Marian Schedenig

It is what it is, and it's probably niche enough that we must be happy to get it for any price (though considering how quickly it sold out, perhaps not that niche after all). But it'll still cost me about €200 in the end, I expect.

Wow… I'm glad I didn't hesitate (and that I read about it just in time)… That it is I guess, but I'm still a bit miffed that it seems to be included 1:1 when I waited a long time to see if a full release was coming out and finally gave in and bought it last year.

I suppose the original raw assets might well be lost, or maybe they never were stored in high quality to begin with. I haven't followed reports about the remaster though. Perhaps he'll talk a bit about at at Reboot Develop next month. Huh? You mean the cinematic sequences? They look good to me in the trailer - not like mere upscales? Don't forget Grim Fandango! And yes, those surely were special. On the other hand, Revolution are also making a *new* BS game simultaneously (I think?). That's the one I'm mostly looking forward to anyway.

"Ellen, I have no memory of this whatsoever." "I am so hungry."

Everybody's favourite cello concerto usually seems to be Elgar's, which does nothing for me. Dvorak's however is gorgeous. Though I'm not sure where I'd rank it among his final three symphonies. Some ~25 years ago it was used to great effect in an Austrian bank commercial:

And entirely new programme, eh? Let's hope that's (partly) because he's doing another DG album (and the previous programme is coming out soon…)

"Your order is confirmed" "Official Release Date: April 26, 2024." "Expected to ship in May 2024."

Pirates is a must!

Interesting. It would of course be nice to get the full original concerto plus the actual film tracks as well.

Ah, another one of those concert work style structured Young albums? He did it for Bless the Child (using the Requiem mass structure), so I imagine he'd like this album to stick to his format, too. It worked well for Bless the Child in any case.

Not films, but… "I've got the key to the gates of paradise... but I've got too many legs!" "Oy with the poodles already!"

Happy double centenary, Anton Bruckner!

One relevant difference is that Uhura being black and Uhura being female were groundbreaking at the time (and still entirely common nowadays). Making her black and female was a deliberate choice and statement. Bond being a white male was ever just… normal.

"Janning, to be sure, is a tragic figure. We believe he *loathed* the evil he did. But compassion for the present torture of his soul must not beget forgetfulness of the torture and death of millions by the government of which he was a part. Janning's record and his fate illuminate the most shattering truth that has emerged from this trial. If he and the other defendants were all depraved perverts - if the leaders of the Third Reich were sadistic monsters and maniacs - these events would have no more moral significance than an earthquake or other natural catastrophes. But this trial has shown that under the stress of a national crisis, men - even able and extraordinary men - can delude themselves into the commission of crimes and atrocities so vast and heinous as to stagger the imagination. No one who has sat through this trial can ever forget. The sterilization of men because of their political beliefs... The murder of children... How *easily* that can happen! There are those in our country today, too, who speak of the "protection" of the country. Of "survival". The answer to that is: *survival as what*? A country isn't a rock. And it isn't an extension of one's self. *It's what it stands for, when standing for something is the most difficult!* Before the people of the world - let it now be noted in our decision here that this is what *we* stand for: *justice, truth... and the value of a single human being!*"

"New shit has come to light, man."

Are you sure you're on the right website?

Fixed.

The Target Practice - A Tall Ship - Plot Course triplet is one of my favourite chunks out of all Goldsmith scores. And among the best sounding ones, too.

"Ja, warum richten Sie Ihre Walther auf mein Hoden?"

If you're talking about The Cloud, V'Ger Flyover, and The Forcefield, that's my favourite part of the score, along with Spock Walk - maybe even before The Enterprise.

Fingers crossed.

As I remember, Brossé was supposed to conduct it at the Barbican in 2004, but it was replaced by Bronco Bustin'. Not much action mode. Mostly wilderness and bear terror.

Too late for that, I suppose. I don't think you can lower your goal once the Kickstarter campaign has started, and if they don't reach their goal, they get nothing. Best they could do is probably run follow-up campaign with a lower goal; question is how many of those who backed this one would bother to try again (I would).