The Official La-La Land Records Thread

[Groovygoth666 663]

Just dropped on Facebook

[bollemanneke 3,342]

Ooh, I'll certainly listen to the Ring!

[Luke Skywalker 1,794]

My wallet is joyous.

[Jaaaackified 81]

I guess The Ring would just contain the complete score from the film (about 70 minutes) and the promo material (around 30-40 minutes), making it suitable for a 2CD release?

[blondheim 1,157]

Well, gotta wait another month for something I want, I guess.

 

Hopefully Black Friday has a Williams

[Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433]

Really happy for The Ring, one of the best Zimmer IMO

[Edmilson 7,426]

I remember the old OST for The Ring was an abomination, mixing Zimmer's score for the first movie with some other dudes' score from the second in a really bizarre way. 

 

At last this score (his first for Gore Verbinski) will have a decent release.

[Tallguy 3,381]

I could go look this up, but it's nice to spark conversation. What was the first LLL disk? 2002 was about when the James Bond expansions hit, wasn't it?

[Jay 37,336]

16 minutes ago, Tallguy said:

What was the first LLL disk?

 

Here's a list of their first 600 CD releases, I believe LLLCD1000 (Zulu Dawn) was also the first one released? 

 

16 minutes ago, Tallguy said:

2002 was about when the James Bond expansions hit, wasn't it?

 

Those were all released on a major label, not by our specialty label heroes 

[Tallguy 3,381]

1 hour ago, Jay said:

Those were all released on a major label, not by our specialty label heroes 

 

True. But Lukas Kendall worked on them. I was just trying to put my mind to where these guys were really starting to get it done. And those were apparently 2003. I was close.

 

Wow. I didn't realize how off of my RADAR they were until Star Trek V. I bought the Battlestar Galactica discs, but I totally missed out on Innerpace!

[Jay 37,336]

MV posted they were going to redo Innerspace, but that was years ago now. I wonder what happened 

[Amer 2,087]

InnerSpace really put LLL on my radar back then. 

 

A new reissue with the Ost arrangement + songs would be nice. Same with EXPLORERS but thats Intrada.

[Dr. Rick 1,155]

Well another month and no JW goodies... The lack of JW expansions or premier releases for his 90th birthday celebration has been very disappointing.  Only 2 so far this year?!  Yeah I know there’s been reissues and concert works but they’re not the same caliber as a premier or expanded release.  I am looking forward to the Fablemans OST but I’m not expecting an earth-shattering work.  
 

Hoping for at least one or multiple for Black Friday!

[DangerMotif 1,037]

2 minutes ago, Dr. Rick said:

Well another month and no JW goodies... The lack of JW expansions or premier releases for his 90th birthday celebration has been very disappointing.  Only 2 so far this year?!  Yeah I know there’s been reissues and concert works but they’re not the same caliber as a premier or expanded release.  I am looking forward to the Fablemans OST but I’m not expecting an earth-shattering work.  
 

Hoping for at least one or multiple for Black Friday!

I think they said the next JW release would be Black Friday and that’s the last one

[crocodile 7,998]

There's some nice stuff in The Ring. But I might wait for something else to bundle it up with.

 

Karol

[TSMefford 1,509]

I've never heard The Ring outside of the one or two times I've seen the film. This could be a good way to revisit it.

 

I'll heavily consider it!

[Yavar Moradi 2,593]

1 hour ago, Dr. Rick said:

Well another month and no JW goodies... The lack of JW expansions or premier releases for his 90th birthday celebration has been very disappointing.  Only 2 so far this year?! 

Try being an Elmer Bernstein fan.

 

It’s his freakin’ centenary year and *nothing* from the labels so far, alas (and there’s so much still unreleased, or even LP programs which haven’t made it to CD yet).

 

Yavar

[bollemanneke 3,342]

11 hours ago, Dr. Rick said:

Well another month and no JW goodies... The lack of JW expansions or premier releases for his 90th birthday celebration has been very disappointing.  Only 2 so far this year?!  Yeah I know there’s been reissues and concert works but they’re not the same caliber as a premier or expanded release.  I am looking forward to the Fablemans OST but I’m not expecting an earth-shattering work.  
 

Hoping for at least one or multiple for Black Friday!

What, were you really expecting the speciialty labels and studios to be in tune with reasonable and logical expectations?

[Tallguy 3,381]

1 hour ago, bollemanneke said:

and studios

 

That's the part that's doing the heavy lifting in that sentence.

[bollemanneke 3,342]

I know, I know...

[Richard Penna 3,679]

14 hours ago, Dr. Rick said:

Well another month and no JW goodies... The lack of JW expansions or premier releases for his 90th birthday celebration has been very disappointing.  Only 2 so far this year?!

 

Yes, but a notable anniversary doesn't magically make all studio/licensing/misc issues suddenly go away.

 

They could for instance have a release or two prepared far in advance, knowing his 90th was approaching, and then something or muliple things get in the way and delay them.

[bollemanneke 3,342]

Why can't these things be planned properly so that delays don't happen? Or why is it so damn difficult to just approve a title by a label that's been in the business for how many years?

[Jay 37,336]

On Maurizio's podcast earlier this year, Mike indicated he already had 5 new John Williams expansions mastered (and approved by Williams) that he intended to have come out this year

 

A little while later after the first two of those (Presumed Innocent and SpaceCamp) came out, he came back on Maurizio's podcast and indicated the next 2 should still be out this year but that one wouldn't be out till next year

 

A little while later on Maurizio's podcast again, he now indicated one was coming for Black Friday and the other was delayed until next year

 

It is not the fault of anyone at the specialty label, or the producer of the expansions, or the composer of the music, that 2 of the planned 5 titles got delayed until next year

The fault entirely lies with the managers, lawyers, and other types at these huge corporate entities that need to sign off on these things.  The specialty labels and their producers are at the mercy of these people and can't really do anything to make them act faster.

Everything already mastered will certainly come out, and more new expansions are being assembled, mastered, and approved all the time, and they'll come out as the people who need to finally give their approval.

 

In the meantime LLL nicely chose to spend the effort to get Close Encounters, ET, and Jurassic Park back in print for all the fans who missed their earlier editions, and Williams himself has filled the year with new compositions and concerts, and DG has released music recorded last year.  

 

2022 is one of the biggest years for Williams releases there is when you look at all the music labels combined.

 

The fact we're only getting three new MM expansions is unfortunate, but you can't really blame anything for that except corporate beurocracy.  The people who care about about getting these out did their part long ahead of time.

[bollemanneke 3,342]

Oh, I'm fully aware the labels or MM aren't to blame. I just don't understand why, in 2022, when JW turns 90, waiting for approvals is still an issue. How many expansions will these labels have to put out before the bureaucrats can just say: LLL, sure, approved. Why can't they drop this circus and worry about other things? Surely they've got more interesting stuff to tackle?

[Jay 37,336]

I don't think the lawyers and such at these giant corporations know or care that it's JW's 90th birthday year

 

But I have no insight into what goes into their decisions making processes and I doubt any of us ever will

 

I think it mostly comes down to film score albums by a specialty label that will sell 1,000-3,000 copies are absolute tiny peanuts compared to other merchandising items they have to approve

[Yavar Moradi 2,593]

Things have gotten slower much more difficult in terms of working with multiple different studios. Mike talked at length about this specifically in regards to Fox stuff (how it used to be so simple and quick and easy, and now takes so much more time and work -- for a variety of factors which he explains!), on these two Goldsmith Odyssey podcasts:

 

https://goldsmithodyssey.buzzsprout.com/159614/6920147-odyssey-soundtrack-spotlight-take-her-she-s-mine-1963

 

https://goldsmithodyssey.buzzsprout.com/159614/11302249-odyssey-soundtrack-spotlight-goldsmith-at-20th-vol-v-music-for-television-1968-1975

 

(I'm personally really hoping Mike gets to revisit Williams's Conrack and The Paper Chase from Fox sometime soon, so I can retire my old FSM album where they are paired with The Poseidon Adventure... I'm sure the sound can be greatly improved with a quarter century of new tech advances, plus we need decent cover art for both!)

 

Yavar

[HunterTech 989]

Current info on The Ring:

Stéphane Humez (project consultant on Drop Zone/Weather Man releases and basically runs the hans-zimmer.com website) has confirmed a few tidbits about the release:

 

 

 

[Edmilson 7,426]

27 minutes ago, HunterTech said:

Stéphane Humez (project consultant on Drop Zone/Weather Man releases and basically runs the hans-zimmer.com website) has confirmed a few tidbits about the release:

Is she the real identity behind Hybrid Soldier?

[HunterTech 989]

Last I checked he is male (though there isn't much other info besides a photo of his from who knows how long ago), but yes, any of HS's posts will be under that name now.

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Stephane is indeed a male name. 

[Positivatee 327]

But if a child AMAB and named Stephane wants to transition and keep her name, that is allowed. 

[HunterTech 989]

It's supposed to be written as Stéphane, so I'm sure it's region specific.

[HunterTech 989]

Even for being an LA resident, I was honestly a bit shocked to see my package get here a day after ordering. I guess it being a bulk order (plus the first day of the sitewide sale) made it a quick one for them to get it out there.

 

[filip 53]

Lucky. Mine shipped. Hopefully I get it by the end of next week.

[Jay 37,336]

GOING OUT OF PRINT - less than 25 each remain of BATMAN THE ANIMATED SERIES VOL 3 (4-CD SET) and NAKED GUN TRILOGY (3-CD SET). Get them NOW as part of our site-wide 20% OFF birthday sale. When they're gone, they're gone for good! Only at www.lalalandrecords.com

 

https://www.facebook.com/lalalandrecords/posts/pfbid02Cm3UgD6NJDh9ubC7XcEvF2JGHZpq3i9nYzLGVZB8KcmQxSFCpNXfyjx5s6oENLJxl

[Jay 37,336]

LLL just sent out another email newsletter reminding about the 20% off sale

 

https://secure.campaigner.com/csb/Public/show/4our-2la9gl--112yck-ag4f6q8

[HunterTech 989]

Would've been happy to buy Titanic with the sale, but it's run out of stock again. I take it I'll have to wait til next year?

[John F 100]

With all the Bond music concerts and documentaries airing lately seems like an opportune time to include something in the Black Friday batch.

[crumbs 14,306]

34 minutes ago, John F said:

With all the Bond music concerts and documentaries airing lately seems like an opportune time to include something in the Black Friday batch.

 

MV's last comment on Bond expansions didn't inspire confidence. From January this year:

 

Quote

Everything is off for a variety of reasons.

 

You know after 20 years of doing this I really should learn to keep my big trap shut and not mention anything until a title is ready to come out. Thank you for reminding me why I should embrace this from here on out.

 

See yall in the funny papers

 

MV out!

 

Sounds like the project is dead in the water after Amazon's MGM acquisition.

[Jay 37,336]

Flyer image coming Tuesday!

[Disco Stu 15,495]

The ignominy of being a non-Black Friday November release

[Jay 37,336]

In my head I think of Black Friday titles as December releases because most of the time the Tuesday you can actually buy them is early December, and nobody ever receives them in the mail until December anyway

 

The real oddity for me is the small handful of years where they released titles in between their Black Friday batch and the first batch of the next year

[bollemanneke 3,342]

Well, so far I've e-mailed LLL once and reported the issue to Facebook five times. Still being blocked from viewing their page, so I'll be refreshing JWFan like crazy on Black Friday.

[Jay 37,336]

You can't view their facebook page in an incognito window?

[Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433]

Damn we're already counting down the day to the flyer

Looking forward to it

[Jay 37,336]

Just now, May the Force be with You said:

Damn we're already counting down the day to the flyer

 

[Disco Stu 15,495]

49 minutes ago, Jay said:

most of the time the Tuesday you can actually buy them is early December

 

If you'll excuse deeply, deeply pointless and annoying pedantry, this is not technically true.

 

The Tuesday after Thanksgiving can be:

11/27

11/28

11/29

11/30

12/1

12/2

12/3

 

4 out of 7 are in November.  Now Leap Years make it tricky, but if you're looking over a long enough period, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving will be in November 57% of the time  

[Marian Schedenig 8,191]

53 minutes ago, Jay said:

In my head I think of Black Friday titles as December releases because most of the time the Tuesday you can actually buy them is early December, and nobody ever receives them in the mail until December anyway

 

I'll have them before next year if I'm lucky…

[Brando 1,860]

Not that it matters, but 2 nights ago I had a dream that the BF announcement was a re reissue of Jurassic Park(even though it’s still in stock, I think), a reissue of The Lost World(didn’t find out if there was anything new so I’m sorry), and finally Hook, which I was very excited about until I woke up. There was one other one but I don’t remember what it was. Fingers crossed I turn out to be a prophet!

[Richard Penna 3,679]

You can have your TLW reissue if we get our JP3 premiere