BuySoundtrax Re-Releasing David Arnold's Godzilla On October 17th, 2012

[Trent B 340]

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

GODZILLA: THE ULTIMATE EDITION – ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK - FEATURING MUSIC COMPOSED BY DAVID ARNOLD - TO BE RELEASED ON OCTOBER 17TH, 2012

SRP: $24.95

LISTEN TO A SOUNDCLIP FROM the score for GODZILLA: THE ULTIMATE EDITION

(September 26th, 2012, Los Angeles, CA) BUYSOUNDTRAX Records presents the GODZILLA: THE ULTIMATE EDITION, featuring music composed by David Arnold (STARGATE, INDEPENDENCE DAY, CASINO ROYALE) for the 1998 action film produced by Sony Pictures, directed by Roland Emmerich and written by Dean Devlin (STARGATE, INDEPENDENCE DAY, THE PATRIOT), starring Matthew Broderick, Maria Pitillo, Hank Azaria, Kevin Dunn and Jean Reno. BUYSOUNDTRAX Records, under license from TriStar Pictures, presents the GODZILLA: THE ULTIMATE EDITION on 3 CDs, including the complete score to the film, along with a selection of bonus tracks and the original planned album arrangement of David Arnold’s score, previously only available as a promotional release.

Following the 1993 box office success of JURASSIC PARK, American producers were on the hunt for similar properties to develop. With the failure of GODZILLA 1985 to capture and hold a modern audience’s attention, the opportunity presented itself for TriStar Pictures to pursue and reach an agreement with the Toho Company for the movie rights to one of cinema’s greatest monsters. After a first attempt to get the project going collapsed in 1994 due to a proposed budget already spiraling out of control, GODZILLA went back into hibernation again, until producer Dean Devlin and director Roland Emmerich were approached for the project. Following their great success with INDEPENDENCE DAY in 1996, they were the perfect candidates to bring the big green lizard back to the screen. After they came up with a fresh take on the subject and, more importantly, a way to bring the budget down to something more manageable, Devlin and Emmerich joined the production and shooting began in 1997.

Following their great success on STARGATE and INDEPENDENCE DAY, it was no surprise that Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich would return to composer David Arnold to compose the music for the film. Arriving in Los Angeles in 1997 to work on GODZILLA, Arnold found himself standing before a new set of creative challenges, which included frequent rewriting or rerecording portions of the score due to a constant flow of last minute changes. As a result, music was, more often than not, recorded to blank footage. Many alternate cues were also produced in an attempt to anticipate the action in several major sequences that CGI animators were still rendering. Arnold was able to overcome these obstacles, producing what many consider to be one of the finest orchestral scores of the 1990s.

BUYSOUNDTRAX Records presents GODZILLA: THE ULTIMATE EDITION, featuring music composed by David Arnold, conducted by Nicholas Dodd and mastered by James Nelson at Digital Outland. The booklet contains new liner notes written by author David Hirsch. Previously released on compact disc in 2007 and difficult to find, GODZILLA returns to the market again, on 3 CDs, including the complete score to the film, along with a selection of bonus tracks on the first two discs and the original planned album presentation of David Arnold’s score on the third disc, previously only available as a rare promotional release.

GODZILLA: THE ULTIMATE EDITION is a limited edition release of 3000 units. Suggested Retail Price is $24.95. GODZILLA: THE ULTIMATE EDITION is available for pre-orders at www.buysoundtrax.com and orders will begin shipping on October 17th, 2012.

CD 1

THE FILM SCORE

1. The Beginning (3:31)

2. Tanker Gets It (1:13)

3. Chernobyl (3:15)

4. Footprint (0:35)

5. Footprints / New York / Audrey (0:56)

6. Chewing Gum Nose (0:32)

7. Ship Reveal / Nick Discovers Fish / Flesh (1:41)

8. The Boat Gets It (2:11)

9. Dawn Of The Species (1:51)

10. Joe Gets A Bite / Godzilla Arrives (3:13)

11. Mayor’s Speech (1:05)

12. Caiman’s Office (0:47)

13. Animal’s Camera (1:41)

14. Military Command Center / New Jersey (1:57)

15. Audrey’s Idea (0:24)

16. Evacuation (2:43)

17. French Coffee (0:58)

18. Subway Damage / Command Enters City (2:52)

19. Fish (1:50)

20. Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner? (5:15)

21. 1st Helicopter Chase / Godzilla Swats A Chopper (4:10)

22. We Fed Him / Audrey Sees Nick (1:21)

23. Nick And Audrey / He’s Pregnant / Audrey Takes The Tape /

French Breakfast (4:48)

24. He’s Preparing To Feed (0:36)

25. Nick Gets Fired / Abducted / Frenchie’s

Warehouse / Nick Joins the Foreign Legion (5:47)

DISC ONE Total Time - 56:14

CD 2

1. Chewing Gum (1:53)

2. Rumble In The Tunnel (1:37)

3. Godzilla Park / Godzilla Takes A Dive / Godzilla Versus The Submarine / Egg Discovery (9:44)

4. Baby ‘Zillas Hatch (3:53)

5. Nick Phones For Help (1:30)

6. Eat The French (2:16)

7. Phillip Shoots The Lock (1:05)

8. Nick’s Big Speech /The Garden Gets It (7:09)

9. He’s Back! / Taxi Chase & Clue (7:08)

10. Big G Goes To Monster Heaven (4:32)

11. The End (4:09)

BONUS TRACKS:

12. The Beginning (no choir) (3:35)

13. The Boat Gets It (alt.) (1:11)

14. Footprints / New York / Audrey (alt.) (0:50)

15. Evacuation (alt.) (2:43)

16. The Garden Gets It (alt.) (3:03)

17. Big G Goes To Monster Heaven (alt.) (4:32)

18. Gojira (Album Version) (2:46)

DISC TWO Total Time - 64:17

CD 3

UNRELEASED SCORE ALBUM

1. Gojira Opening Titles (2:47)

2. Dawn Of The Species (1:49)

3. Joe Arrives (2:10)

4. Leaving Manhattan (2:41)

5. Subterranea (2:50)

6. Warnings / Fish Bait (5:13)

7. It’s Alive!! (3:23)

8. Audrey Steals The Tape (2:45)

9. Nick Gets Fired (2:54)

10. Foreign Help (1:47)

11. The Babies (3:51)

12. Final Encounter (4:08)

13. Taxi Chase (3:41)

14. Brooklyn Bridge (4:31)

15. Finale (4:06)

DISC THREE Total Time - 49:10

[Wojo 2,456]

Will this come to SAE? I'd like to bundle it with King Kong, though I'll obviously be waiting an entire month.

[Trent B 340]

I'm not sure you could always ask about it in the thread on FSM.

[ManofDestiny 76]

Pass. Let those missed LLL's version to have a chance to get this.

[scallenger 511]

This appears to have a few more alternates on disc 2 that weren't there before? Not home to check my lll cd

[John Dutton 7,182]

Good deal. Good score.

I had this years ago and sold it. Might get it again.

[Trent B 340]

This appears to have a few more alternates on disc 2 that weren't there before? Not home to check my lll cd

I just checked my own personal and you're right! There are some additional alternates.

All though for the most parts I don't really care about alternates. I mean some are interesting to hear but I never include alternates with the score in iTunes.

Pass. Let those missed LLL's version to have a chance to get this.

What's the point of posting "Pass" if you all ready have it?

I started the thread for those who missed the LLL release.

[MrJosh 895]

Whoa, interesting! I bought the lalaland one, but being a huge David Arnold fan I might get this....

[scallenger 511]

Its one of my all time favorite scores so I gotta double dip. As long as the sound quality is the same I may sell off the lll CD.

[ManofDestiny 76]

15. Evacuation (alt.) (2:43)

16. The Garden Gets It (alt.) (3:03)

17. Big G Goes To Monster Heaven (alt.) (4:32)

Hmmm...... 3 additional alt tracks...... I am considering buying it now.

[Jonesy 55]

Good! I'm glad this is available again, I'd like to buy it.

[crocodile 8,361]

My favourite David Arnold score. Of course I'm buying it.

Karol

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,361]

I'm happy with the LLL version. But its good that this is back in circulation

[Luke Skywalker 1,925]

what's up with scores passing from label to label and being re-released...

AND SO MANY UNRELEASED GEMS!

[Jay 38,747]

$$$$$$$$

[Wojo 2,456]

Pre-orders are currently offered at MovieMusic.com, but as of this moment, SAE doesn't list it at their website.

I placed an order for it along with FSM's King Kong and Body Heat. I know that I won't see them until November, but I think I'll be ok.

Yes, that's right, I tacked on an extra $25 score to get $1 shipping. Overtime pay is awesome.

[Jay 38,747]

Sound clips:

http://buysoundtrax.stores.yahoo.net/gouledorsoby.html

[scallenger 511]

I wonder why lll left those alternates off their previous set, since they still had room for them. Maybe they weren't too different? Also, if I remember right, I think there was at least one track on the promo that was either a different edit or even performance with a clean ending to what became a combined cue. Still not home to check!Lol

[Jay 38,747]

Pre-order links:

http://buysoundtrax.stores.yahoo.net/gouledorsoby.html

http://www.screenarchives.com/title_detail.cfm/ID/21817/

http://www.moviemusic.com/soundtrack/M08582/godzilla-ultimate/

http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.7826/.f

The sound clips link in my prior post has been fixed as well

[Trent B 340]

I wonder why lll left those alternates off their previous set, since they still had room for them. Maybe they weren't too different? Also, if I remember right, I think there was at least one track on the promo that was either a different edit or even performance with a clean ending to what became a combined cue. Still not home to check!Lol

I think there was room. Maybe another case like Batman where they thought they had all the sources for the score but didn't.

[Maglorfin 206]

I started the thread for those who missed the LLL release.

Well I'm one of those, and I definitely won't miss this one!

[scallenger 511]

Hmm maybe so, Trent. I honestly almost got excited for this release thinking they had somehow found the "darker"version of the score Arnold did before they had him rewrite it to be more majestic.II'm still a bit confused if those tracks were actually even recorded or not?

Also... is buysoundtrax records the same company that Prometheus records was?

[Romão 2,311]

I'm not a unconditional Arnold fan, but I quite enjoy Independence Day specially Stargate. Would you guys recommend this one to me?

[Jay 38,747]

Also... is buysoundtrax records the same company that Prometheus records was?

Completely unrelated

[The Great Gonzales 6,018]

BSX is the label that puts out all the synth/small ensemble re-recordings.

[crocodile 8,361]

I'm not a unconditional Arnold fan, but I quite enjoy Independence Day specially Stargate. Would you guys recommend this one to me?

I like it better than either one of them. But that's just me.

Karol

[Jay 38,747]

For me Godzilla is a distant 5th-best score well after Tomorrow Never Dies, Independence Day, Stargate, and Casino Royale

[crocodile 8,361]

Why so much love for Casino Royale? I will never understand that, to be honest. The film is entertaining, the score solid with some great passages. But hardly anything spectacular.

Karol

[Jay 38,747]

Oh I agree, Casino Royale is a distant 4th best after the big 3, for me

It's like

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all his other scores

[crocodile 8,361]

What I like about Godzilla is that is so skillfully translates the old monster movie into a modern action spectacle. Even now 14 years later it still sounds good. And also there are many cool themes and motifs, which are nicely applied and developed. It flows really well.

Karol

[Admiral Holdo 16]

[steep drop]

all his other scores

Heh, no love for Shaft?

[Jay 38,747]

That's what he said?

I listened to it once and it didn't impress me, but I should definitely give it another chance

[Admiral Holdo 16]

Please do, it's not too far from his Bond scores but with some 70s influence. If he were to do a Live And Let Die-type plot, this is probably how it'd turn out.

[Score_Fan 36]

Awesome. gonna grab this.

Also, I have to say, Quantum of Solace is by far, his best score. Then casino royale, tomorrow never dies, TWINE, godzilla, independence day, etc; so forth.

[ManofDestiny 76]

order placed. For the 3 Alt. tracks!

[The Great Gonzales 6,018]

I hope your not dissapointed, for your sake, your wallet is not as forgiving as I am.

[ManofDestiny 76]

If my sister pay her loan repayment to me in time, than I have money for this one. besides, I am saving money and selling organ for the six Godzilla Box set.

[scallenger 511]

I wish they had sound clips for their new alternates they have... grr

[Maglorfin 206]

Ordered yesterday, got an e-mail today saying "Will ship in 1-2 weeks".

[Unlucky Bastard 8,459]

Casino Royale has some good bits, but the love QoS gets baffles me. I find the score mostly unlistenable, much like how the hyperactively frenetic film is almost unwatchable.

Godzilla is a fine score and I remember being pissed that it didn't get a proper album release when the film came out; it was more of a commercialised Sony vehicle than an ernest filmic undertaking with great risk like Emmerich's two previous films. I happily rank this one as equal to Stargate, Last of the Dogmen, Independence Day, Tomorrow Never Dies and Narnia 3.

[MrJosh 895]

I'm assuming that besides the three alternates that the rest of the score is an exact re-issue of lalalands work, right?

For me ID4 is top of my David Arnold list, followed by Stagnate, Godzilla, TND, Last of the Dogmen, rest of bond scores, everything else.

[Koray Savas 2,254]

Last Of The Dogmen is that great?

[Jay 38,747]

I've heard nothing but great things about it, though I haven't ever heard it myself. I do consistently see it being placed among Arnold's best by members here and on other forums

[Incanus 5,784]

Last Of The Dogmen is that great?

It is actually quite an entertaining score by Arnold, has some of the same spirit as his other early work.

[Koray Savas 2,254]

I'll have to check it out eventually.

[MrJosh 895]

It has a very nice main theme and its very lush. Its nowhere near as grandiose as ID4 or Godzilla, but its a nice gem.

[KK 3,308]

The Last of the Dogmen is a great gem in Arnold's career with some his most lush and lyrical writing.

[publicist 4,647]

Last Of The Dogmen is that great?

[Wojo 2,456]

It's been a while since I listened to The Last Dogmen, but I do know that I enjoy it a lot.

[nightscape94 965]

Given my new found affection for the ID4 score, I think I'll pick this one up too.