1977

The series is currently being remastered and re-released on SACD by Vocalion.

Oh no. Don't tell me Sony released this in cardboard sleeves rather than jewel cases. I was about to order it but now I'll rather stick to streaming the albums

Phew, got through first listen - that's a lot of music!
 
I heard tons of cool stuff, can't wait to dig in again later

Forgive me if I missed a thread about this, but has anyone noted that a lot of these Universal Heritage releases are now on streaming services?
 
Colossus: The Forbin Project Youtube Music / Spotify
The Prisoner of Zenda Youtube Music / Spotify
Airport '77 Youtube Music / Spotify
The Concorde: Airport '79 Youtube Music / Spotify
The Sentinel Youtube Music / Spotify
Fletch Lives Youtube Music / Spotify
Child's Play 2 Youtube Music / Spotify
Rooster Cogburn Youtube Music / Spotify
The Bride of Frankenstein Youtube Music / Spotify
 

Mulletman?
That is dark.

Anyone else thinking Yared's scores are overrated? I always get terribly bored listening to his music. Also The Englisch Patient. 

Mulletman?
That is dark.

This for me.

It's coming to digital next Friday - just watch the end of the video I posted

When I really started collecting film music in the mid 80s, I discovered composers that were new to me via magazines such as Starlog and through various mailorder catalogues for soundtracks.
 
Halliwell's Film Guide was also an invaluable resource as it listed the film composer for each film. The Schwann Record, Tape and CD Guide was a great help too. I also discovered Tony Thomas's book Film Score: A View from the Podium with discography at my local library. 
 
I started with Williams, then picked up on Horner, Goldsmith, Bernstein, Barry and Silvestri. Genre films were the ones whose music caught my attention initially, but as my taste matured I started getting into the more mainstream stuff. Over the course of the 90s I discovered more composers such as James Newton Howard, John Debney, David Arnold, Basil Poledouris and Joel McNeely and my collection grew.

I only use lossless files (ALAC in my case) for archival purposes. All my non-CD listening is done in AAC or MP3 format.
 
In cases where I need to edit lossy files, I save them into AIFF format to avoid re-encoding and further quality loss.

I like the two JW albums they did in the 90s -- not least because they contained suites from THE RARE BREED and BLACK SUNDAY; the latter was the only recording of this score prior to the FSM release, and the former remains the only recording of that score to this day. Yes, the performance isn't top notch, and far from the quality they display today (as one of the greatest film music orchestras in the world), but still more than good enough to be enjoyable.

I only use lossless files (ALAC in my case) for archival purposes. All my non-CD listening is done in AAC or MP3 format.
 
In cases where I need to edit lossy files, I save them into AIFF format to avoid re-encoding and further quality loss.

No, do get it. It's gorgeous. Love those 'autumnal', atmospheric cues propelled by Parkening's excellent guitar solos.

Same here. Even the 90s ones have a lot going for them, more than they receive credit for.

Listening to this now. Sounds fine.

Wonder if we'll ever get a proper restoration of Jane Eyre. I have one of those public domain (?) DVDs and the PQ is atrocious.

Nope.
 
 


 
https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?forumID=1&pageID=2&threadID=67954&archive=0
 
Seems @Thor was the unwitting instigator LOL
 
Here's exhibit A:
 
 

“Track 1 - Applause”
 
... gonna have this one on repeat for weeks on end..

Expanded? No. Premieres? Yes. The very first Odyssey Soundtrack Spotlight was for The Don Is Dead:
http://goldsmithodyssey.buzzsprout.com/159614/5097955-odyssey-soundtrack-spotlight-the-don-is-dead-1973
 
And stay tuned because within a week we’ll be releasing a very belated one on Intrada’s first Goldsmith premiere this year: Take Her, She’s Mine. And we got John Takis, Chris Malone, and (for the first time) Mike Mattesino as guests on it!
 
I’ve been really bad about updating the podcast thread this year, but you can always see what we’ve been up to at www.goldsmithodyssey.com.
 
Yavar

I must get this, I missed the CD re-issue but noticed that V/S released it digitally at the time as well. Don't want to miss out as I did with Lionheart: DE

Yavar, have you done any other spotlight podcasts on expanded Jerry scores?

The OST was fine.

I'm talking about @JTWfan77. I don't know if he's Justin Bieber, but if he is, then Justin Bieber's a nice fella!