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I think we should rename my "John Williams Temple Of Doom cue names" thread into "Official Sheet music analysis and discussion thread" or something along those lines and have this conversation over there
Hmmmmmmmmm, no.
Neil
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Instant cauterization!
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I search Amazon, Soundtrack Collector etc. looking for covers.
Me too.
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I've discovered something over the years: I am not average.
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I just checked the companies website and they don't make it anymore. It's a device that hooks up to my USB port on my computer and then outputs digitally via a fiber optic or coaxial connector. It came with 30 foot runs of both wires, so I just run a coaxial line to my stereo. I'm happy with the results.
Neil
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My computer is digitally hooked up to my stereo. There's no loss in quality and I can play any album at anytime. My iPod can control iTunes. It's so nice.
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I prefer the labels issue expanded scores on CD. I don't really like the idea of download only.
If they were released as lossless files I'd be thrilled. What do I do with CDs now? I buy them and then put them on the computer and never play the CD again. It's such a waste. I don't need a physical disc. I find myself much more interested in the booklets now though.
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It's a 2 CD set, but disc 2 is the original album and other bonus cues. You might have time to hear the full score which runs 56:56 or 90:24 with the bonus cues.
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They can't both be great?
Lately, (and this was before KOCS) "The Raiders March" has started to bore me. Superman always clicks for me, though.
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Superman, of course. It evokes, "Truth, justice and the American way" and fully captures the spirit of a worldwide phenomenon. The Superman character existed for 40 years without this theme and yet it seems like it was always part of him, it is so entrenched in our minds.
Indy is good, but Superman is great.
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The Shure's are very nice, I'm just not happy with the maintenance needed on them. I think this design may have been changed, but don't quote me on that.
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Lately for casual listening I've been using the Skullcandy Titan earphones. I have a nice pair of Shure's, but they are all about maintenance and I spend more time replacing the poorly designed wax guard then enjoying music with them, it seems. The Skullcandy 'buds got a nice review in a publication I trust and I had a Target gift card, so I went with them. I think they're good.
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That's the nicest thing anyone's ever said about Steef.
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It's not a knock against you. Just saying you don't obsess over music at a site devoted to a musician is a little absurd, that's all.
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8700 posts at JWFan.com say otherwise.
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I want to see the version of that scene that Williams scored.
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You're right. The recording engineers screwed up - Elfman claims purposefully - the recording of his score such that you lose whole sections of the orchestra and others all of a sudden come out of no where, which is really apparent on the soundtrack recording. Listen to the OMPS and then listen to the Cincinnati Pops recording of some of the Batman score and you'll hear what he means. The recording engineers for the OMPS butchered it.
Could you locate the exact source on that? I'd be interested in reading that.
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A little bit of both actually. The film mix has never sounded good to me, and there is just too much music in that movie that it annoys after awhile. The album is entertaining though.
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Do they wear intimidating sunglasses and speak in an unaturally clipped accent?
I'm 100% intimidating.
And to get this back on topic. The Batman album is very good, I just don't like the music as heard in the film.
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It's easy to split those combined artworks, just take a screen cap of the one you want.
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I had my entire collection on a HDD, in 320kbps. Unfortunately, said HDD decided to commit suicide late last year, so I'm going to redo it in lossless very shortly.
Yes, I plan on getting a back up ASAP.
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I agree. And in fact, lossless can exceed the CD limitation of 16 bit/44.1!
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In fact, I'm sure Apply has acknowledged at some point that burning to a CD and re-ripping is a way of getting the music DRM free. There's a direct admission that the system isn't foolproof, so why the f**k try to keep the smokescreen up?
If you re-rip you either lose quality or have a much larger file to transfer. It's more of a speed bump than a deterrent.
Of course, are these opinions still valid since Apple also sells many DRM-free files that are also higher bit rate?
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Superman, of course.
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