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Decided to start a thread to list all of these since I've started documenting them. There are a surprising number of these available to the public.
 
From ANH, everyone knows about takes 16-20 of 1m2 Star Wars on the 1997 set, and the alternate takes throughout the 1993 album are pretty well known as well (though not necessarily documented). But I was surprised to find that the 1997 and 2018 albums actually have alternate takes too! Here's a few that I've found already:
 
1M3 The War has an alternate take on the 1993 set from 2:15-2:58, the 1997/2018 sets have the correct one.
 
2M3 The Little People has an alternate take in a couple spots. The 1993 and 1997 sets both have the wrong take from 3:12-3:16, where the 2018 has the right one. However, the 1993 and 2018 sets have the wrong take for the ending Imperial statement, where the 1997 set has the correct one.
 
2M5 More Little People has an alternate mix for 1:25-end on the 1993 and 1997 sets, where the 2018 has the correct mix. I thought this was a different take originally but @Manakin Skywalker noticed that the 1997 and 2018 versions do indeed phase, so it must be a different mix and not a different take.

I'll keep updating this thread as I find more. Feel free to include ones from other Star Wars scores, they don't have to just be ANH

Not to me! The OST version is much choppier.
 
 
What I find kinda weird is that this is a huge, complex score with lots of themes, I've only watched the movie 3 times and heard the whole thing 4-6 times, all of those listens being in the last 4 months, and I already feel like I know it very well and largely grasp the structure. JW made it easily graspable despite its scale!

It was my favourite score of the year last year by quite a margin, and I think it's one of the best scores of the century!  McCreary's wonderfully lyrical scores perfectly complement what came before by taking Shore's brilliant musical template and injecting his own unique sounds and instrumentation to create something that stands on its own but is also instantly recognizable as Middle Earth music! An extraordinary achievement!

-Erik-

I listened to the full score again after a few months and the music is just too good. There isn’t a single dull or uninteresting moment, and the way he weaves the themes together so seamlessly makes it feel like you’re listening to a concert work rather than something written to picture. This may be Williams’ most complex score, and definitely remains one of my favourites.

"No force, on Earth or Heaven, can get me to expand Star Wars and Indiana Jones."

They should really be capped at 5 medals, yeah.

Seven Years in Tibet: Remastered and Expanded Edition
 

The BFG: Expanded Edition
 

Memoirs of a Geisha: Expanded Edition
 

 

The Varese Sarabande one seems to be Stanley and Iris.

second from top

My pictures while examining those sheets.  Was such a thrill to hold the original, hand written full scores!  

 
Three piles, A New Hope, Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi. 
 

Abels is a comppser of immense talent.
Some may only know him of his scores for Jordan Peele films but he's a fantastic classical composer who has wrotten multiple strong pieces.
 
He has written an opera for which he won the Pulizter prize for music and many concert works (one for the great Hillary Hahn).
 
I'm really looking forward to hearing what he does with this

It's definitely an interesting pick. I certainly appreciated how varied Nope was in its sound, even if the standout track was one that he'd already written years prior:
 
 
 

I love this!!!! Abels is a fantastic composer and I'm excited to hear what he does with this!
 
 

It was in the Abbey Road documentary released on Disney+. They had a segment on John Williams and the Star Wars scores. Somewhat miraculously they included footage of the alternate BOTH intro being recorded with the LSO.

Just his hands, but the rest belongs to you.   

JW should write a score for this occasion which Disney can then fuck up in a legacy collection set in 20 years and pretend it didn't happen.

"Disney Legends Award recipients will also participate in a hand print ceremony at the end of the event, and their bronzed prints will be displayed in the Disney Legends Plaza at the company’s Burbank headquarters."
 
Think John will show up for this? Maybe Harrison will have a new colonoscopy story to share with him?

https://attractionsmagazine.com/2024-disney-legends-include-joe-rohde-john-williams-angela-bassett-and-harrison-ford/
 
Among a few other names like Harrison Ford & Angela Bassett, John Williams will become a Disney Legend on August 11.

I think everybody forgot about it, and rightfully so

The BFG: Expanded Edition
 

Here's one that pays homage to the theatrical poster.
 

The SABAM Repertoire gives a total duration of just 22:27 for JW's score in the film:
 

Powell would be fantastic, but I don't see it happening unless Williams or Spielberg lobby for it.
 
Giacchino did admirable work on the trilogy but it's time for fresh blood. The series needs to reinvent itself and not simply be Jurassic World 4.
 
Make it Jurassic Era 1 or whatever, the start of something new. Dominion left a bad taste in people's mouths; the best approach here is a clean slate. New characters, new locations, and a story worth telling.