Taikomochi

I think we're missing the forest for the trees a bit...I don't claim to have the full scores for KOTCS and Dial of Destiny so I can't say for certain whether each instrument is playing exactly the same notes. But the basic musical idea is clearly the same.

I think I'll be doing this too. I haven't found the score to be too repetitive, but I just love the film version. 
 
Yeah I am so glad Williams approved of it because I love having both options! I wouldn't have been surprised if he said 'no' to the idea. 

I’m glad to have both versions, for sure

I actually think I’ll be putting the film version of “Learning the Ropes” into my personal playlist. I understand why some find it jarring, but I think it’s kind of necessary to break up the otherwise samey quality of the score. And to be clear, I dearly love this score, but it can be repetitive. It helps I kinda like the groovy overlay and find it’s merging with the traditional orchestral writing very satisfying. 

Learning the Ropes, official* music video wow!
 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yT3B5zDJ3ktqZHS4Z1Z-e85q2x5uOHxF/view?usp=sharing
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
*not really

I listened to the main score program (not alternates yet) and really, really enjoyed it. The score as a whole feels nicely fleshed out, is not too repetitive to me and is a nice overall length at 53+ minutes. 
 
I really enjoy the nice woodwind writing and performances throughout the score, and the warmth of the writing throughout. I liked hearing the different keyboards sprinkled throughout the score in addition to the beautiful piano playing. There is the Randy Kerber celeste sound in some tracks, there is the harpsichord bits which are fun, and then some other synth noises, similar or the same as the synth 'chime' (?) sounds in Home Alone and reminding me of the synth bell noise in 'Hide and Seek' from ChatGPT A.I. 
 
It's a beautiful score with a lot of nice intimate moments, along with more grand flourishes of romanticism. Really happy to have this expansion! 

Inspired by the gorgeous La La Land release of Sabrina, I put together a lead sheet of "Moonlight" that some of you may enjoy.
 
The version I transcribed this from is the Sting one in A major. Initially, I attempted to precisely capture his melodic syncopations--which are pervasive, and essential to the effect of the song in that performance. But pretty quickly I decided for a very rhythmically simplified rendering, the kind typical of an actual lead sheet. The chord symbols and transcription of the intro vamp are true to what we hear in the recording though, I think. 
 
 

 
 

 
 
If anyone spots any errors, which I'm sure there are some, point them out. Enjoy!
 
 

Delivered and listening on the sofa with a cup of hot tea.

I just got through the main program: it’s unlikely to change the mind of anyone that didn’t already enjoy OST, but for anyone that did, it’s nicely fleshed out, with plenty of lovely moments that didn’t make the original album.
 
Now on to the alternates and disc 2!

Oh no, it looks like a LLL printing error has Sabrina missing her teeth as well. 

Meanwhile, I can give you all the premier release of the actual cover art for the sequel to Sabrina....
 

Short Round Doesn't Help 😞

Album track titles:
 
Disk 1:
1. Ride to the Nazi Castle
2. Indy Escapes
3. The German Train
4. On the Bridge / British Relief
5. Basil’s Dilemma
6. Helena’s Theme
7. Indy Rides the Subway
8. The Apollo Parade
9. Appearance of Sallah
10. A Thought for Helena / To Tangier
11. Helena Negotiates
12. Fast Streets of Tangier
13. Journey to Sicily
14. The Sicilian Way
15. Renaldo’s Introduction and the Swim to the Shipwreck
 
Disk 2:
1. Eels!
2. Renaldo’s Noble End
3. The Temple of Destiny
4. The Intelligent Man Will Pass
5. The Mirror Room: Dusk
6. Dial of the Fates
7. The Portal Appears
8. Forward to Millenium Past
9. The Miracle of the Dial
10. Father and Goddaughter Reunited
11. Short Round’s Betrayal
12. Teddy’s Death and Nazi Attack
13. Short Round’s Dark Deeds
14. Helena’s Demise
15. Empire of Evil (Voller’s theme)
 
 
 

Man I'd love to hear the full (film) version of 'Na'vi Attack.' With the extra Payakan's theme as he smashes up the ship, and Jake's initial charge.

It's a weird one. Most of the unused music in the first film is like, "Yeah, that would have been unnecessary." But the unused parts of this cue would have straight-up ruined the scene with their zaniness. The tracked music in the final cut works infinitely better. Much scarier.
 
That being said, I enjoy the cue on its own—particularly when the carnivore theme comes crashing back in at the end.

Back to Sabrina.
Did you know that the Sabrina theme itself, has 3 interlocking "tarnhelm" progressions*?
I tackle with this in my doctoral dissertation.

Weird. I love it how Williams uses such unexpected harmonies, very unusual too for a romantic theme.
 
*it's the main harmonic progression of i-bvi we find in Darth Vader's theme.

This has turned into the stupidest thread about an expansion ever. Not only has the joke run out of steam, but the coal car is empty, the company supplying the coal has gone into chapter 11 restructuring, the coal mine has been depleted of all its economically recoverable ore, and, um, Congress passed an anti-coal bill with rare bipartisan support.

Sabrina is many things...but one thing she is certainly not...

This was a great cap. Williams and Spielberg just looking back on the people that have been touched be their work. It's insane how good J 'Dubs looks in these. When his eyes light up and widen when he gets excited about something, he looks like he did 20 years ago.

It was a brand new release, so I can't see the difference. 

You tell me.
 
 
 
 

CDs 2-15 will consist of "(In The) Moonlight" Tantric Sex Mix, which will have a running time of eighteen and one half hours.

Williams and Spielberg look like they're about to do a more casual version of the Spider-Man pointing meme.
 

 

 
bonus pic:
 

"And you're in and out of there in, like, an hour."
"Wow."
"Yeah, no, shit's incredible. It's like I'm back in college."
"And what did you say this was called again?"
"LASIK."
"Gotcha."
 

TERMINATOR: DARK SABRINA
 
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SABRINA
 
HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF SABRINA
 
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY SABRINA
 
STAR TREK VI: THE UNDISCOVERED SABRINA