Yavar Moradi

“Reuse” refers to the recordings originally used in film. First-time album releases are still fully subject to reuse if they are later than that cutoff point in 2005. Yavar

There are a lot of terrible Bond movies that have fewer redeeming features than No Time to Die… and I’m quite confident I’d prefer to rewatch any of them before watching this AI trash. Yavar

I agree with all of this (the film really rubbed me the wrong way; easily my least favorite Spielberg film), with the exception of Hymn to the Fallen... And while I disagree with other comments made in this same post (the bookends are the worst part by far, of that horribly overrated film... "Tell me... I've been a good man." UGH.), this part about Hymn to the Fallen I agree with. It is SO overdone it makes me roll my eyes. I cannot stand it. I prefer the endless boring parts of the score (maybe my least favorite Williams score, ever?) to the overblown Hymn to the Fallen. Good for you, if you like it! But I'll stick with Giacchino Medal of Honor scores, or literally any other patriotic Americana Williams score besides this one. I like Lincoln, JFK, The Patriot, etc. just fine... And the best war film ever made is the original All Quiet on the Western Front. Yavar

Honestly the first couple seasons of TNG have the best music. I even think Ron Jones's "Q Who?" > "Best of Both Worlds" in some ways, and that's definitely the high water mark of seasons 3 & 4, which have the next best music after the first two seasons... Chattaway's first score "Tin Man" is excellent and Ron Jones was still giving his all... but to be honest Dennis McCarthy was at his best by far in season 1 with scores like "Arsenal of Freedom". Screen Archives has that complete score in stock but alas I'm not finding any sound clips anywhere: https://www1.screenarchives.com/title_detail.cfm/ID/26712/STAR-TREK-THE-NEXT-GENERATION-ENCOUNTER-AT-FARPOINT-THE-ARSENAL-OF-FREEDOM-EXPANDED-EDITION/ I find the Don Davis score less memorable but it's on La-La Land's TNG Vol. 1 set, complete. Unfortunately I've checked around and that 3CD set seems to be going for $280 or more. Maybe keep an eye on Ebay if you liked the score. Yavar

I think so! Hopefully Sahara happens at some point in the future. Yavar

It's a good movie and a good twist that shouldn't be spoiled. Why, Varese??? (And kudos, Luke & Jay.) Yavar

Huh! Probably just coincidence. Do we know whether John Barry was a fan of Jerry Goldsmith? (I realize Goldsmith expressed great admiration for Barry of course, but in this case Born Free came a year later than his score.) Yavar

Wrong; he never ever said that. And I agree he should enjoy the time he has left... fortunately for us he genuinely enjoys writing music for films (or at least, for Spielberg films). Yavar

So is early TNG, at times! Rob Bowman in particular did a lot of cool angles and dramatic lighting, as director. Oftentimes the writing in early TNG is very hit-or-miss, but the directing was actually far more interesting/striking than when the show "got good" (it become more homogenous and didn't swing for the fences directorially, as much). Yavar

Plus it sounds like it could really use a new master. Isn't this one of the most-complained about loudness war ones? Yavar

Since you brought it up... I DID try this score in the Kritzerland release with very high hopes, and I was pretty disappointed! I think I played it once or twice and it just didn't connect with me at all. Yavar

Fingers crossed. Much as I appreciate Intrada, their Disney pipeline is slow enough that it would really be nice if Varese could at least keep expanding some of the Fox titles they have perpetuity album rights on. Yavar

Isn’t it possible Varese’s perpetuity rights still somehow grant them access, just like how they’ve been able to keep expanding Warner Bros. titles even as every other label has been cut off? Yavar

*only exceptions in the past 10 years or so. If you extend it 20 years there are others such as The Egyptian: The Deluxe Edition (2011) or the (non-Club) Stargate: The Deluxe Edition (2006). The Robe: The Deluxe Edition as well as their DE of Poltergeist II were just over 20 years ago (2003). I'm sure there are others I'm not thinking of off the top of my head... Yavar

But Varese already released that: https://varesesarabande.com/products/killer-clowns-from-outer-space-reimagined?_pos=2&_psq=killer&_ss=e&_v=1.0 Cool project/album! Yavar