TownerFan 4,983 Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 It appears a new release of sorts is coming:http://www.amazon.de...37933025&sr=1-1I also found this page from Sony Japan:http://www.sonymusic...ecial/starwars/UPDATE: Looks like this is a compilation, with a new DSD remaster. Here's the description from cdjapan.co.jp:World's first official greatest hits album of Star Wars conducted by John Williams. Features 2012 DSD remastering and the high-fidelity Blu-spec CD format (compatible with standard CD players). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,715 Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 The Sony Japan says it comes out 18th of July. The CD seems to contain 20 tracks.http://www.sonymusic...ociate=sw120420Can anyone who knows Japanese enlighten us to the contents of this CD? Just another cashing in on SW compilation or something else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TownerFan 4,983 Posted May 25, 2012 Author Share Posted May 25, 2012 I wonder if this means Sony has done brand-new remastering of all six scores, maybe for a future boxset release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,715 Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 We can keep dreaming about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 it's likely the DVD that was included with the RotS soundtrack, but in c.d. formYou guys still hope that money grubbing, cheap ass Sony label will release the complete scores?We have time to get the complete scores from The Old Republic 5 before that happens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,715 Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Doh! Oh well another compilation of existing material, concert suites and highlights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,715 Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Oh yes the elusive Picking Pockets surfaces again. Like a ghost from the past. Very recent past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 I want to let this thread die, but I couldn't resist.What a waste of a release. This could have at least contained unreleased tracks. That said, we'll move onto criticizing things we could have forgiven if the content wasn't so terrible. The cover art is atrocious. Whenever they mix OT and PT stuff together, it never looks right. See: this cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 I actually kinda like the cover. Artistically speaking it isn't great by any standards, but it's cool to see all the characters from the saga on one poster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,715 Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 It's a pretty awful release if the only thing commented is the cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Does the remastering mean the RotJ cues will be better sound quality? Not that that would make it worth $20... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,715 Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Well how many bazillion SW compilations are out there and then Sony decides that the world could do with one more for easy cash. Obviously it would be too much effort to create something worthwhile to celebrate Star Wars' and John Williams' birthdays properly. It's not like they have resources to pull off something big, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissPadmé 17 Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 All bitterness and irony aside, I really think, that the OT-Stuff could have better sound than the RCA Versions + Re-Issues.The tracklist is, if I am not mistaken, the content of the Musical Journey DVD, on which the TESB and theROTJ stuff sounded fantastic..!So who knows, maybe there is a connection between the DVD Audio Master and this release... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,715 Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 All bitterness and irony aside, I really think, that the OT-Stuff could have better sound than the RCA Versions + Re-Issues.The tracklist is, if I am not mistaken, the content of the Musical Journey DVD, on which the TESB and theROTJ stuff sounded fantastic..!So who knows, maybe there is a connection between the DVD Audio Master and this release...Will you be buying this if it ends up being so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissPadmé 17 Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 are you kidding me? I already preordered it, just for that fantastic cover!! tzzz.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,715 Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 The music execs at Sony's Dark Tower are having a massive laugh at the moment, giving high fives to each other and congratulating themselves for another succesful cashing in operation. How many times have they made us buy the same stuff over and over again?But that's how the market works and the world turns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissPadmé 17 Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 well, I bought the RCA reissues for about 7€ at a garagesale, just so that the RCa ones don#t get torn up any further - that's about it for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,715 Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Spot on BloodBoal! Spot on! It's uncanny how you succeeded in capturing my exact mental image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Bloodball.... That just makes me miss Blumenkohl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ren 75 Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Nice pic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,715 Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 I picture Los Angeles to be full of Dark Towers of different companies like that. But the weather is sunnier than in that picture. Or so they want us to believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 I wish Sony would get up off their asses and let La-La Land and Mike Matessino come in, do a proper remastering of the Original Trilogy scores as well as the Star Wars Prequels and let La-La Land release them as an unlimited release. Even have the Star Wars Prequels their INTENDED editions, not isolated scores with a shit load of crappy edits. I know MV has said he'd love to have a chance at doing that. Matessino even told me if he had the opportunity to give the Original Trilogy scores the proper remastering job they needed he'd jump all over that. Sony use to be like Paramount, until they (Paramount) got a new exec in the soundtrack department. Sony needs to realize they're sitting on gold mines and they need to get their thumbs out of their asses. BTW regarding the possible "Ultimate Edition" for AOTC here's what Matessino told me about it via email. Quote There was absolutely no work done on an "Ultimate Edition" AOTC. I had proposed it and warned that it needed to be done correctly but ultimately it was killed when I was shown the sales figures... the TMP UE sold 10% of what the OST did. And I was told point blank that an action figure of a background character makes the company more money. It never got any further than that. Now grant a lot of the material from TFU 1 and 2 as well as TOR for AOTC the edits were the film versions but the game editors were probably working with the music only portion from the film stems instead of the sessions like with ROTS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 I've counted SW among my losses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpvee 805 Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 Just a head's up, I doubt that cover is real. It's a piece of fan-art by "Simon Z".http://simonz.co.hu/sagaposter_eng.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TownerFan 4,983 Posted May 28, 2012 Author Share Posted May 28, 2012 Sony use to be like Paramount, until they (Paramount) got a new exec in the soundtrack department. Sony needs to realize they're sitting on gold mines and they need to get their thumbs out of their asses.It's a bit different. Sony isn't the studio who owns the music rights, it's just the record company who got the license to release the music. LucasFilm is the right-owner and it's up to them to decide what to do with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 SW saga fans aren't ones for simplicity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,715 Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 So this is how Sony "designs" their album covers? By stealing them from Roald and other fans. For shame! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,715 Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 We can only wish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilal 569 Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 I might buy that Seville concert cd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpvee 805 Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 Well my point was that it's most likely a fake cover, not that they're stealing fan art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Brigden 7 Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 Yeah, it's LLL that steal fan art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,366 Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Sorry I'm so late to this thread:The music execs at Sony's Dark Tower are having a massive laugh at the moment, giving high fives to each other and congratulating themselves for another succesful cashing in operation.LOLOL!!! Yeah, it's LLL that steal fan art.What? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TownerFan 4,983 Posted May 29, 2012 Author Share Posted May 29, 2012 Jason, do you know if this will be released in US & EU? It appears a Japan-only release. From what I understand, the Blu-spec CD format has been released only in Japan so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,366 Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 I will check with my source and let you know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalfreakNYC 59 Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Too bad they don't release a CD/Blu-ray of the actual concert. THAT would be worth purchasing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,366 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Jason, do you know if this will be released in US & EU? It appears a Japan-only release. From what I understand, the Blu-spec CD format has been released only in Japan so far.My contact at Sony Classical has confirmed that this CD is ONLY coming out in Japan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Contact any Japanese friend we have? Peio! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,366 Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 This is apparently coming out in the UK as well:http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007W4DZDQ/But not in the US... all you can do on the US Amazon is import the UK version:http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007W4DZDQ/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TownerFan 4,983 Posted July 24, 2012 Author Share Posted July 24, 2012 The UK store is labeled as an import too (from Japan, I guess). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,366 Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Ah yes, thanks for pointing that out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalfreakNYC 59 Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 So no one purchased this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,645 Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Why would we? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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