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Great! Now the perfectionist in me will feel compeled to buy E.T. again because "40th" is rounder than "35th".

And Indiana Jones. What a missed oportunity that 2008 release was...

The thing about JP is that there's not a single seriously faulty release, IMHO. I always loved the '93 OST regarding sound quality and music assembly. Loved to have extra music and improved sound in 2013. Loved to have even more music, chronological order and even more sound improvement in 2016. In sum, I think JP never "desperately" needed a new release from the start (unlike, let's say, ToD, which still does, BTW). Nevertheless this new edition deserves praise because of the level of attention and care that was put into it.

I wonder how they managed to "fix" that, since all of the aformentioned releases came from the stereo mixes.

For me too. I always loved the music when they first enter the visitor center and we see those huge dinosaurs skeletons. Good to know it's musically better linked with the previous cue.

The engineer who wrote that article also made a video that further explains this. It's REALLY interesting, very easy to follow. It sure debunked a lot of miths I thought were true regarding the "disadvantages" of digital audio. Xiph.Org Video Presentations: Digital Show & Tell

This could be an option for the new cover, right? It has T-Rex in it...

Besides the teeth, what else could be improved? The 2016 release sounds perfect already.

And the combined music from the sources Jay mentioned worked so well that I always thought it was original music.

Thanks, Jay. You're practically a living JW encyclopedia.

I was watching this masterpiece the other day. What an experience! It's incredible how it holds well to this day. I was wondering about the Gobi Desert sequence. I don't remember any mention of the music in any release. Was it combined from other cues? I'm sorry to resurrect the thread for such a dumb question...

It will be another Home Alone remaster.

Since it's tape sourced, it doesn't have the vinyl problems like background hum and some scratches (although minimal) which are audible on the Prometheus release, if you listen carefully. But either they got a very clean and perfectly preserved vinyl or they did an amazing restoration because that release always sounded great.

I wonder how much marijuana was consumed by JW and Yamash'ta when they were working on this.

I had to scrap what I just wrote because Jay has the fastest fingers on the internet.

Samples: https://quartetrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/01_In-Search-Of-Unicorns.mp3 https://quartetrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/03_Dogs-Ponies-And-Old-Ruins.mp3 https://quartetrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/05_Reflections.mp3 https://quartetrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/06_The-Killing-Of-Marcel.mp3 https://quartetrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/08_Blood-Moon.mp3 https://quartetrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/11_The-Waterfall-And-The-Final-Chapter.mp3 Those samples are promising, but also shows how amazing a well pressed vinyl can sound, judging from the source used for the 2008 release. I wonder why it wasn't approved by JW. Anyway, I love this movie. Arrow Video released it on blu-ray a few years ago sourced from an awesome 4K restoration and has one of the best video compressions I've ever seen in the format. It's great to have the soundtrack back in circulation again, and from a new source (AND composer approved).

Always the same thing.

Yes!! I always wondered how on earth a proper presentation of the sacrificial scenes unreleased music can be put together for an album presentation without excluding anything. Only MM can do this.

How often do I actually listen to Schindler’s List? Hardly ever. Too many names there. It takes forever to finish.

Well... yes, you're right. But ToD first. I was gonna say EXACTLY the same thing.

The only thing I need is a decent sounding ToD expanded release. Everything else, I can patiently and happily wait for. A dear friend of mine heard through the grapevines that there's some unreleased stuff from ToD floating around (not from the podcasts) that sounds so good that makes you wanna puke when you listen again to the 2008 god-awful sound quality. We need MM and Bruce Botnick urgently to work on ToD when the time comes.

Hmm. So I guess we're stuck with the Concord masters for... a while.

Does the music belongs to Disney? I know the films up to Indy 5 don't. But I have no clue about the music rights.

I like when a new Indy film is announced because it gives me hope of expanded editions of the trilogy. It happened back in 2008, so it may happen in 2022. Hope never dies (that's my mother-in-law).

I bet they sit by the fireplace and have a nice wine too.