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Richard Penna last won the day on October 23 2022
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Fair enough, and I agree that sometimes buying a CD and all the associated shit doesn't feel needed. Certainly there's a release that's sort of on my list at the moment that I don't want physically (I want a handful of tracks) but there's no way to get it other than buying a piece of plastic. Certainly in other cases such as Sleepy Hollow, Doug's definitely got some issues with his editing, but isn't mastering just a choice that's made by the engineer? It doesn't strike me as lazy, especially if they're doing more work on top of just transferring the tapes.
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Have you ever considered contacting Doug with your comments/suggestions about mixing? Mentioning them on a public forum is one thing, but when you're openly admitting to pirating it and considering just not paying them (for a score that musically you liked) just because you don't like a few aspects of it, I dont really see what you're achieving other than clearly hating basically everything Doug does.
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Do you think Saving Private Ryan is a masterpiece?
Richard Penna replied to Bellosh's topic in JOHN WILLIAMS
HTTF is a nice piece slightly dethroned by the OTT ending where the orchestra and choir are absolutely belting out. I'd prefer a more straightforward orchestral approach without choir. -
Do you think Saving Private Ryan is a masterpiece?
Richard Penna replied to Bellosh's topic in JOHN WILLIAMS
I like the film - well directed and acted. The score is a mixed bag for me; some highlights such as HTTF but overall the score has too much of a monotonous sound for me to enjoy as an album. I'm not a fan of patriotic brass and strings to start with, but an hour of it tires me. No doubt orchestration enthusiasts go nuts and it works well in the film, but I don't find it works as well for listening. -
Holko reacted to a post in a topic: Christopher Young's SPECIES (1995) - NEW! 2024 Intrada 2-CD edition
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IMO there should be samples of every single track, not just half a dozen randomly selected tracks, some of which aren't unreleased music. I don't know about anyone else, but with a score like this where I've never seen the film and only have the prior release, being able to hear significant representative parts of the entire work before a purchase is a pretty critical factor. I don't buy stuff just because it's Young or other completist reason - it has to properly interest me. I bought Varese's Nightwing based entirely on hearing a large handful of samples and no other reason. Of course, instant streaming is the best way to address that...
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Richard Penna reacted to a post in a topic: Christopher Young's SPECIES (1995) - NEW! 2024 Intrada 2-CD edition
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Richard Penna reacted to a post in a topic: Alan Silvestri's WHAT LIES BENEATH (2000) - NEW! 2024 Varese Deluxe Edition
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Loopy reacted to a post in a topic: Did you get the Dial of Destiny soundtrack on the CD format before it sold out?
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Yavar Moradi reacted to a post in a topic: Alan Silvestri's WHAT LIES BENEATH (2000) - NEW! 2024 Varese Deluxe Edition
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There are a minority of cases where I think Varese's fee limitations actually helped, and I think this is one of those. Might pick it up eventually given that this should also have been newly mastered, but sifting through the CS on YT, whenever I get to a cue that's properly doing something, it's a cue on the OST.
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Yavar Moradi reacted to a post in a topic: The Official Varese Sarabande Thread
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Label Threads The Official Varese Sarabande Thread
Richard Penna replied to Charlie Brigden's topic in General Discussion
Seemingly not - its recording engineer Geoff Foster works at Air Studios, London: https://www.discogs.com/release/4105352-Clint-Mansell-Doom-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack -
Label Threads The Official Varese Sarabande Thread
Richard Penna replied to Charlie Brigden's topic in General Discussion
Boy, did we get #2 wrong. I have a track from Doom which appeared in Top Gear years ago. Does anyone do samples any more? -
Label Threads The Official Varese Sarabande Thread
Richard Penna replied to Charlie Brigden's topic in General Discussion
I've never heard a note. I'm not a fan of Tyler outside of his Yellowstone universe work. -
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Andy reacted to a post in a topic: Hans Zimmer's THE THIN RED LINE (1998) - 2019 4-CD La-La Land Edition
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Label Threads The Official Varese Sarabande Thread
Richard Penna replied to Charlie Brigden's topic in General Discussion
6pm UK time iirc, so 5 hours from now.