Dr. Know

Removing the middle cue of Farewell Neverland on disc 3 allowed the instrumental When You're Alone, alternate Exit Music, and vamp section of Take Me Out To The Ball Game to be added. You wouldn't have those if the track contained all three cues again.

I was alive then and don’t want to be transported back.

I was alive then and don’t want to be transported back.

John Williams wanted it that way.

I went straight to The Ultimate War, thru to the exit music. That is my favorite musical sequence in the film and it was beautiful to hear properly done.
 
Hook has a love hate relationship with me. It was released during a painful time in my life but it was the first film I took my daughter to see. 
 
Congratulations to @Jay, Mike Matessino, the crew at LLL and everyone else involved in getting this out there.

I have now reached "The Never-Feast (Film Version)" -- I found myself literally holding my breath at the point where that wonderful festive section plays... Ahhhhh, no weird edit from the various amateur attempts to piece this together over the years. What a relief!  And what a glorious cue!

Now that you know the "Mothers" song, the early scene where the melody is introduced hits differently, but the whole finale really does too

That's my world you're describing, Jay! Bought the OST in 91 (well, early 92, when it was released in the UK) and never had or heard any of the intervening stuff. I'm hoping my brother-in-law ordered it as my Christmas present before it went OOS - as I asked him nicely to! All being well, on Christmas Day, I'll be listening to my first non-OST music from Hook.
 
Will try to put the experience into words for you. Might take a few days for me to calm down.
 
Mark

I will say that the pleasure of this set has been rediscovering a score I thought I knew like the back of my hand from the sessions and previous LLL album. Having the songs and alternates really has added a ton of depth to the grandeur of what exactly Williams was going for with this score in a way previous presentations did not. Themes like the Mothers and Believe melodies previously blended together to me as generic Williams sentimental themes, but hearing them in song form has helped me understand their dramatic purposes much better.

Wow, the end of "Farewell Neverland" (short version/alternate) on disc 3 is gorgeous.  One of my favorite tracks on the set.

Oh man. Heidi finally sounds amazing. There was always something weird going on with instrument placing and the harp being really up front. Absolutely gorgeous, can't wait!

Imagine a world with no prior expansion, leak, boot, or clean DVD rips...only going from the OST album in 1991 to this 32 years later...
 
Holy cow what an experience this would be right now.

You better listen to the good bits then.

I'm just excited that we're getting another animated score by Harry! I can't believe a composer of his calibre is writing music for projects like "Meg 2: The Trench" or "Retribution" (some cheapo Liam Neeson film I didn't know existed until yesterday).
 
His last animated film "Early Man" (also from Aardman and co-written with Tom Howe) was one of my favourite scores from 2018, featuring a handful of solid themes, vibrant orchestrations, and a good balance between silliness and some genuinely heartwarming moments. Well worth a listen!

"Hook (The Ultimate Edition)"

So thanks for all the info and kind words. It turns out the mistake was mine: in my zeal on Black Friday, in the confusion of having a different shipping and billing address and just having moved, I wrote the top line of my previous address, which is still my billing address, and the bottom line of my new address. However, that composite address doesn’t exist. That’s why it got returned to sender. I contacted the local post office and also USPS trying to halt or redirect the package. I offered to come get it. They told me there was no option other than returning to sender. I emailed La-La Land (twice, accidentally, sorry for that too, guys) and apologized and explained and asked that when it comes back to them they redirect it to the proper address.
 
The whole thing is my own stupid fault. I’ve been looking at that wrong address every time I checked the email to grab the tracking number and my brain never put it together that it was wrong. That’s how excited I am: tunnel vision. Not only do I feel foolish but I’m actually fairly upset as conditions at work have been getting very poor recently and I may  need to start looking for a new job so I was really looking forward to Hook putting a nice smile on my day and instead I have to feel stupid and go without for god knows how long. Although I ordered another one right away. I figured I’ll give the other one to one of my very close friends who lamented not having the money for it this year. At least something good will come out of this mess.
 
But I’m not ashamed to say I cried a little over the whole thing. The utter frustration going through it over and over and the phone and then finally figuring out what was actually wrong: I’ve never felt so dumb. I have no one to blame but myself either. Like I said, the wrong address was right in front of my face from the beginning. Alas, here we are. Nothing can be done so no more use crying about it.
 
Thank the stars, I bought the OSTs of Star Trek Wrath of Khan, Undiscovered Country, First Contact, Insurrection, and Final Frontier on EBay. So there’s at least that to look forward too. I also bought La-La Land’s First Knight on EBay as well. And then from Screen Archives, I bought La-La Land’s TMP and WOK. I haven’t heard anything about that order but it hasn’t been that long. We are waiting patiently to see what happens. I’ve never ordered from there before. I don’t want to say it was an experiment but I did want to try it. I figured seeing if they had WOK in stock was a perfect opportunity and so I grabbed both because I’m economical when I splurge.
 
The Moral of the Story is I‘m real glad I bought all this other shit.

I don't normally like songs but Childhood is my favorite JW song based on his themes.
Believe is really nice too.
 
These are 2 first tracks I listened to on this set.
 
The Farewell Neverland alternate ending is so cool I  want to find a way to put this track in the main score.

🥲 something lovely happened.
 
i was listening to ‘when you are alone instrumental’ sitting on the floor looking at the window alongside my 15 month old daughter.
 Halfway through, i couldnt help it and started singing the lyrics. Then she looks at me, smiles and embraces me resting her little head with mine.
 
🫶🏼

Wow, the end of "Farewell Neverland" (short version/alternate) on disc 3 is gorgeous.  One of my favorite tracks on the set.

Wow, the end of "Farewell Neverland" (short version/alternate) on disc 3 is gorgeous.  One of my favorite tracks on the set.

Wow, the end of "Farewell Neverland" (short version/alternate) on disc 3 is gorgeous.  One of my favorite tracks on the set.

So now on the tracking it has a section saying Return to Sender Processed?! It doesn’t make sense. the tracking says it’s going to be delivered today but it looks like it is going backwards away from me through the previous steps.

This morning I wake up and all the electricity is out in my room. Idk if I’ve blown a fuse or a breaker or something but I have to wait until my landlord gets up for him to fix it.
 
It’s just one thing after another.