Jerry Goldsmith' GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH (1990) - 2015 Varese 25th Anniversary Edition

[Marian Schedenig 9,388]

12 minutes ago, Jay said:

Gremilns 2 is a Goldsmith essential?  More than Gremlins 1?

 

Absolutely.

[Jay 40,309]

7 minutes ago, Jay said:

Huh.  I didn't realize it was that highly regarded.

 

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,488]

It is to the knowing faithful!

[Jay 40,309]

I haven't even opening up my copy yet!

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,488]

It was written in between Total Recall sessions man!

[Jay 40,309]

Now THAT's a great score!

[publicist 4,647]

Gremlins 2 is much greater.

[Lady Dimitrescu 9,117]

It's alright.

[Jay 40,309]

OFFICIALLY SOLD OUT at Varese!

 

If you still want it and can find a copy anywhere, buy it now!

[Lady Dimitrescu 9,117]

Terrible news. Now people in the future who don't have it won't be able to buy it.

[Jay 40,309]

Varese should have pressed more than 3,000 copies!

[scallenger 581]

The score is like a crazy, fun, intense, violent, and even scary cartoon score. It is also one of the few scores that makes me laugh out loud when listening to it. Those duck quacks, every freaking time...

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,488]

Sadly most of the "herd" seems to prefer the safe and predictable score to the first one!

 

 

[scallenger 581]

Hey, the first score has the insane "cat wailing", hahaha. And the big action finale is one of my favorite Goldsmith tracks ever! Not without its own merits, but it suffers a little in complete form due to lots of "filler".

[Lady Dimitrescu 9,117]

That's why the OST is better.

[RICHARDSTRAUSS68 107]

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[Sharkissimo 1,974]

Curious. I wasn't aware the sheets for Gremlins 2 had leaked.

[RICHARDSTRAUSS68 107]

On 5/25/2017 at 10:29 PM, Sharky said:

 

[Sharkissimo 1,974]

Yeah...

[Kasey Kockroach 2,370]

Contender for one of my top five favorite scores in the entire universe. 

But I'm wholly satisfied with the Deluxe Edition as is.

I'm pleasantly surprised they even threw in the music from when Leonard Maltin gets mauled!

[Turbo 79]

The tracks are definitely out of order.

 

1 - Merrily We Roll Along / Prologue / Just You Wait (5:09)
31 - Clamp Logos (:00-:08.6)
2 - Future Thoughts (:34)
3 - Gizmo’s Capture (:00-2:12)
4 - Cute… (2:04)
3 - Fatal Prognosis (2:12-End)
5 - Gizmo Escapes (3:53)
6 - Instructions (1:50)
7 - Leaky Faucet (3:49)
8 - The Impostor (1:14)
9 - The Visitors (3:34)
10 - No Rats (2:28)
11 - The Long Fall / Hot Wire / The Time Zone (2:36)
12 - Pot Luck (3:08)
13 - Fast Rise (:44-End)
13 - Pacing (:00-:44)
14 - A Better Mouse Trap (1:47)
15 - Gremlins At Work (:00-1:12)
29 - Movie Police (:48)
15 - Brain Hormones / Gremlins Wings (1:12-End)
16 - Gremlin Mayhem (3:59)
31 - Clamp Logos (:08.6-End)
17 - Teenage Mutant Gremlins (3:31)
18 - On The Track / Workout (:00-:33)
30 - Nearer My God To Thee (1:23)
18 - Something New / The Bag (:33-End)
19 - Climate Control (:34-End)
19 - No Cavities (:00-:34)
20 - Keep It Quiet (3:18)
21 - New York, New York / Rhapsody In Blue (:00-1:24)
22 - Congo Corta / Gremlinition (:41)
21 - Rhapsody In Blue (1:24-End)
23 - Broadway To Bowery / New York, New York / A Big Chance (1:48)
24 - Gremlin Pudding (2:22)
25 - New Trends (3:51)
26 - Bridal Chorus (1:11)
27 - Gremlin Credits (5:01)
32 - Postlude (:25)

 

28 - Cute… (Album Version) (2:04)

[BloodBoal 7,541]

So... Mystery solved?

[RICHARDSTRAUSS68 107]

On 5/26/2017 at 2:33 AM, BloodBoal said:

So... Mystery solved?

It is out of order but unless you want to edit a few audio files there is no way to fix it.

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[Jay 40,309]

Yes, some cues were combined and/or moved around for a better listening experience on the DE, really nothing that out of the ordinary or crazy.

 

01 Merrily We Roll Along / Prologue / Just You Wait (5:09)
02 Future Thoughts(0:34)
03A [0:00-2:12] Gizmo’s Capture / A Disaster (2:12)
04 Cute…(2:04)
03B [2:12-end] Fatal Prognosis (0:20)
05 Gizmo Escapes (3:53)
06 Instructions (1:50)
07 Leaky Faucet (3:49)
08 The Impostor (1:14)
09 The Visitors (3:34)
10 No Rats (2:28)
11 The Long Fall / Hot Wire / The Time Zone(2:36)
12 Pot Luck (3:08)
13B [0:44-end] Fast Rise (0:34)
13A [0:00-0:44] Pacing (0:44)
14 A Better Mouse Trap(1:47)
15 Gremlins At Work / The Brain Hormones / Gremlins Wings (4:59)
16 Gremlin Mayhem (3:59)
17 Teenage Mutant Gremlins (3:31)
18 On The Track / Workout / Something New / The Bag (1:04)
19B [0:34-end] Climate Control (1:35)
19A [0:00-0:34] No Cavities (0:34)
20 Keep It Quiet (3:18)
21A [0:00-1:24] New York, New York (1:24)
22 Congo Corta / Gremlinition (0:41)
21B [1:24-end] Rhapsody In Blue (0:41)
23 Broadway To Bowery / New York, New York / A Big Chance (1:48)
24 Gremlin Pudding (2:22)
25 New Trends (3:51)
26 Bridal Chorus (1:11)
27 Gremlin Credits (5:01)

 

Additional Music:
28 Cute… (Album Version) (2:04)
29 Movie Police (0:48)
30 Nearer My God To Thee (1:23)
31 Clamp Logos (0:22)
32 Postlude (0:25)

[Brundlefly 2,399]

Not really a desaster. The same reason why "Ave Satani" and the second half of "The Altar" where not swapped on the new Omen release.

[RICHARDSTRAUSS68 107]

I just find it distracting when I know the score and when I am trying to do a study or exam it and I have to switch between cues. 

[Jamie Dutton 7,664]

If this were an album arranged by the composer, it would be fine. But I don't like when expanded or complete versions aren't chronological.

[RICHARDSTRAUSS68 107]

2 hours ago, Selina Kyle said:

If this were an album arranged by the composer, it would be fine. But I don't like when expanded or complete versions aren't chronological.

Scores were intended to be heard in one direction and doing this really messes up the intended flow by the composer and I have never liked it when this happens.

[Lady Dimitrescu 9,117]

Didn't LLL let Goldenthal fuck around with the chronological presentation of Batman Forever? Some really good bits seem to be still missing from that.

[RICHARDSTRAUSS68 107]

53 minutes ago, Godzilla said:

Didn't LLL let Goldenthal fuck around with the chronological presentation of Batman Forever? Some really good bits seem to be still missing from that.

I think but I have sessions to the two batman scores alongside the CDs so I will listen to sessions if I do score study so I rarely listen to the CD.

[Brundlefly 2,399]

11 hours ago, dillweed97 said:

I just find it distracting when I know the score and when I am trying to do a study or exam it and I have to switch between cues. 

Me too - normally. I hate those Hook album tracks!

[Jamie Dutton 7,664]

The recording for this score is really exceptional. One of the best I've ever heard. I could have sworn I heard the mad scientist theme blaring on the muzak a couple weeks ago at work, so I gave it a look-see and the expanded version is on Spotify, oddly enough. So much the better! It's one of JG's best.

 

I used to have the short main title music recorded off the TV speaker on my Talkboy.

[Kasey Kockroach 2,370]

I remember when this was my ultimate holy grail. Once this came out, all that was left was An American Tail complete and Child’s Play 2.  

 

 

[Jurassic Shark 13,749]

You're running out of grails!

[Kasey Kockroach 2,370]

Not running out, I AM out! Period! All my soundtrack wishes have now been granted!

[crocodile 8,739]

Wait, what about An American Tail 2?

 

Karol

[Kasey Kockroach 2,370]

Nah, the OST’s fine as is.

[Jurassic Shark 13,749]

Thor, is that you?

[Kasey Kockroach 2,370]

Well, it indeed hurt-th! 

[Jay 40,309]

The physical CD edition may be OOP, but this is now available for CD quality download as well as the usual lossy download / streaming:

 

https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/gremlins-2-the-new-batch-jerry-goldsmith/0003020611560
https://tidal.com/browse/album/57607675
https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B01C4YU8P6/
https://music.apple.com/us/album/gremlins-2-new-batch-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1444103570
https://open.spotify.com/album/73IZydIkTdHflw72cak90l?si=LtnWt3nWSeCom3G8OfupYA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbEghNHijLo&list=OLAK5uy_loEI6P-M6nqcYknhl4DbauG6Sw_SQxAAY

 

The benefits of Varese perpetuity, I suppose!

[bespinGPT 8,913]

That's unacceptable!

[Jay 40,309]

It's fantastic news for everyone from the composer's estate down to the consumer

[bruce marshall 1,403]

Now all the people who missed out can groove to an essential collection of thirty second cues!😁

[Yavar Moradi 3,139]

4 minutes ago, bruce marshall said:

Now all the people who missed out can groove to an essential collection of thirty second cues!😁

Yes, you’re so hilarious. There is *one* 34-second cue in the main body of the album, and then one 41-second cue near the end. *All* of the other cues are well over a minute, and many shorter cues are combined into suites of three or four which often run over two minutes total...except for the little bonus section at the end with logos and such. (What do you want those combined with?)
 

The only complaint to be made about the Deluxe Edition album is that they screwed up the mastering compared with the original album. Neil S. Bulk did the assembly and it is as impeccable as most of his work.

 

Yavar

[bruce marshall 1,403]

Don't take it personally; unless YOU assembled the album?

[Jay 40,309]

Yavar, don't feed the trolls.  You're doing exactly what he wanted someone to do

[bruce marshall 1,403]

On 9/25/2019 at 12:25 AM, Kasey Kockroach said:

Nah, the OST’s fine as is.

" Troll!"

[Marian Schedenig 9,388]

58 minutes ago, Yavar Moradi said:

The only complaint to be made about the Deluxe Edition album is that they screwed up the mastering compared with the original album.

 

They did?

[Lady Dimitrescu 9,117]

Varese makes everything brighter and louder for radio.

[Jamie Dutton 7,664]

Sounds fine to me, but it's still too much music.