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Nixon is the second longest movie JW scored, at around 3 hours and 20 minutes! It's not his longest score, but it's far from short.
 
This is one score I'd like to see the Complete Edition of, along with Born on the Fourth of July and JFK. 

I've been listening to this a lot lately, and I gotta say, the new music JW wrote for this movie is really top notch. I'm fact, I sincerely believe it's better (of at least as good as) Prisoner of Azkaban.
 
It's just the way of it was incorporated into the movie that sucks.
 
Still, the music itself is absolutely fantastic, my favourites being Fawkes the Phoenix, Chamber of Secrets (the title track), Dobby the House Elf, and The Spiders. 

PERIOD. 
 
There, fixed it for you!
 
 
I'm getting my copy by the end of the week.
 
Hopefully. Fingers crossed. 

Why, the first few among us already started receiving their packages from LLL... It's very fast these days.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Not yet. 😂 

What equipment are you currently using?
1. Which portable digital media player?
2. Which headphones / earphones?
3. Which home equipment?
Thanks.

Say what? 😂 
 
Is that a word now?

That's 10 hours from now! 
 
Why don't you just have a "sudden family emergency," if you know what I mean?

WTH.
 
Why not immediately? What are you waiting for?

Does this set include all the JW & BPO albums released by Sony Classical?

That's true...
 
Besides, since it was said (loud and clear!) that this year will be "one for the books," the forum has been rife with speculation and anticipation as to what else we might get. 
 
Some of us has been giving up hope after Dracula, I think... And lo and behold, now we're getting the Complete HARRY POTTER Collection!
 
Anybody else think the anticipation is actually the best part about all this? 😂 

To balance it off, we have a much better health insurance and coverage over here! 😂 

Don't vote then.

Readers of (or writers for) the WP or TNYT are generally clueless and snobbish morons. This clueless and snobbish moron just found out that she was wrong, at least on this one particular topic. Good deal!
 
More people should wake up!

Man, that's some store. Imagine waking up in the morning, casually strolling into a store, making a small purchase (say, 6 albums worth around 200 bucks), and then going home, with an extra spring in your step... 
 

 
 
 

Wow, what fantastic news. I've come to really appreciate these scores to the historical Steven Spielberg movies, even more so now than when they were first released... I'm especially talking about Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, War Horse, Lincoln, Empire of the Sun, and Amistad. 
 
Not always easy listens, but something profoundly moving and fundamentally compelling about these scores, reverberating deep within our souls and hearts.... Music for the ages, as it were.
 
 

ANOTHER WILLIAMS/SPIELBERG MASTERPIECE...
 
RELEASE #4
 
AMISTAD: 25th ANNIVERSARY EXPANDED LIMITED EDITION (2-CD SET)
LLLCD 1612
Music by John Williams
Limited Edition of 5000 Units
RETAIL PRICE: $29.98
 
ORDERS BEGIN TUESDAY NOVEMBER 29, 2022 AT 12 PM PST
 
In celebration of John Williams‘ 90th birthday and the 25th Anniversary of the acclaimed feature film AMISTAD, La-La Land Records, Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures and Geffen Records present AMISTAD, a special 2-CD remastered and expanded release of Academy Award-Winning composer John Williams’ (E.T., SCHINDLER’S LIST, SAVING PRIVATE RYAN) original motion picture score to the renowned 1997 big-screen historical drama directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins and Djimon Hounsou. Maestro Williams’ masterwork encompasses the depths and heights of human experience, unleashing unforgettable moments of anguish and uplift as it supports the film’s true chronicling of the 1839 African slave ship revolt abord the La Amistad and its subsequent landmark U.S. court case. 

A breathtaking fusion of orchestral Americana with African percussion rhythms and vocal chanting, this important John Williams score finally gets a definitive release with this deluxe 2-CD presentation, meticulously produced, edited and mastered by Mike Matessino, in consultation with the composer and director. 

Remastered in high resolution from studio master elements, Disc One and Disc Two of this program features the film Score Presentation, which expands the original 1997 soundtrack album by almost double its length, including cues not used in the film. The score presentation is followed on Disc Two by 50 minutes of bonus tracks including source music, concert arrangements, and alternates - some of which offer completely different approaches than the film versions. The exclusive, in-depth liner notes are by writer Jeff Bond, with the packaging’s elegant design by Jim Titus. This is a limited edition release of 5000 units. 

TRACK LISTING:
SCORE PRESENTATION 1:45:04
1 Introduction And Retribution 4:40
2 July 4, 1839 4:04
3 Steering East 1:27
4 The Capture 5:00
5 Introducing John Quincy Adams 5:15
6 Meeting Of The Minds 3:58
7 Counsel Meets Client 1:36
8 The Ship Remembers 5:32
9 Visiting Adams 1:32
10 What Is Their Story? 3:44
11 Learning To Count 1:57
12 Tale Of The Lion’s Tooth 5:48
13 The Capture Of Cinqué 4:03
14 The Crossing 4:41
15 Tales Of Horror 7:40
16 Discovering The Bible 5:05
17 Prisoners’ Song 1:33
18 The Letter To Massachusetts 2:09
19 Cinqué’s Legal Mind 2:26
20 African Violet 5:33

Disc One Time: 78:10
 
DISC 2 
SCORE PRESENTATION CONT’D
1 Adams’ Address To The Court 7:21
2 Adams’ Summation (Film Version) 3:01
3 The Verdict 5:10
4 Liberation Of Lomboko: Dry Your Tears, Afrika 2:17
5 Going Home 2:05
6 Dry Your Tears, Afrika (Reprise) 3:37
7 The Long Road To Justice 3:19

ADDITIONAL MUSIC 49:53
8 Cinqué’s Theme 4:13
9 Introduction (Alternate) 1:12
10 The Capture (Alternate) 5:02
11 Harbor Tavern 3:05
12 Cinqué’s Theme (Solo Flute) 2:07
13 Meeting Of The Minds (Instrumental Version) 3:45
14 The Ship Remembers (Alternate) 5:26
15 What Is Their Story? (Alternate) 3:33
16 The Crossing (Alternate) 4:23
17 Tales Of Horror (Alternate Excerpt) 3:19
18 Discovering The Bible (Alternate) 5:11
19 Cinqué’s Memories Of Home 2:39
20 Going Home (Alternate) 2:06
21 Dry Your Tears, Afrika (Alternate) 3:35
 
Disc Two Time: 76:50
 
Total 2-Disc Time: 2:35:00
 
This is a CD format release.
 
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Somebody's copying me! Destroying my life's work!
 
All the polls are secretly mine, controlled by me! 😂 

I feel like I can finally enjoy "Mischief Managed" the way it's meant to be enjoyed...
 
Except of course it's no longer called that.

Yes, the PoA teaser version (and the Prague Philharmonic version) is indeed more enchanting, magical, and somehow mischievous! Like I mentioned before, the choir sounds more female and is higher pitched, I think that's the main difference. This song is associated more with witches than with wizards, maybe that's why it sounds better? Not sure.
 
But the OST version, while I love that version also, sounds a bit clinical and less enchanting, by comparison...
 
 

It would have been even more wonderfully surprising if they'd just handed out the Complete HP boxset out in the foyer, along with the programme... 😂 

I think they finally fixed the teeth...

Nobody's really complaining...
 
People are just wondering what the new improvements are. Not complaining, but more puzzled and confused.

Exactly!
 
But I don't count myself among those. There will be some minor improvements, obviously, as LLL clearly stated as much (remastered, a few seconds added here and there, differently mixed, etc.) but I will most likely not get this edition for once. 
 
Some people are not just OCD but borderline obsessive about it... It's unhealthy. They aren't even enjoying the music anymore, I bet. They spend all their time obsessing and nitpicking and spreading bad mood.

Again, we're talking about the differences between the original 2015 release and the 2021 (correct) re-issue... There is no difference. What they accidentally included and later removed is not of any concern. I don't need to have that, couldn't care less about that.

Nobody's really complaining...
 
People are just wondering what the new improvements are. Not complaining, but more puzzled and confused.