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(EDIT: sorry, I guess it's not the right thread !)
 
Re-recorded music from the show on CD for the first time, coming on May 6th:
 
From Ark Square latest newsletter:

STAR WARS STORIES
JOHN WILLIAMS - JOHN POWELL - LUDWIG GORANSSON

Label: Sony Classical (UE)
CD No: 19439929282
Release Date: 2022/05/06
Format: 1CD

The best music selection from THE MANDALORIAN, ROGUE ONE, and SOLO.
Conduc ted by Ondrej Vrabec, performed by Czech Studio Orchestra.

Track List

01. Main Theme (From Star Wars: The Mandalorian)
02. Grogu Theme (From Star Wars: The Mandalorian)
03. Luke Skywalker Hallway Theme (From Star Wars: The Mandalorian)
04. Boba Fett Theme (From Star Wars: The Mandalorian)
05. End Theme (From Star Wars: The Mandalorian)
06. Meet Han (From Solo: A Star Wars Story)
07. Flying with Chewie (From Solo: A Star Wars Story)
08. Reminiscence Therapy (From Solo: A Star Wars Story)
09. The Adventures of Han (From Solo: A Star Wars Story)
10. Main Theme (From Star Wars: Rogue One)
11. Imperial Suite (From Star Wars: Rogue One)
12. Jedha City Ambush (From Star Wars: Rogue One)
13. Jyn Erso and Hope Suite (From Star Wars: Rogue One)
14. Hope and End Credits (From Star Wars: Rogue One)

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All those titles are sold out: you can't order them (I just tried).
 
Bespin, I highly recommend this one to you (and less than 15 copies left):
https://www.musicbox-records.com/en/cd-soundtracks/9664-cold-mountain-expanded.html

Danny Elfman's Sleepy Hollow is dark, heavy and gothic, fun and exciting, restrained and understated. Okay, mostly just a couple of those at the same time, but it makes for a dynamic and engaging listen, and a perfect Halloween treat.
Today I'm bringing you the Intrada main program synced to the picture (well, the picture synced to it), with only a few very slight adjustments. As usual, I don't have access to the sheets/sketches (in this case the leak is incomplete anyway and Elfman composed in MIDI so who knows if printed versions with notated sync points would even exist), so any non-obvious sync points are little more than guesses based on what feels right. Drive for some reason autoplays these in 360p, but 720p is available in the settings.

The score presents multiple themes, but rarely in whole or with any formality, and often counterpointing or leading into one another playfully so they can be hard to pin down. Here's what I collected:
Main theme: There's just no other way to name it, no logical association to be found. Among many others, it has 3 main settings:
Ichabod/Ichabod's childhood setting: Dreamy, plucky instrumentation, can be playful or more distant. This is where the theme originated while Elfman was writing the score. The Headless Horseman setting: Grand, dark, even over the top. Romantic setting: Pretty much what it says on the tin. Mystery: Wandering up and down but with a feeling of drive and direction, sometimes mysterious, sometimes threatening, pops up at key moments of the investigation.
Horseman Rearing: Not necessarily literally, but often used when his strength is demonstrated or about to be.
2-note Horseman: Used more as part of the supporting structure, but gets some moments to shine by itself.
Dies Irae: Obligatory. Connected to Ichabod, mostly his past and father.
 
The Main Program

1m1 Introduction - The introductory logos play over the first statement of the main theme on bassoon, then the mystery motif on strings, leading a big orchestral organ-supported crescendo giving place to a prominent boy soloist and men's choir over some of the first credits (of which I assume there were originally more). As Peter Van Garrett signs his secret second Last Will and Testament, setting in motion the main plot, dramatic Main theme readings support dramatically shown motions. As the paper's closed up, the Horseman Rearing motif is also introduced on strings. The pace picks up as we cut to him riding his carriage, but the mood doesn't become any less dark. Suddenly the sound pulls away to a very Elfmany quiet but suggestive setting still playing around with the main theme. The reveal of the headless carriageman makes the orchestra scream out together with Peter and the audience, and we go back to quietly horrory scoring for the classic cornfield chase. The orchestra snarls the main theme one more time as he meets his fate.
 

1m2 A Place Called... + 1m3 Main Titles + 1m4 Ichabod's Arrival - Moody understatement is a key setting in the score and we get our first real taste of it here. Naturally Christopher Lee pointing at someone has to be dramatically scored with a bell though. Ichabod packing his stuff away getting ready for the journey was shortened a bit. The Main Titles further explore the Mystery and Main themes, also getting into some Dies Irae, and introducing the dramatic 2-note Horseman motif. The third cue has further unsettled Mystery motif explorations and a dramatic 2-note Horseman for the director credit (fittingly over a cut to a dark mansion).
 
 

1m6/1m7 The Story... - more quiet or wild Mystery and Main.
 
 

2m1 Masbath's Terrible Death + 2m2 Murder + 2m3 Science At Work + 2m4 Young Masbath - A transitionary Main and anticipatory textures lead to another action piece, a combination of the main theme, the 2-note and the Rearing Horseman motifs. The next two cues are mostly understated textural ones, but with some Main and Mystery sprinkled in. A reverent, mourning mood with strings, brass and bells takes over as we cut to Masbath's funeral. Main and Mystery fittingly come back in for the opening of the coffins, looking for clues.
 
 

2m5/2m6 Autopsy/Phony Chase + 2m7 Sweet Dreams - More lowkey material, first comedic, then threatening. As the chase ensues, the music kind of reveals it's not the real Horseman by using none of his by now established themes, only Dies Irae for Ichabod's fear. Ichabod's first dream features the main theme in lovely boy solo/choir and string variations (establishing the solo fiddle as being connected to witchyness), a blossoming Dies Irae closing the cue.
 
 

3m0 Family History + 3m1 A Gift + 3m2 Spying (partial) + 3m3 Philipse's Death - We get our first romantic readings of the main theme as Ichabod and Katrina get to know each other. As we cut back to the town heads' discussion, Mystery returns to darken the mood (film edit recreated here, explanation later). For the Horseman's return, we get the most gloriously twisted main theme statements so far.
 
 

3m4 Dream #2 + 3m4A Forest Transition + 3m5 Into the Woods / The Witch - We're back to the dreamy soundscape, solos, main theme, and the Dies Irae coming more strongly to the fore. Moody strings, bassoon, then a solo female voice occasionally recalling the main theme add weight to the forest journey and the witch's hut, the witchy fiddle fittingly being more distressed and crazy at the end.
 
 

3m6-3m7 Mystery Figure + 4m1PT1-2-3 The Tree of Death Part 1-2-3 - Woody, foresty main theme and voices follow the search for the mysterious horseperson, switching to the romantic setting when she's revealed to be Katrina. A small march leads us all to a small main theme and the Mystery motif in an understated rendition. The main theme and Dies Irae lead the way for the Mystery motif as Ichabod digs the Hessian's grave up. As the portal opens up, the Horseman jumps out to incomplete Rearing statements and races off. The Killian family evening idyll with shadowplay and love is scored by soft, twinkly main theme and woodwinds, eventually growing more tense to suggest the coming danger. Mystery heralds the Horseman's steps before he busts in to another incomplete Rearing and gets in a fight with Killian to Mystery, making short work of him. Strings move around in horror, afraid to truly scream out, until the horseman does eventually find the son. Screaming brass warns Brom foolishly challenging him and Ichabod joining in. As the dark entity finishes the job, he walks off to the finally once again complete and clear Rearing and Ichabod faints again to the main theme.
 
 

4m2 Katrina's Brew + 4m3/4m4 Bad Dream / Tender Moment + 4m5 Trouble In Town + 5m1 The Will - Witchy textures with a main theme on oboe aid Katrina's potion brewing, then we get our third and last flashback dream, the darkest one, fittingly foreshadowed by Mystery, mostly based on evil organy sounds and the main theme. Ichabod has some time to reflect on these shadows of his past with a dark main theme setting gradually moving into the romantic setting. The final notes grow colder as we see Lady Van Tassel. As Ichabod makes a discovery about family trees, strings play Mystery, then a jagged main theme accompanies him to Notary Hardenbrook's. Young Masbath then finds the secret second will and that rhythm picks up again with some Horseman Rearing suggestions, mirroring the moment it was sealed off, culminating in another  Mystery - main theme ending.
 
 

5m2/5m3 Evil Eye + 5m3-A Lady Van T's Hand + 5m4 The Church Battle + 5m5/5m6 Love Lost + 6m1/6m2/6m3 The Windmill + 6m4A The Chase + 6m4 The Final Confrontation + 6m5 A New Day + 6m6 End Credits - The final stretch of the movie is completely through-scored, as represented here. More jagged main theme accompanies our heroes in pursuit of the cloaked figure. The romantic setting sounds broken and cold for the confrontational conversation. The understated textures return with some Mystery for Lady Van Tassel and the Horseman, who also gets his 2-note and Rearing themes again, but not as powerfully since he's ineffective on hallowed ground - until he gets Von Tassel too, when they play complete again together with his setting of the main theme. As Katrina faints, the romantic main theme arrives at a scary conclusion as we realise she drew the Evil Eyes. A sad version of the romantic setting accompanies Ichabod's farewells. The rhythm picks up as his carriage starts, but the Mystery theme soon takes over as Ichabod really can't put some ideas to rest and notices further clues. A shocked and strange Mystery scores Lady Van Tassel revealing herself to Katrina and we arrive at the showstopping final action rush - varied combinations and juxtapositions of the Mystery, Horseman Rearing, Horseman 2-note and of course main themes, with changing tempos and callbacks to earlier pieces nicely accentuating the current level of peril or the drivenness of the characters. The finale is especially reliant on the Horseman's and the main themes, also reprising the Mystery motif for when he finally crawls back to the underworld. The epilogue grows from a smaller to a grand, new century-welcoming, evolved statement of the main theme, then the credits riff more on it and the Mystery motif, mirroring the Main Titles to some degree.

As a companion piece to John Williams Scores - By Film Studio, here's the same list of scores, except sorted by which music label would have to be involved to make an expansion happen
 
Titles in bold have not received a definitive expansion.  Notes are provided about any incomplete expansions or specialty label OST reissues.
 
All scores recorded with AFM musicians after July, 2005, charge a higher rate to re-use the music for an expanded album than scores recorded before that date, making an expansion by a specialty label unaffordable.
 
Disney Records

YEAR STUDIO FILM ORIGINAL LABEL EXPANSION NOTES 1995 Disney Nixon Hollywood Records     2000 Sony The Patriot Hollywood Records     2015 Disney Star Wars: The Force Awakens Disney Records   Post-July-2005 AFM Fees | FYC album features unreleased music 2016 Disney The BFG Disney Records   Post-July-2005 AFM Fees | FYC album features unreleased music 2017 Disney Star Wars: The Last Jedi Disney Records   Post-July-2005 AFM Fees | FYC album features unreleased music 2019 Disney Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Disney Records   Post-July-2005 AFM Fees | FYC album features unreleased music 2023 Disney Indiana Jones and the Dial Of Destiny Disney Records   Post-July-2005 AFM Fees  
 
Sony Music Entertainment

YEAR STUDIO FILM ORIGINAL LABEL EXPANSION NOTES 1969 Paramount The Reivers CBS Records   1995 Columbia Records CD adds one track 1977 Sony Close Encounters of the Third Kind Arista Records La-La Land 2017 La-La Land 2022 is straight re-issue of content 1978 20th The Fury Arista Records La-La Land 2013   1979 Universal 1941 Arista Records La-La Land 2011 La-La Land 2014 is straight re-issue 1986 Disney SpaceCamp RCA Records Intrada 2022   1990 20th Home Alone CBS Records La-La Land 2015   1991 Sony Hook Epic Records La-La Land 2023   1992 20th Home Alone 2 Arista Records La-la Land 2012   1997 Sony Seven Years In Tibet Mandalay Records     1997 Warner Rosewood Sony Classical La-La Land 2013   1998 Sony Stepmom Sony Classical     1999 Paramount Angela's Ashes Sony Classical     2005 Sony Memoirs Of A Geisha Sony Classical   Post-July-2005 AFM Fees 2011 Paramount The Adventures of Tintin Sony Classical   Post-July-2005 AFM Fees 2011 Disney War Horse Sony Classical   Post-July-2005 AFM Fees 2012 Disney Lincoln Sony Classical   Post-July-2005 AFM Fees 2013 20th The Book Thief Sony Classical   Post-July-2005 AFM Fees 2017 20th The Post Sony Classical   Post-July-2005 AFM Fees 2022 Universal The Fabelmans Sony Classical   Post-July-2005 AFM Fees  
 
 
Universal Music Group

YEAR STUDIO FILM ORIGINAL LABEL EXPANSION NOTES 1966 20th How To Steal A Million 20th Century Fox Records Intrada 2008   1967 20th Valley of the Dolls 20th Century Fox Records     1968 Universal Heidi Capitol Records Quartet 2023   1970 Universal Jane Eyre Capitol Records Quartet 2023   1971 MGM Fiddler On The Roof United Artists Records La La Land 2021   1973 20th Cinderella Liberty 20th Century Fox Records   Intrada 2008 release is not expanded 1974 Universal Earthquake MCA Records La-La Land 2019   1975 Universal The Eiger Sanction MCA Records Intrada 2021   1975 Universal Jaws MCA Records Intrada 2015   1978 Universal Jaws 2 MCA Records Intrada 2015   1979 Universal Dracula MCA Records Varese 2018   1982 Universal E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial MCA Records La-La Land 2017 La-La Land 2022 is straight re-issue of content 1982 20th Monsignor Casablanca Records Intrada 2019   1984 Universal The River MCA Records Intrada 2020   1989 Universal Born On The Fourth Of July MCA Records     1989 Universal Always MCA Records La-La Land 2021   1992 Universal Far And Away MCA Records La-La Land 2020   1993 Universal Jurassic Park MCA Records La-La Land 2022   1993 Universal Schindler's List MCA Records La-La Land 2018   1995 Paramount Sabrina A&M Records La-La Land 2023   1996 Universal Sleepers Philips Records     1997 Universal The Lost World MCA Records La-La Land 2023   1997 Paramount Amistad Dreamworks Records La-La Land 2022   1998 Paramount Saving Private Ryan Dreamworks Records La-La Land 2018   2002 20th Minority Report Dreamworks Records La-La Land 2019   2002 Paramount Catch Me If You Can Dreamworks Records     2004 Paramount The Terminal Decca Records     2005 Paramount War of the Worlds Decca Records Intrada 2020   2005 Universal Munich Decca Records   Post-July-2005 AFM Fees  
 
 
Warner Music Group

YEAR STUDIO FILM ORIGINAL LABEL EXPANSION NOTES 1963 Sony Diamond Head Colpix Records   FSM 2006 release is not expanded 1966 Warner Not With My Wife You Don't! Warner Brothers Records FSM 2006   1974 20th The Towering Inferno Warner Brothers Records La-La Land 2019   1978 Warner Superman: The Movie Warner Brothers Records La-La Land 2019   1987 Warner The Witches Of Eastwick Warner Brothers Records   Perseverance 2012 release is not expanded 1987 Warner Empire Of The Sun Warner Brothers Records La-La Land 2014   1988 Warner The Accidental Tourist Warner Brothers Records   FSM 2008 release is not expanded 1991 Warner JFK Warner Brothers Records     2001 Warner A.I. Artificial Intelligence Warner Brothers Records La-La Land 2015   2001 Warner Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Warner Brothers Records La-La Land 2018   2002 Warner Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Warner Brothers Records La-La Land 2018   2004 Warner Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Warner Brothers Records La-La Land 2018    
Varèse Sarabande

YEAR STUDIO FILM ORIGINAL LABEL EXPANSION NOTES 1972 Warner The Cowboys none Varese 2018 Varese bought perpetuity album rights circa 1994 1990 MGM Stanley & Iris Varèse Sarabande Varese 2017   1990 Warner Presumed Innocent Varèse Sarabande Varese 2022    
 
 
No Music Label - the film studio owns all the rights

YEAR STUDIO FILM ORIGINAL LABEL EXPANSION NOTES 1958 Sony Daddy-O none     1960 Paramount I Passed For White none     1960 Sony Because They're Young none     1961 Universal The Secret Ways none     1962 Disney Bachelor Flat none Intrada 2008   1963 Sony Gidget Goes To Rome none     1964 Universal The Killers none     1965 Warner None But The Brave none FSM 2009   1965 Disney John Goldfarb, Please Come Home none FSM 2001   1966 Warner Penelope MGM Records FSM 2004 MGM Records contract was temporary 1966 Universal The Rare Breed none     1966 Universal The Plainsman none     1967 Disney A Guide For The Married Man none FSM 2000   1967 MGM Fitzwilly United Artists Records Music Box Records 2013 United Artists Records contract was temporary 1969 Warner Goodbye, Mr. Chips MGM Records FSM 2006 MGM Records contract was temporary 1969 Warner Daddy's Gone A-Hunting none     1970 Universal Storia di una donna (Story of a Woman) none     1972 Disney The Poseidon Adventure none La-La Land 2019   1972 Sony Images none   Prometheus 2007 release and 2021 Quartet release are not expanded 1972 Universal The Screaming Woman none     1972 Universal Pete 'n' Tillie none Varese 2017   1973 Disney The Paper Chase none   FSM 1998 release is not complete 1973 MGM Tom Sawyer United Artists Records Quartet 2015 United Artists Records contract was temporary 1973 MGM The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing none FSM 2002   1973 MGM The Long Goodbye none Quartet 2012   1974 Disney Conrack none   FSM 1998 release is not complete 1974 Universal The Sugarland Express none     1976 MGM The Missouri Breaks United Artists Records Kritzerland 2013 United Artists Records contract was temporary 1976 Universal Family Plot none Varese 2010   1976 Universal Midway none Varese 2011   1977 Disney Star Wars 20th Century Fox Records   1997 RCA release is not complete, all music contracts were temporary 1977 Paramount Black Sunday none FSM 2010   1980 Disney The Empire Strikes Back 20th Century Fox Records   1997 RCA release is not complete, all music contracts were temporary 1981 Disney Raiders of the Lost Ark CBS Records   2008 Concord release is not complete, all music contracts were temporary 1981 Universal Heartbeeps none Varese 2001   1983 Disney Return of the Jedi Polydor   1997 RCA release is not complete, all music contracts were temporary 1984 Disney Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Polydor   2008 Concord release is not complete, all music contracts were temporary 1989 Disney Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Warner Bros Records   2008 Concord release is not complete, all music contracts were temporary 1999 Disney The Phantom Menace Sony Classical   2000 Ultimate Edition is not complete, Sony contract was temporary 2002 Disney Attack of the Clones Sony Classical   Sony contract was temporary 2005 Disney Revenge of the Sith Sony Classical   Sony contract was temporary 2008 Disney Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Concord   Concord contract was temporary  

I refresh my smartphone every minute for the last 10 hours so I can say you the page is still up for me, here in France.
 

I’ve been waiting for this X-Men release for years. Delighted to see it finally released. Will probably order that in June!

Here's a direct link to the full banner image, since what was posted here was a screenshoot someone took
 
Clicky

X-Men!!! 
 
Karol

Yay X-Men! I'll probably actually order that once it becomes available.

Yay!!! X-Men!!!
 
 

And I had a new thread ready and everything!
 
 

I’m happy, X-Men, finally!

Ah...
 

 

Sadly Williams didn't approve the original cover art.
 

Works for me, but I stopped checking, I'm counting on the forum sounds to alert me.

I will end up gaining weight due to waiting anxiously while eating fatty and sweet junk food !

You will have my big belly on consciousness, MV!
 
(Just kidding, I love you!)

I will end up gaining weight due to waiting anxiously while eating fatty and sweet junk food !

You will have my big belly on consciousness, MV!
 
(Just kidding, I love you!)

Clearly Botnick is involved in this release as an engineer but I'd love to know the producer.
 
Imagine if Disney hired Neil S. Bulk or Mike Matessino to continue the Legacy line. That would be a huge development.

That was ridiculously fast. I didn't even get shipping notification. 😳
 

 
Karol 

No, there was a French TV program which covered the RS from Lionheart and you can see Jerry integrating the electronic horn later in the process, working only with the recording engineer -- no orchestra.
 
 

Yeah, I hope one of these days we might hear something about an improved release or something.

Iirc
The synth were recorded live with orchestra, not overdubbed

I've seen both. And believe me Lionheart is much better than Inchon. There are actually a lot of hints of greatness about it; you can tell it had an assured director at the helm filming things, and Gabriel Byrne is really good as the villain. The worst thing is Eric Stoltz as the protagonist; he's terribly lame and sinks the movie (most of the other kid actors are pretty decent IMO). But budget cuts and (later) film cuts are what really sank this movie which otherwise would have been promising (you can absolutely see the hints of a really good movie in it), apart from that lead performance.
 
 

The tracks actually add up to 83.5 minutes. I answered all your inquiries in the other thread, here:
 
By the way, the album is *absolutely* worth getting for those two unreleased cues -- they are the whole introduction to the villainous Black Prince motif, and add a lot to the musical/thematic architecture of the score which otherwise first introduces the theme in "Children in Bondage" mixed with a lot of other material into an action cue. Also, those two unreleased cues play brilliantly when restored into the film scenes they were written for, and I'm working on a way for you all to see what I mean...
 
Yavar

Except for its very last scene, which sooo cheesy,

Knowing is a brillant movie. And such is the score. One of the best from Mr Beltrami with Scream, Mimic, Hellboy and Gods of Egypt if you ask me. Ordered !
 
My copy of the 1994 edition of Lionheart was signed by Goldsmith in London, UK on March 5, 1999. So I'll keep it but I also ordered the new 2-CD set.