mxsch
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2 hours ago, Arpy said:
This is problem of 97 release, not score overall.
Okay, maybe I've got too hard with TPM, but AOTC is really pure boredom.
2 hours ago, crocodile said:It is one of my least enjoyed SW scores. It just doesn't have the operatic grandeur and melodrama of its predecessors. On its own, it is a pretty good score. A lot of that has probably to do with disappointing sound quality of the RCA album. So yes, I am perhaps "underrating" it.
Karol
You shouldn't even count this garbage can release as listening experience.
ROTJ sounds better than SW and on the same level as ESB or even little better. The only cue really affected by recording is Superstructure Chase, because it was recorded in different venue and not in the Abbey Road.
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31 minutes ago, Holko said:
I never quite understood that, if tracks wouldn't be joined, there'd be a lot of start and stop, held note going quieter, 3 seconds of track changing, other held note starting and picking up, or something starting like BAM out of nowhere, making the whole thing longer and a lot worse listen. Like Battle of Endor, a lot of the cues are written to directly lead into each other. Sure some 10 minute underscore stretches just in one piece are not necessarily ideal and wouldn't and shouldn't be done like that in the next attempt but how would you even notice it if you're just listening like you should and not skipping around? The problem with the SE is the godawful sound and some terribly misplaced inserts.
Not that much, actually. This is from my separated cue version. But yeah, they work much better when joined. And what about the inserts, there are only two, to my knowledge. Excerpt from Han Solo Returns in Speeder Bike Chase / Land of the Ewoks, and alternate Emperor Arrives in The Lightsaber, it seems they used it to make this track longer, but it bugs me that it wasn't edited in medley with others, this is just stupid.
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47 minutes ago, Incanus said:
As a whole the narrative of the Prequels had much less thematic continuity because many of the concepts and characters who received themes were often in just one of the films so their themes vanished after one movie. Qui-Gonn, The Separatist plot, Jango Fett etc. just didn't travel from one film to the other. Anakin had a theme but I think they thought that it wasn't a good fit for the angsty young man in AOTC and ROTS.
AOTC is also ultra-boring. Zam chase and Jango escape are great, plus new material for arena, but other tracked stuff from TPM is a nightmare. I heard about criticisms for ROTS because lack of themes, but it action-packed, at least.
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5 minutes ago, Manakin Skywalker said:
Anakin's theme and Shmi's theme make appearances in a few places, Anakin's theme being in both of the other films, although very sparsely.
I'm knew that I was wrong.
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5 hours ago, Montre said:
My dude, TPM does not have barely any action music. And it is filled to the brim with themes. You need to look past duel of the fates and listen to the compete score.
Just relistened to it yesterday.
Aside final battle, there are still bits and pieces. And what about themes, there are stil less than in ROTJ. Force, Droids, Emperor, Anakin, Jar-Jar, Qui-Gon (very cool but understated theme), Maul, Yoda and Jabba themes cameos. Also Shmi have kind of theme. And Williams dropped them all in other two prequels, (minus Force and Emperor, of course. Tracked music with droids march doesn't count.)
2 hours ago, Arpy said:I don't like the Jabba music, plus the score sounds older than SW.
What do you mean under older?
Because it was recorded in better place than SW.
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Why people keeping ROTJ lower than SW, ESB and even TPM?
It have so many themes incorporated: Force, Luke, Leia, Solo and the Princess, Yoda, Vader, Ewoks, Jabba, Emperor, Luke and Leia.
30 minutes of final action music is dope. For example, TPM barely have any action music, even if you count all, it still will be under 30 minutes, there are also less themes, and almost nothing happening in the middle with all of Tatooine and Coruscant stuff.
And in comparison with Empire, which great, without doubt, but relies heavily on Yoda's and Vader's themes, when they are developed further in Return, first even acts as foundation for Luke and Leia theme.
Btw, it's pretty sad that droids theme from ESB not returned.
P,S, Ok, I forgot to mention that it was based on Filmtracks ratings, and this was pretty stupid, But 4.18 still little bit low for ROTJ.
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Can I find list with parts of cues tracked into others? Like this insert from Father and Son in Bounty for a Wookiee, Vader's Command part when Han arrives to Echo Base, e.t.c.
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Hi, can somebody provide me an info about part from 0:00 to 0:24? And in which game soundtrack I can obtain it without editiing with another cue, if it ever possible?
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24 minutes ago, Jay said:
Delete this topic, please
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Can anybody share it with me? I want this one so bad, but i can't purchase it since Sony rights has been expired and it was deleted.
Return of the Jedi SE rough cut ending
in JOHN WILLIAMS
Posted
I'm once have found this video and then lost it, but finally rediscovered it, that's the only copy on the whole YT. I have no idea what's it's source, but it is very cool, so I want to share it with you all. This dynamic cuts of planets are much better than final version.
This track was used as temp music, and VC closely replicates it.
And to throw dumb question, what "9m4" for example means in cue list?