Soundtracks, Compilations, or other recently purchased Music

[Tallguy 3,398]

I just listened to Lost in Space (2018) seasons 2 and 3 today myself. It's still SO GOOD!

[crocodile 8,017]

I was never foing to buy the Disney version of Empire. It has its issues, as discussed elsewhere, and, to be frank, I was never very fond of the programme. This is a superior album and thus my second addition to vinyl collection:

 

 

Karol

[Jay 37,369]

That artwork is so good!

[crocodile 8,017]

It is certainly great. Here is what the inside looks like:

 

 

Karol

[1977 1,743]

I have fond memories of picking this up on CD in the late 80s. The sole specialist music shop in my town had a lonely sealed copy in stock and I pondered on whether I should get it...for some reason the tracklist was not on the back so I wasn't sure whether it had any additional music other than the concert pieces a la Gerhardt's Star Wars release. What gave me hope were Williams's own notes on the back, and specifically the words "skillfully augmented with other music from the film". As the double LP was never released in my country, all I had from this score at the time was the 10 track CD and equivalent LP. Needless to say, I was beyond thrilled when I cracked open the jewel case and read the tracklist on the CD itself. Happy times.

 

[Naïve Old Fart 9,537]

Now, just a damn minute!

@crocodile, the front says 75p, and the back says £29.99.

What. Is going. On?!

[crocodile 8,017]

1 minute ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

Now, just a damn minute!

@crocodile, the front says 75p, and the back says £29.99.

What. Is going. On?!

You can  get plastic sleeves for 75p with any vinyl purchase.

 

Karol

[Tallguy 3,398]

1 hour ago, JTWfan77 said:

As the double LP was never released in my country, all I had from this score at the time was the 10 track CD and equivalent LP.

 

Ouch. The double LP of Empire is one of the wonders of the soundtrack world.

[1977 1,743]

The first time I heard the extra tracks that feature Williams' unique edits was via the first digital release.

[Bespin 8,483]

The CD of Empire Strikes Back... one of the most traumatic events of my life.

 

This track list... WTF?

 

[Marian Schedenig 8,200]

3 hours ago, crocodile said:

 

"National Symphonic Orchestra"?

[Tallguy 3,398]

2 hours ago, Bespin said:

The CD of Empire Strikes Back... one of the most traumatic events of my life.

 

This track list... WTF?

 

 

Especially when you had had the double LP! WHERE'S MY DEPARTURE OF BOBA FETT?!?

[Edmilson 7,466]

3 hours ago, Bespin said:

 

 

That's a crappy tracklist, unless you're a "normie" who is being introduced to JW and this score for the first time. 

[1977 1,743]

8 hours ago, Tallguy said:

 

Especially when you had had the double LP! WHERE'S MY DEPARTURE OF BOBA FETT?!?

 

On the other hand, it makes the severely truncated RotJ album feel more acceptable. Now if only we'd gotten a 10 track SW CD release 😉

[Jurassic Shark 12,079]

@Thor would approve!

[Naïve Old Fart 9,537]

It's always bothered me that, on the original vinyl release, sides one and two seem to be reversed.

[Bespin 8,483]

1 hour ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

It's always bothered me that, on the original vinyl release, sides one and two seem to be reversed.

 

This "promo" LP was organized as two EPs, like if it was for a radio DJ.

[Tallguy 3,398]

The ROTJ album shows us what life would have been like if Star Wars and Empire had been "normal". I can't even IMAGINE Star Wars being cut down to a single LP. Shudder!

[crocodile 8,017]

Arrived from Amazon today:

 

 

High resolution digital purchases:

 

 

And found a decenaly priced copy of this gem:

 

 

Karol

[Marian Schedenig 8,200]

4 hours ago, crocodile said:

Arrived from Amazon today:

 

Have you decided to buy all the LPs now, as quickly as possible?

[crocodile 8,017]

30 minutes ago, Marian Schedenig said:

 

Have you decided to buy all the LPs now, as quickly as possible?

I have unhealthy spending habits, certainly. 

 

Karol

[Marian Schedenig 8,200]

[crocodile 8,017]

One of my favourite scores of the past decade (all three are terrific).

 

 

Karol

[Jurassic Shark 12,079]

 

[Naïve Old Fart 9,537]

Top one: not bad, but PASSION is much better.

Bottom one: shit.

[Jurassic Shark 12,079]

2 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

Top one: not bad, but PASSION is much better.

Bottom one: shit.

 

Your post: utter shite.

[Naïve Old Fart 9,537]

That's "gobshite", to you, sunny Jim.

[Edmilson 7,466]

Isn't Stephen Warbeck the guy that was supposed to score Game of Thrones before they settled on Djawadi?

[Jay 37,369]

Yea

[Tom Guernsey 2,286]

19 minutes ago, Edmilson said:

Isn't Stephen Warbeck the guy that was supposed to score Game of Thrones before they settled on Djawadi?

Blimey that would have been an interesting choice. While Shakespeare in Love wouldn’t have been my choice that year at the Oscars, it’s still a fine effort. Although it’s much more of a drama score than Life is Beautiful despite them being comedy/musical and dramatic score winners respectively. Mulan or Prince of Egypt are easily the best two in comedy/musical… but I’d probably have picked Mulan as Jerry deserved a dozen Oscars and it’s one of his finest scores of that period.

[Marian Schedenig 8,200]

[crocodile 8,017]

Managed to fined a fairly pristine used copy of this OOP beauty. It's a crime this genuinely great score only received this one physical release:

 

 

Karol

[Brónach 1,302]

Oh, Black Panther is such a fun score.

[Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433]

I wish Mondo reissue this on CD along with other MCU score like Wakanda Forever and the two last Avengers Deluxe

[1977 1,743]

On 09/04/2023 at 12:43 AM, crocodile said:

I have unhealthy spending habits, certainly. 

 

Karol

 

Glad to see Amazon apparently packaged them appropriately. Dented corners due to shoddy packaging were a regular occurrence back when I was collecting Laserdiscs.

[Schilkeman 964]

I finally ran out of JW scores I wanted (for now), so decided to broaden my purchasing. Also bought the OST for the LotR trilogy, Empire of the Sun, and Schindler's List.

[Edmilson 7,466]

30 minutes ago, Schilkeman said:

OST for the LotR trilogy

[Schilkeman 964]

1 hour ago, Edmilson said:

Not sure what this means.

 

Also recently bought TinTin and The BFG, which I forgot to add.

[GerateWohl 4,370]

1 hour ago, Schilkeman said:

OST for the LotR trilogy,

You mean all three of them?

[Schilkeman 964]

Just now, GerateWohl said:

You mean all three of them?

Yes, forgot that pesky 's

[Marian Schedenig 8,200]

7 hours ago, Schilkeman said:

Yes, forgot that pesky 's

 

Skip the '.

[Schilkeman 964]

 

44 minutes ago, Marian Schedenig said:

 

Skip the '.

I've seen it both ways. It's not a hard rule.

[Jurassic Shark 12,079]

11 minutes ago, Schilkeman said:

I've seen it both ways. It's not a hard rule.

 

's implies ownership.

s is plural.

[Schilkeman 964]

4 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said:

 

's implies ownership.

s is plural.

I am aware, thank you. I'm sure it would not be hard to find incorrect punctuation and grammar use in anyone's post history, including yours. I won't play grammar police if you don't.

[Jurassic Shark 12,079]

1 hour ago, Schilkeman said:

I am aware, thank you. I'm sure it would not be hard to find incorrect punctuation and grammar use in anyone's post history, including yours. I won't play grammar police if you don't.

 

The fact that you've seen it written both ways doesn't mean both ways are correct, that's all.

[Richard Penna 3,694]

On 12/04/2023 at 4:39 PM, Tom Guernsey said:

Blimey that would have been an interesting choice.

 

Indeed, a totally different direction. I wonder what specific decider made them go to Djawadi instead. I could assume it was 'traditional vs RCP', but that feels like a lazy criteria. There are lots of elements to consider for a composer for a long term TV show. Maybe it was just down Warbeck doing some demos, and whatever he did didn't click with them.

[Edmilson 7,466]

10 hours ago, Schilkeman said:

Not sure what this means.

 

I'm not a fan of the LOTR OSTs, especially the ones for TTT and ROTK. They don't do a great job of presenting Shore's opus. The Fellowship OST is okay, though.

[Marian Schedenig 8,200]

1 hour ago, Schilkeman said:

I've seen it both ways. It's not a hard rule.

 

It is. I've also seen it both ways, more often with the apostrophe than without. You constantly see it in German, too, where the genitive generally doesn't use an apostrophe, but people still keep doing it (sometimes even in random places, not just before the "s"). That doesn't make it right though. I don't grammar-police, but since you explicitly pointed out the 's, I couldn't let it lie.

[Jurassic Shark 12,079]

Apostrophes don't lie.

[GerateWohl 4,370]

36 minutes ago, Marian Schedenig said:

 

It is. I've also seen it both ways, more often with the apostrophe than without. You constantly see it in German, too, where the genitive generally doesn't use an apostrophe, but people still keep doing it (sometimes even in random places, not just before the "s"). That doesn't make it right though. I don't grammar-police, but since you explicitly pointed out the 's, I couldn't let it lie.

But I learned recently, that this is how languange works and evolves. When there is something wrong, but enough people keep doing it even when it logically makes no sense, then after some time it becomes right.