Steve H

Alex's Death is very First Blood, Rambo, like. with the Bajo Fuego guitar moments weaved in. Maybe Goldsmith left it of the album for that reason. But it is a great cue and a great pairing for the Rambo II End Titles.

I'm hoping the brass sustain in Hanging On (when Rambo realises he is stuck between the cliff and the dogs) has been extended out to match the film. It's only a minor issue and a few more fleeting seconds but it flows way more naturally than the abrupt edit in all previous versions.

Something would have to go. Maybe Brother And Sister on side 2? My choice would be to lose Lapti Nek, but we all know that was always going to be on the album.

Thanks. Alliance Assembly felt so much like Lando's Palace I just thought it belonged there. It was the only track I used from the 97 edition. Unfortunately a lot of the endings of the tracks from that set bleed into the following cues meaning you lose the clean ending.

I just used the ESB album to mimic the tone and flow (give or take a few tracks) for the sequencing. I think A lot of micro editing would have been required for those combo's/ segues you speak of because many of Jedi's cues are so long.

Maybe that segue was made after it was decided the OST was to be a single LP? It's Interesting speculation.

I think "Jabba The Hut" the concert version of the theme (featured on the Charles Gerhardt album) would have been included on any planned 2 LP of the score.

Here's my take on Jaws with a nod to the Decca release cover which I always liked. Jaws 2. in the style of the original Jaws album

I have been revisiting this score since the Intrada announcment. Have to say its not one I have repeatedly listen too in the past but I always remembered Williams' Colonial theme. One of those brassy Williams earworms that brings a smile to your face. Anyway after re-listening I am pleasantly suprised how melodic and thematically rewarding the score is. Looking forward to the Intrada edition.

Wow, that cue @2.00 in A Matter of Life and Death sounds like The Ambassador from The Final Conflict!.

Very nice indeed! Much better than Varese's 'nip slip' cover

Thanks for the reply. That explains it. More reason to hang on to the Decca release.

Something that's always puzzled me is the track Man Against Beast? On the decca album this track seems to be a different take. The intro differs, while there is also a flub note on the horns for the first appearance of the shark theme. It also seems to be supplemented with woodwinds on the Intrada version. The tempos throughout the cue seem to be a little different as well. This also seems to be the film version because you can definitley hear the flub note when watching. Well at least on the mono version of the film anyway. The alternate version on the Intrada Edition is different again. It cuts to a different passage after " You're gonna need a bigger boat". Maybe Neil, Mike or Roger could shed some light on this?