1977

Inspired by recent expansions I grabbed some used OSTs, that I didn't have before, probably all together for the price, that I would have paid for just one of the expansions. 

 
And for Horner I am fine with OSTs anyway.

@Raiders of the SoundtrArk
 
Bernard Herrmann - The Man Who Knew Too Much / On Dangerous Ground (new recording RSNO - Stromberg)
 
 

@Raiders of the SoundtrArk
 
Bernard Herrmann - The Man Who Knew Too Much / On Dangerous Ground (new recording RSNO - Stromberg)
 
 

Mike in the FSM thread:
 
On the subject of re-recording, Superman, Midway and even Amazing Stories: The Mission were done, plus things done in Prague like Black Sunday and The Rare Breed, so I suppose anyone making such an undertaking has the choice of asking permission or begging forgiveness. But it's also possible that since one would have to secure a publishing license, where Mr. Williams' management does keep things under control, any request for re-recording would have to be run by him.
 
After the Disney merger was announced, Neil Bulk and I were working at 20th to clear out any tapes that did not belong to the studio, and he spotted 2 rolls of Jane Eyre (of 9). We tore the place apart but no others were found. So when Quartet asked about pairing Jane Eyre with a new Heidi release, I was able to say, "well, we do have a little bit we can add." The two rolls we found were from the album session day, so agonizingly no additional film score cues, but at least we had alternate takes of three tracks and an extra little piece of source music. I've learned to not look into the mouths of 50-year-old gift horses. This is the first time that the original 3-track master was used for a release of the album.

That Reivers recording is terrific. This and the Jane Eyre recording were the first pieces of music I ever heard from these two scores, from an old Readers Digest LP set a friend's sister had.

In order of purchase:
 
Silva Screen re-issue (2 copies)
Silva Screen original issue (thanks Chris CrusherComix)
Bootleg
La-La Land
Quartet
 

That Reivers recording is terrific. This and the Jane Eyre recording were the first pieces of music I ever heard from these two scores, from an old Readers Digest LP set a friend's sister had.

It'll be my second Jane Eyre, and first Heidi, so I really can't complain!

That Reivers recording is terrific. This and the Jane Eyre recording were the first pieces of music I ever heard from these two scores, from an old Readers Digest LP set a friend's sister had.

That Reivers recording is terrific. This and the Jane Eyre recording were the first pieces of music I ever heard from these two scores, from an old Readers Digest LP set a friend's sister had.

Fantastic compilation album by the way.

That's nice: a bar that puts music front and centre, and that doesn't have those awful tiny - and tinny - speakers stuck up high, and in corners, pumping out some Kenny G. shit.

Ah, the new Zimmer soundtrack.

You could check out the stereo system thread that I recently ressurected, mstrox. I did so because I -- after a year and a half's worth of waiting -- finally found a couple of Klipsch RF-62 speakers to a price I could afford. The great thing is, they have such an age now, they're not terribly expensive to find on the secondary market (nor is their bigger brother, the Klipsch RF-82). I've been VERY pleased with them, now that I've had about a month or so to experience them. Rich bass, lots of space in the "between", just recommended all around. They're similar to my earlier JBL speakers, but better.

Quartet's end of year batches have become equally as great as LLL's Black Friday batches!
 
Yavar

FULFILLED!!!!!
 
Oh shit Quartet what are you doing to me?? I literally want every single title you just announced!! Bye money.

I recently listened to Legends of the Fall and it sounded to me like Horner trying to sound like John Barry... and failing.

No. His trademark phrase is "they could have done more." Yours is "they could have done less."

Love the score too, but [insert my trademark phrase here].

Yeah, I was misremembering.

Could including the vocal version of Presenting the Hook as the final track be a cheeky wink to the community that's been shouting "give us Hook!" for so many years?

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.

This. I'd much rather have a UE of RotS where most of the more notable unreleased bits are fine in the film, than be dealing with fan edits cobbling together video game snippets.
 
So while LLL's first set is missing some music and uses stems, if that was the best that was possible for LLL to do at the time (IIRC, Sony had one of their employees put the set together, right?) then wouldn't we rather have that, than wait literally another decade for the proper sources to be found?
 
I reckon it should be expected that occasionally an expansion will happen with less than ideal sources, but with knowledge that probably a few years later it'll be redone as studios organise their stuff. Ghostbusters 2 - perfect example. I'm thrilled we got an album of sorts, and I'm not going to begrudge anyone if in a few years someone's finally found the masters.

That's how I feel about the could-have-been UEs for Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith.