RICHARDSTRAUSS68

Meant to post this a long time ago but forgot:

I am curious I have never seen anything about Williams commenting on them. I am curious to see what he thinks, anybody know?
 

You need to hear this.  Meco's last hurrah with Star Wars was a rap song by Jar Jar Binks' cousin.
 
It's a work of art.
 
 
With lyrics by the future writer of the songs of Frozen!!

I listen to this song almost monthly.
 
 
Ewokese rapping is the greatest thing in the history of anything.

My experiment was not to create a complete OST presentation, but to create a totally new experience. For I connected or inserted cues in ways, that you do not expect to follow one after another. So I created 30 tracks, nearly consisting of the complete scores of JP and TLW. JP had 14 tracks and TLW 16. The only thing I haven't done yet is the order of the tracks for a proper listening experience, so I can just show you the tracks alphabetically:
 
JURASSIC PARK
The Coming Storm (3:44) This is a track which sums up the whole threatening, "stormy" aspect of the score. It consists of four cues: Opening Titles, System Ready, The Encased Mosquito and The Coming Storm. Dennis Steals the Embryo (5:04) The plain cue without edits. It is almost impossible to connect this cue to another one, due to its different style. End Credits (8:03) The plain cue without edits. Eye to Eye (5:20) Named after the OST track but not the same combination: To the Maintenance Shed is interrupted at 2:47 and the first 1:09 of The Falling Car is inserted. This has a surprising effect when you're used to the original cue. Additionally there is this "it is not over"-effect when To the Maintenance Shed sets in wih the percussion part. Fatal Fault (4:17) This is The Saboteur, Race to the Dock and Incident at isla Nublar. So it starts threatening and leads into two orchestral outbursts. The Great T-Rex Chase (2:26) This is The T-Rex Chase with an "extention" of the string chord which is actually You Bred Raptors?. High Wire Stunts (6:06) High Wire Stunts, extended by the second half of The Falling Car. The History Lesson (2:36) The History Lesson and Entrance of Mr. Hammond. I swaped the order of the 20th anniversary download, because I liked the euphoric moment of the latter cue at the end of the track. Journey to the Island (8:55) The plain combination of the three cues without edits. It's just perfect as it is. Lying in Wait (5:32) A combination of Jurassic Park Gate, Goat Bait and Hungry Raptor from 0:55. It starts with percussion and becomes more and more sinister until the end of The Hungry Raptor finishes the track with a brutal outburst. A Night on a Tree (4:29) Remembering Petticoat Lane followed by My Friend, the Brachiosaurus as it was intended to overlap in the movie - beautiful. The Raptor Attack and Finale (10:26) The complete finale music, put together: The Raptor Attack and T-Rex Rescue and FInale. Raptor Eggs (3:25) Like the OST track with swapped order. When Live Finds a Way plays before Hatching Baby Raptor you just swap the order of threat and wonder. But the OST version is better. The Triceratops (4:40) Ailing Triceratops and A Tree for My Bed. The tender melody of the triceratops is followed by an even more tender version of the Jurassic Park theme.  
The only missing music of the score is Stalling Around and the first 0:55 of Hungry Raptor. But I have to admit, I think the edits of TLW worked far better than the edits of JP. If you want to create an own complete OST presentation you should just combine the shorter tracks.

Possibly its 35th anniversary is this year 

While I accept this as a inevitability, and I'm not even bothered at the choice Williams did in regard to which project to work on, I'm far from excited with the chosen composer. I can't remember the last time I really enjoyed a Silvestri score.
While Newman's Bridge of Spies was for m e a great surprise, in the best possible sense, the name that I would pick to replace Williams would be Bruce Broughton... such a wonderful composer.

So E.T., CE3K, Star Wars, Witches of Eastwick and Amistad are all having their Anniversaries this year.
 
Imagine a BIG box set of such magnitude in one go ? 
 
 

And Amistad, which Williams explicitly confirmed!

...and Witches of Eastwick this year too!

Isnt it obvious from the various releases. But yes I have other primal resources. Many Bothans die to get you these details!

Sony released a teaser trailer for CE3K. Its titled as " This means something" ending the teaser with Williams five not motif. 
Im quite certain we will get a formal 2CD release sooner or later😉
 
 
 
 

JFK wasn't exactly "announced" in the strictest sense, just mentioned in a forum that they got the license. 
 
They reason labels generally don't like to talk about upcoming releases is  because things can completely fall apart before they come out. For example the title MV mentioned they planned to have out in 2014 for the film's 10th anniversary, that still isn't approved. 
 
Or The Great Race, which they expected to be out in 2015 for its 50th anniversary but is only coming out now in 2017.  Or Hook, planned for it's 20th anniversary in 2011 came out in 2012.
 
Or a title a producer told me about once that he completely finished all work on, and was just waiting for the order announcement, but it never came and eventually the title came out years later on another label redone from scratch. 
 
All kinds of kooky things happen and if the labels talked about everything they have in the works, they'd be deluged with endless emails asking when stuff's coming out 

The OST is fine, but I can relinquish the 20th anniversary version, because those 4 tracks added to the end of the main program seem to be at the wrong place. Moreover "The Coming Storm" and "The History Lesson" are awkwardly edited. Let alone the inferior sound quality.
 
I've tried a few album-like edits of several tracks of the JP scores and there are musically far better options to connect those different cues.

Why does LLL announce some titles (JFK) whereas some remain a secret (whatever we have to save money for)?

Quite, when I talked with her she said it had been done not too long ago so they would be modern scans. So are they already working on a set?

I hope we get those.

I would be interested in a definitive release with the OST program on disc 2 and all the extras and original film takes. Only Matessino could do proper justice.

I knew it was Star Wars and figured it would all be at some point. I was working on a project and got to talk to a person that works at Lucasfilm and she told me that all the tapes from the sessions had be remastered and digitized. I don't know if she was telling the truth but if so maybe someone is planning something soon?

So on November 16 Close Encounters will be 40 years old, do you guys think we will get it complete? I have the Original Vinyl Pressing, The Expanded edition from 97 I believe, I also got the SACD from 2015. If anything this is a job for La La Land or Intrada. Do you guys think it's time for the complete release? Does anybody have any news on it maybe coming out? Anything?  

So on November 16 Close Encounters will be 40 years old, do you guys think we will get it complete? I have the Original Vinyl Pressing, The Expanded edition from 97 I believe, I also got the SACD from 2015. If anything this is a job for La La Land or Intrada. Do you guys think it's time for the complete release? Does anybody have any news on it maybe coming out? Anything?  

Update: probably the Final recording session is next week. Looks like the sessions are finally wrapping up. Word is Williams has done another great job. More details to be shared at the right moment.

I wonder if the 1989 Batman theme will sneak it's way into this one? 

I wonder if the 1989 Batman theme will sneak it's way into this one? 

I wonder if the 1989 Batman theme will sneak it's way into this one?