216 replies to this topic

[Henry Buck]

Aw, this looks really cool. I always figured that music for an old TV show would have ended up in the trash, or at least horribly degraded in sound quality. The thought that it was all perfectly preserved and that there is a large amount of never-before-heard music makes this very enticing.

[Faleel]

Is this music "intensely desired"?

yes.

[Trent Bennett]

The thought that it was all perfectly preserved and that there is a large amount of never-before-heard music makes this very enticing.

Agreed, at least Paramount likes to keep the original master DATs music for Star Trek both films and TV in perfect condition. Unlike the idiot George Lucas...

[Wojo]

Tell us how you really feel.

[Melange]

Star Trek: The Original Series 15 CD Box Set

"My name is Melange, and I approve of this release" as the original series has some etherial otherworldy music.

However, I probably won't end up buying it.

I find myself looking at these increasingly interesting releases these days and thinking - "Mmm, well yes that's very nice. very nice indeed", but not feeling absolutely compelled to buy them as may have been the case in the past. If I'm honest, there are many many soundtrack CDs in my modest (in comparison to some here) collection that are rarely played, and it has been a long time now since I've added any new ones to that collection. I'm even considering being brutal and wittling that collection down and selling off the ones that are nice to own but are hardly ever listened to, so adding a mega box set like this won't help matters, and in reality how often would I be playing 15 T.O.S CDs?

Btw, isn't that Mr Neil.S.Bulk in that video?

[Wojo]

The one and only!

~*~

I stock up on sets like this that interest me because while I might not listen to it in the here and now, I plan to live for quite a while yet. Someday I will have and make the time to listen to this set, and I will have it, without having to hunt on the internet and pay 2x or 3x its current selling price for a rare one.

Though I may have seen less than half of the original series of Star Trek, so me and Netflix have some catching up to do. The guy on the right in that video with the dark goatee -- I don't remember his name -- alluded to the idea that many young men who mock fight their friends are going to start humming the fight music from when Spock and Kirk come to blows, and that's not true. I don't identify with that music, I wouldn't recognize it if you played it, and that bothers me -- I would probably be humming Rocky or Europe's Final Countdown or something. I haven't grown up with this series like I should have, only TNG and newer. You might ask why I would then waste my music on something like this, but I look at it as correcting an error of circumstance.

[Blumenkohl]

So you're a hoarder.

[Wojo]

Blume, dear friend, I thought we were past name-calling.

[Datameister]

I received an email from La-La Land regarding their upcoming TOS release, in which they stated that this will be a 6000-unit release, hopefully in November, with a price of $244.98.

[Jason LeBlanc]

Yes they posted it on Facebook too

STAR TREK TOS BOX SET UPDATE
Being it the 46th anniversary of TOS, we felt it appropriate to announce an update on our upcoming original series soundtrack box set.

It will be a limited edition run of 6000 units.
The retail price will be $224.98
We are still aiming for a late November release.

More info to come in the near future!

Source: https://www.facebook...151236080863755


Also I never saw this picture before that Neil posted on August 10th:



He captioned it

Here are all of the CD-R masters we've had on Star Trek so far. I have them organized by revision, so the first pile is the first version of all 15 discs. The second pile is the next set and then the third and fourth versions (by then it was only selected discs). We should be done now.

Source: https://www.facebook...&type=1

Also he re-posted it today, including this LLL statement:

LA-LA LAND RECORDS
STAR TREK UPDATE

It's the 46th anniversary of STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES! And that makes this the perfect occasion to update all of you with some new information regarding our upcoming release of STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES SOUNDTRACK COLLECTION.

First off, thank you everybody for joining our mailing list and for helping us determine what the amount of the limited edition run will be.

We are now able to officially announce that this 15-CD box set will be released as a limited edition of 6000 units.

The retail price will be $224.98

We are still aiming for a late November 2012 release date and are currently on track to achieve that. You will be receiving further updates soon regarding the release date, content specifics and more!

Have a great weekend!

La-La Land Records

© 2012 La-La Land Records. All rights reserved.

Source: https://www.facebook...282046691909185

[Bryant Burnette]

6000?!?

Awesome. That means there is very little chance of it selling out before I can get one.

[KK.]

Isn't 6000 a bit much? This set seems a bit exclusive.

[Koray Savas]

You underestimate Trekkies. When people signed up for the e-mail list, they took a poll of how many people planned on purchasing the set, which is where they got their 6,000. I assume the actuall number was around 4-5 thousand, and they added more to be safe

[Wojo]

They may have gotten enough people "confirming" that they would buy it when they signed up for the mailing list (though I hardly feel that was a binding contract). They would have combined that number with the amount they already planned to sell to major resellers and have available at conventions to arrive at that amount.

This set may be exclusive since it's an overwhelming volume of Star Trek TV show music, but it's had 46 years to become embedded in the minds of so many people who cherish it. I believe this set will sell better than the TNG set.

And I'll have to start re-watching the show on Netflix to "do my homework," so to speak.

[KK.]

Ah, I forgot about the poll. But I wonder how many of the guys who confirmed their purchase will actually end up buying it.

[Wojo]

I don't know. I ended up signing up for the mailing list with two email addresses, because the first never sent me the link to confirm that I wanted to buy it, but now both emails have me on the mailing list. I hope that I did not register as a double hit because I am not buying two of these beasts.

[ManofDestiny]

Is there any news of the price of the TOS set? Or how many copies would be made? I really need to know how much I need to save for this.

[Mark Olivarez]

Yes,


6000 units at $224.98 ea.

[ManofDestiny]

OK. 6000 copies, at this price I can wait until March 2013 to buy it.

[Jason LeBlanc]

Is there any news of the price of the TOS set? Or how many copies would be made? I really need to know how much I need to save for this.

You really need to Like LLL's Facebook page

https://www.facebook...151236080863755

[Joey]

I love Star Trek(doesn't need a qualifier) better than probably anyone here, but I'll pass on this.

[ManofDestiny]

Is there any news of the price of the TOS set? Or how many copies would be made? I really need to know how much I need to save for this.

You really need to Like LLL's Facebook page

https://www.facebook...151236080863755

I have no Facebook account.

[Wojo]

LA-LA LAND RECORDS PRESENTS

La-La Land Records will officially release the 15-CD "STAR TREK THE ORIGINAL SERIES SOUNDTRACK COLLECTION" on Dec 4th at 1pm (PST) on our website www.lalalandrecords.com

As announced previously, the set will be limited to 6000 Units and will be priced at $224.98

The set contains 636 tracks of astounding TREK music. With a running time of 17 hours, 18 minutes and 17 seconds.

Stay tuned for more information about this release - and for details on a special release event to be held at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood, CA on Dec 3rd!

© 2012 La-La Land Records. All rights reserved.

From email.

Holy moly, 636 tracks. That'll be a big tagging party.

[Jason LeBlanc]

Very cool they will be having an event at The Egyptian!

[Wojo]

And it may as well be held in Egypt. I won't be able to go. I'd spend more on the logistics of getting there and home than on the box set itself.

[Trent Bennett]

That definitely is a lot of tracks. It's more than the Ron Jones TNG set which has 519 tracks.

[Wojo]

Yes, but it's only one more disc and just over one more hour of music. That just means there are a bigger number of shorter tracks on this TOS box set, even taking into account the snippet tracks on Jones' videogame discs.

[Jason LeBlanc]

Some time early next week we will have up a link on our website to get your FREE TICKET(S) to the December 3rd event. Yes, the event at the Egyptian will be FREE. We'll be doing a screening, have some fantastic guests, as well as awesome t shirt, bag and tribble giveaways...not to mention free popcorn and drinks for you and the kids.

MV

[ST-321]

So they have pushed back the order date to my birthday. I guess that means I have to order it.

[Jason LeBlanc]

The didn't push back anything. Black Friday was only the announcement date, never the day they would begin accepting orders (Obviously, they are closed for Thanksgiving and Black Friday)

[Wojo]

My company won't be on Friday but I'll be damned if I'm working

[Jason LeBlanc]

Looks like tickets for the Star Trek TOS event at the Egyptian will be available in a little over an hour

11 am pst today ...the out of this world party begins. Make sure you get your ticket.

https://www.facebook...151330098188755

[Jason LeBlanc]

LA-LA LAND RECORDS INVITES YOU TO JOIN US FOR THE STAR TREK THE ORIGINAL SERIES SOUNDTRACK COLLECTION CELEBRATION!

Dec 3, 2012, 7:30pm at the historic Egyptian Theater in Hollywood, CA
Admission to this event is FREE!

Join La-La Land Records as it marks its 10th anniversary with the release of the STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES SOUNDTRACK COLLECTION at the historic Egyptian Theater in Hollywood, CA on Dec 3rd, 2012, at 7:30pm.



We will celebrate with two classic TREK episodes, MIRROR, MIRROR and AMOK TIME on the BIG screen courtesy of CBS, followed by a special discussion with original series composer Gerald Fried and writer David Gerrold, hosted by Trek music writer and TOS soundtrack set co-producer Jeff Bond.

The event is free of charge and all attendees will get a complimentary small popcorn and soda! There will also be a T-shirt giveaway and more!

Additionally, the STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES SOUNDTRACK COLLECTION will be available for purchase at the event, a day ahead of its official Dec. 4th release! RETAIL PRICE: $225.00 (tax included).

Go to www.lalalandrecords.com now to get your free tickets and we’ll see you at the big show!

In updated news regarding the set itself – while a 100-page booklet was originally announced as part of the set, to best present the project’s liner notes in the most informative, manageable and appealing manner possible, it was determined to divide the notes into a 24 page overview booklet, supplemented by three individual season-specific 33-page booklets (each of which will be housed within its corresponding clamshell case).

© 2012 La-La Land Records. All rights reserved.

Source: La-La Land email or http://filmscoremont...mID=1&archive=0 or https://www.facebook...&type=1

http://lalaland-ent.com/LLL/Events.php


Oh and here's a huge version of the artwork: https://sphotos-a.xx...983406341_o.jpg

[Trent Bennett]

It sure is a lovely designed set.

[Wojo]

want

[Faleel]

Saving up for: ^

[Melange]

the set will be limited to 6000 Units and will be priced at $224.98

It truly looks like a superb collection of music, but realistically, would they not sell more if they were sold in sections rather than in one mega box as a one off mega shell out of cash? I know they will always have guaranteed sales of it both from enthusiasts and scalpers who will buy several of these sets then store them in an cupboard unopened for years in order to extract the maximum blood out of true enthusiasts later on on Ebay or similar, but I would have preferred to have bought bits and pieces from the collection. I'm sorry but the sheer price of that turns me off. I would have preferred to have bought them slowly in 'seasons' perhaps, if the opportunity had been there. I don't want to shell out effectively $225 + shipping. It has become more like window shopping, a luxury that few will put before more realistic expenditures.

[Faleel]

I would have preferred to have bought them slowly in 'seasons' perhaps.

WHat about the fourth collection the Extra stuff?

[OneBuckFilms]

IMHO, the completeness of the set is a major selling point.

If it were split into seasons, it would garner complaints about paying too much for the previously unheard material, and if it was sold as a 4th set, then nobody would get it.

They have to pay Paramount/CBS the same cash net for the whole lot, and this allows for far more creative options for presenting the score, and the luxury of being more comprehensive.

[Wojo]

I fail to understand why anyone would want to own some of the seasons instead of all of them. Also, if each season was released six months apart, for example, would you buy them as they were released -- which requires separate shipping investments for each package -- or wait until all were released to make your order, which defeats the purpose of buying them in increments?

$225+shipping at once is basically the same investment as $225/3 + shipping every six months over eighteen months. It's probably less actually, taking interest into account, since your money will devalue over time, even though the price of each volume would not increase over time, assuming of course that the material was actually split into even thirds for the seasons. Until we get tracklists to ensure five discs per season, we can't "know."

Personally, the fact that the entire series comes out in one complete set all at once is very attractive. Sure, it's massively expensive, like any of the FSM boxes, but the cost is proportion to the exclusivity and time delay of the material. On the other hand, if this would be like any of the irregularly released soundtrack volumes like Intrada's Battlestar Galactica, La La Land's Star Trek TNG (and DS9, someday), X-Files, and Batman: TAS, when you don't really know when the next installment will be released to budget accordingly...I would not like it as much.

On the third hand -- gimme five -- no matter which position is taken, I will find ways to advocate the devil.