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The beginning of Slalom on Mt. Humol.

The physical CD just arrived at my house.
 
The CD version does NOT contain the 4 acapella tracks from the online/streaming version!  The CD version just ends at track 32.
 
This is annoying because it makes the CD 68 minutes long; The online version with the 4 extra tracks is only 75 minutes long, so the CD could have EASILY held this stuff.  STUPID!

HEY E.T. 2017 WAS BIG.
 
It was not so much about the "content", but the "quality" of the mix (and of course, a little bit too for the reissue of the original album -AT LAST!-). 
 
Anyway, every new Mike Matessino release IS BIG!
 
Go to his webpage, and try to buy every JW releases he was involved in.  That's the only thing to do!!!
 
DO IT! 
 
http://www.mikematessino.com/projects/

Supposedly told to a rehearsal audience in Krakow last week for the Casino Royale Live To Projection Concert.
 
Here are quotes from FSM user "Adam Krysinski " about it:
 
 
 
http://filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?forumID=1&threadID=127160&archive=0
 
Tomorrow Never Dies is one of my favorite film scores of all time and despite a prior expanded released and an isolated score on the DVD, there is still unreleased music, so I am very much looking forward to this!
 
I hope it is a Black Friday title from LLL this year!

Solo: A Star Wars Story composed by John Powell with a theme by John Williams
I don't think it will ever be possible to "over listen" to this. Such fun Powell style in a Star Wars-y way!

For all of you Giacchino lovers, I had the chance to go this afternoon to the Royal Albert Hall to see Star Trek in Concert. The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra (most of the RPO but not top tier as they had a concert conflicting the same day at Cadogan Hall) played the score absolutely beautifully. It was amazing to take a friend who had never seen Star Trek or a live orchestra. He kept turning to me with his eyes wide open and jaw on the ground which made me giggle all the time. I actually do love this new Star Trek reinterpretation and cast so I had a great time. I think Gia's timing and nuances in this are spot on. He sets the pace and tone beautifully. I personally just wish the theme was more a theme rather than a motif that doesn't really go anywhere. That's just a personal preference. I think it sort of thuds rather than flies. Other than that, the score is big, and really takes you on a journey with the film and hats off to him on this score. First Horn player Anna Douglas was a standout as was Wang Xiao on the Erhu!
Oh one other gripe. It wasn't because of where I was sitting, because these are our family seats since the 80s and never had this problem before. The trombones were landing late, but it wasn't the players. They were mic'd so I believe it was that causing the delay with the brass stabs throughout the film. They were about half a second to a second late each time and that was a tad annoying.
 
Next Week, 9th of June, I see Zimmer vs Williams (Oh Boy, lol) and the week after, 14th of June, I have Close Encounters in concert with the same orchestra again. Anyone going to either of these?

FAKE! It's a suite from Rise of the Underminer!
 
-Erik-

I really enjoyed Spotify as well, they certainly take care of their library (as bespin noted) but when it came to needing access to a good library as well as mixing in my library of ripped physical releases Spotify just couldn’t do that.  Apple Music just made it seem less cumbersome. Especially, and this for me is the crutch that killed both Spotify and google music for me, where the vast majority of my devices are apple and there was, at least at the time (haven’t looked in some time), no Spotify app for the Apple tv’s hooked to my sound setups in the house and no good way to access my own library at the same time. 
Unless that’s changed I’ll stick with the not perfect but easy to use Apple Music, but I totally get people’s love for Spotify over Apple if you aren’t in the ecosystem!

For anyone who may have missed it ten years ago, here's a very informative interview with Mike Matessino on the making of this release, conducted by no other than Neil S. Bulk:
http://www.jwfan.com/?p=4066

Nope but I started visiting here in 99

OST coming Friday June 15th from Walt Disney Records
 
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CLRQT1S/

John Williams and the Music of Star Wars – A Further Step Into a Larger Musical World
An exploration of John Williams's music for the popular film series, with a particular focus on the latest instalment, The Last Jedi, by Maurizio Caschetto
 
An engaging, thoughtful and enlightening read. Enjoy!
 
http://www.jwfan.com/?p=10681

Agh this is harder than I thought and honestly I feel a little bad that it’s really just the usual suspects here. 
Hook Empire strikes back Lost World ET Schindlers List Superman Raiders Star Wars Home Alone The Fury

I frankly forgot about it

Bruce Brought's Lost in Space score is from 1998, not the early 2000s.  BTW, there was recently a complete 2CD edition released:
 
http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.9966/.f

Interesting name (Churchill version).
 
 

Just found this browsing JoAnn Kane's twitter:
 
 

UPDATE: April 12, 2018
 
LOST IN SPACE, READY PLAYER ONE, MAX & ME AND MORE NEW SOUNDTRACKS
http://www.cinematicsound.net/lost-in-space-ready-player-one-max-and-me-and-more-new-soundtracks/
 
On this week’s episode of CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO, we will be featuring six new and recent soundtrack releases.You’ll first hear exciting music from Alan Silvestri’s score to Steven Spielberg’s READY PLAYER ONE. You’ll also hear selections from Mark McKenzie’s MAX & ME, James Newton Howard’s RED SPARROW, Ludwig Goransson’s BLACK PANTHER, Christopher Lennertz’s LOST IN SPACE and Bear McCreary’s THE CLOVERFIELD PARADOX.
 
Our John Williams score of the week is THE FURY released in 1978. And our re-recording of the week the unused score to 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY by Alex North featuring conductor Jerry Goldsmith and the National Philharmonic Orchestra.
 
Enjoy!
 
The show is available via iTunes, Google Play & Stitcher
http://apple.co/29zAyyL | http://bit.ly/1ZrG6Lf | http://bit.ly/2bIQlM3
 
Cinematic Sound Radio Affiliates
http://www.wrockradio.com | http://www.moviescoreradio.com
 
Co-Host of Tracksounds The Soundcast Stereo
http://www.thesoundcast.blogspot.ca/
 
Social Networks
http://www.facebook.com/cinematicsound | http://www.twitter.com/cinsoundradio
 
Enjoy!
 
-Erik-

I tried google music when it first came out for the same reason. 
 
My my experience was it was slow, did’t always upload all the tracks and didn’t have enough device support for me to keep paying for it. (I have mostly apple devices). That said it was a couple years ago so someone else here might have a different opinion and the service may have improved. 

Life finds a way...

Whooo hooooo! Thanks for that. Now to see if anyone outside North America gets it too. I'm guessing those that purchase the iTunes version directly will have it too?

The World Is Changing
Academic Decomittment
Monumental Meltdown
Stark Raving Mad
Pop Vulture
Lift Off
 
That's a nice little suite

If I recall, "Monumental Meltdown" is relatively MoH-ish to start with.

Isn't this the sort of thing that sparked our interest in film scores in the first place before we tried to kid ourselves that we also enjoy boring shit like The Post?

- The brass stabs at 1:31 is so Horner.
- The high ceremonial brass at 1:51 is so Williams.
- The shape of the melody itself is so Silvestri!
 
A perfect combination.
 
I LOVE IT!!!!
 
P.S. - The way the strings rise as the brass falls at 1:58 is sublime! Gorgeous orchestration.