E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial La-La Land ANNOUNCEMENT Thread

[Bilbo 2579]

Has Thor been in yet to tell us he has no interest in this but is happy for those who do want it yet?

[Incanus 5041]

6 minutes ago, Quintus said:

How do you remaster a remastered soundtrack?

By slapping a sticker that says so on the product cover.

[Holko 3485]

This seems like the perfect score and opportunity to finally start going down the landslide of buying scores legally.

[Josh500 1384]

10 minutes ago, Incanus said:

By slapping a sticker that says so on the product cover.

 

That's the same technique they used to remaster it the first time around as well! 

[Quintus 4269]

15 minutes ago, Incanus said:

By slapping a sticker that says so on the product cover.

 

I thought so. I'll pass on this, and I have to admit I don't really understand the excitement surrounding yet another edition of the same music. Over the years I've owned enough music from E.T. to last me a lifetime (and some of my children's, who now know the score well). One of the greatest scores ever written, possibly Williams' very finest. Well owned.

[crocodile 4055]

Well, it never really had a proper complete release. It's either wrong takes, incomplete etc. And they usually master it from scratch.

 

But then, you knew that already.

 

Karol

[Disco Stu 9017]

6 hours ago, Jay said:

 

https://www.facebook.com/lalalandrecords/photos/a.181243738754.155532.56031953754/10155838795413755/

 

 

 

 

 

And September 12th is my 30th birthday  

[woj 2205]

I suppose I'll buy this. I've never owned an official ET album. 

[Bilbo 2579]

Will ET have teeth on the booklet?

[bollemanneke 1162]

Why does Thor dislike expanded releases?

[rough cut 575]

Regarding the difference between LLL/4K BluRay - There was a lot of discussion regarding who remastered the BluRay OST, and I simply wondered if the LLL will feature a different remaster?

 

I realize that LLL will feature more than the OST.

[FrankV 86]

15 minutes ago, Bilbo Skywalker said:

Will ET have teeth on the booklet?

 

Not at first.

[Josh500 1384]

17 minutes ago, Bilbo Skywalker said:

Will ET have teeth on the booklet?

 

[Incanus 5041]

17 minutes ago, bollemanneke said:

Why does Thor dislike expanded releases?

He thinks the composers are infallible album producers whose presentations of their film scores on OSTs should be enough for us mortals because all the best stuff is in there anyway and the musical journey is so much better than the complete score would be. Period. Full stop. End of story.

[Quintus 4269]

Finito

[Nick1066 1755]

Guess I'll have to finally get around to buying/listening to this score. I hear it's quite good.

[Disco Stu 9017]

It's alright

[Incanus 5041]

8 minutes ago, Disco Stu said:

It's alright

Yeah that finale especially is OK. Quite decent actually.

[Disco Stu 9017]

Just now, Incanus said:

Yeah that finale especially is OK. Quite decent actually.

 

"Magic of Halloween"? Not bad.

[gkgyver 1147]

I can't see these releases anymore. Great that it's remastered, great that some JWfans like it, but is there really nothing more exciting on the horizon than the remaster of 25 years old Scores that have been out for years and years already?

 

Film music is dead.

[Incanus 5041]

2 minutes ago, gkgyver said:

I can't see these releases anymore. Great that it's remastered, great that some JWfans like it, but is there really nothing more exciting on the horizon than the remaster of 25 years old Scores that have been out for years and years already?

 

Film music is dead.

I thank you for that pithy assessment Georg. Duly noted.

[phbart 439]

Can I finally sell my 1996 Laserdisc?

[bollemanneke 1162]

Well, Thor must be a really happy person then... I can't imagine totally accepting an OST regardless of my expectations.

[Nick1066 1755]

22 minutes ago, Disco Stu said:

It's alright

 

No matter how good it is, it can't be better than Shore's "Lord of the Rings."

[Incanus 5041]

Just now, Nick1066 said:

 

No matter how good it is, it can't be better than Shore's "Lord of the Rings."

It is the best thing since the invention of sliced bread I tell you!

[Disco Stu 9017]

6 minutes ago, Nick1066 said:

 

No matter how good it is, it can't be better than Shore's "Lord of the Rings."

 

It's not a competition, Nick.  Despite the proliference of those insipid polls on this board.

[Nick1066 1755]

I hear sliced bread is quite good as well. Not as good as salted pork though.

 

[Marian Schedenig 1979]

5 hours ago, Jay said:

Jim Titus has done every one of the LLL / JW / SS expansions so far, and there's no reason to think he wouldn't do these two as well!

 

 

He is unequivocally the best in the business, hands down.

 

He just needs a dentist.

[thx99 549]

22 minutes ago, gkgyver said:

I can't see these releases anymore. Great that it's remastered, great that some JWfans like it, but is there really nothing more exciting on the horizon than the remaster of 35 years old Scores that have been out for years and years already?

 

Corrected.

[phbart 439]

 

5 hours ago, Arpy said:

The cover doesn't say "Expanded" but 2 discs and such has to mean it's expanded, right? I'm not just being an idiot?

I guess the "35th Anniversary" and "Expanded" together would be some sort of pleonasm.

[Bilbo 2579]

I listened to the OST earlier for the first time in awhile. Damn I love this score. Can't wait although it might be a Xmas present so I'll have to wait awhile.

[mstrox 3105]

Depending on the day of the week, this is my favorite all-time score.  So pumped!

[Quintus 4269]

1 hour ago, gkgyver said:

I can't see these releases anymore. Great that it's remastered, great that some JWfans like it, but is there really nothing more exciting on the horizon than the remaster of 25 years old Scores that have been out for years and years already?

 

Film music is dead.

 

I know it's a curmudgeon response, but I sort of agree. I don't know why people get so excited about a couple of extra cues, especially when the final outlay to finally obtain them has been so stupidly expensive. Is there ever a limit to the amount of soundtrack editions people will buy? I don't think there is.

[Þekþiþm 5481]

I buy many leather jackets online before I find one that fits properly.

[Quintus 4269]

I can tell.

 

I still use the high street for my own clobber.

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 4874]

Does it have the E.T. Adventure?

[Disco Stu 9017]

6 minutes ago, Evil-Lyn said:

Does it have the E.T. Adventure?

 

I really wish they'd go ahead and reveal what's in this set.

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 4874]

Something like this is really our only chance to get it. The fact that it's called "Remastered Edition" is pretty worrying. We didn't need it remastered, we needed it complete.

[Disco Stu 9017]

Just now, Evil-Lyn said:

Something like this is really our only chance to get it. The fact that it's called "Remastered Edition" is pretty worrying. We didn't need it remastered, we needed it complete.

 

We'll just have to keep our collective sphincters clenched until we know what's in there.  I concur that the wording on the cover is a concern until then.

[mstrox 3105]

If I recall, La La Land doesn't use the word complete for anything anymore.  Been burned by complaints too many times.

[Ricard 1257]

35 minutes ago, Quintus said:

 

I know it's a curmudgeon response, but I sort of agree. I don't know why people get so excited about a couple of extra cues, especially when the final outlay to finally obtain them has been so stupidly expensive. Is there ever a limit to the amount of soundtrack editions people will buy? I don't think there is.

 

People are so excited because this will be, at last, the definitive edition of one of Williams' masterpieces and one of the most important scores of the 20th century.

 

19 minutes ago, Evil-Lyn said:

The fact that it's called "Remastered Edition" is pretty worrying. We didn't need it remastered, we needed it complete.

It's both remastered and complete.

[Þekþiþm 5481]

The OST is all that matters.

[Disco Stu 9017]

15 minutes ago, Sally Spectra said:

The OST is all that matters.

 

Which we will likely find on Disc 2!

 

I hope.

 

Unless, there was some weird thing about not competing with the one included in the blu ray box set.  I don't know how the industry works all the time, but it's usually safe to assume the worst.

[Jay 12472]

3 hours ago, Quintus said:

I'll pass on this, and I have to admit I don't really understand the excitement surrounding yet another edition of the same music. Over the years I've owned enough music from E.T. to last me a lifetime (and some of my children's, who now know the score well). One of the greatest scores ever written, possibly Williams' very finest. Well owned.

 

 

The original LP that came out in 1982 featured 8 tracks, only 3 of which (Three Million Light Years From Home, E.T. Phone Home, and Adventure On Earth) were from the actual film score;  The other 5 tracks (Abandoned And Pursued, E.T. And Me, E.T.'s Halloween, Flying, Over The Moon) were special compositions JW recorded specifically for the album.

The "expanded" CDs that came out in 1996 and 2002 focused ONLY on the film score, dropping all five of his great album-only compositions.  Additionally, neither one of those releases were complete; They differ from the version of cues chosen for the film in many spots, and never even included all the cues written for the film to begin with on top of losing all the great album arrangements from 1982.

 

This, finally, pairs the COMPLETE film score with the grammy winning 1982 album material, PLUS whatever alternates and other goodies have been uncovered.

 

It's a win-win for everyone, especially when you remember that while you are approaching 40 and have owned CD versions that came out before for most of your life, there are new JW fans every minute, right?  That 1982 OST has been Out of Print on CD for twenty years now, and now, finally, people will be able to own it again, AS WELL AS the complete film score, all together in one package with better sound quality than has ever been possible before.  There's nothing to complain about here.

[Nick1066 1755]

17 minutes ago, Jay said:

This, finally, pairs the COMPLETE film score with the grammy winning 1982 album material, PLUS whatever alternates and other goodies have been uncovered.

 

It's a win-win for everyone, especially when you remember that while you are approaching 40 and have owned CD versions that came out before for most of your life, there are new JW fans every minute, right?  That 1982 OST has been Out of Print on CD for twenty years now, and now, finally, people will be able to own it again, AS WELL AS the complete film score, all together in one package with better sound quality than has ever been possible before.  There's nothing to complain about here.

 

This message brought to you from the good folks at La-La Land.

[JoeinAR 1215]

When can we pre-order?

[Jay 12472]

You cannot pre-order.

 

You can order it when it goes up for sale Tuesday, September 12th, at 12:00 PST (3PM EST) at:

 

http://www.lalalandrecords.com/

[scallenger 173]

That cover is both unexpected and incredibly beautiful.

[Quintus 4269]

34 minutes ago, Jay said:

 

 

The original LP that came out in 1982 featured 8 tracks, only 3 of which (Three Million Light Years From Home, E.T. Phone Home, and Adventure On Earth) were from the actual film score;  The other 5 tracks (Abandoned And Pursued, E.T. And Me, E.T.'s Halloween, Flying, Over The Moon) were special compositions JW recorded specifically for the album.

The "expanded" CDs that came out in 1996 and 2002 focused ONLY on the film score, dropping all five of his great album-only compositions.  Additionally, neither one of those releases were complete; They differ from the version of cues chosen for the film in many spots, and never even included all the cues written for the film to begin with on top of losing all the great album arrangements from 1982.

 

This, finally, pairs the COMPLETE film score with the grammy winning 1982 album material, PLUS whatever alternates and other goodies have been uncovered.

 

It's a win-win for everyone, especially when you remember that while you are approaching 40 and have owned CD versions that came out before for most of your life, there are new JW fans every minute, right?  That 1982 OST has been Out of Print on CD for twenty years now, and now, finally, people will be able to own it again, AS WELL AS the complete film score, all together in one package with better sound quality than has ever been possible before.  There's nothing to complain about here.

 

I'm not complaining. Genuinely interested in why people who already purchased previous multiple releases would want to buy this. 

[mstrox 3105]

I "upgrade" previous releases all the time - even if it's just inclusion of a few dumb bonus carols like LLL's Home Alone 2, or a bump in sound quality, like the Danny Elfman Batman Collection or the 2012 reissue of the Witches of Eastwick OST.

 

This one will have completely unreleased music (especially for someone like me that doesn't listen to iso score rips, leaks, bootlegs, etc).  That's a pretty substantial upgrade!