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I'm guessing that the positions of the mics for Yo Yo Ma (assuming there were 2 mics) caused the phasing issue due their relative distances to the cello. For particular frequencies (lower in this case), the distance between the mics was such that one mic was receiving the peak while the other was receiving the trough. Or perhaps other mics for the orchestra, which were in close proximity to Yo Yo Ma, were contributing to this effect for the same reason. I don't think this is a mixing issue, but we don't have a pure cello portion in this track that would help in identifying if the issue is isolated to Ma's mics.

From a quick review of the audio, the "panning" is caused by the cello going in and out of phase throughout the recording. The lower-frequency notes of the cello are almost 180 degrees out of phase while the higher-frequency notes are not. Here are two waveform examples of the lower-frequency notes, where you can see that the left channel (upper) is at a positive peak while the right channel (lower) is at a negative trough... And here's one example of a higher-frequency cello note where the phase is more in-line between the two channels (peaks match with peaks, troughs match with troughs)...

Just ran across this 2002 video with Williams that I don’t believe I’ve ever seen before!! Centers on “Call of the Champions” but also includes footage of Williams conducting The Cowboys in a concert setting in the Mormon temple in Salt Lake City.

Quartet La Jolla (2011) (YouTube link below starts with introductory video, work begins at 27:11)

WILLIAMS Maestoso-Risoluto-Presto from Trumpet Concerto - "The President's Own" U.S. Marine Band (December 14, 2016) Trumpet: Tom Hooten (who later recorded the concerto and Theme from Born on the Fourth of July for CD release) And from the same concert... WILLIAMS Fanfare, “For ‘The President’s Own’” - "The President's Own" United States Marine Band And another... WILLIAMS Music for Brass - "The President's Own" United States Marine Band

This article may be a few years old but it goes into gory detail of all that is (or was back then) required to rip an SACD: Down the Rabbit Hole of SACD Ripping and DSD Extraction https://www.psaudio.com/copper/article/down-the-rabbit-hole-of-sacd-ripping-and-dsd-extraction/

It's been many years now, but I've personally ripped the "Advanced-Resolution" stream from a DVD-A before using "DVD-Audio Explorer". I've never ripped SACDs or Blu-ray audio discs, though. The last time I looked into it, I believe SACDs required a PlayStation that might have been hacked or something. Granted, things may have progressed since then.

@Tom Guernsey, the FYC is an HDCD and with a little effort, one can extract the tracks as 20-bit WAVs (actually 24-bit WAVs but the audio data has 20-but resolution). There are slight, relative amplitude differences between them and the commercial CD, given the higher bit depth, but I think that’s about it. I’ll see about posting a waveform comparison later today.

It's mono and yes, it sounds awful!!

In short, MP3 and AAC compress audio in frames or windows of time, and if your audio file doesn't have a length that is a multiple of the frame/window size, you'll end up with the short gaps at the end of each file. If you can't re-rip the source material into WAV, AIFF, or FLAC, then you'd have to convert each MP3 to WAV/AIFF/FLAC, manually trim the appropriate number of samples to get rid of the gap, and then confirm that the transition between the current file and the start of the next file is seamless; you may get some funky things in the gap area so it might be trial and error determining where to make the cut. Then you could burn the WAV/AIFF/FLAC to the audio CD and you should have no more gaps. It's a pain in the a$$, so hopefully you can still go back to the source material and re-rip.

Anyone have recommendations for similar cues to this one from Isham? Rhythmically consistent, relatively light and upbeat-ish. Thanks!!

If you’re using Firefox or Chrome, there are several browser plug-ins available which will identify the link to the audio file and allow you to download it. “Video DownloadHelper” is one: https://www.downloadhelper.net/ Or shoot me a PM with the site link.

Ah, great point, @enderdrag64!! I'd forgotten that to be honest.

It's possible that this missing MP3 file ("5m39A...") includes those seven random characters following the text portion of its link, like we see with some of the other files. These characters appear to be made up of a combination of "0"-"9", "A"-"Z", and "a"-"z". So each of the seven characters can be one of 62 values. Expanding that out to all seven characters, and we have a total possible number of combinations of 62^7 or 3,521,614,606,208 possible combinations!!! So even if we knew the exact text portion of the link ("5m39A Visit From King George - Time To Suit Up"), we'd still have to try the over 3 trillion possible seven-character options.

It's right on the Sony Pictures Classics site: http://www.sonyclassics.com/awards-information/

Well done, @Imperivm!!! I have incorporated the "Cost of War" link into the main post and updated the entry. I've tried even more combinations for "5m39A Visit From King George - Time To Suit Up" and "... Suite Up" as the Disney site lists it without success. Tried combinations of upper and lower case for "to/To" and "from/From". Nada! Also... NEW SCORE AVAILABLE: Sony Pictures Classics Parallel Mothers (Alberto Iglesias) [17 cues, 51:41] [NOTE: Studio-hosted Dropbox link.]

Yes, the shorter version ends with the final chord (starting around 3:15 of both tracks) fading to silence, while the longer version continues on with the synth strike and reprise of the trumpet opening. When time-aligned, there are some minor phasing differences from 1:58 to 2:03 and again from 3:05 until 3:17 (suggesting some micro-edits), but otherwise, the content appears to be identical.

I have never seen an image of this CD or its artwork. Just digital audio files being bandied about in various places.

Couldn't agree more, @Dr. Know!!! As you well know, "Contemporary Tease" is my favorite of the bunch, based on its appearance in that Athens Olympics promo video posted by NBC back in the day.

THIS a thousand times!!!

Ask and ye shall receive...

I imagine the version heard on the promos and in the music video was recorded during the original sessions, or was produced shortly thereafter. It seems this version is amped up with some "sweeteners" (synth, likely) compared to the OST version. The 2-track promo was released in '89, the same year as the film and OST... And "Reel Music" was released around '91 (it features a cue from Silence of the Lambs which appears to be the most recent film represented in the set; the CDs came in a metal film can)...

I believe 30 is also not an alternate but rather a Silva Screen/City of Prague Phil. re-recording, with an unfortunate dialogue excerpt tacked onto its end. Also, the version of the main theme featured on a 2-track CD promo, a 2-CD MCA Records promo compilation of film score and songs named "Reel Music", and the music video released at the time of the film is also not included on the boot, nor the OST. Several years ago, I married a rip of the 2-track promo CD with the music video:

Oh I hope so!! Would love to meet you and Edwin in person, @pjhackman!!