder if it's a jewel case or digipak to match the new "deluxe" OSTs? If it's the former, it's easy to swap that godawful thing to a custom based on Drew Struzan, or the original LP covers, or even to match the sequel OSTs, but I like digipaks better. You're tearing me apart, Disney! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Erik Woods 555 Posted March 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 21, 2018 LAME! Bilbo, Taikomochi, TheUlyssesian and 5 others 5 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew 590 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Are all of these going to be clones of the awful remasterings of the current digital versions of the OT releases (on Spotify)? Something evil in me would force me to buy them anyway. Also, what would remastered prequel OSTs sound like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977 1,743 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Return of the Longbox! Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,259 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 On 3/21/2018 at 3:51 PM, Fal said: Apparently it is only 1CD. Would the 2LP fit? The 2LP program of TESB is 74 minutes long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,491 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Do the 2016 remasters count as "new high-resolution transfers"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 I don't have the OST's for the Original Trilogy but if the Prequel OST's sound better than what they are I might buy all six. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew 590 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Just now, Holko said: Do the 2016 remasters count as "new high-resolution transfers"? I think any high-resolution audio presented on a lossy bitrate would be redundant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977 1,743 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 So they're really trotting out that dreadful 1 LP assembly of Jedi AGAIN. Thanks, I'll stick to my crappy sounding RCA Victor release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Trent B 337 Posted March 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 21, 2018 I am hoping in a year or two Disney will either give us proper remastered and complete versions of all six scores or let La-La Land or Intrada release complete remastered versions of all six. OneBuckFilms, Andy, crumbs and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew 590 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Maybe they will actually remaster ROTJ this time. I bet that the original OST sounded good enough that they "forgot" to touch it on the digital release last year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,259 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 5 minutes ago, Trent B said: I am hoping in a year or two Disney will either give us proper remastered and complete versions of all six scores or let La-La Land or Intrada release complete remastered versions of all six. No specialty label will ever expand Star Wars scores. They're in Disney Records territory forever now. Arpy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balahkay 627 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 14 minutes ago, Jay said: The original OST album of ROTJ has never not sounded good It doesn't sound good to my ears even on my subpar headphones and speakers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,491 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Yep. And they won't come out before the interest for Williams' officialy last Star Wars score dies down, so I think at least 2-3 years after Episode IX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Best we can hope for is that someone like Mike Matessino or Neil S. Bulk will be hired by Disney. Its possible. Jurassic Shark and Ricard 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 I got excited there for a minute when I read the thread title. Oh well. Those covers are so bland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,259 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 1 minute ago, someonefun124 said: It doesn't sound good to my ears even on my subpar headphones and speakers. I'm not talking about the 1997 2CD set nor the 1993 box set, but the original 1983 OST album. If that's what you're talking about too, I've literally never heard anyone say a bad thing about its sound quality before and you'd be the first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 15 minutes ago, Jay said: The original OST album of ROTJ has never not sounded good It sounds great! So does the Anthology. They really used an inferior source in 97 Erik Woods 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,326 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 7 minutes ago, Drew said: I think any high-resolution audio presented on a lossy bitrate would be redundant. Um. You do know there are lossless digital purchasing options right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,491 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 3 minutes ago, John said: Those covers are so bland. It's those popping colour strips and the completely random and nonsensical choice of colours I really hate. 3 minutes ago, Stefancos said: IThey really used an inferior source in 97 They didn't for Jedi, it reportedly sounded great until they fucked up the Digital Noise Reduction in one of the last steps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jay 37,259 Posted March 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 21, 2018 On 3/21/2018 at 4:04 PM, Stefancos said: Best we can hope for is that someone like Mike Matessino or Neil S. Bulk will be hired by Disney. Its possible. Yes of course Disney could choose to hire whoever they wanted to to produce new expanded versions of the scores. Since Kathleen Kennedy runs Lucasfilm, and she has signed off on all the Spielberg/Williams scores he's been doing since she produced all those Spielberg films, its pretty likely she'd choose to hire Mike to do them, if she (and Williams) want expanded versions to happen at all - especially considering Mike is literally the only album producer to get to work on expanded Williams titles since Quartet's Tom Sawyer. Ricard, enderdrag64, Holko and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,326 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 1 minute ago, Jay said: I'm not talking about the 1997 2CD set nor the 1993 box set, but the original 1983 OST album. If that's what you're talking about too, I've literally never heard anyone say a bad thing about its sound quality before and you'd be the first. Except Filmtracks/Clemmenson. " Avoid it... on the 1985 to 1993 albums because of poorer, archival sound quality" Drew and Ricard 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,334 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 "The Williams"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,259 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Yes, the official Star Wars website has a typo. It happens. bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,326 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 It's referring to Joseph! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 2 minutes ago, Jay said: Yes, the official Star Wars website has a typo. It happens. Yet you always point it out if someone here makes a typo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,259 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 That is absolutely not true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew 590 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 11 minutes ago, Fal said: Um. You do know there are lossless digital purchasing options right? I was referring to the already-existing digital albums on Spotify and iTunes. If they got it from a 24-bit source, it would not make much difference combined with lossy bitrates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,326 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 OK..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew 590 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 18 minutes ago, Fal said: Except Filmtracks/Clemmenson. " Avoid it... on the 1985 to 1993 albums because of poorer, archival sound quality" At least that recommendation makes people buy the 1997 or 2004 albums and leave the Anthology set available to those who actually like good sound quality. enderdrag64 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Urgh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balahkay 627 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 I guess my question was... will this remastered ROTJ release somehow sound as good as it did on that ROTS DVD? That's the best I've heard ROTJ sound. Amer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedigoScan 324 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 No complete score No Care Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,259 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 It looks like the reason these got delayed from Nov 10 2017 to May 4 2018 was to include the prequels OSTs as well, I suppose. Either that, or they wanted to wait to release them in an "off year" between Williams-scored sequel films. At least that explains why they turned up last fall on Amazon with no press release, and then were later changed and became un-order-able until now; If you look at the old thread, the Amazon links that popped up online back then are the same as the "new" links http://www.jwfan.com/forums/index.php?/topic/28378-original-3-star-wars-ost-albums-coming-to-cd-november-10-from-disney-records/ On 9/25/2017 at 9:23 AM, Jay said: These are on the US version of Amazon now too. Same Friday, November 10th release date, no additional info https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075VNP551 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075VNX66B https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075VNJCQ2 $14.98 each. At least they're only $13.28 each now... Ricard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarpia 132 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 This is really disappointing. My heart stopped when I read the thread title... it should have stayed that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,259 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Remastered expanded versions are still possible in the future, of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarpia 132 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Let's hope so! The music deserves them, as well as better album covers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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