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The MONKEY ISLAND and other Adventure Games thread
The Dark Trilogy replied to Jay's topic in General Discussion
Mine (Collector's Edition) was shipped a few days ago and it's on the way to my country. -
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Well, I have to say after listening and comparing that score with the other scores in the same vein (Star Trek 2, Star Trek 3, Krull) I like it very much. I may in the minority here but I like it more than Krull. The action passages are stunning. What Horner has done with only 40 players is remarkeble. So will order this and have my Horner "Space-Trilogy" -> Battle Beyond the Stars, Star Trek 2 and Star Trek 3. I remember a guy who said he wanted a Star Trek trilogy from Horner and not as we all know ending up with a duology. So instead he put and listen to BBtS as his Star Trek 4 instead of Rosenman's score. Love it.
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SW Prequels vs Hobbit trilogy (scores AND films)
The Dark Trilogy replied to WampaRat's topic in JOHN WILLIAMS
This. I never understood the hype around these scores. LotR and Hobbit scores are very boring ones, imo. The best ones are the first, the third LotR and Desolation of Smaug. But not in the Level of Williams. Maybe someone will hate it what I say now, but all 9 Star Wars scores are better than LotR and Hobbit combined. For the movies, I think Unexpected Journey and Desolation of Smaug wins the game. Battle of Five Armies is not a good movie. I prefer Revenge of the Sith. -
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny - Isolated Score Track
The Dark Trilogy replied to DangerMotif's topic in JOHN WILLIAMS
But Digital Bits also made mistakes. In The Last Jedi 4k release, they said there is gonna be an isolated score, which is definitely not true. https://thedigitalbits.com/item/star-wars-the-last-jedi-reissue-uhd -
John Williams has been awarded an honorary knighthood
The Dark Trilogy replied to Dzadza's topic in JOHN WILLIAMS
(...) for services to Film Music and London Symphony Orchestra. (...) Here is the question if they specifically honored only the popular ones with the LSO, i.e. Star Wars 1-6, Superman, Raiders and eventually the second Harry Potter. Or they mean the complete discography of John Williams/LSO? The lesser known works such as The Fury, Dracula and Monsignor. -
Disney Re-Issuing Indiana Jones Trilogy/Saga on November 3, 2023
The Dark Trilogy replied to Amer's topic in JOHN WILLIAMS
Well, KotCS was released in a regular jewel case in Australia. I have that one. You could easily find it on Australian (online) shops in that days. I don't know, I'm thinking about selling it someday because I have KotCS in the box set anyway. Not a fan of redundancy. -
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The Dark Trilogy replied to Jay's topic in General Discussion
It's rather confusing. The PC Collector's Edition says "Includes Grim Fandango Remastered Original Soundtrack" where as XBox and PS4 Edition you get a seperate listing contains "Grim Fandango Remastered Original Soundtrack" as you can see in the picture. Same as Return to Monkey Island. I hope my PC copy of Return to Monkey Island Collector's Edition is a audio CD. It is not clearly stated but I thought PC Game + Original Soundtrack means either the game plus audio in only one CD or 2CD's (1CD game and the other CD is the soundtrack). Or LRG doesn't want to list two jewel cases at the same time and then they stated "Includes... Original Soundtrack". In the picture you clearly see the jewel case says "Original Soundtrack", but the description stated "Orignial soundtrack + PC game". Or maybe an error because they designed that picture for the console games first and forget to change the cover of the jewel case. -
The MONKEY ISLAND and other Adventure Games thread
The Dark Trilogy replied to Jay's topic in General Discussion
The "digital-physical release" is bundled with the Grim Fandango Remastered Collector's Edition from Limited Run Games. -
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New JW Interview on Die Welt (in german)
The Dark Trilogy replied to TownerFan's topic in JOHN WILLIAMS
Is John Williams joking or real? He was asked about new releases of his older works in near future. He said he just approved a 30 disc set of Star Wars, 15 CDs of Indiana Jones and 4 discs from Hook inclusive the abandoned Musical which he had recorded completely but told nobody before. And he approved the score to Sugarland Expres, The Rare Breed and Story of a Woman because he find it not too bad. And a new expansion from Heartbeeps, which he compares with Beethoven 5th. I think he is joking. EDIT: Never mind. Good take crumbs! -
There is also a FYC 3-disc version. The first two discs with the complete score and the third disc with the song. This is the version I own. Here are the pictures: In a HTTYD fan forum, a user explained that the two disc version is only a upcovert from mp3. Maybe from the FYC site. But it is possible that he bought a fake one. I don't know. But he claims the one disc version and the eventuelly the three disc version is lossless. I like this version, because of the absence of the song. On the newly released deluxe edition I would skip that track. And in FSM one guy stated the FYC is not mixed to loud if you compared to the OST. Can anyone confirm this issue? Anyway, here is the link where I got that info: https://howtotrainyourdragon.proboards.com/thread/973/httyd-consideration-score
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Star Wars A New Hope 2-LP Walt Disney Records
The Dark Trilogy replied to The Dark Trilogy's topic in JOHN WILLIAMS
Matessino was vastly involved as Jurassic Shark statet. And he said something about Return of the Jedi sound issues. A reader in FSM magazine asked: (...) Unfortunately, Return of the Jedi only matches the first two releases in the latter category. Of the other two areas, sound quality is definitely the biggest problem. In a recent FSM article (Vol. 2, No. 1), album assembly supervisor Michael Matessino identifies the new Jedi source tapes as “...3-track tape reels that were not used on the boxed set even though they were available at the time.” After listening to the new Jedi set, I can see why these tapes weren’t used previously! The sound quality is awful—dull, flat, lifeless and compressed. The Jedi tapes used for the Arista box set were superior in every way except for completeness. But I find myself willing to sacrifice the latter for the sake of enjoying a pleasant listening experience (for example, compare the tracks “Fight in the Dungeon,”“Heroic Ewok/The Fleet Goes Into Hyperspace” and “First Ewok Battle/Fight with the Fighters” to their counterparts on the new Jedi set). Why were these inferiorsounding tapes used for a release intended to be definitive? Readers, FSM is the place where we cater to your obsessive whims. Michael Matessino responds: I’m sorry that you found the Return of the Jedi 2CD soundtrack so disappointing. We who worked on it also wished that the quality of the source material was better, but after very careful comparisons to other sources, we concluded that this was the best one to use for most of the album. Overall, there seemed to be a bit more presence and stereo separation than other available sources, but a considerable portion of the set did utilize the same master reels that were used for the Arista anthology. Jedi was recorded with a different, less desirable aesthetic quality from Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back, and this was further compromised by the use of inferior tape stock which did not age well. Unfortunately, the difference is all the more noticeable when compared to Star Wars and Empire, since we had newly discovered multi-track sources on these, both of which were recorded better in the first place. (...)