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Pieter Boelen

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Hey all,

Is there a list somewhere on which tracks on the various OST CD releases are concert suites rather than in-movie tracks?

Most are fairly self-explanatory, but sometimes it's really quite fuzzy.

 

Any and all helps would be welcome. :)

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7 minutes ago, Pieter_Boelen said:

but sometimes it's really quite fuzzy

Score tracks named as if they were concert pieces!

Concert pieces plopped into the middle and named almost as if they were score cues!

Score cues or parts of them, with OST-only concert extensions!

Full concert pieces partly edited into score cues and the rest remains unreleased!

Fuzzy indeed.

 

Sounds like a fun project!

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OSTs that combine a film cue with a concert arrangement in the same track

  1. Return of the Jedi - "Han Solo Returns (At The Court Of Jabba The Hutt)" actually contains a portion of "Jabba The Hutt"  from 2:47-end
  2. A.I. Artificial Intelligence - "The Search For The Blue Fairy" actually contains a portion of "A.I Theme (Vocal Version) " from 2:28-end
  3. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
    1. "Prologue" is really Children's Suite track Hedwig's Flight
    2. "Diagon Alley and The Gringotts Vault" is really a portion of Children's Suite track Diagon Alley2M4 Diagon Alley
    3. "Hogwarts Forever! and The Moving Stairs" is really 4M5 The Moving Stairs & Children's Suite track Hogwarts Forever
    4. "Fluffy's Harp" is really Chilren's Suite track Fluffy And His Harp

 

 

Concert arrangements that combine film cues with short segments recorded just for the album to create a de facto concert arrangement

  1. Jurassic Park - "Theme From Jurassic Park" is really 3M2 Record Intro & 3M2 The Dinosaurs & 3M2 Wompi Ending.
  2. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - "A Window To The Past" is really a unique recorder solo & portions of 7m124m3/4 & 7m2 Insert

 

 

OSTs that title a track that makes it sound like a concert arrangement, but it's really just film cues

  1. Superman - "Theme from Superman"  is really 1M1 & End Title
  2. Raiders of the Lost Ark - "Marion's Theme" is really just 10M4 En Bateau4M2 To Cairo.
  3. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - "Short Round's Theme" is really just 3M3/4M1 The Elephant Ride    
  4. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - "Irina's Theme" is really just portions of 1m4NR Irina Spalko & 3m28 Russians Reappear & 7m56 End Credit 

 

Is there anything confusing anywhere else?

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Yeah I actually think we shouldn't consider assembled suites as a true concert suite.

 

An example is a Window to the Past - it is not really a cut by itself but instead is cobbled together from various places. It can be heard and enjoyed and performed as one but isn't really one.

 

 

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I think Pieter just meant tracks like "Leia's Theme" on the Star Wars OST, which is clearly not part of the original soundtrack on the film but a wonderful concert arrangement hinted at, in this case but not always, by the word "theme".

 

Maybe somebody compiled a list of all these tracks that sometimes can be found ONLY on the OST and not necessarily on later expansions. Correct me if I'm wrong but the exciting "Over the Moon" concert version featuring the piano from the E.T. OST is nowhere to be found on later expansions (at least the two I have before I gave up ;).

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On 5/28/2019 at 8:38 PM, Jurassic Shark said:

I guess you mean concert arrangements. :)

There is a difference? :lol:

 

18 hours ago, Martinland said:

I think Pieter just meant tracks like "Leia's Theme" on the Star Wars OST, which is clearly not part of the original soundtrack on the film but a wonderful concert arrangement hinted at, in this case but not always, by the word "theme".

That's indeed what I was getting at...

 

18 hours ago, Martinland said:

Maybe somebody compiled a list of all these tracks that sometimes can be found ONLY on the OST and not necessarily on later expansions.

Well, I'm trying now. Let's see how that goes. :D

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Just now, Jurassic Shark said:

 

Well, a suite is usually a combination of several individual pieces. :)

Ah, gotcha. In that case: I'm interested in both.

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Here's something along the lines I was thinking:

 

1941
The Battle of Hollywood (consists of *???* expanded edition tracks)
End Credits (used as basis for "March from 1941")

 

A.I.
The Search For The Blue Fairy (consists of *???* expanded edition tracks)
Where Dreams Are Born (re-recorded)

 

Adventures of Tintin - Secret of the Unicorn
The Adventures of Tintin (main title track)
Snowy's Theme (actual concert suite, unused in the film)
Sir Francis and the Unicorn (OST track later adapted into the "Sea Battle" concert suite)
The Adventure Continues (actual concert suite for the end titles; re-recorded as "The Duel")

 

Always
Among the Clouds (is this what the Theme suite was adapted from?)
Dorinda's Solo Flight (re-recording available)
Follow Me (an alternate exists; is one some sort of suite?)

 

Amazing Stories

(no real concert tracks, but these are probably the closest)
Main Title
The Mission
End Credits

 

Amistad
The Long Road to Justice (re-recording available)
Dry Your Tears, Afrika (Reprise) (End Title theme, re-recording available)

 

Angela's Ashes
End Title (re-recording available)

 

Black Sunday
(No concert tracks from original recordings. What tracks is the Suite adapted from?)

 

Born on the Fourth of July
The Early Days, Massapequa, 1957 (re-recording available)
Cua Viet River, Vietnam, 1968 (re-recording available)
End Title ("Theme" is quite different)

 

Catch Me If You Can
Catch Me If You Can (adapted into "Closing In")
The ''Float'' (adapted into "Joy Ride")
Recollections (The Father's Theme) (adapted into "Reflections")
Catch Me If You Can (Reprise and End Credits) (End Title suite)

 

Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Dialogue (re-recording available)
(No concert tracks from original recordings. What tracks are the Excerpts excerpted from?)

 

Dracula
Main Title & Storm Sequence (re-recording available)
Night Journeys (re-recording available)
End Titles (re-recording available)
The Love Scene (Extended Version)

 

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (Album)
Most of the OST album consists of suites?
Three Million Light Years From Home + Abandoned and Pursued (adapted into "Three Million Light Years From Home" suite)
E.T. and Me (OST suite, adapted into "Stargazers" suite)
Flying (film track, re-recording available)
Over the Moon (end title track, re-recording available)
Adventures on Earth (film track, re-recording available)

 

Earthquake
Main Title (re-recording available)
Love Theme (unique to OST)
Finale, End Title (end title track)

 

Empire of the Sun
Home and Hearth (adapted into "Toy Planes, Home and Hearth" suite)
Jim's New Life (re-recording available)
Cadillac of the Skies (adapted into "Cadillac of the Skies" suite)
End Title (re-recorded as "Exsultate Justi" suite)

 

Family Plot
End Title (re-recording available as "Finale")

 

Far and Away
Blowing Off Steam (re-recording available)
End Credits (End Title suite)

 

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry's Wondrous World (film version for end credits)
Hedwig's Theme (film version for end credits)
Prologue (Children's Suite version)
Hogwarts Forever (Children's Suite version)
Voldemort (Children's Suite version)
Nimbus 2000 (Children's Suite version)
Fluffy's Harp (Children's Suite version)
Quidditch (Children's Suite version)
Family Portrait (Children's Suite version)
Diagon Alley (Children's Suite version, further expanded suite exists but isn't officially available)
Harry's Wondrous World (Children's Suite version)

 

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Gilderoy Lockhart (OST track, re-recording available)
Dobby the House Elf (re-recording available)
Fawkes the Phoenix (re-recording available)
The Chamber of Secrets (re-recording available)

 

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Aunt Marge's Waltz (re-recording available)
Double Trouble ( (instrumental?) re-recording available)
Window to the Past (concert opening continued with film tracks, adapted into "A Bridge to the Past" suite)
Quidditch, Third Year + The Snowball Fight (adapted into "Witches, Wands and Wizards" suite)
Misschien Managed! (editorially created suite, re-recording available)

 

Heartbeeps
Main Title
Crimebuster (theme track?)
End Credits

 

Heidi
Main Title and Overture (re-recording available)
Love Theme from Heidi (unique to OST)

 

Home Alone
We Slept In + We Slept In (adapted into shorter "Holiday Flight" suite)
Somewhere In My Memory (re-recording available)
Star of Bethlehem (re-recording available)

 

Home Alone 2 - Lost in New York
We Overslept Again, Holiday Flight (longer than Home Alone 1 OST and suite version)
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas

 

Hook
Prologue
The Arrival of Tink and The Flight to Neverland
The Lost Boy Chase (film track, re-recording available as "The Lost Boys' Ballet")
Smee's Plan (film track, re-recording available)
The Banquet + The Never-Feast (film tracks, combined into "The Banquet Scene" suite)
You Are the Pan (combined film tracks, adapted into "The Face of Pan" suite)

 

How to Steal a Million
Main Title
Two Lovers
End Title

 

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Raiders March (re-recording available)
The Basket Game (adapted into "The Basket Game" suite)
The Map Room - Dawn (re-recording available)
Marion's Theme (combined film tracks, adapted into "Marion's Theme" suite)

 

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Short Round's Theme (OST track "The Trek"/"The Elephant Ride")
Parade of the Slave Children (OST track part of "Underground Chaos", adapted into full and shortened suites)
Nocturnal Activities + The Mine Car Chase (combined into "The Mine Car Chase" re-recorded suite)

 

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Indy's Very First Adventure (re-recording available)
Escape from Venice (re-recording available)
Keeping Up With the Joneses (unused in film, suite unique to OST?)
Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra (film track, adapted into "Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra" suite)

 

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
A Whirl Through Academe (re-recording available)
Call of the Crystal (suite with re-recording available)
The Adventures of Mutt (suite with re-recording available)
Irina's Theme (OST version is editorially created from film tracks, later adapted into actual "Irina's Theme" suite)
Russians (fan editiorally created edit from OST tracks)

 

Jane Eyre
Love Theme (suite unique to OST?)
Main Title (film track, unique to OST?)
Lowood (adapted into "At Lowood")
To Thornfield (adapted into "To Thornfield")
Reunion (adapted into "The Return")

 

Jaws
Entire OST album consists of suites
Main Theme (is "Theme" suite track)
Sea Attack Number One (is "The Barrel Chase" suite)
Preparing the Cage (adapted into "Out to Sea/The Shark Cage Fugue" suite)

 

Jaws 2
No suites on OST, but various tracks combined to fit together
The Catamaran Race + More Boating


Probably there's a lot of errors in the above, so feel free to correct them and add more details here and there.
I've done enough for today. May continue again some other time.

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7 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said:

 

Isn't there a version with piano on the 2002 release, titled End Credits?

 

End Credits is not a "version" of Over The Moon.  End Credits is, well, the End Credits of the film.  "Over The Moon" is a concert arrangement.

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4 minutes ago, Jay said:

 

End Credits is not a "version" of Over The Moon.  End Credits is, well, the End Credits of the film.  "Over The Moon" is a concert arrangement.

 

Of course, but I can't remember if they used the actual end credits track on that release for the track End Credits. 

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The 1996 and 2002 releases were exclusively sourced from the main film score recordings.  No recordings from the album session were used anywhere on either release.  The master recordings from the album session burned up in the universal fire, so even on the 2017 LLL CD those tracks are sourced from a 1982 OST album master found in London and are not a rebuild from the original master elements like everything else on the set.

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  • 7 months later...

Very interesting; this is the exact sort of thread I was searching for. I too am interested in a list of all the OST concert arrangements, but it always seemed like people had different definitions/criteria for what they consider to be a "concert arrangement".

 

Obviously there are the arrangements which have been published by Hal Leonard for concert performances, which we all are familiar with from the various re-recordings and Williams' many live concerts. But I think it would also be interesting to hone in on the original tracks JW wrote and recorded for the soundtrack albums. These versions may be the exact same as the enduring, famous arrangements Williams has popularized in his concert performances, or in some cases they may also be different: "Yoda's Theme" or "The Imperial March" are two that come to mind, where the version that is commonly played in concert features different orchestration (or extra bars), than the version originally conceived for the album. I guess in some ways, they might be seen as prototypes of the concert arrangements that later made their way to the concert hall stage.

 

So all things considered, I guess the main criteria of what I'm looking for, is tracks that:

 

1. Are not outright played in full from beginning to end, as simply underscore for the film

2. May or may not contain snippets of underscore/credits material, but must contain original music composed especially for the track in question

3. Are not source music

4. Are specifically recorded for the OST album, more so than the film itself

 

So, I guess some examples of the sort of tracks I'm looking for would be stuff like: "Princess Leia's Theme", "Yoda's Theme", "Flying", "Over the Moon", "Anakin's Theme", "Harry's Wondrous World", "Fawkes the Phoenix", "Rey's Theme", "The Rebellion Is Reborn", "The Rise of Skywalker", etc.

 

Basically, tracks that focus on themes (and in many cases, they include copy-pasted underscore material), which JW has composed additional musical bridges/development sections/endings, for. Has anyone taken the time to put together a list of these? Not sure if I'm looking for the same thing as @Pieter Boelen, or slightly different. Either way, nice to have a thread like this!

 

EDIT: This comment by @Jay from another thread sums up exactly the sort of tracks I'm looking for: stuff recorded specifically for the OST albums.

 

On 8/31/2017 at 10:12 AM, Jay said:

The original LP that came out in 1982 featured 8 tracks, only 3 of which (Three Million Light Years From Home, E.T. Phone Home, and Adventure On Earth) were from the actual film score;  The other 5 tracks (Abandoned And Pursued, E.T. And Me, E.T.'s Halloween, Flying, Over The Moon) were special compositions JW recorded specifically for the album.

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