Indiana Jones Soundtrack Release?

[Nick Parker 3,017]

Does anyone else have a suspicion that Concord plans to release the Compact Discs for the "Indiana Jones Trilogy" (hopefully to be given the "Star Wars: Special Edition" treatment) to coincide with the Digital Versatile Disc release of "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" on the fourteenth of October?

[MrScratch 292]

It's entirely possible, we know there is more Indiana Jones merchandise yet to come. I've been playing LEGO Indiana Jones the past couple weeks and hearing all this unreleased ToD music in the game has given me hope that maybe we will get expanded releases later this year. Someone somewhere dusted off the old tapes and cleaned them up for commercial use.

[Williamsfan301 11]

Aren't you alittle old for LEGO's, Scratch?

[FattyMcButterpants 1]

"Digital Versatile Disc"?

Do you have a bit too much fun with a new keyboard? 'Cause for me, "DVD" is really sufficient.

[King Mark 2,924]

oh that's what DVD means...always good to know

[Koray Savas 2,095]

CD is also sufficient instead of Compact Discs.

It would be great if they could just have a 6-Disc Box Set for the first 3 scores. I also want the Complete Adventure Collection on blu-ray, but stupid George Lucas doesn't want it that way.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,765]

I also want the Complete Adventure Collection on blu-ray, but stupid George Lucas doesn't want it that way.

Patience.

[Ollie 859]

Aren't you alittle old for LEGO's, Scratch?

Hey, the Lego game is fun.

[Henry B 49]

I couldn't stand it. Very boring.

[John Crichton 4]

They are fun, though they've only been rentals for me instead of purchases.

[Koray Savas 2,095]

I played the demo of it on my PS3. It's a terrible game. If it was just a normal game and not mmmkaying legos, then I would enjoy it.

[MrScratch 292]

Aren't you alittle old for LEGO's, Scratch?

Hey, the Lego game is fun.

It is fun, except for the glitches! My wife and I play it together though, I don't think I'd enjoy it much by myself.

I also want the Complete Adventure Collection on blu-ray, but stupid George Lucas doesn't want it that way.

Patience.

Yep, all the DVD double dipping that studios do now (and it is not just Lucas by any means) has caused me to simply stop buying things the first time around and just wait. It works out because then you find out what you truly want because some things I never even get around to buying.

[Marian Schedenig 5,520]

I played the demo of it on my PS3. It's a terrible game. If it was just a normal game and not mmmkaying legos, then I would enjoy it.

Say again?

[Luke Skywalker 1,286]

I played the demo of it on my PS3. It's a terrible game. If it was just a normal game and not mmmkaying legos, then I would enjoy it.

Say again?

He would like the game if it consisted in building virtual lego sets, i suppose.

Eliminating all the fun the real sets have.

[MissPadmé 17]

I played the demo of it on my PS3. It's a terrible game. If it was just a normal game and not mmmkaying legos, then I would enjoy it.

Say again?

He would like the game if it consisted in building virtual lego sets, i suppose.

Eliminating all the fun the real sets have.

I think he means he would llike it if this Indygame hasn't to da anything with Lego!

Not harming the fun of the lego sets with his comment atall

[Marian Schedenig 5,520]

I think he means he would llike it if this Indygame hasn't to da anything with Lego!

That's what I thought. And I can't see what could possibly be wrong with Lego...

[Richard Penna 2,084]

Aren't you alittle old for LEGO's, Scratch?

Hey, the Lego game is fun.

It is fun, except for the glitches! My wife and I play it together though, I don't think I'd enjoy it much by myself.

I also want the Complete Adventure Collection on blu-ray, but stupid George Lucas doesn't want it that way.

Patience.

Yep, all the DVD double dipping that studios do now (and it is not just Lucas by any means) has caused me to simply stop buying things the first time around and just wait. It works out because then you find out what you truly want because some things I never even get around to buying.

I don't really buy movies any more full stop, and not just because DVD is about to be overtaken. I find that once I've seen a movie... that's it. I might watch it a few times in the future to refresh, but then what? If I see a movie on TV that I haven't watched for ages, I watch it, then that's it for another 5 years.

My DVD collection is around 60 movies, and a huge number of them are movies I've seen a million times that I picked up cheap before High Def really picked up. A good proportion of them will not be viewed any time soon, so really, what's the point?

[MrScratch 292]

I don't really buy movies any more full stop, and not just because DVD is about to be overtaken.

Physical formats are going bye bye, I'm not even considering getting blu-ray ever. Everything will eventually be downloadable and Blu Ray discs too will be obsolete, its just a matter of time. Bandwidths and hard drives are ever-increasing, in 10 years time who knows how much they'll be. Kids today are born with iPods and such, eventually us physical format codgers will die off. The download generation is already taking over the market.

[John Crichton 4]

"You have to use your hands? That's like a baby's toy!"

[Marian Schedenig 5,520]

[John Crichton 4]

Yes, that's what I was looking for. Didn't Google hard enough, I guess.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,765]

I don't really buy movies any more full stop, and not just because DVD is about to be overtaken.

Physical formats are going bye bye, I'm not even considering getting blu-ray ever. Everything will eventually be downloadable and Blu Ray discs too will be obsolete, its just a matter of time. Bandwidths and hard drives are ever-increasing, in 10 years time who knows how much they'll be. Kids today are born with iPods and such, eventually us physical format codgers will die off. The download generation is already taking over the market.

Yeah, then your hard drive will stuff up and you'll lose everything.

Physical formats aren't going anywhere.

[Richard Penna 2,084]

Backups Drax... backups.

I haven't bought a physical CD since the last Doctor Who album, and I download quite a lot of Blu-ray rips which are miles ahead of DVD quality (will have blu-ray playback when we get a PS3, or I upgrade my computer, whichever is first).

Scratch is right in one area - my brother just bought a 1TB hard drive for about £100. Besides, think how much we'll save the environment by banishing plastic discs...

[Unlucky Bastard 7,765]

Yeah right, I'm going to buy several other hard drives and constantly update them. Plus have we all forgotten the nice presentation of a CD set with cover artwork, pictures, liner notes, and all those things that make it feel special? Same goes for a Blu-Ray, etc.

Or is it just laziness on the new generation's part that everything must be downloaded and immediate?

The environment? CDs? This greenie thing is getting way too fanatical.

[MrScratch 292]

All those things will either be accepted or the problems ironed out over time. Yes, it's a matter of laziness or, to put it nicely: convenience. Look what you can do on cellphones now, hear a song, identify it and own it instantly. That is the future, children born into this technology are going to look at any physical format as an obsolete dinosaur. Sound quality & video quality will improve. Storage devices will increase in capacity and shrink in size. Things like copyright issues and profitability may delay it, but that is definitely where media is headed.

Scratch is right in one area - my brother just bought a 1TB hard drive for about £100.

Look at the history of data storage, capacity keeps going up and size keeps going down, seems like exponential growth. Remember when 1GB used to be a lot? In ten years 1TB will not be enough.

[Richard Penna 2,084]

Well yes, the packaging and artwork can be nice, and I do still buy occasional things that I consider really special - LotR:CRs for example, because of how far beyond the standard product they are.

But I really do think the future lies in downloading - the cost implications, and quality increases by not being constrained to the size of a disc, are factors that I think will drive it, on top of immediacy. I don't think it's all down to laziness, although having said that the last dedicated CD/DVD store in my town closed last year.

And I'm not a fanatical greenie I'm just on the side of the fence that believes we should maybe take a bit better care of this rock.

Look at the history of data storage, capacity keeps going up and size keeps going down, seems like exponential growth. Remember when 1GB used to be a lot? In ten years 1TB will not be enough.

Heck yeah. Really makes you laugh at floppies doesn't it. Wouldn't even fit an mp3 on one of those.

[Luke Skywalker 1,286]

Wood has had the same troubled face he put on LOTR since the very begginings

[Richard Penna 2,084]

His face has barely changed. Just stretch that picture vertically a little, and... Frodo?

[Red 73]

His face has barely changed. Just stretch that picture vertically a little, and... Frodo?

I don't think he has actually aged.

[Koray Savas 2,095]

Physical products aren't going anywhere in my lifetime. Those of you waiting for things to get better will always be waiting. It's like waiting for the next iPod, every 2 years they're gonna come out with a better one, so if you wait for the better one, you will always be waiting and never have one. Blu-ray is the definite format for at least the next decade, so I'm gonna enjoy my amazing picture and sound quality.

[Mattris 314]

I concur.

Downloading music/movies for the masses is not here yet. Compared to the physical formats, the quality is inferior and the cost is too high to justify its convenience. Most of the ways to acquire high-quality media are expensive, impractical, or illegal. There are websites that allow unlimited streaming of movies and music (for cheap or free). You just don't pay to own.

Regarding Indy scores, I suspect Concord Records will do George Lucas' bidding. IMO, they should be released again - but only if they're expanded or complete editions. Otherwise, it's a wasted opportunity.

[MissPadmé 17]

I concur.

Downloading music/movies for the masses is not here yet. Compared to the physical formats, the quality is inferior and the cost is too high to justify its convenience. Most of the ways to acquire high-quality media are expensive, impractical, or illegal. There are websites that allow unlimited streaming of movies and music (for cheap or free). You just don't pay to own.

Regarding Indy scores, I suspect Concord Records will do George Lucas' bidding. IMO, they should be released again - but only if they're expanded or complete editions. Otherwise, it's a wasted opportunity.

yes but uhhmm still no word about the release atall.. maybe it got cancelled? I can't imagine another fitting release date as togher with the DVDs... and those have been announced officially now

the next date could be the Indy blu-ray box.. and that's only rumored to be released in 2009.. so who knows

[Richard Penna 2,084]

Most of the ways to acquire high-quality media are expensive, impractical, or illegal.

IMO, that's only because the industry is too short-sighted and control freakish to realise how efficient digital distribution can be if the right resources are given to it. You can acquire a high definition movie over a torrent in hours - if that was made legal for some remuneration, that makes all three of those arguments mute.

Anyway, I'm not saying physical media will vanish overnight. Just that I think there is potential in digital distribution for those who want their content delivered that way, and I think as time goes on, the resources will be invested to make it more viable than it is now.

[John Crichton 4]

I still like holding a disc in my hand, I don't feel like I truly own it otherwise.

[Richard Penna 2,084]

Yes, I agree that holding something physical does give a feeling of ownership.

But you can also look at it from the POV of content that maybe isn't financially viable to physically mass produce because of small demand, just like we're getting a lot of itunes-only score releases, because of how little cost is comparatively involved. I'm just trying to give an idea of where I think new technologies like downloading will be useful in the future.

[John Crichton 4]

It could happen, but not anytime soon I don't think. My only iTunes purchase ever has been Roar. I was thinking of getting Dr. Horrible on there too, until I heard there would be a DVD release (but that's more for the extras than online vs. physical).

[MissPadmé 17]

well maybe if in the near future we don't have the limits of a certain amount of music (74-80 mins) on a CD, we could get longer soundtrack albums.. because the finacial effort of releasing 158 min of music digitally, via the internet compared to release a 2 CD album with packaging and booklet are nothing

[John Crichton 4]

That's a damn good point actually. Think beyond the single disc, and we might start getting more expanded/complete releases.

[Marian Schedenig 5,520]

well maybe if in the near future we don't have the limits of a certain amount of music (74-80 mins) on a CD, we could get longer soundtrack albums.. because the finacial effort of releasing 158 min of music digitally, via the internet compared to release a 2 CD album with packaging and booklet are nothing

I don't think the production costs for additional CDs are the problem, actually. It used to be (I remember the first CD release of Superman being available in a regular release at 74 minutes and a Japanese one at 78), but nowadays they throw in additional CDs just for screensavers and stuff.

For a long time, re-use fees were what kept CDs shorter than they should be, and from my understanding, that may still be valid for stuff recording in that time. But that doesn't seem to apply anymore these days, either.

Perhaps it's just the cost of the work spent on editing more music.

As for the environmental benefits of non-physical movies and music... I do like covers and booklets, especially for my CDs, but the fact that there would be significantly less trash with only distribution is a good point to slowly win me over (I don't see the fanaticism there, either). On the other hand, at least with CDs we can still do as we like, with Bluray there's already heavy monitoring by the technology and industry, and when they start distributing online (and they will soon), who knows what we can actually still do with the movies and music we pay for. Don't forget that they originally wanted to encode Bluray discs in a way that allowed you to play them on a single system only. They certainly didn't drop that "feature" because they thought themselves too evil.

[Koray Savas 2,095]

Yes, I agree that holding something physical does give a feeling of ownership.

But you can also look at it from the POV of content that maybe isn't financially viable to physically mass produce because of small demand, just like we're getting a lot of itunes-only score releases, because of how little cost is comparatively involved. I'm just trying to give an idea of where I think new technologies like downloading will be useful in the future.

You have some points, but you have to think there are still people that don't have internet in their homes, and as long as that is the case, nothing will go digital like the way you described.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,765]

I agree with Hanzy for a change.

[Richard Penna 2,084]

That's fair enough. Although Internet take-up will increase in the future and I do believe these things will happen eventually.

But I appreciate people like to buy physical things

[Ollie 859]

I prefer the physical item over a downloaded one. I even make CDRs for the stuff I've downloaded.

[Vaderbait1 1]

I like having something physical as well, but only because mp3s are of inferior quality and require me make an extra effort to burn them.

If I could purchase DRM-free music of super high quality that I actually OWN (instead of renting), I would do that instead.

[Richard Penna 2,084]

mp3 is high quality, unless you're referring to lossless.

Besides, I rarely find myself in a situation where I need a physical CD. All my listening is on the computer at home/work or on my phone.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251]

MP3 is a format from the 1980's, developed for use in computer games.

There are better options.

[King Mark 2,924]

320k MP3's (even 256) are good enough

All the other formats have limitations or restrictions

[indy4 152]

[Koray Savas 2,095]

;)

[Marian Schedenig 5,520]

320k MP3's (even 256) are good enough

All the other formats have limitations or restrictions

MP3 has limitations and restrictions. More than OGG does.