rough cut 1,714 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 You do that too? ? I do that to all my CDs! The expanded JP collection was tough as nails, the BFG not as much... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 No, not the JP set, are you insane!? The BFG still worked AND was improved, Sophie's Theme is now the only thing that plays! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rough cut 1,714 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Haha, love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 11 hours ago, rough cut said: And driving is the best way to limit sensory exposure? Really? At 630 in ths morning with limited traffic yes. I can drive by rote. Drax cannot. The only soumd I heard was the score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 I listen to scores in the car all the time, E.T. included. I leave for work about 6:30am too, and I beat much of the crazy rush hour traffic. Never had serious problems with hearing the score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rough cut 1,714 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Well, as I pointed out a few posts ago, I doubt that you’d notice a difference from the original CD under those circumstances. But if you’re talking about if the E.T. score would fit a driving session in the dark - yes, I’d give it a pass too! I remember driving late on business a few years ago, when ROTS had just come out, and I listened to a burned CD I’d made with the score in chronological order... The night was pitch black... There were very few cars on the road... Just miles and miles of vast emptiness filling up the space between me and my destination... and JW on the speakers! I remember being struck by how much more awesome the score was in its build-up. “Anakin’s Betrayal”, followed by “Enter Lord Vader” and “Dark Deeds”... just to pick a few awesome cues that play beautifully in sequence. Whoa! What a trip! Good memories! Amer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artguy360 1,844 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 I haven't had a chance to buy this new edition yet but I've been listening to the 25 anniversary edition the last couple of days and I've fallen in love with this score all over again. The writing is so tender and beautiful and I think it may the score that best features JW's writing for harp which I always enjoy when he features it. The Beginning of a Friendship in particular is amazing to me with the simple, repeated strings rising and falling over the very delicate harp. Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phbart 609 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 No matter what version you listen (OST, 1996, 2002, 2017), you'll fall in love anyway. That's the magic of E.T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneBuckFilms 323 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 That's what happened when I revisited the 20th anniversary release before getting this new one. When a score like this comes along, there is a certain magic there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 And this is the perfect time of the year to listen to the score. I plan on spinning it again soon on one of these crisp autumn days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datameister 2,044 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 So true. I'm rather embarrassed to admit I wasn't familiar with the OST until this release - only the complete film score - so part of the joy of this for me has been discovering this beautiful alternate presentation of the score. OneBuckFilms 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,372 Posted October 27, 2017 Author Share Posted October 27, 2017 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 4 hours ago, Datameister said: So true. I'm rather embarrassed to admit I wasn't familiar with the OST until this release - only the complete film score - so part of the joy of this for me has been discovering this beautiful alternate presentation of the score. Same! I'll admit too that it was the first time hearing E.T. and Me! A fantastic concert version of the theme! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datameister 2,044 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Yeah, I was familiar with "Over the Moon" from other recordings, and I'd heard concert performances of "Flying", but the other new tracks were indeed new to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 woah I got to that alternate fanfare at the end of Far From Home, E.T. Alone (alt) .very weird and thrilling tio hear at the same time. But I can see why Williams changed it it sounds like a draft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 That's one of the best tracks on this. The last minute is amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,372 Posted November 1, 2017 Author Share Posted November 1, 2017 Threw me for a loop the first time I heard it too! It's SO BIZARRE and frankly bad, I would say; I'm glad they recorded a new ending, as the revised ending is great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datameister 2,044 Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 I like the stuff with "the call" at 5:54 and pretty much everything onwards, but yeah, the big music for the takeoff is really pretty lacking in the original form. (And I'm thrilled to have it! :D) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,372 Posted November 2, 2017 Author Share Posted November 2, 2017 Yea, it's the takeoff music that's the weaker part I'm glad they redid. And yea, it goes without saying in thrilled to have it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,372 Posted November 6, 2017 Author Share Posted November 6, 2017 Mike M has answered a bunch of questions for me about this set in my new main page article here: http://www.jwfan.com/?p=9994 You won't believe what happened to the original album master or how Botanicus was found! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amer 2,113 Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Great Questions here Jason, they put down a lot of the rumor mongering and aimless speculations to rest(while raising up some new ones) ;). I hope we will have more detailed discussion when Close Encounters finally arrives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,372 Posted November 7, 2017 Author Share Posted November 7, 2017 What rumor mongering are you referring to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amer 2,113 Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 The ones we speculate about etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,372 Posted November 7, 2017 Author Share Posted November 7, 2017 I have no idea what you mean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amer 2,113 Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 I was referring to this section: That sounds exciting to me! At the end of the Jurassic Park podcast, you advised John Williams fans to “save some money” for upcoming releases; were you just referring to E.T. and Close Encounters, or are there more releases around the corner as well? I didn’t mean to imply that a flood of releases were imminent, but rather that it would be good to set aside a little nest egg so that the funds would be there for whenever releases came along. However, at that time I said that I knew that Stanley & Iris was happening, but there were also one or two others I thought might be out this year but aren’t yet. E.T. and Close Encounters really took over my life this year and I’m not complaining; they are two of my favorites. But there are just so many things you can put into the in-box with Williams or Spielberg when they’ve got so many projects going. The record labels can get overwhelmed as well and sometimes these things take more time than we’d like them to. E.T. was actually supposed to be out in June and then Close Encounters in September, but both got delayed. I’ve got some huge non-Williams releases coming up as well. Short answer: yes, there is more to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 I don’t think “reckless pipedreaming speculation” is the same thing as rumormongering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,372 Posted November 7, 2017 Author Share Posted November 7, 2017 I still don't really understand what you guys are talking about. ELI5? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 The many speculative threads with dozens of pages of "will we see this release this year?!?!?!" all using Mike's "save your pennies next year" quote as part of the justification for the wild speculation Amer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,372 Posted November 7, 2017 Author Share Posted November 7, 2017 Ah OK, I guess I understand now. 2018 is going to a fun year for Williams releases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,372 Posted November 7, 2017 Author Share Posted November 7, 2017 The Second Disc now has an article up about the creation of this set's cover art! https://theseconddisc.com/2017/11/extra-terrific-inside-the-art-of-la-la-lands-e-t-soundtrack-reissue/ The article also contains 3 alternate album covers you can use for your music player of choice if you wish! Pieter Boelen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Aw man, so Mondo Con attendees could get a poster? I wants it, precious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rough cut 1,714 Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Super interesting article. I’ve worked a lot with graphic design through the years, and paying homage - and combing both unknown and well known imagery - to something this iconic is quite the task. Bravo, for putting up the works-in-progress! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,372 Posted November 7, 2017 Author Share Posted November 7, 2017 Yea, I thought it was really interesting. For some reason, I thought the picture of Elliot was pre-existing, like the matte painting backdrop was; I didn't realize Jim Titus created it from scratch! I like how they described it as if its Elliot pondering on the events of the movie, from after the movie, pretty neat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KittBash 282 Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 57 minutes ago, rough cut said: Super interesting article. I’ve worked a lot with graphic design through the years, and paying homage - and combing both unknown and well known imagery - to something this iconic is quite the task. Bravo, for putting up the works-in-progress! Agreed, I’ve owned a small marketing agency for over 10 years and we’ve had to work with some decent sized brands (nothing like E.T. mind you) and it’s always hard coming up with key art etc. for something with big expectations but you can always tell when the person working on it loves what they do like Jim Titus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,484 Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 So this Jim Titus pick boys on the street like that, with no parents near, and photography them... okay... OneBuckFilms 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KittBash 282 Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Not sure this has been posted before but as a designer myself I love Jim Titus’ work and I keep an eye on his behance profile to get some insights he sometimes posts there. No ET yet but lots of his other projects can be seen. https://www.behance.net/jimtitus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 6 hours ago, Bespin said: So this Jim Titus pick boys on the street like that, with no parents near, and photography them... okay... Very suspect, especially in this day and age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,372 Posted November 9, 2017 Author Share Posted November 9, 2017 Posters of the artwork will be available to purchase tomorrow from Mondo Quote HEADS-UP (like Elliott's): Mondo has some remaining posters that are expected to be posted for sale on their website beginning tomorrow (Thursday) at 10:30 a.m. US Central Time. mondotees.com https://mondotees.com/ The poster version looks like this: Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 Will buy Jay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,372 Posted November 9, 2017 Author Share Posted November 9, 2017 Did you get one Stu? Sold out now https://mondotees.com/products/e-t-jim-titus-poster?variant=46260997134 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 Fuck! No. I forgot to check at 11:30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,372 Posted November 9, 2017 Author Share Posted November 9, 2017 D'oh! Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jay 37,372 Posted November 10, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 10, 2017 Alrighty. On the the topic of the original album recording and the digital/analog business, Mike M got to the bottom with Bruce: Quote So for this score, what was recorded analog, and what was recorded digitally? Bruce is positive that both digital and analog were run for the entirety of the E.T. film sessions with two interlocked 3/4” U-Matic machines recording the digital. The thought at the time was that the digital could be used to create the analog dubs for editing the picture without the generational loss of going from mag to mag. But that didn’t take place. One set of mag was used to cut the picture and a second set remained untouched, which is, for the most part, what we used for the 35th anniversary edition. For the album sessions, Bruce thinks it was just recorded digitally (and possibly as live stereo mixes, not 3-channel) with the exception of “Stay With Me,” which may therefore have not been recorded digitally at all, because by that point they knew what was going to be on the album and the movie was already dubbed using mag. At that point they knew that the album master was going to be created digitally. So all of the digital session tapes, for both film and album, are simply nowhere to be found. But there is no doubt in Bruce’s mind that using the uncut set of mag transferred at 192k 24bit would give us far greater quality than the 44k 16bit tapes would have if we had located them. In all likelihood they would have had a lot of ticks and dropouts on them. Here are some photos he shared of the two U-matic decks, the 35 mm mag machines, and the MGM booth with Lyle Burbridge and Frank Marshall at the console. These are from the sessions for Poltergeist, which was done the same way as E.T. The Illustrious Jerry, Unlucky Bastard, KittBash and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La La Land Records 53 Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 On 11/7/2017 at 9:23 PM, Stefancos said: Very suspect, especially in this day and age. His son was the model Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,484 Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 7 hours ago, La La Land Records said: His son was the model It seems we don't read english and understand it with the same habilities! Anyway I think that it is not a very good story to tell... Picking an alone boy on the street, stop him, asking to take some poses, take pictures of him, having the assurance that the parents are not near... Well, I'm not a photograph, but I would absolutely avoid to do that if I was one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rough cut 1,714 Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 We’ve seen a lot of new poster art emerge through the years for a lot of the big properties; Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Superman and so on, and E.T. sas been no exception. This poster, however, blows them all away. It’s one of the best re-designs I’ve ever seen. Beautiful. I’m glad it’s the cover of the 35th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 Yeah, and you never no, whether the next release will get the classic cover maybe slightly different (A.I.), or something totally new (1941), or a classic cover that has however never been used for the soundtrack (Hook). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rough cut 1,714 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Hook was a really good adaption too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post phbart 609 Posted November 17, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted November 17, 2017 I guess it's time to close the books on ET now. OneBuckFilms, The Illustrious Jerry, Bespin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneBuckFilms 323 Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 All I have is the top-left corner edition. It closes the book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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