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I don't think so because the 2001 DVD is not the same as the 1999 theatrical edition, so it couldn't have come from a film print. According to IMDb, the 1999 japanese laserdisc is the only released version of the theatrical edition (which I assume it was sourced from a film print).

May shed some light on the new 4K remasters. This guy, Bill Hunt, apparently knows his shit quite well. SW: https://thedigitalbits.com/item/star-wars-a-new-hope-uhd Empire: https://thedigitalbits.com/item/star-wars-the-empire-strikes-back-uhd Jedi: https://thedigitalbits.com/item/star-wars-return-of-the-jedi-uhd Phantom: https://thedigitalbits.com/item/star-wars-the-phantom-menace-uhd Clones: https://thedigitalbits.com/item/star-wars-attack-of-the-clones-uhd Sith: https://thedigitalbits.com/item/star-wars-revenge-of-the-sith-uhd

Yes, the original Eric Tomlinson recordings of SW and ESB were pissed on remixed by John Neal for the original 77 and 80 album. Jedi used the original Tomlinson mix. I never understood why John Neal got Raiders right for the 1981 album, which was also recorded by Eric Tomlinson, but failed to do the same for SW and ESB. Raiders is the only case where I prefer the John Neal album remix over Eric Tomlinson's original mix, as heard on the 95 DCC release.

My God, didn't even remember I worked on this. It's been 3 years already?? How time flies! Thanks for bringing that up, @Jay. Now that memories about this are coming back, I do recall it was a real pain in the @ss to sort this out. I actually splitted all the 5 takes to make it easier to go back and forth and figure out which take was used and where. Believe it or not, that was more laborious than working on the editing itself. For the editing I just used good old Cool Edit Pro 2.1 (now called Adobe Audition) because it's so much easier to work with, and I upsampled all from 16bit to 24bit as recommended when editing because of quantization errors when manipulating digital audio, and kept the original sampling rate of 44.1kHz all the way. It was indeed a more pleasent listening experience than the already assembled track 2 of the 97 SE CD1. However, when the 2018 release came out, I didn't realize how "bright" the raw takes from the 97 SE sounded. The dismaster version sounds better to me, so I kind of forgot about my own assembly as time went on. BTW, when it comes to the OT's OST, the dismasters are indeed my got versions to when it comes to SW and Jedi (Jedi specially), and partially when it comes to Empire. I just wished they used the actual album take of "Detention Block Ambush" portion of the "The Last Battle" track. They used the film take instead.

Let's not call him Shawn Murphy anymore. Let's cal him "Maclunky".

Yes. Specially with the ones he recorded himself. But it's still baffling to me what happened to ESB. Take for instance "The Asteroid Field". Murphy's remix for the 2005 "Musical Journey" DVD was great. Then it got completely f*cked up in the dismaster. Literally that track alone is the dismaster of all the dismasters. Why couldn't he just stick with what he did in 2005??

I must admit, even though SW is the most consistent of all of the SE regarding sound quality, I don't like the SE sound very much. I prefer the Anthology and the dismaster. About the prequels, I don't listen to them that much, but I much prefer "Duel of the Fates" from the dismaster to the 99 OST.

I don't know why the 2018 releases are called "dismasters". They only botched ESB, but not all tracks. SW and RoTJ both sounds great to me, specially RoTJ. My biggest quarell about the 2018 remaster of SW is that they didn't include the actual album take of the "Detention Block Ambush" section of "The Last Battle" track. I'd love to listen to an improved remaster of it.

Vinyl again?? Jesus! Didn't we have a vinyl for the 40th anniversary, with the Sony's so called "remaster" from the original album tapes? (yes, I simply hate to called it a remaster, but technically, and ONLY technically, that's what the 2016/2017 release is).

I heard the tripods in WOTW were the ones who actually brought that virus here. Maybe a future OST expansion will carry a sample of the virus in the bonus section.

Underneath her costume...

Far out! And away...

Since this is the main franchise, not a spinoff, there must be names from the old days attached to it, both in front of and behind the cameras. Kathleen Kennedy is not stupid and knows better than this. In front of the cameras we still have Harrison Ford. Behind the cameras, the only name left is JW. So I guess we're ok... as long as he brings back "The Adventures of Mutt". Otherwise, bring in Giacchino!

Agreed. But I kind of missed the tech details, like Mike included on Towering Inferno, as Poseidon here sounds significantly better than the 2010 release (and all past releases). Was it a new source material that was found? I hope he can elucidate it some day.

https://johndadlez.com/MP3/JohnWilliamsDisasterCollection/TheToweringInferno/1_24_THE.mp3 Did I hear a "Han Solo and the Princess" at around 0:08?

That's right, I think it was from there. I loved those interviews here. In here, it seems that more direct questions were asked, and his answers were more detailed also. Podcasts are too long and filled with generic questions, and the details we want to know about a specific release are buried somewhere in the hours long audio. But anyway, I think it's important that fresh digital transfers of tapes are made for a new release, if they are in proper conditions. From the Decca release to the Intrada one it's 15 years apart. I believe there weren't many advances in analog tape machines that allow for a significant better transfer, but DACs certainly are way more advanced. It kinds of bothers me little when I read that a previous digital transfer was used for a release, like the 2008 FSM Superman (where a transfer from 2000 was used) and the 2016 LLL Jurassic Park (that used the 2013 transfers). I prefer when it's 100% MM supervised, from the transfer to the mastering... but that's probably my OCD speaking.

I could swear I read somewhere that they made a new digital transfer of the tapes for the Intrada release instead of using the raw transfers made in 2000.

Nice to know about this. Curious to know how MM worked with the damaged tracks from the bonus section of the FSM release. And what about Poseidon? Did he gave any details in advance as to how they sound compared to the 2010 LLL release?

I was too! It was indeed very touching.

One gigantic set, many years from now, when Disney will finally have bought everything there is to buy in the entertainment business.

Nice! I hope Poseidon will sound better than the 2010 release. Even if it's mostly in stereo, the 1995 mono bootleg sounds better to me.

Exactly my thought. Of all the re-runs of a JW scored film a saw in a theater, I can't remember when (or if) I watched those at home again. In a 5 years period I saw E.T., CE3K, Jaws, JP, Private Ryan, Empire of the Sun, Superman and now Raiders. Except for JP, Sun and Ryan, I don't remember watching or wanting to watch any of the others at home since.

I caught a screening of Raiders of the Lost Ark early this afternoon. I had such a great time, it was such a wonderful experience. JW score sounded the best I've ever heard, so powerful. It nearly blew me out of my seat. I never imagined it could have sounded that good. It was an early afternoon screening, so the theater was quite empty (thank God!). I filmed the Map Room sequence to keep a "souvenir" of the experience. I wasn't expecting much, but when I watched just now I was amazed at how good the phone captured the ambience of being in the theater (it's a Galaxy S10, btw). Well... just check it for yourselves. And share your experience too.

Yes. It's puzzling how JW come up with those ideas. However, in the case of "Visions of Anne Lively" it worked well, as I prefer it over "Another Vision". I think he also did it with Raiders 1981 OST with "Well of the Souls", when at some point it cuts to a portion of "In the Idol's Temple" then goes back to the ending of "Well of the Souls". But in that case it didn't worked at all! One more to the "JW's worst OST decisions".