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I’d shit the bed if it’s a box set of the entire series. 😄

Employee 3 is on the ball. Got my shipping notice.

Maybe it’s the concert? I know it got an LP release.

I do enjoy some of the Showa films but most are silly, campy films that appealed more to the younger version of myself. I do prefer the more serious approach but I also take into consideration Toho didn’t have the budget American films do. So there are things in the Heisei and Millennium series that come off silly that probably weren’t meant to be.

After watching Minus One this looks…. Well it looks bad…. Apparently Godzilla went on a slim fast diet. Each film has gotten a bit worse since the 2014 film.

Count me in too. I enjoyed Invincible as well.

Saw Minus One tonight, what a fantastic film. The acting and characters make this more than your typical Kaiju film. The influence of Jaws on this film is carried throughout the picture. Godzilla’s first appearance is a brutal sequence.

Well I got one the Quartet guesses right in regards to the composer. December 8th it is for their end of year.

Quartet is releasing the CD on Dec 8th.

Cool, one of the few Goldsmith releases I never picked up upon its original release. I’ve been holding off on grabbing it on the secondary market for many years.

Goldsmith: 13th Warrior Timeline Medicine Man Horner: Brainstorm McNeely: Terminal Velocity Silvestri: Quick and the Dead

New club titles Friday.

Just for fun….. Pink Panther or Return of the Pink Panther - Mancini Leviathan - Goldsmith Shot In The Dark - Mancini Exodus - Gold maybe another Michael Giacchino score that received a digital only release. I believe the have some Barry re-recordings in the works as well. Don't remember when they were to be done.

Michael Giacchino’s complete works.

I’d love a release but I don’t think it would generate the hype Hook does.

After LLL announced the first 4 releases, I figured # 5 had to be Hook. There was nothing else besides Star Wars or IJ that would be huge for Williams fans.

Wow, fantastic batch. All 5 are excellent.

Finish watching the 49ers vs Seahawks game. Then switch over to some college basketball. Might load the dishwasher too.

In the right hands they would added a bit more believable depth to the growing relationship between Anakin and Padme.

I’ll be honest and say the female version was a wasted film that could have had potential. It lacks the charm of the original film and wastes the talent of the cast. The main villain is weak as well.

TPM, while it may be contrived from ideas from other score from Williams past works, is still a fun score with a nice mixture of old and new themes. Duel of the Fates is the obvious hi-lite. The film is a mixture, visually impressive but a bit clunky, especially the Courascant scenes. The duel is one of the best but the film suffers from silly humor permeating the script, a few pop culture moments of the late 90’s as well. ROTS is the best of the prequels, in part of the fall of the republic and birth of Vader. I do wish Lucas would have stepped aside and let someone who could handle the dramatic material, direct. Hayden’s performance is a bit underwhelming at times, especially the moment he submits to Palpatine and his confrontation with Padme and Obi-Wan right before the duel. The duel is a bit comical and lacks the drama of Luke and Vader’s encounters in the OT. And the the thrill of TPM’s duel. The score is appropriately dark but Battle of The Heroes isn’t DOTF. And the reuse of The Duel from TESB comes across as bit uneven. But Williams hits the dramatic moments just right with the score. AOTC is a mess, both score and film. The failure to let Williams score the entire film, reusing battle music from Menace and dropping most of the arena cue was a huge error. Most of the deleted scenes should have been left in the film and others removed. The whole Clone thing isn’t properly addressed and 10 years later the bad guys are still trying to get Padme. There is NO chemistry between Anakin and Padme and he come across as a creepy teenage stalker. Again, Lucas should have deferred the director’s seat. The film’s digital look sticks out like a sore thumb. But it has less Jar Jar, and that’s a plus. The audience I saw it with laughed at the Yoda / Dooku duel, which I don’t think was the intended reaction. Sadly Williams score isn’t all that interesting. I blame a lot of that on Lucas. The Asteroid sequence relies more on sound than giving Williams a chance to shine and the chase thru courascant lacks any energy as a cue. The love theme wears itself out.

So it will be 2 disc set.

I like it but It’s obvious who the temp track was cobbled from. I had the original album and saw the film upon its release. I was naive at the time and kept looking for an “Additional Music by Alan Silvestri” credit.

It was my introduction to Sybil Danning. 😉