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  1. Just finished watching the film on the 50th anniversary 4K Blu-ray after listening to the Maestro’s score. I’m now watching all the making-of documentaries, finishing with Jaws@50. My parents always told me about how they saw the film when it was released 50 years ago today. Boy, what it would’ve been like to have seen the film when it came out. I’m glad I saw the film in IMAX when it was re-released a few years ago. That was quite an experience.
  2. Currently listening to the digital release purchased via Qobuz in 24bit/96kHz. This is the best the Maestro's score has ever sounded yet. The upcoming CD release with the restored 1975 soundtrack album, alternates and source music is going to blow the 40th anniversary release out of the water. Seriously, I am amazed at how the score has been restored and remastered. The level of detail, clarity and dynamic range. What more can I say except that I am beyond anxious to order and receive the 50th Anniversary Special Edition CD set, let alone know when later this year it will be released. Another phenomenal example of why Mike Matessino has been and always will be the Maestro's trusted producer of restorations and expansions, his personal soundtrack archivist.
  3. I have not listened to the sample, and I was a bit hesitant to get this considering I have the 40th anniversary restoration that Mike Matessino and the Maestro did, but this sold me instantly. I just needed confirmation that Mike Matessino himself went back and further restored the Maestro’s score. So it’s a similar situation as it was with the Jurassic Park scores. I can’t wait to get it, but I hope this gets a physical CD release as well; that would be an instant purchase.
  4. I'm a bit confused. Don't get me wrong, it's another great way to commerate the 50th anniversary, but I thought the 2-CD 45th anniversary restoration commemorating the 40th anniversary was definitive. Did Mike Matessino do this too? Why a digital and 2-LP vinyl release? If Mike Matessino did this, I hope this gets a 2-CD release with the remastered OST, alternates and source music.
  5. All joking aside, that is very interesting. Thanks for setting the record straight.
  6. Very interesting. However, I still believe that he did play in Elmer Bernstein's score for To Kill a Mockingbird, at least at one point. I mean, it was mentioned in the documentary, Music By John Williams, and, further back, was mentioned in Classic FM's "John Williams At 80" special program. In 2012 on the Classic FM interview, Tommy Pearson asked JW point blank whether he played on that score said "that's correct." (Interview is on the last disc of the 2015 Star Wars Boxed Set; relevant bit is in Part I, 7:52... Maybe, in the case of To Kill a Mockingbird, the report was filched. It is rare of paperwork to not be 100% accurate, but it does happen. It is working and then some! What I found most surprising was the piano playing in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. My jaw dropped when I read that and saw the clip from the film.
  7. Wow! This is certainly a treat. I hope to hear this sometime soon.
  8. The late, great director Richard Donner mentioned as much here, timestamp 20:54 (the entire section focused on the Maestro's score begins at 19:33).
  9. Absolutely! Once again, @Maurizio, you are spot on. @Maestro I really enjoyed the latest post. The way you are presenting everything is very nice. That truck with the license plate made me laugh; that was no coincidence! I look forward to reading more. Thank you.
  10. No composer better than John Williams was alive then (or now, for that matter).
  11. Spot on! Love the tease about the little known facts about the Maestro's contribution to film and specific musical moments. Wow; I did not know that. Honestly, that makes sense. Don't get me wrong, the film is great the songs are also, and I'm glad we have the the songs (including those that did not make the cut) in addition the entire score, but I just can't picture Hook having full-blown song-and-dance numbers. C'mon! That is a classic anecdote. It makes me laugh every time. It's a great story.
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