Remasters of the First 6 Star Wars Soundtracks now available (Shawn Murphy / Disney Records 2018)

[Nick1Ø66 4,688]

15 hours ago, voltisubito said:

The fold out poster is an image of a slightly puzzled-looking Qui-Gon Jinn Liam Neeson holding his lightsaber.

 

Fixed.

[Jurassic Shark 12,029]

Congrats, @Nick1066! How is it to achieve Likes-enlightenment?

[Holko 9,499]

EnLikethenment, you mean?

[Nick1Ø66 4,688]

7 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said:

Congrats, @Nick1066! How is it to achieve Likes-enlightenment?

 

Oh, 1,000 likes! I didn't know what you were talking about at first.

 

When do I get my set of steak knives? How many likes do you have to get before they create a thread about you if you vanish?

 

 

[Disco Stu 15,495]

Just now, Nick1066 said:

How many likes do you have to get before they create a thread about you if you vanish?

 

 

 

Only one way to find out....

[1977 1,743]

47 minutes ago, Nick1066 said:

 

Actually, FOTR is available now to download as well, which leaves only TTT for people who either didn't buy the CR's, don't have a friend with the CR's, or have chosen to not avail themselves of one of the myriad of ways which exist to hear these scores.

 

Oh wow! I checked now and saw that FOTR has indeed popped up for DL/streaming. 'Bout time too.

[Jurassic Shark 12,029]

12 minutes ago, Disco Stu said:

 

Only one way to find out....

 

He'll anyway be occupied for months with his newly acquired set of steak knives.

 

3 minutes ago, JTWfan77 said:

 

Oh wow! I checked now and saw that FOTR has indeed popped up for DL/streaming. 'Bout time too.

 

And it's on Spotify too, so no I don't have to purchase the overpriced physical set.

 

 

[Bilbo 3,709]

The rest of you are lucky. I can’t give Patented Bilbo Likes™️ To myself 😢

[Disco Stu 15,495]

3 minutes ago, Bilbo said:

The rest of you are lucky. I can’t give Patented Bilbo Likes™️ To myself 😢

 

Very few are flexible enough....

[Nick1Ø66 4,688]

3 minutes ago, Bilbo said:

The rest of you are lucky. I can’t give Patented Bilbo Likes™️ To myself 😢

 

I see @JTWfan77 got the coveted honour of giving me my 1,000th like, so your precious "Bilbo Likes™️" missed out, Mister Man.

[Bilbo 3,709]

Just now, Nick1066 said:

 

I see @JTWfan77 got the coveted honour of giving me my 1,000th like, so your precious "Bilbo Likes™️" missed out, Mister Man.

 

A certain amount of quality is expected to receive a Patented Bilbo Like™️. They’re not handed out like smarties. There’s a selection process, audit, and review. 

 

Dont feel bad though. A but more work and you can achieve some more!

[Jurassic Shark 12,029]

8 minutes ago, Bilbo said:

A certain amount of quality is expected to receive a Patented Bilbo Like™️. They’re not handed out like smarties.

 

Smarties are underrated.

[voltisubito 42]

5 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said:

 

Great comparison! I notice that the frequencies on the 2018 remaster are abruptly cut at 22kHz. That's not a good thing.

 

1 hour ago, Jurassic Shark said:

 

As far as I know, the way the frequency spectrum is cut off at the high end has nothing to do with the sample rate.

 

When downsampling for CD (44.1 kHz sample rate), any part of the audio signal above 44,100/2 = 22.050 kHz frequency (the Nyquist frequency) will be removed by a low-pass anti-aliasing filter. This is the highest frequency at which audio can be reproduced without error. If there's a high-resolution release of these remasters, you shouldn't see this cut-off.

[Jurassic Shark 12,029]

1 minute ago, voltisubito said:

When downsampling for CD (44.1 kHz sample rate), any part of the audio signal above 44,100/2 = 22.050 kHz frequency (the Nyquist frequency) will be removed by a low-pass anti-aliasing filter. This is the highest frequency at which audio can be reproduced without error. If there's a high-resolution release of these remasters, you shouldn't see this cut-off.

 

Well, for the CD release the filter should have been applied between ca. 20kHz and 22kHz with a gradual decrease in amplitude. That's clearly not the case for these CD releases.

[Holko 9,499]

Well, it's not like you can hear it, is it?

[Jurassic Shark 12,029]

I hope not, but I know there's CDs where you can hear it when the high frequencies are cut off too abruptly. It's called ringing.

[1977 1,743]

41 minutes ago, Nick1066 said:

 

I see @JTWfan77 got the coveted honour of giving me my 1,000th like, so your precious "Bilbo Likes™️" missed out, Mister Man.

 

So do I get one of the steak knives?

[Jurassic Shark 12,029]

You get the forks.

[Balahkay 627]

You all are getting me worried about these remasters! 

[Jurassic Shark 12,029]

The good thing is that we can correct this filtering ourselves in Audacity, if the abrupt cut is even noticeable.

[Jay 37,287]

9 hours ago, Manakin Skywalker said:

Has anyone else (in the US) had the delivery estimate for ANH shifted to May 8 instead of May 4? All of them say May 4 for me except ANH now (just happened today).

Same here.  They are telling me I'll have ESB, ROTJ, and the prequels tomorrow, but I won't have ANH until May 9th.

 

 

 

 

1 hour ago, JTWfan77 said:

Oh wow! I checked now and saw that FOTR has indeed popped up for DL/streaming. 'Bout time too.

 

http://www.jwfan.com/forums/index.php?/topic/28272-fellowship-of-the-ring-the-complete-recordings-re-issue-now-available-3cd1bd-or-5lp/&do=findComment&comment=1470278

[Holko 9,499]

Looking forward to informed opinions on the sound and editing quality!

[crumbs 14,300]

Does anyone know if the PREQUEL OST masters were assembled from the digital or analogue recordings of the PT?

 

What I'm essentially asking is, will these be the first releases of the prequels sourced from the analogue masters? If so, woohoo!

[Jay 37,287]

12 minutes ago, crumbs said:

Does anyone know if the PREQUEL OST masters were assembled from the digital or analogue recordings of the PT?

 

What I'm essentially asking is, will these be the first releases of the prequels sourced from the analogue masters? If so, woohoo!

 

Based on what I know about other scores recorded around that time, I would guess all three were very likely entirely edited from the digital recordings, and the analog tape was basically a backup running that got immediately vaulted and never used until now.

 

Maybe TPM started from the analog recording, but it would have then all been edited with 1999 era digital editing technology, so was probably done at 16/441 the entire way through.

[Jay 37,287]

As predicted, Disney Records is indeed releasing these digitally day and date with the CD.

 

This means in countries where it is already Friday, you can legally buy these.  

For example, iTunes New Zealand:

 

https://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/1375814280

https://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/1375815586

https://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/1375817940

https://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/1375813540

https://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/1375804597

https://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/1375807797

[Jurassic Shark 12,029]

If they only could publish samples in better quality. It's not like high quality samples would stop anyone from buying the albums.

[Jay 37,287]

[Jurassic Shark 12,029]

I can hereby confirm that it's in fact the original trilogy.

[crumbs 14,300]

It's 12.24am on Friday here! Apple Music, here I come!

[Holko 9,499]

From those samples, I like what I'm hearing so far.

Yes, can confirm hearing actual brass in Into the Trap for the first time* made me start weeping. Preorder button smashed.

 

*OK, not actually, but the SE one is the one engraved into my head

[Alan 689]

A New Hope and Empire sound very promising based on the samples!

[phbart 609]

Yep, I liked what I heard too!

 

A dream come true for me would be a 192kHz/24bit digital version on HDTracks.

[Jay 37,287]

That's what you dream about?

[Disco Stu 15,495]

Somebody would need to do a side-by-side comparison for me to know there's a difference between what I'm hearing in these samples and the Sony '15 tracks.

[Jay 37,287]

'16.

[Jurassic Shark 12,029]

2 minutes ago, Jay said:

That's what you dream about?

 

At least he has dreams.

 

[Alan 689]

24/192 High res download in Australia!

https://www.zdigital.com.au/artist/john-williams/release/star-wars-the-empire-strikes-back-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-7811567?f=12%2C16%2C17%2C9

[crumbs 14,300]

Spectrogram comparisons between these and the Sony releases would be glorious.

[Holko 9,499]

There you go, dreams do come true sometimes.

 

Into the Trap, Parade of the Ewoks and The Forest Battle are the definition of my years between 8-10, playing with LEGO while listening to the SE versions. It's an unexpressable feeling to hear at least these portions in listenable quality.

[crumbs 14,300]

1 minute ago, Alan said:

24/192 High res download in Australia!

https://www.zdigital.com.au/artist/john-williams/release/star-wars-the-empire-strikes-back-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-7811567?f=12%2C16%2C17%2C9

FUCK YES! MY PREDICTION WAS CORRECT!

[phbart 609]

1 minute ago, Jay said:

That's what you dream about?

I'm in a certain point of my life where I don't dream with the impossible anymore... that is, if you mean complete 3CDs for each film sourced from the best available elements and handled completely by MM.

[Disco Stu 15,495]

2 minutes ago, crumbs said:

Spectrogram comparisons between these and the Sony releases would be glorious.

 

Wouldn't listening comparisons be more useful?

[Jay 37,287]

4 minutes ago, Alan said:

24/192 High res download in Australia!

https://www.zdigital.com.au/artist/john-williams/release/star-wars-the-empire-strikes-back-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-7811567?f=12%2C16%2C17%2C9

 

For some reason when I search that site for the othe releases, it does not show me anything; Perhaps because it knows I am in the US.  Would you be so kind as to provide the URLs for all 5 of the other releases too?

[phbart 609]

I liked the smooth transition from "Rebel Blockade Runner" to "End Title" on track 1. It's been rough and hissy on the original album mix.

[Alan 689]

Here they all are

 

Phantom Menace
https://www.zdigital.com.au/artist/john-williams/release/star-wars-the-phantom-menace-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-7811675

 

Clones
https://www.zdigital.com.au/artist/john-williams/release/star-wars-attack-of-the-clones-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-7811692

 

Sith

https://www.zdigital.com.au/artist/john-williams/release/star-wars-revenge-of-the-sith-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-7811702

 

New Hope

https://www.zdigital.com.au/artist/john-williams/release/star-wars-a-new-hope-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-7811485

 

Empire

https://www.zdigital.com.au/artist/john-williams/release/star-wars-the-empire-strikes-back-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-7811567

 

Jedi

https://www.zdigital.com.au/artist/john-williams/release/star-wars-return-of-the-jedi-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-7811617

[Disco Stu 15,495]

2 minutes ago, phbart said:

I liked the smooth transition from "Rebel Blockade Runner" to "End Title" on track 1. It's been rough and hissy on the original album mix.

 

What I was most curious about with this remaster.

[Jay 37,287]

3 minutes ago, Alan said:

Here they all are

 

Thank you very much!

[crumbs 14,300]

Were those timpani percussion overlays on the original OST version of Anakin's Dark Deeds?!

[Manakin Skywalker 4,891]

Is it just my imagination (also not wearing headphones) or did they add the war drums to "Boys Into Battle"?

 

Also on "Anakin vs Obi-Wan"

[Alan 689]

1 minute ago, crumbs said:

Were those timpani percussion overlays on the original OST version of Anakin's Dark Deeds?!

I was JUST about to say that!