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I can’t believe they went with playmates for the figures. They look like bootleg figures. And some are crappy molds.

Pre-ordered the CD. Yeah I could do without the narration as well but that’s Giacchino’s intended preference for the whole project.

i was a bit tongue in cheek with my response, but I grew up where short soundtracks were the norm. If that’s all that was available, then I bought it. I was a bit tongue in cheek with my response. I grew up with the 30 min soundtrack so having short albums was the norm. And even though I enjoyed them, I’d get a bit frustrated over missing music. Imagine coming home with the 2 LP of Superman and realizing the helicopter sequence was missing. Not to continue to beat this dead horse, but I never really cared about Album Presentation or a composer’s artistic choice. The album is going to flow, regardless of whether it’s the complete score or an arrangement by the composer. I’m interested in everything the composer wrote for the film. The music in a complete presentation flows just fine for me.

And I laugh and laugh and laugh as it slowly burns...

no, I have a ceremony where I burn it for it’s poor representation.

Mines fine. every once and a while I’ll get a cd where a track or 2 may not rip correctly. I just give my drive a 5 minute rest and retry and it works just fine.

I pitch the original album, it’s worthless once the complete score is released. Now there are exceptions but the labels usually include the original album with the expanded release if it’s a truly unique recording. And personally I don’t waste my time recreating anything. I admire those who take the time to edit and recreate but I’m satisfied with what the labels decide for the most part.

Rest In Peace good sir.

I use the same rule I would for anything in my life. As you get closer to someone you start to open up about things. But if I feel there’s nothing there as far as continuing a relationship, then I’m not going to talk about my personal life too much. Of course I haven’t dated in 20 years, I’m not allowed to. Pity, you should have kept her. My significant other was quite impressed with him when she met him.

probably the closest we’ll get to Williams scoring a Kaiju film.

either one.

When Intrada released the 2 disc set, I originally thought that a lot of missing music had been “reconstructed” from existing material, or re-used from other scenes. Sometimes hearing it mixed in the film makes it hard to discern what’s tracked from existing material. I’m anxious to dive into this.

😄 I actually have one cd that came in a “chubby” case. It was from The Artistry of Akira Ifukube series, a 2 disc set. But yeah, in between a regular jewel case and the old thick double clamshells.

Maybe they moved all the alternates to a separate disc.

Sometimes I look back and think to myself, I never thought I’d triple dip for certain scores. now if only someone could find the missing tapes for The Satan Bug.

Yep, when he rescues LJ’s wife and the hangman sequence, also where they dump the gold pieces on the Celts.

Never heard of Winegard until he got the directing gig. Looks like a few films got their dates pushed back besides this one. WW84 got pushed back again.

You were close........

I’d ask if there was a chance of releasing a comprehensive disc of Williams works for NBC, news, Olympics, football.

Oh well, my wallet thanks them for saving me money and not having to buy BW.

Giacchino, Christophe Becke or Joe Kraemer. Bruce Broughton as a dark horse candidate.

Too bad they didn't use the Mad Mad Mad World styled artwork for the cover. That cover artwork says more about the film than the original artwork. Score's fantastic though.

Some random alarm Apple haas on the iPhone. I was using Prelude / Outer-space from Herrmann’s The Day The Earth Stood Still, but the opening bars scared my wife wide awake. So she made me change it.

It’s funny though, non of the prequel scores were nominated. Granted Williams did have other scores nominated instead.

TROS is a very weak score. There’s nothing that really stands out and grabs you. I blame some of that on the film but Silvestri should have been rewarded with a nomination instead.