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Seems to be newly remastered straight from the source, not a vinyl transfer like a certain other digital reissue (*cough* The Towering Inferno). Sounds way too loud.

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I don't see how this would affect a potential expanded release. This is just the OST.

Posted

Studios always retains digital rights for all their scores, even the ones sub-licensed to specialty labels which get the expanded treatment.

So there is still hope, yes :)

Posted

Was Jaws 2 originally owned by Geffen?

It was originally released by MCA, Universal's subsidiary record company, which is now controlled by Geffen.

Posted

Cool!

Posted

Did they look at the waveform of the Varese and think "no one will be able to hear this in their roofless VW! Needs more headbang!"

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Clipping..... Ew!

Posted

Have LLL, Intrada, FSM, Kritzerland, Quartet or Tadlow done any unnecessary loudening or compression on their releases from the last decade?

I know Varese has pumped the shit out of some of its releases.

Posted

Actually, the 'clipping' is within respectable limits (you should see how the waveform of dance music looks like), but I prefer to crank up the volume of the ol' Varese.

Posted

You call it "clipping"? I call it compression.

A way to diminish the difference between quiet and loud parts of an analog recording.

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I don't see how this would affect a potential expanded release. This is just the OST.

Re-issuing the Witches of Eastwick's OST buggered up any chance of an expanded release; we now have to wait for that licence to expire before another record company can release that score in any form.

Posted

You call it "clipping"? I call it compression.

It probably is compression, but we talk of clipping when waves are flattened or cut at zero dB.

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Posted

Yeah that waveform for the HD tracks looks pretty normal, there shouldn't be anomalies when playing this on a good sound system.

I don't own Jaws 2 in any form. Should I get it now?

Posted

Intrada just recently issued complete/chronological versions of Jaws 4 and Jaws 3. I'd wait a bit to see if they are tackling Jaws 2 and Jaws 1 as well before plunking down money on a download-only remaster of the OST program.

Posted

Yeah that waveform for the HD tracks looks pretty normal, there shouldn't be anomalies when playing this on a good sound system.

I don't own Jaws 2 in any form. Should I get it now?

Absolutely! There was a time when I thought it was even better than Jaws.

There was also a time when CD stores sold the CD for 5 Euro.

Alex

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I spent $40 to buy a copy on ebay and it turned out to be a cheap knockoff, and not the real deal.

I'm waiting for a specialty label physical CD version before investing again.

Posted

I spent $75 recently on the OST.

Same here. Jaws 2 is the CD I spent the biggest amount of money for, and I never regretted the purchase.

Posted

I spent $75 recently on the OST.

Same here. Jaws 2 is the CD I spent the biggest amount of money for, and I never regretted the purchase.

The most I ever spent on a single CD was $130 on the Godzilla 40th Anniversary: Symphonic Fantasia, conducted by Masaru Satoh. It's a live performance of Akira Ifukube's three movements. To me, it's the best of performance of it.

Godzilla CDs command stupid prices on eBay due to their scarcity but high demand. But a fanboy like me will pay because I just love the music that much.

Posted

I think the old Varese CD sounds wonderful. I don't understand why they felt there was need for "remastering".

Posted

This is high res!

It's like higher, so it's more. More resolution, so more volume, right?

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"Trust your ears, Steef!"

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You call it "clipping"? I call it compression.

It probably is compression, but we talk of clipping when waves are flattened or cut at zero dB.

clipping2-1024x438_zpsspsrarf6.png

Yes I know what's clipping too, but to me this WAV seems more compressed, than just clipped. ;)

For a common today sound system or even mp3 player, that's generally better.

Anyone here still with an old lamp system? ;)

Posted

You call it "clipping"? I call it compression.

A way to diminish the difference between quiet and loud parts of an analog recording.

Two different (though often related) things.

Posted

I spent $75 recently on the OST.

Same here. Jaws 2 is the CD I spent the biggest amount of money for, and I never regretted the purchase.

The most I ever spent on a single CD was $130 on the Godzilla 40th Anniversary: Symphonic Fantasia, conducted by Masaru Satoh. It's a live performance of Akira Ifukube's three movements. To me, it's the best of performance of it.

Godzilla CDs command stupid prices on eBay due to their scarcity but high demand. But a fanboy like me will pay because I just love the music that much.

Yes, I can understand that. Money is just money, you can always make more.

But a great CD with great music, you will own and treasure your whole life!

Posted

Like I said, the waveform of Jaws 2 still looks 'normal', they didn't go overboard (especially for the norm of today). This is what they do with other music:

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Alex

PS: Of course, a waveform tells us nothing about whether somebody EQ'd it or the amount of noise.

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