JAWS - 2015 Intrada 2CD Release (Complete film tracks & original LP re-recording)

[Incanus 5,713]

Sadly I don't have Jaws on vinyl to check whether the recording has a long reverb or not. I do have Jaws 2 but that vinyl doesn't need checking because there's nothing fishy about the CD.

Hehehe I get it. Clever Alex. Very clever.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

It's freedom, Marv.

[crocodile 7,983]

John, I am haunted by the OST that you should have never given me.

Karol

[crumbs 14,300]

I wish I could just wish away my feelings.. about this release.

[Incanus 5,713]

I hate OST albums. They're jumbled, tracks spliced together from multiple cues and they skip and move everywhere. Not like here. Here everything is complete and chronological.

[crumbs 14,300]

Listening experiences wont save you, John. Only my new microediting powers can do that.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

Hans is the composer, isn't he? I am truly sorry.

[crumbs 14,300]

I've been wondering... what are MIDI-mockups?

[crocodile 7,983]

MIDI is what gives a composer his power. It's an energy field created by all living synths. It surrounds the rough cut and penetrates it. It binds the scoring process together.

EDIT: In other words, it is basically a synth demo of a cue that composer presents to a director before scoring. (In case your questions was a serious one)

Karol

[crumbs 14,300]

We live in a synthesised world, come back to it. You're studying to become a composer, I'm... I'm a Remote Control Productions employee.

[JohnnyD 1,220]

I am truly amazed at how remastered the Maestro's score to Jaws is; it is like listening to it for the first time! Absolutely phenomenal.

[Jay 37,285]

Yup. Probably the most drastic change in sound quality of any release I can think of.

[Incanus 5,713]

Matessino strikes again! Gold I mean!

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

Yup. Probably the most drastic change in sound quality of any release I can think of.

What about Batman 1989?

[Jay 37,285]

I have not heard the Danny Elfman Batman Collection yet, so I couldn't comment.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

It sounds better than the 2010 version. But the 1989 CD is still the best.

[crocodile 7,983]

Yeah, the 1989 album is some sort of a miracle in mastering/mixing. Having said that, there is a notable improvement.

Karol

[JasonTHX 21]

Mine arrived yesterday. Still in the white Intrada box. I've decided to wait until Christmas to open it.

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

It sounds better than the 2010 version. But the 1989 CD is still the best.

Eckhart! Think about the future!

[Datameister 2,037]

Yup. Probably the most drastic change in sound quality of any release I can think of.

TWOK was a pretty enormous improvement!

[Jay 37,285]

wha? That was NOTHING like this!

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

Everything's gonna be alright!

[Wojo 2,453]

[mstrox 6,646]

I listened to this while I was scraping and caulking our bathroom over the weekend and it's like I'd never heard the score before. Amazing music.  Such a marked improvement on a score that previously I would have told you, "It's not my favorite and I'm happy with the Decca."

[Jay 37,285]

Yea, its really great.  Especially the shark music, all the low register stuff, comes alive like never before!

[Mr. Breathmask 555]

It does. I'm very happy we got this new release.

 

And I can't believe I'd never heard the original album before. There's some great exclusive stuff on there as well. Lovely to have both in one set!

[Jay 37,285]

25 minutes ago, Mr. Breathmask said:

I can't believe I'd never heard the original album before

[Mr. Breathmask 555]

I know.

 

I just never got around to it before now.

[JoeinAR 1,949]

I know this album is under the tree. I will have to wait. 

 

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

Who's got time for some ridiculous shark score when you've got The Force Awakens?!

[Bryant Burnette 654]

Great music; mediocre liner notes.

[crocodile 7,983]

On 23.12.2015 at 11:06 PM, Joey said:

I know this album is under the tree. I will have to wait. 

 

And what's the verdict?

 

Karol

[Sharkissimo 1,973]

This Christmas tree, swallow you whole.

[Incanus 5,713]

3 hours ago, Bryant Burnette said:

Great music; mediocre liner notes.

Intrada usually goes for rather skimpy liner notes for those interested in possible track-by-track analysis etc.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Jaws has excellent liner notes with Mike Matessino detailing the process he used to restore this score.

 

More interesting then yet another track-by-track analysis.

[Bryant Burnette 654]

I don't need it to be a track-by-track analysis, but I do expect SOME analysis of the music.  What's there is mediocre.  Disappointing, considering the lovely presentation of the music itself.

[Jay 37,285]

I too was a bit confused by the Jaws booklet.  This is one of the most important film scores of all time, and one of the biggest titles Intrada has ever released.  They have a great section of the notes where Mike talks about restoring the masterpiece, which was awesome and interesting.  But the part before that?  It just talks about the film itself for the most part, and a little about the basics of the score with a couple stories.  A huge momentous release like this deserved another 8-12 pages with more discussion of the nitty gritty of the score.  A list and description of all the themes with examples, track by track breakdown, description of how each alternate is different from the film version, etc.  Its a big missed opportunity imho.

 

Of course, every single other aspect of the release is completely perfect and amazing!

[Incanus 5,713]

1 hour ago, Stefancos said:

Jaws has excellent liner notes with Mike Matessino detailing the process he used to restore this score.

 

More interesting then yet another track-by-track analysis.

I would have loved to read more on the score and less on the film. I do like Matessino's tech talk but Scott Bettencourt's essay focuses a bit too heavily on the film itself with a quick glance at the score as if it were an obvious thing that needed no deeper examination.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

It doesnt!

[mstrox 6,646]

The book satisfied my needs.  I prefer reading about the score's and film's history, any notes about technical feats in restoring the music, and then letting a score speak for itself.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Indeed! I don't need a Doug Adams style note for Jaws.

[Incanus 5,713]

Settle down Groucho Stefan!

 

I prefer musical analysis, you prefer reading how music is mixed. You win this time! But you haven't seen the last of me!

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Once again you assume too much!

[Incanus 5,713]

14 minutes ago, Stefancos said:

Once again you assume too much!

Not when Jaws is concerned!

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

You maybe a big yahoo in the university, but here you're just supercargo!

[JoeinAR 1,949]

8 hours ago, crocodile said:

And what's the verdict?

 

Karol

Major eh. I am content with the original score. It thrills me much more. This is nice to have. I will put it away. I won't even bother to put it on the I-pod.

 

[Jay 37,285]

Technically this IS the original score; The LP recording was recorded later

[JoeinAR 1,949]

Techical perhaps but in 1975 I bought the album. I've listened to it thousands upon thousands of time. It is perfection. I'm not OCD enough to need every last note or alternate versions. It's very nice to have as I've said.. But when it comes down to it I will listen to the first Jaws release (original or not). I appreciate the work put into this but I trust John Williams decision to re-record.

[Jay 37,285]

Yes I don't think the score would have ever been a best-seller or grammy-winner if they hadn't done a new recording for the commercial album!

[Andy 4,079]

Summer listening for the ultimate summer score.... I have a question regarding the Marching Band Cues:

Do these appear anywhere in the film? And was the actual marching band music for the school parade scene recorded by Williams? Wondering why the film version didn't make the cut.