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3 minutes ago, Will said:

@Henry Buck, I'm asking since you're on the forum now, is the official ROTJ 2CD release essentially complete?

 

Hi! Well, I think there are several who could swoop in with more comprehensive answers, but in the meantime: It's about 95% complete.

 

The 2CD release doesn't include the two source pieces that were replaced in the Special Edition: "Lapti Nek" and "Ewok Celebration" (of which there are three, I think, versions, two of which were included on the 4CD Arista Records Anthology set). It's also missing an alternate version of "Leia Breaks the News," which is included on the Arista set.

 

There are then a couple pieces which have never been released, and the recordings are believed to have been destroyed. These include the concert suite "Jabba the Hutt," another source cue from Jabba's Palace, and a six-second insert recorded for the Battle of Endor.

 

But part of the "Jabba the Hutt" concert suite is edited into the track "Han Solo Returns" on the OST. Or on the Arista set, maybe.

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1 minute ago, Henry Buck said:

 

Hi! Well, I think there are several who could swoop in with more comprehensive answers, but in the meantime: It's about 95% complete.

 

O.K., that's probably sufficient, given that I've never heard the score in even nearly complete form. The reason I ask is I am traveling tomorrow and am planning what music to listen to. :)

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Yeah, the big downside with the 2CD release is just the sound quality. There were some hiccups in the production process that made some of the tracks, particularly in the latter half of the score, come out sounding very compressed and degraded. The source material is still in good shape - I believe that was proved by the remastering of one track for the "Musical Journey" CD in 2005 - but the production of the set garbled it. That said, if you're dealing with the roar of a car or plane engine, you might not notice much of a difference.

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15 minutes ago, Henry Buck said:

Yeah, the big downside with the 2CD release is just the sound quality. There were some hiccups in the production process that made some of the tracks, particularly in the latter half of the score, come out sounding very compressed and degraded. The source material is still in good shape - I believe that was proved by the remastering of one track for the "Musical Journey" CD in 2005 - but the production of the set garbled it. That said, if you're dealing with the roar of a car or plane engine, you might not notice much of a difference.

 

And I'm also someone who's quite new to hard core music-listening and until quite recently often listened from laptop speakers. So I doubt I'll notice any problems. ;)

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On 12/22/2016 at 6:57 PM, Gnome in Plaid said:

Other than Abzû, are there any video game scores from this year worth checking out?

Firewatch by Chris Remo

Uncharted 4: A Thief's End by Henry Jackman

ReCore by Chad Seiter

Titanfall 2 by Stephen Barton

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I disagree strongly with this old article, but in passing it says one strange thing I thought was worth mentioning:

 

http://www.scena.org/columns/lebrecht/021120-NL-williams.html

 

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In the middle of his 70th birthday year, Williams is busy as ever with several movies on the go, the next being Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can (starring Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio).

He also has an opera under commission for Placido Domingo; his next orchestral work will open Los Angeles' new Walt Disney Hall next year. His concertos are exquisitely performed by the likes of Itzhak Perlman and Yo Yo Ma, elevating Williams to the fringes of the classical parnassus. He is, beyond question, the most famous living orchestral composer.

 

What the hell? Is the author just confusing him with someone else? 

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I recall that and remember JW said in an interview that Placido Domingo, the music director of the LA Opera had approached him.  This was the time where LA opera were premiering lots of operas by film composers like Goldenthal's "Grendel" and Shore's "The Fly".  JW turned it down saying he doesn't write well enough for the voice.  I don't know how far it got like if he actually made some progress in it but eventually abandoned it. 

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Interesting!

 

I had figured the author was just confusing JW with another composer but I guess they weren't really wrong, it seems. 

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8 hours ago, Not Mr. Big said:

How so?

One of the kids couldn't sing well and was blowing takes.  He said in his grandfatherly voice to relax and try to get it right or we'll find someone who will get it right. 

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Those are tuned tomtoms with the timpani in False Image.  Can you provide a link to the "The Cage"?  The track from "The Edge" on youtube had no drums at your time marks.

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Who was the first classical crossover artist?  Was it Malcolm Arnold who composed the Concerto for Rock Group in 1969?

 

 

1969 proto JW here:

 

This is freaking awesome in a psychedelic/JW way!

 

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8 hours ago, Richard said:

It was composed by Jon Lord, and conducted by Malcolm Arnold (who absolutely loved it, btw!).

 

Right, my bad.  Very fun orchestral piece and it does seem to be the first rock band orchestral album.  I was reading more about it last night and the other members of Deep Purple didn't enjoy the experience. 

 

From Richie Blackmore:

"I was not into classical music then. I was very very moody and just wanted to play very very loudly and jump around a lot. I couldn't believe we were playing with orchestras. We kept getting lumbered playing with them. We started off in '68- this is my opinion- as a relatively competent band with a lot to say but saying it all at the same time as each other.

"in '69 we went into the classical stuff because it was Jon Lord's big thing to write a concerto for group and orchestra. He was very sincere. But I didn't like playing it or respect the fact that we were doing it. The orchestra was very condescending towards us, and I didn't like playing with them, so it was one big calamity onstage. But Jon was happy with it and management was happy with it because we had a press angle, which I resented very much.

"In 1970 I said, 'right, we're going to make a rock and roll LP. If this doesn't succeed I'll play in orchestras for the rest of my life', because Jon wasn't too into hard rock. Luckily it took off, so I didn't have to play with orchestras any more.

"I love orchestras, chamber music—unaccompanied violin is my favorite. But I respected them too much, and we just weren't in the same caliber. I'd been playing 15 years at the time, and stuck next to some dedicated violinist who's been playing for 50 years just to give an angle to the press—it's insulting. That's why it started and ended very abruptly."

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To try to answer your question, karelm...pop/rock songs have been using classical instruments for well over fifty-five years. The album DAYS OF FUTURE PAST, by The Moody Blues, with its orchestral pieces, predated DP's record, by about three years. Also albums by Love, and The Zombies (not to mention Sgt. Pepper), used orchestras. 

As to a full orchestral/rock hybrid; I do believe that DP was the first to do this.

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Looking for a user-friendly freeware that allows you to separate/join channels of 5.1 audio files (and that is NOT Audacity or Eac3to). Basically just want a simple software that allows me to select an audio file (with multiple channels), and then just let me select which channels I want to keep, the ones I want to remove, which ones I want to join together, etc. Don't need any unnecessary options such as resampling or whatever.

 

Any suggestions?

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