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  1. Also, for the record, the end credits suite is compromised of various cues edited in post-production. They are: Main Titles (0:00-1:28) -- Crossfade to: The Kitty Waltz (0:00-1:18) -- Crossfade to: To the City (0:00-0:59) -- Crossfade to: Let There Be Light (0:00-3:08) Total Time: 6:52 Minutes. I should know because I have heard this piece countless times. It was the only piece of Folk's score I could hear in the film without any of the dialogue until now.
  2. For me, standout tracks on this one include "Main Titles", "The Flood", "The Kitty Waltz", "To the City", "Chanti Crows", and the closing "Let There Be Light." All six are tour-de-force pieces of scoring. As for the songs, the Glen Campbell ones are great, but the owl ones involving Christopher Plummer... not so much.
  3. Hmmm... so none of the mastering errors that plagued Hunchback, huh? I was pretty disappointed about that.
  4. I'm holding off on ordering until I know for sure this edition doesn't have any of the mastering errors that plagued Hunchback (which is a shame; as that score is one of my favorite Menken ones.
  5. I also wanted to comment on how I feel about the 2016 Paper Mill House Recording. As great as the film's score is, I like the direction of the musical much more. I like how it's darker and more nuanced. Also, I thought all the performances on the CD were really excellent. I will admit that at first when I saw the show I wasn't sure what to make of Arden's Quasi, but when I realized he was supposed to be death, I quickly understood. And he does bring a lot of emotional passion to the role, which is absolutely great. Patrick Page obviously is no Tony Jay (of course), but his Frollo is still really impressive, his reindition of "Hellfire" especially bringing out his range. Jay will always be immortal, but Page is just as good for different reasons IMO. Oh, need I mention that this is probably my favorite of Menken's works?
  6. That is SO bizarre to hear there are issues with Hunchback. On one hand I adore this score and I am thrilled to have much of the missing music back, but omitting the last part of "And He Shall Smite The Wicked" just seems not right. They seriously need to patch this. If not, can someone PM me a patched version? I find it unfortunate to hear what I consider Menken's magnum opus compromised in spite of having the additional music. And yes, I AM the same person who commented on Intrada's forums. I am flattered to be recognized.
  7. I did see that thread. It was very detailed and informative. I was looking for similar ones for Desolation of Smaug and Battle of the Five Armies out of curiosity for the differences.
  8. I noticed that there was an interesting thread on which cues on the soundtrack album for An Unexpected Journey were in the actual film and which were not, in addition to tracked cues. I hadn't realized a lot of the music for AUJ didn't make it into the film. I wonder if similar circumstances occurred for The Desolation of Smaug and The Battle of the Five Armies? I'm curious to know which cues on both albums are identical to their film counterparts and which ones are not.
  9. I honestly don't remember Star Trek Nemesis all that well, but I'd gladly take The Rise of Skywalker every day. Williams gave his all for this score, and it shows. Goldsmith is super talented, and he's one of my favorites, but I don't remember his score for Nemesis all that well, sorry to say.
  10. I hadn't realized there were issues with the reissue of RETURN OF THE JEDI. Listening to it again recently I'm quite stunned. It does indeed sound lacking. This definitely needs to be remastered. Someone get Mike Matessino on the job.
  11. I was curious about the differences between the Complete Recordings and the regular album releases for all three Lord of the Rings movies. Even though I own both, I wouldn't mind there being actual detailed descriptions on which version is missing what, as I'd like to compile the different versions.
  12. I honestly haven't listened to the prequel scores very much at all in years, but after listening to The Phantom Menace's soundtrack I gotta say: that music is really, really good. It's arguably the real heart of an otherwise soulless picture. Even Attack of the Clones's score is better than it has any right to be. Already listening to Revenge and so far the standards haven't fallen. The existing albums are missing many minutes of music that could stand to be rereleased. I hope Matessino gets on with it someday.
  13. Interesting note about "Clef Club No.1" The first three notes are heard at other points of the score. Particularly in the next ones I'm about to describe. I'm guessing that this is the B theme for Coalhouse, as the A theme is the latter half of "Newsreel." Edit: Combined all my track posts into one.
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