Taikomochi

Disc 3 explains so much about the score. A fascinating listening.

I assume it’s because that was taken from the film stems, and the film stems faded into the opening of Farewell Neverland, so there was no other way to include it because they couldn’t be separated. 

I assume it’s because that was taken from the film stems, and the film stems faded into the opening of Farewell Neverland, so there was no other way to include it because they couldn’t be separated. 

Just lots of extremely jarring edits. If you haven’t listened to it, I’d recommend listening to the film version of Battle of Syracuse, which, imo, is the worst offender. There’s also lots of these weird, artificial reverb cuts they did on some of the cues to stretch them out, I guess. There isn’t really any editing around it, and it sounds like shit. Also tons of looping which is nearly impossible to remove in many cases. 
 

She sang the exact same lyrics as Bobbi Page's recording.

WAAAAAAY easier said than done. Trying to combine the two sources is pretty dirty work. The OST and iso each have tons of small snips all over them. It’s very difficult to restore all of them, particularly when the two have slightly different mixes. You often get audible changes in the reverb when cutting between the two. So a lot of judgment calls have to be made - is this distortion/edit in the iso bad enough that it’s worth editing around? Is the edit I created to try to incorporate all the various inserts organic or is it so distracting that it derails the music? I am mostly done with my first “draft”, and I believe I’ve lost about 5 minutes of music, stuff like all the awkward inserts in the Battle of Syracuse, since I threw my hands in the air and deferred to the OST for that section. I’m going to try to create a film version edit to keep as a bonus track, but we’ll see. 
 
I am not a trained music/sound editor, though, so others may have an easier time. I’m also using Audacity, which is not the most user friendly.

Right exactly, the speed difference is soooooooooo slight it's nothing anyone would really notice... until you're trying to line up cues visually for editing

Yeah my edit is just the opening that transitions into the OST as soon as possible, including that ending section. I am very impressed with the way this album was assembled overall, aside from being too short. It’s a miracle they made it as coherent as it is with how scrambled the score is in film.  

Regardless, 2:28 to the end of the “Tuk Tuk Chase” OST track is one of my favorite spots on the album, and I’d even go so far as to say one of my favorite things from him in years. I was bummed it mostly didn’t make it into the film, but this is one of those cases where I think JW absolutely nailed the album track. So thankful that he put it on there.

Believe is super beautiful. I was expecting to find all the songs too corny to enjoy, but this one is actually touching (the others are good in their own goofy way). I would much rather have had this make the cut than the songs that did. What could have been!

🥲 something lovely happened.
 
i was listening to ‘when you are alone instrumental’ sitting on the floor looking at the window alongside my 15 month old daughter.
 Halfway through, i couldnt help it and started singing the lyrics. Then she looks at me, smiles and embraces me resting her little head with mine.
 
🫶🏼

Believe is super beautiful. I was expecting to find all the songs too corny to enjoy, but this one is actually touching (the others are good in their own goofy way). I would much rather have had this make the cut than the songs that did. What could have been!

I cannot take seriously anyone who unironically uses the word “woke”. Please search for other words to communicate your opinions.

I get the frustration about expanded JW not being able to stream... On the other hand, if it were... maybe "the higher ups" would decide there'd be no need for a physical product.
 
Pick your poison. 

For anyone with more than passing knowledge of these scores it still sounds extremely disjointed and bitty, a bit of cue from here and a bit from there. In the film the sound effects, dialogue etc. might hide some of it but on its own the cues cobbled together (whoever did it) sounds like a pretty awful mishmash. I would have taken original music interpolating some of the older Indy themes over this any day.

The Battle of Syracuse is unlistenably chopped up in the film. I really don’t understand the wave of comments about how much better it is in the film except that it is longer. The Airport I get. The extended film version is largely untouched and rocks. Battle of Syracuse, though, is honestly better in its album arrangement. What’s in the film is like a child with ADHD screaming at different cars on the street. The sound editors murdered this one.

Wow. I'm only up to Farewell Neverland on Disc 2. I had no idea I'd be hearing so much new stuff! Seriously, it seems like it's filled with bits and pieces I've never heard before. Wow. 
 
I've had several versions of this score throughout the years, and not only is the sound quality excellent, the packaging and presentation is/are great, I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M HEARING NEW-TO-ME HOOK MUSIC! 😀
 
To everyone involved in this release, bravo and thank you! 
 
I almost don't want to listen to Disc 3, because after that it'll be over. 😥
 
What with seeing lovely Bernard Cribbins make his last appearance in Doctor Who on Saturday, then Taylor Swift being in my neck of the woods Sunday night, and the Packers winning, and Hook arriving Monday... It's been an emotional week! 
 
(Guys, Taylor was less than half an hour away from me!! ❤️) 
 
Edited to add... Maggie actress Amber Scott, vocalist on When You're Alone, is 39 now, and wowzers! 

I have now reached "The Never-Feast (Film Version)" -- I found myself literally holding my breath at the point where that wonderful festive section plays... Ahhhhh, no weird edit from the various amateur attempts to piece this together over the years. What a relief!  And what a glorious cue!

Nah. There are some EXCELLENT statements of the Archimedes and Syracuse motifs that I wouldn’t dare miss.

The Battle of Syracuse is unlistenably chopped up in the film. I really don’t understand the wave of comments about how much better it is in the film except that it is longer. The Airport I get. The extended film version is largely untouched and rocks. Battle of Syracuse, though, is honestly better in its album arrangement. What’s in the film is like a child with ADHD screaming at different cars on the street. The sound editors murdered this one.

The Battle of Syracuse is unlistenably chopped up in the film. I really don’t understand the wave of comments about how much better it is in the film except that it is longer. The Airport I get. The extended film version is largely untouched and rocks. Battle of Syracuse, though, is honestly better in its album arrangement. What’s in the film is like a child with ADHD screaming at different cars on the street. The sound editors murdered this one.

It is unknown who sang those.  None of the paperwork from 1991 had this information.  Mike made every possible attempt to find out, but no leads resulted in any answers. 
 
We're actually hoping this release might cause those two singers to come out of the woodwork and identify themselves!

The Battle of Syracuse is unlistenably chopped up in the film. I really don’t understand the wave of comments about how much better it is in the film except that it is longer. The Airport I get. The extended film version is largely untouched and rocks. Battle of Syracuse, though, is honestly better in its album arrangement. What’s in the film is like a child with ADHD screaming at different cars on the street. The sound editors murdered this one.

The opening third is the worst offender. It feels like a complete cut and paste job of schizophrenic borrowing, not just from the Indy scores but from the likes of Minority Report and War of the Worlds as well.
 
I can't believe cobbling together the prologue from such little snippets of Indiana Jones music was very satisfying.
 
The rest 2/3 of the score when it steers into new writing has some quite excellent moments in it. Not on the level of the previous Indy scores but still very nice.