Jay 37,373 Posted March 18, 2017 Author Share Posted March 18, 2017 So create a playlist that puts them where you want them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,373 Posted September 12, 2017 Author Share Posted September 12, 2017 Mike M just revealed this tidbit on FSM about the Universal Studios' ride music composed by Silvestri: Quote Quote I wish Varese or Intrada did this for Back to the Future The Ride. As much as I like the Debney rerecording, I always wanted the original track. I guess I can reveal now that I did try... Alan provided it and it was on the master for Part III initially, but he asked that it get taken off at the last minute. He didn't like the synth component on it. Mike . http://filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=121219&forumID=1&archive=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Disco Stu 15,495 Posted April 22, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 22, 2018 So during my break I started playing around with making isolated scores in my spare time. I've always been completely fascinated with the form and saddened by the lack of interest from the studios in including them with home video releases. I am an extreme novice and I only use iMovie to edit the audio. This means that I mostly work with scores (or at least sequences) that are relatively unfussed with in terms of microedits and replacements, etc. I understand that not everyone is as obsessed as I am with seeing their favorite scores like this, but I find it's a great way to appreciate the musical decisions. Like, "why did the music change right here? Oh, because of this edit point." etc. I've only done two FULL isolated scores (as in, for the whole movie). The first one was E.T. of course. I never owned the laserdisc and besides, the way I do it I fade the movie audio back in for parts without score, something I've always wished isolated scores on DVDs/blurays would do. It's now pretty much the only way I watch E.T. The second full isolated score I worked on was for Back to the Future Part III, which has always been my favorite of the BTTF scores. For your enjoyment, I present the full "The Train" sequence set to picture (all 3 cues). EDIT: Video moved to new repository thread here Ricard, Holko, Jay and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,373 Posted April 23, 2018 Author Share Posted April 23, 2018 Neat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 This is by far my favorite setting of the main BTTF theme (1:45 - 2:08) Although this I prefer this recording. Clearer brass sound. I really need to go through the three scores and document each time it's used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 You must be bored! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 When am I not?! (the answer is on weekends which, coincidentally, is when I mysteriously stop posting here every 2 seconds) bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 When do you think you'll beat Jay on the leaderboard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Don't know don't care! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Only a matter of time I s'pose. Jay better watch out. There's a new No. 1 coming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Anyway that Back to the Future music I posted sure is good right? Pieter Boelen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 It's fine. I've never been a huge fan. The third score is best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 I have it all on tape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,530 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 25 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: I really need to go through the three scores and document each time it's used. I call that the "Everything's going to be fine *wink wink*" motif/setting. It's also in Burning the Book, and in a weaker, slower rendition in A Flying Delorean. So it's playing under the planning right before the tree branch falls with the quote "Everything's going to be all right", when they think they fixed the future before the book comes up, when they think they fixed the past right before the lightning strikes and takes Doc back, and when they think bringing Doc back will be a breeze. Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Well and in BTTF3 when he's about to go back to try to fix the past (the cue I posted above). But Silvestri was pretty all over the place with deciding which parts of the first score to quote exactly in the sequels and where. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,373 Posted August 29, 2018 Author Share Posted August 29, 2018 I don't think Silvestri intended the various recurring melodies to only represent one thing specifically. He just kind of used what sounded best for the scene imo. Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,530 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Yeah, I added that to the end about when you posted this. Most motifs don't have even the loosest association in these scores, this is one where you can kind of shoehorn one in - a calm right before something inevitably goes wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Truth! 9 minutes ago, Holko said: I call that the "Everything's going to be fine *wink wink*" motif/setting. It's also in Burning the Book, and in a weaker, slower rendition in A Flying Delorean. So it's playing under the planning right before the tree branch falls with the quote "Everything's going to be all right", when they think they fixed the future before the book comes up, when they think they fixed the past right before the lightning strikes and takes Doc back, and when they think bringing Doc back will be a breeze. I had forgotten the Part II instances btw. I hardly ever listen to that score. I tend to revisit either 1 or 3 if I'm feeling that BTTF itch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,530 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 2 has enough new material and new renditions for me to just barely keep it interesting enough. It all only starts to get stale by "Warmed Up" and that's when the tone changes completely to Western. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,373 Posted August 29, 2018 Author Share Posted August 29, 2018 I've never had a problem with II, I like it a lot! Smaug The Iron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 I don't have a problem with it per se. Just not what I reach for first, for the movie or the score, which over decades just means it's my least watched/listened to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datameister 2,044 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Love that setting of the theme, wherever it's used in the films, Disco Stu. There's something really interesting about where it goes emotionally. Really hard to put into words. Disco Stu and Smaug The Iron 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 I was listening to BTTF on a bike ride the other day and when that particular setting comes up it really gives me a sense of positivity and determination. And like all the BTTF music it just feels like happy music to me. I guess that's just the nostalgic associations. I just remembered listening to BTTF3 while hiking in California a couple of years ago. Which I posted about below! I guess I just have a weird association between BTTF music and physical exercise haha Smaug The Iron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,530 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 I put together only now that the "Train motif" which I love and is in Train Pt. II and III, Hill Valley and There is no Bridge, is actually a reduced version of the Western Theme which until now I believed to be heavily underutilised. Much to learn, I still have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 2 hours ago, Holko said: I put together only now that the "Train motif" which I love and is in Train Pt. II and III, Hill Valley and There is no Bridge, is actually a reduced version of the Western Theme which until now I believed to be heavily underutilised. Much to learn, I still have. Is this this motif at 1:36? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,530 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 No, what I called the Train Motif is the part that enters here at 3:34, with train-esque percussion then the first few notes of the Western Theme, then getting more and more tense and rushed in Train Part III. Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 1 minute ago, Holko said: No, what I called the Train Motif is the part that enters here at 3:34, with train-esque percussion then the first few notes of the Western Theme, then getting more and more tense and rushed in Train Part III. Ah yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,530 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Also featured dominantly here when Marty walks on the train tracks and reaches Hill Valley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,359 Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 On 8/29/2018 at 11:32 AM, Disco Stu said: This is by far my favorite setting of the main BTTF theme (1:45 - 2:08) Although this I prefer this recording. Clearer brass sound. I really need to go through the three scores and document each time it's used. Interestingly enough, David Collins did a analysis of a sort on that section in his third BTTF episode: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smaug The Iron 516 Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Does anyone have a problem listening to back to the future 1 and 2 on Spotify? I can only listen to one track on the first one and 9 on the second one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fargo 297 Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Working fine for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,086 Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 29 minutes ago, Smaug the iron said: Does anyone have a problem listening to back to the future 1 and 2 on Spotify? I can only listen to one track on the first one and 9 on the second one. Geographic restrictions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smaug The Iron 516 Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 2 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: Geographic restrictions. So for some weird reason Spotify has decided that from now on I am not allowed to listen to the score? Even if I could listen to the whole score yesterday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,359 Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Perhaps you got accidentally directed to a playlist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,086 Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 3 minutes ago, Smaug the iron said: So for some weird reason Spotify has decided that from now on I am not allowed to listen to the score? Even if I could listen to the whole score yesterday? It happens all the time that they update the geographical restrictions. The restrictions are indeed quite frustrating, and one of the reasons I still buy CDs. Smaug The Iron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smaug The Iron 516 Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 10 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: It happens all the time that they update the geographical restrictions. The restrictions are indeed quite frustrating, and one of the reasons I still buy CDs. I must hope that one day the geographical restrictions will change so I can listen to it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,086 Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 17 minutes ago, Smaug the iron said: I must hope that one day the geographical restrictions will change so I can listen to it again. Just relocated to another country! bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,694 Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Spotify is a minefield of changing rights and geographical madness. I only use it to decide what to buy. bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,530 Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 Quick Questions about the original: The booklet says there were 4 original days of scoring, then some more for the revisions. I know we have a cue list, do we maybe have a list of dates? I assume the Intrada Disc 2 is not all that was recorded in 4 days, multiple Disc 1 cues must have been part of that "original vision" too but the were deemed good enough to keep. Or are all non-revised Disc 1 tracks from those initial sessions and the later sessions were only for the revised cues which have early versions on disc 2? The booklet says the first day of recording was dedicated entirely to that first Clocktower. So why does the Intrada track, the second half especially, sound like they just picked Take 01 without any good rehearsal where the orchestra's slipping all over, missing entry points, messing up the tempo constantly by the end? They must have polished it with multiple takes if they had a whole day for it, this can't be the best they could do, the orchestra does great in this score otherwise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,359 Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 Flubs? what flubs? EDIT: oh, you mean the first CT, not the film version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scallenger 483 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Back to the Future 3 Expanded Edition 2CD set is now sold out from Varese. I luckily got a copy from MovieMusic (there may be more) and I guess is still available at Screen Archives. I had put off getting it for too long haha, so if anyone else has too this is basically your last chance not to get gouged. And for anyone hoping maybe they are just temporarily out of stock, I got confirmation from e-mail that it is "sold out". bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 The VS ost of BTTF3 is probably easily obtainable . GOOD listen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,694 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 The expansion does a good job of joining lots of shorter cues and making it listenable. I also really like the source cues. The OST is also one of those that shuffles round tracks for no immediately evident reason. bollemanneke and Holko 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scallenger 483 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 I never had the OST of BTTF3, not even downloaded... was the sound quality much inferior to the Expanded Edition? Not that it matters to me now, but for others who may just want that that instead due to price. I think it did at least have all of the train climax music, albeit out of order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,694 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 I wouldn't say it sounds huge amounts better but it's noticeable - most cues sound more open and clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 3 is my favourite of the bunch - especially for the rousing train cues and the love theme. bruce marshall and Holko 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 I really like it but it was kind of a placeholder until BTTF was released by Intrada. Then it became expendable. No way I was ever going to listen to ANYTHING but I- not after waiting thirty plus years for that one!😁 7 hours ago, Richard Penna said: The expansion does a good job of joining lots of shorter cues and making it listenable. .... Why did they stop doing that?!😡😠 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,694 Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 All they did was join 2 or 3 cues within a track - you'd get exactly the same listening experience if they'd done a Wild Wild West style release. #1 is more iconic for its set pieces, but somehow #3 is more fun to listen to, and I'd say the more enjoyable movie. #2 is definitely the worst of both worlds - I think it's actually not a very good movie really, and Silvestri's music is similarly anonymous to me. I only have selections from the OST for that, and never bought the expansion. Holko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,373 Posted October 19, 2021 Author Share Posted October 19, 2021 Less than 200 copies left of Intrada's BTTF2 https://store.intrada.com/s.nl/sc.16/category.66697/.f Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Rick 1,157 Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Less than 150 now, going fast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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