Bofur01 245 Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Hi, and if you hadn't guessed I'm one of those heretics who uses iTunes to buy all their music And, even worse, out of the Star Wars scores, I only have TFA... And I was hoping to rectify this Anyway, I'm just a bit confused about all the iTunes versions of the Star Wars scores... For ANH, there's a '77 one and a '04 one, with the '04 one having many more tracks and being cheaper, so the choice seems obvious there... ESB has 2 versions of the album, both '97, same number of tracks and same cover and all, one costs a bit more... does anyone know if they're actually different or not? RotJ only has one version, thank god TPM has 3, 2 from '99, one with the 3D cover and one with the normal one... Seemingly the same tracks, one costs a bit more... And then the Ultimate edition (Is it worth the extra £2-3?) AotC makes sense! 2 versions, same cover, one is £1 more, and has an extra track... And RotS has 2, same cover, one is £1 more, seemingly no difference... And I'm assuming the ultimate digital collection is inferior to the standard OSTs, whichever ones they are? So, any help? The confusing thing is, the titles of the albums are almost, if not exactly the same for all versions... Thanks in advance... I hope... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jwfan2234 59 Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 All three originals have the original covers 1 disk version. The 2004 are 2 disk special edition. Return of Jedi does have 2 different ones on iTunes. Phantom menace, go with the ultimate edition. It's nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jay 37,287 Posted February 26, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted February 26, 2016 Here are the original OSTs released at the same time as the film's release; These were arranged by Williams for listening experience and do not contain the complete scores, but rather the highlights as chosen by him and then re-arranged into a non-chronological order as per his usual MO. SW: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/id1068345793 TESB: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/id1068345127 ROTJ: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/id1068346287 TPM: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/id1068345185 AOTC: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/id1068345124 ROTS:https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/id1069977430 They also released a collection including all 6 of the above titles, but it actually costs $14 more than just buying each of the above for $6 each, so avoid it! https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/id1041511949 In 1997 Lucasfilm hired Mike Matessino to make 2CD sets for each of the original three scores to be in stores the same time as the SE versions of the original films were in theaters for the RCA Victor label. These are (basically) completely and (pretty much) in chronological order. Eventually RCA's license ran out and Sony re-issued them in 2004 with new covers but identical content. Here those are: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/id394309338 https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/id261749656 https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/id261749251 It's hilarious to me that Apple is selling those for $16.99-$18.99 each, because you can get them on CD for $8.39 each on Amazon! http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002YCVIS http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002YCVJC http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002YCVK6 So obviously I'd recommend doing that instead. For the prequel scores, Sony expanded The Phantom Menace a year after the film's release, but it was a half-assed job; They simply took the final film audio of the final cut of the film, made a few tiny tweaks, and plopped that on CD. For some films this would be OK, but TPM's score was massively and extensively re-edited and tweaked around in post-production, with a ton of music getting dropped and/or replaced by music tracked in from other stuff. So the CD actually includes some passages twice because of this tracking. It's a mess, but the sound quality is really good if you want to check it out https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/id412454908 Though much like the other expansions, you can get it on a real CD for much cheaper http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000051VYS/ref=olp_f_new Bofur01, Scarpia, Cerebral Cortex and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jwfan2234 59 Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 This is a piano book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Link fixed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bofur01 245 Posted February 26, 2016 Author Share Posted February 26, 2016 Ah, okay, I must have missed the ESB and RotJ '97 versions then, whoops! Thanks very much, Jay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jwfan2234 59 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 And me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bofur01 245 Posted February 27, 2016 Author Share Posted February 27, 2016 Yes, and you too, Jwfan2234, I'm sorry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curlytoot 97 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Anyone figured out yet why iTunes refuses to use the actual main artwork for AOTC? That's always bugged me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Probably because the AOTC OST release was issued on CD with several covers, and iTunes just picked one. The one iTunes uses now is technically as legit as any of the other ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 You can change the cover art to anything you like after you buy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 iNdeed. Stay out of this iWorld. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 That is funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 10 hours ago, Jay said: You can change the cover art to anything you like after you buy it. Is that legal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,671 Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Why would it not be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Because Apple doesn't wish it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 I change cover art all the time. That's why I like looking through custom covers. Besides, iTunes actually has a capability to Add Artwork. You can chose any picture file on your device from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 On 2/28/2016 at 6:22 PM, Wojism said: Because Apple doesn't wish it. Thankfully Apple doesn't directly decide on legislation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 153 Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 yet... Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,030 Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 On 2/26/2016 at 2:21 PM, Jay said: It's hilarious to me that Apple is selling those for $16.99-$18.99 each, because you can get them on CD for $8.39 each on Amazon! Not anymore, it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 You're quoting a 2 and a half year old post dude tmarps and Jurassic Shark 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmarps 217 Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 On a side note, I’m glad this thread exists, so I can vent my long-standing anger in an appropriate place at the fact they got rid of the special editions of the soundtracks with the alternate takes of Main Theme on ANH etc. Just putting that out there. Probably should buy the hard copies. Whoops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,030 Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 13 minutes ago, Jay said: You're quoting a 2 and a half year old post dude Time's relative anyway. In Norway, it's still 2016. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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