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Like they are playing the music again...
There is no planet in the universe where this law makes sense. 
Not even for record companies as surely nobody is paying those fees. The only result is there is a lot of great music made unavailable for the public. Well done greedy people...
 

I see an unusual lack of interest for this potential upcoming announcement compared to previous similar occasions: is it because nobody expects anything at all? Is it because you all know what is coming this time and it doesn't deserve to much attention? 

I think it's safe to assume it's part of next week's Lalaland's Black Friday releases to be announced 9 pm PST (California) November 24.

Oh I see what you mean now. The back cover doesn't even mention Milan at all

They must have made a change.  Milan, though, is owned by Sony, so it seems more like a paperwork thing than anything else.  

Everything will be revealed soon. 

Savini is a tourist trap nowadays, with mediocre food served at absurdly high prices. Don’t be fooled about the premium location in the beautiful Galleria Vittorio Emanuele. It’s very much like the cafés in St. Mark’s Square in Venice, so avoid it.
 
As a trusted Milanese, I will give you a few tips for good food places in the city center at reasonable prices. Let me collect ideas and will get back to you.

The instagram account legacyofjohnwilliams posted that "The historic collaboration between John Williams and Steven Spielberg is going to be feted through a series of activities in Milan, Italy, on the eve of Maestro Williams' concert with @filarmonicadellascala on December 12."
 
Does anyone know more about this? I´m getting more and more exicted!

You got lucky is happened only once to you. It's happened to me almost ten times...

What about TROS and TLJ?
 
1 Luke
2 Rebels Fanfare
3 We Go Together theme 1
4 Theme 2
5 Anthem of Evil
6 Imperial March
7 Rey's Theme
8 Throne Room
(9 if you include Rolling Thunder as a theme, even more if you break certain themes up by sections)
 
 

That is the cue as originally composed and recorded by JW. He later wrote and recorded two inserts to replace the trumpet solo bit and the appearance of the Emperor descending the ramp. For some reason, those two inserts were presented on the RCA Victor/Sony Classical 2-CD expansion literally "as recorded" at the beginning of the track "The Lightsaber/Ewok Battle" (track 21).
 
 
The edit "as heard in the film" has never been officially released, but there are some fan-made edits around.
 
 
 
 
Ep4 is certainly the one with less issues on that side of things and the one that imho stands up better musically speaking (despite some long stretches without score). Both TESB and ROTJ retain a lot of the looping and tracking of cues, and the situation is aggravated because they use the 1997 SE versions for the LTP performances, so it was decided to conform the score to those edits as heard in the films. Imho, it's a missed opportunity to restore some of JW's original intentions or at least smooth some of those awkward transitions, but it seems that the general attitude is always to have the LTP score as close as possible to the known versions of the films instead of creating a "composer's cut" version of the film.

I would have expected folks buying physical media to own proper HiFi equipment?
 
There are still some manufacturers out there who build CD-players that don't "skip" between neighbouring tracks. Marantz for example.
 
This is essential for enjoying classical (film) music.

For what it's worth, Screen Archives had the cheapest international shipping for me at $16 (compared to $17.25 at La-La Land and $20 at Intrada).

I have no intention to throw anything away.
And I will surely buy this set too, as this movie and this score mean so much for me.

We might be in the situation where Williams' last score is composed in 2022 and his last Academy Award was won nearly 30 years before: that really makes me sad.

After years, the wait is nearly over...

After years, the wait is nearly over...

This is allowing them to increase the selling price of this set by $12  🤔

It only applies to V/S. They don't offer a wholesale discount to other retailers whereas Intrada et al do.
 
I'd love a custom cover for this that uses this layout:
 

I'd never complain about anybody posting a custom cover in a thread about the same score the cover is for

I can't remember similar reactions when it was released: was that as bad?
I am starting to get worried that we will have to rely on vinyls to provide us top quality mastering, which would be expensive and unneeded, given the potential of the audio CD format 😒

I can't remember similar reactions when it was released: was that as bad?
I am starting to get worried that we will have to rely on vinyls to provide us top quality mastering, which would be expensive and unneeded, given the potential of the audio CD format 😒

I see it can be a choice, but that isn't taking into account the genre of the music they are selling, nor the audience who are going to listen to it, so it's a wrong choice.
On top of that, I think we can all agree that no expectations must be had on a company which since decades keeps being confused between two major artists of their catalogue, only because they have the same full name.
This label doesn't waste any occasion to embarrass itself since TPM was released...
 

I see it can be a choice, but that isn't taking into account the genre of the music they are selling, nor the audience who are going to listen to it, so it's a wrong choice.
On top of that, I think we can all agree that no expectations must be had on a company which since decades keeps being confused between two major artists of their catalogue, only because they have the same full name.
This label doesn't waste any occasion to embarrass itself since TPM was released...
 

Most of us on here prefer cd's or highest quality possible. But a lot of stuff is done through download and streaming and I think they jumped on that train.
 

I don't know of any phone that can play audio CD 🤔...
I mean, give me the CD as it's supposed to be, then who want to listen to it through phone speakers can apply the filters they want when they rip the cd...