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    None of the Harry Potter scores have had official expanded releases, no. Just unofficial.
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    Cool, I need to try that. First I need to get Audition, I'm still using Cool Edit after all these years My edits aren't the most technically proficient out there...
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    True, and that would make their love even MORE forbidden, which is always nice.
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    I would've been ok with Arwen at Helm's Deep, too. It wouldn't have changed anything, except that it would keep ALL post-FotR Arwen scenes from being boring. I liked the choice to have elves at Helm's Deep, so why not? Although the elves in the film were all from Lothlorien. Of course, if Elrond and Galadriel BOTH wanted to help, it seems like Elrond oughtta send someone. Whether he'd send Arwen, though, when he discouraged her from her forbidden love with Aragorn out of concern for her, is debatable.
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    I have a feeling he picks them a lot of the time, but not all the time... or, at the very least, someone looks over the titles once he chooses the track list for his albums. And I say that based on the Minority Report cue titles vs album tracks, which are kind of cheesy compared to his usual titles... for instance, changing Anderton's Escape to Anderton's Great Escape, changing "The Greenhouse Scene" to "The Greenhouse Effect", or titles like "Eye-dentiscan". It sounds like somewhere along the line, somebody was assigned to make the titles sound catchier.
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    Oh, is there an automated way to do it? Bilbo: Good call, I'll have to try and use those versions when I can.
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    That one, I never noticed, but thanks to you maybe I will now!
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    Well, that looks the same as mine except I don't have 6m1 (only 6m1 album). And someone tacked on the OST track "Frank Dies".
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    Dude! I never knew that. I wonder who picks the final track titles, then, if he's still using the original cue title.
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    Yeah, there are a lot of audible clicks in many of the tracks, which is one of the reasons I want to use as much of the OST as I can. It's a shame. Like I mentioned, the encoding seems to have some issues too, although I'm not sure if they affect the sound.
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    What's Swashbuckler? Another name for Adventures of Mutt?
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    Cho in Winter appears to be Harry in Winter from the album. This is what I'm talking about, it sounds like something that whoever compiled the sessions thought would be a cute title just to avoid having two tracks called Harry in Winter. For this one, I'm doing a pretty conservative edit, with as much OST material as possible. I'll edit in the extra material in Voldemort, The Maze, Rita Skeeter, etc. I'm also leaving out a lot of the alternates that aren't hugely different. I don't see this as a score that requires an obsessive "every note written" type of edit, just something where every cue has one representation and the whole thing flows nicely. And I probably won't leave any tracks at the end - if I want any of those inserts and such, I'll put them in the main body of the score.
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    lol, yeah that's the type of thing you start to notice a lot more after watching for the umpteenth time. Also Gimli's double, whose face they show surprisingly often, stands out a lot.
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    Yeah, it seems like someone's made their own edits to it though, like adding in all those "album" versions of things, plus the tracks at the end are confusing. Also the track titles are full of misspellings. It doesn't really inspire confidence. I don't feel the need to be as meticulous with this edit as I would with a JW score anyway, but just thought I'd check.
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    Yeah, digital doubles in Moria, like Legolas on the cave troll, have always bugged me. One that I only noticed the last time is early in their journey, after leaving Rivendell, they pass some ruins on a mountain that look like CG. It's true though, I have to think harder to come up with a lot of examples of this from FotR. Stuff like Gandalf on top of Orthanc that you'd think would be really hard to pull off seamlessly, somehow I just don't even question when watching it, it looks so convincing.
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    All the files play ok for me, but when I try and open or convert them in various programs they have errors. Seems like something's wrong with the encoding. Are there any resources out there for editing this score? Cue lists, OST breakdowns, etc? It probably won't make a huge difference in my edit, but would be good to consider.
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    I do remember the dude who played Eomer in one of the special features talking about having to pretend to ride a horse on camera. I guess that was just for closeups? Watching LotR again in the theater last year, a lot of the effects shots still work great, but quite a few were noticeably fake, including some that I didn't remember having a problem with before. Compositing has always been a bit of a weakness in LotR, and some of the digital doubles stand out, too. I think the thing that will ultimately ensure the LotR films are timeless in spite of this is the amount of real footage onscreen - shots with no CGI, practical effects, miniatures, all will continue to look awesome. More than the shots that have been mentioned here, the four horses approaching the Black Gate at the Mouth of Sauron scene was one that always stood out to me as being poorly composited, even when I first saw RotK in 2003. Compared to the scenery, the characters are kind of greenish.
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    Well we need all of them eventually, so it's great to have. You can't rush PoA anyway... like I was saying the other day, that's destined for next October. And once that one's out, there's a lot less to look forward to! I was recently thinking that GoF was my least favorite Potter score, but now that I've started working on my edit of the complete score, I might reconsider. After Williams' work, it felt almost too simplistic by comparison... it's the kind of score that's big and bold and stands out when you're watching the film, but it doesn't have the nuances of Williams' scores. Still, I appreciate the fact that the music has a Williams-like level of bombast and variety, and I'm looking forward to a good listen when my edit is done. It's cool having all those little pieces from the Quidditch World Cup, played on different instruments. That's the kind of fun stuff I love getting on these types of "releases."
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    Wow! I might try it, although this will be a trying time, with the Goblet of Fire leak, and an album out next week that I've been looking forward to. I may have to plan to abstain from abstaining in that one case.
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    Listened to the set this weekend. I hadn't heard the boot, so most of it was new to me. At first listen, I think I still like the Juno Reactor vs Don Davis tracks the best... the two of their styles mesh so well. I wouldn't have minded if they collaborated on more tracks. Still, the Davis-only material was fun and I'm looking forward to exploring it further. This is the first time I've gotten an autographed CD from Lalaland, so that's exciting too And both composers' comments were amusing. Pretty colorful when you're more used to hearing Williams discuss the composing process.
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    That's the only way I knew about it! But yeah we need a thread where I can put my eventual report on the concert.
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    http://www.kentuckycenter.org/Louisville-Orchestra/13-14/An-Evening-with-John-Williams/10512#tab-performances Tickets go on sale Tuesday! Anyone else going? I was the sole representative of JWFan at the Atlanta concert last year, so I suspect the same might happen for Louisville. Also, check it out, this is the first thread I've ever started on this forum! Hurrah!
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    What do you think? October 2010: Sorcerer's Stone leak October 2012: Chamber of Secrets leak October 2014: Prisoner of Azkaban leak It all adds up!
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    Awesome! Just gave Double Trouble a listen to celebrate. This would be my favorite JW song based on the play count. I love the film version with the toads... I hope we get it with the sessions leak next year!
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    Well, I've heard less than half of these, mainly the stuff from Home Alone 1 & 2, Hook, and Superman, but went with When You're Alone. Although, the one I like singing along to most is We Don't Wanna Grow Up.
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