The Official La-La Land Records Thread

[Trent B 337]

So has anyone received their ID4 yet? USPS is taking their sweet ass time, it seems. I live in California not far from where LaLaLand ships, and still haven't gotten it. Grrr. lol.

That's surprising...well all I can say is just be patient and wait. Someone on Movie Music posted saying they got their copy from LLL today.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

Shipped. Well it looks like the mail's still working.

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

It says, "Captain Steven Hiller--LOSER..."

[paleo 63]

Just got my Independence Day CD (and autograph...).... So I'll be listening to music for the next couple of hours

[Richard Penna 3,694]

Hmm, could get to the UK by early/middle of next week then.

Damn the Atlantic.

[Trent B 337]

Hmm, could get to the UK by early/middle of next week then.

Damn that Iceland volcano!

Fixed.

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Just got my Independence Day CD (and autograph...).... So I'll be listening to music for the next couple of hours

That means I should be getting mine in the mail today. Hopefully!

[Andy 4,138]

Yep. Mine arrived too! Nice sig by Mr. Arnold.

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Got 'em!

[Richard Penna 3,694]

Grrrr.

[Jay 37,368]

Friday Night Lights has been pushed back again. Now coming out Sep 21 2010

[ManofDestiny 71]

It seems all you guys' copies arrived. Mine even haven't ship yet. I didn't receive any shipping notice. Strange.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

I haven't got mine yet. I probably won't see it for another week.

[Trent B 337]

It seems all you guys' copies arrived. Mine even haven't ship yet. I didn't receive any shipping notice. Strange.

I'd contact LLL about that then.

I haven't got mine yet. I probably won't see it for another week.

I haven't gotten my physical copy yet either. All though mine just shipped from Movie Music yesterday (Monday) so it should be here by Thursday at the latest.

[Jay 37,368]

I asked MV if he would be pre-announcing their May 11th titles today as is their custom, and he replied:

Probably not. Between personal stuff (i.e. new baby coming any day now) and work stuff I don't know when the May 11th titles will come be coming. I will let you guys know in advance, though. We hope to have both titles signed by their respective composers. If that happens it would be worth the delay! Both composers are new to our label.

MV

[Richard Penna 3,694]

Wow, already? I forgot they had another batch coming. Intrada and LLL in the same week again. Neat.

So both composers are new to LLL and are still alive. That rules out quite a lot.

[Jay 37,368]

And handily, you can sort the wikipedia table I created of all La La Land titles by composers to quickly see which composers the label has released before:

http://en.wikipedia....La_Land_Records

Some living composers never released on la la:

John Powell

Hans Zimmer

Harry Gregson-Williams

Howard Shore

Klaus Badelt

John Barry

Don Davis

John Debney

Elliot Goldenthal

Eric Serra

David Shire

Lalo Schifrin

Dario Marianelli

Ennio Morricone

Alexandre Desplat

[Ollie 1,059]

Here's two more;

James Horner

Craig Safan

[Charlie Brigden 7]

Here's two more;

James Horner

Craig Safan

Both of which scored a title I would love to have.

[Jay 37,368]

MV did say in an earlier thread that they were "small" releases. That is either another Michael Small clue, or its some obscure older movie, or recent video game / direct-to-dvd animated score type thing I bet.

[Ollie 1,059]

Here's two more;

James Horner

Craig Safan

Both of which scored a title I would love to have.

Well LaLaLand did say they have release coming that features the score and the rejected one as well.

For those wondering, the title we're talking about is Wolfen. Craig Safan wrote the first score which was rejected and Horner did the replacement.

[Jay 37,368]

La La Land will be releasing the Diary Of A Wimpy Kid soundtrack on July 20th

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B003K7TN58/jwfancom-20

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Some of the music I heard in the end credits was actually pretty good. Reminded me of Charlie Brown.

[ManofDestiny 71]

MV said my order is "a okay". But he didn't tell me if it was ship. OK, I can wait. I've been waiting for this score for half of my life.

[John Crichton 4]

I'm (im)patiently waiting on the post office. I'm starting to wonder if this or the Amazon order I put in a week later will get here first.

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

Must go faster.

[John Crichton 4]

I ain't heard no fat lady!

[Trent B 337]

Forget the fat lady, you're obsessed with the fat lady drive us out of here!

I got my ID-4 CD from Movie Music today along with Robocop, glad to get those two.

[scallenger 483]

Must go faster.

Must reuse this line from Jurassic Park.

[Jay 37,368]

Update from MV:

Next Tuesday we will have a MAY MADNESS sale. We are still waiting on the signed booklets to come in for our two new projects, but those will not be announced until LATE May or early June now. I'm a strong believer in having the items in stock before we start selling them.

MV

[Koray Savas 2,251]

May Madness. I like it! Will probably pick up Mars Attacks and some other ones they have.

[Ollie 1,059]

MV has changed his avatar over at FSM to a monkey portraying death....

Could Elfman's Scrooged be next?

[Jay 37,368]

MV said that these were "small" releases, and an unreleased Elfman score would be pretty huge

Definitely his blurriest avatar yet, yikes

[Charlie Brigden 7]

Finally arrived!

Can't wait to hear it. Although, has anyone got a printing error on the left hand spine? The spine text is cut off at the bottom.

[John Crichton 4]

Can't wait to hear it. Although, has anyone got a printing error on the left hand spine? The spine text is cut off at the bottom.

Which one? Both my Poseidon and ID4 look fine.

[Trent B 337]

Can't wait to hear it. Although, has anyone got a printing error on the left hand spine? The spine text is cut off at the bottom.

Which one? Both my Poseidon and ID4 look fine.

My ID-4 spine looks fine as well.

[Kendal_Ozzel 36]

If you're talking about ID4, and by "bottom of the text" you mean the part where the back cover folds... mine is awfully close, just barely below the text. I can see how at some point in the printing/folding run, it could be cut off.

[Trent B 337]

If you're talking about ID4, and by "bottom of the text" you mean the part where the back cover folds... mine is awfully close, just barely below the text. I can see how at some point in the printing/folding run, it could be cut off.

Ah I see what you mean now and I really compared it to the right side. It's definitely pretty close there. I swear they need to have someone other than Mark Banning make their art work.

[Datameister 2,044]

I must say, that's my only real beef with the small film score labels - the graphic design tends to feel a little amateurish to me in general. (Not that I have a huge number of releases to base that opinion on, mind you.) I'm so indebted to these labels for brilliantly presenting all this great music that I'm hesitant to criticize them on this, but I tend to be rather unimpressed by the album art and so forth. Take FSM's TWOK release, for instance - the music is utterly excellent, and the presentation is nearly flawless, and the liner notes are superb...but (meaning no offense to those involved) the art direction just doesn't look professional.

Sorry, I'll shut up now. Dang, I'm complaining a lot tonight!

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

I don't know. I actually think the quirky characteristics of the labels' cover art give them some character. You can always tell an FSM cover, and you can almost always tell an Intrada cover by that cool font they use.

[Datameister 2,044]

Meh, I prefer something sleek and classy.

[Trent B 337]

I've thought FSM's and Intrada's covers always looked pretty damn good. La-La Land's covers on the other hand...they're hit and miss.

[Hlao-roo 389]

I'm pretty fond of Percepto's cover art.

[Datameister 2,044]

I've thought FSM's and Intrada's covers always looked pretty damn good. La-La Land's covers on the other hand...they're hit and miss.

Well, like I said, I'm basing these perceptions on a pretty small number of releases, so I could be totally off. But I haven't been too impressed by the ones I've seen.

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

The only La La covers I'm familiar with are Godzilla, Batman, Lost in Space, ID4 and Poseidon Adventure. They all look fine.

[Datameister 2,044]

And I don't have any of those, so I can't say whether or not I'd agree.

[Charlie Brigden 7]

I think generally the specialist labels' cover art is usually more interesting than you'd get from a major. Some of Joe's work at FSM is amazing, and the Prometheus art always looks really cool. I like Intrada's generally, but they use the same font all the time. Consistency is good, but I don't think it always fits with the art itself. But I'll take an imperfect cover with all the great music we're getting.

[Datameister 2,044]

I'll take an imperfect cover with all the great music we're getting.

No argument there!

[Trent B 337]

I'll take an imperfect cover with all the great music we're getting.

No argument there!

For the most part I agree with Charlie as well.

I do think LLL's Godzilla cover looks pretty damn good, as well as The Poseidon Adventure and The Fugitive. However ID-4 just doesn't sit very well with me. Their cover for Batman: Mask Of The Phantasm doesn't look all that great either.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

To people who have already received their ID4 sets, did the case crumble to pieces just like every other 2-CD case I've ever received from La-La Land?