Harry Potter - The John Williams Soundtrack Collection 7CD boxset from La-La Land Records (2018)

[Alan 689]

33 minutes ago, Demodex said:

I'm not paying $100 for this. I'm hoping it will be downloadable on special websites. All I want is the film score for POA. I don't care about any alternative or unused cues. 

 

Not okay.

[Demodex 557]

Too bad

[TSMefford 1,509]

4 minutes ago, Demodex said:

Too bad

 

 

Come on man.

[bollemanneke 3,338]

People who love the music and can afford this set should buy it. Period.

[Josh500 1,615]

I cannot afford not to afford this! 😂 

[Demodex 557]

I can not afford it.  They should have released each movie separately. 

[Molly Weasley 100]

Sorry if this has been discussed already but does anyone know/have speculations about when this will ship? 

[Will 2,215]

Just noticed that Mike Matessino went on a European classical radio show and premiered the previously officially unreleased "Platform Nine-and-Three-Quarters" from the set. Listen starting around 1 hour and 8 minutes: https://www.rte.ie/radio/radioplayer/rteradiowebpage.html#!rii=b16_10965468_2393_24-11-2018_. 

 

More excitingly, he immediately afterward premiered the vocal version of "Hogwarts Forever"! It's pretty cool, although only the beginning has vocals. 

 

Even better, the host said that next Saturday she'll be playing unreleased stuff from Azkaban from the new set!

 

[Jay 37,322]

3 minutes ago, Molly Weasley said:

Sorry if this has been discussed already but does anyone know/have speculations about when this will ship? 

 

Tuesday, November 27th, 2018.  It's in the main post.

[bollemanneke 3,338]

But didn't MV say previously that they won't actually start shipping on the 27th until they knew how many copies they'd need?

[Molly Weasley 100]

1 minute ago, Jay said:

 

Tuesday, November 27th, 2018.  It's in the main post.

 Yes, but I need to figure out when they'll start mailing to know if I'll receive it before December 13th or if I have to specify a different address when ordering on the 27th.

[Jay 37,322]

14 minutes ago, bollemanneke said:

But didn't MV say previously that they won't actually start shipping on the 27th until they knew how many copies they'd need?

 

No, he said he won't ship any to other STORES until they (LLL) know how much they need for orders they received via their own website.

 

They'll begin shipping to customers who order directly from their website right away.

 

Stores may or may not get copies after they take care of their own direct customers.  In other words, other stores might have to wait for a second batch of copies to come back from the pressing plant if people order more than they've already received from the plant via their own website.

 

 

14 minutes ago, Molly Weasley said:

 Yes, but I need to figure out when they'll start mailing to know if I'll receive it before December 13th or if I have to specify a different address when ordering on the 27th.

 

The 27th.

[Josh500 1,615]

Looks like we're all gonna have to order on the 27th directly from LLL. 

 

Fingers crossed... 

[Marian Schedenig 8,177]

53 minutes ago, Demodex said:

I'm not paying $100 for this. I'm hoping it will be downloadable on special websites.

 

If "special websites" means what I think it means, that's one reason why releases like this are so expensive.

[Josh500 1,615]

 

This seems like a seminal, monumental moment in our lives! 😂 

[Bilbo 3,709]

3 minutes ago, Marian Schedenig said:

 

If "special websites" means what I think it means, that's one reason why releases like this are so expensive.

 

Who still illegally downloads stuff in 2018?

[JoeinAR 1,949]

1 hour ago, Josh500 said:

 

Well, I guess that's all subjective. For me, it's a bargain.

 

Especially considering that I once paid 100 bucks for ONE John Williams CD (the LLL edition of The Poseidon Adventure, once if was OOP)!

Sorry but you is crazy.  Considering this set will have no more than 12 bucks at the most in material cost and only a slight more for intellectual costs it is high priced. But the desire to have it is the driving force. At least this is more worthy of your money considering the amount of music and its far superior quality. 

 

[TSMefford 1,509]

4 minutes ago, Bilbo said:

 

Who still illegally downloads stuff in 2018?

 

The people who don’t care about the music apparently 

[Holko 9,499]

15 minutes ago, Jay said:

 

No, he said he won't ship any to other STORES until they know how much they need for orders they received via their own website.

 

They'll begin shipping to customers who order directly from their website right away.

 

 

So there's still a chance other stores could get stock in December if there's less immediate orders than the first batch due to for example the high price?

[Jay 37,322]

If anybody out there is planning to illegally bootleg this release instead of paying the people who worked really hard to make it happen, myself included, please keep those intentions to yourself instead of posting them in a public forum in a thread I created for this release, a release I know I worked very, very hard on to make happen.

 

Thank you.

[gkgyver 1,645]

10 minutes ago, Marian Schedenig said:

 

If "special websites" means what I think it means, that's one reason why releases like this are so expensive.

 

Right.

Because without downloading websites, LLL would be able to sell a million copies instead of 5000.

Without those websites, film score CDs would be a thriving business selling millions and millions of copies instead of living a niche life.

 

Surprised you don't go on a rant about Spotify.

[Josh500 1,615]

9 minutes ago, JoeinAR said:

Sorry but you is crazy.  Considering this set will have no more than 12 bucks at the most in material cost and only a slight more for intellectual costs it is high priced. But the desire to have it is the driving force. At least this is more worthy of your money considering the amount of music and its far superior quality. 

 

 

A 2-disc set released by LLL generally costs 30 bucks. A 7-disc set costs 100 bucks. I think the price is more than reasonable! And considering how valuable and desirable this set is for any JW fan, 100 bucks is a bargain.

 

So by your reasoning any LLL release is high priced, right? I'm starting to suspect that your lack of funds is clouding your opinions and judgment.... 

[TSMefford 1,509]

5 minutes ago, Jay said:

If anybody out there is planning to illegally bootleg this release instead of paying the people who worked really hard to make it happen, myself included, please keep those intentions to yourself instead of posting them in a public forum in a thread I created for this release, a release I know I worked very, very hard on to make happen.

 

Thank you.

 

This. For real, this.

3 minutes ago, Josh500 said:

 

A 2-disc set released by LLL generally costs 30 bucks. A 7-disc set costs 100 bucks! I think the price is more than reasonable! And considering how valuable and desirable this set is for a JW fan, 100 bucks is a bargain.

 

So by your reasoning any LLL release is too high priced, right? I'm starting to suspect that your lack of funds is clouding your opinions and thinking.... 

 

I'll be honest. $100 is more than I myself was expecting, BUT there's also far more music than I was expecting. Not to mention that I've been waiting for this for over a decade, almost 2. I will gladly shill out the money to pay for an amazing, professionally created, officially released copy. I will gladly put my money towards something I want to see more of. If I ever expect this to continue happening, then I've got to be willing to put my money towards it to show that there's value in making these sets.

[Nick Parker 3,040]

10 minutes ago, JoeinAR said:

Sorry but you is crazy.  Considering this set will have no more than 12 bucks at the most in material cost and only a slight more for intellectual costs it is high priced. But the desire to have it is the driving force. At least this is more worthy of your money considering the amount of music and its far superior quality. 

 

 

 

Way I look at it is, average retail for a new CD is what, $15, 17 USD? So each disc here is slightly less than the going MSRP, and the booklets, etc. are way beyond what you usually get in a standard CD release. Sounds like a good deal for me!

 

 

[Josh500 1,615]

13 minutes ago, TSMefford said:

I'll be honest. $100 is more than I myself was expecting, BUT there's also far more music than I was expecting. Not to mention that I've been waiting for this for over a decade. I will gladly shill out the money to pay for an amazing, professionally created, officially released copy. I will gladly put my money towards something I want to see more of. If I ever expect this to continue happening, then I've got to be willing to put my money towards it to show that there's value in making these sets.

 

Exactly! 

 

And how much music we're talking about here? Almost 8 hours!!!!! Eight freaking hours!

 

I still can't quite believe we're getting this.... Anybody should be so lucky! 

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

1 hour ago, Demodex said:

I'm not paying $100 for this. I'm hoping it will be downloadable on special websites. All I want is the film score for POA. I don't care about any alternative or unused cues. 

 

[crocodile 7,989]

2 minutes ago, Nick Parker said:

 

 

Way I look at it is, average retail for a new CD is what, $15, 17 USD? So each disc here is slightly less than the going MSRP. Sounds like a good deal for me!

 

 

Don't forget there are FOUR thick booklets included.

 

Karol

[Nick Parker 3,040]

Just now, crocodile said:

Don't forget there are FOUR thick booklets included.

 

Karol

 

Yeah I updated my post to included that.

[TSMefford 1,509]

1 minute ago, Josh500 said:

 

Exactly! 

 

And how much music we're talking about here? Almost 8 hours!!!!! Eight freaking hours!

 

I still can't quite believe we're getting this.... Anybody should be do lucky! 

 

I can't believe it either. I was still expecting to have it not happen at the last minute, because it's just too damn cool

[Marian Schedenig 8,177]

10 minutes ago, JoeinAR said:

Sorry but you is crazy.  Considering this set will have no more than 12 bucks at the most in material cost and only a slight more for intellectual costs it is high priced. But the desire to have it is the driving force. At least this is more worthy of your money considering the amount of music and its far superior quality. 

 

It's $14 per CD. That's actually cheaper than your regular single or double CD release by the Labels. Clearly they're making huge amounts of money and Matessino & Co are incredibly rich.

 

3 minutes ago, gkgyver said:

Right.

Because without downloading websites, LLL would be able to sell a million copies instead of 5000.

Without those websites, film score CDs would be a thriving business selling millions and millions of copies instead of living a niche life.

 

Possibly. Not millions and millions, and it would still be a niche, but purely in absolute numbers I'm sure there used to be a bigger market for these releases before buying CDs (or records or whatever) came out of fashion. Which would at least make them sell more discs of those releases that never come close to selling out, and that alone could already influence the price of these releases in general. And if enough people bought these things, more than 5000 might be feasible as well.

[mstrox 6,647]

I plan on uploading this to the special websites, except every track is just different length edits of Yakkity Sax.  

[TSMefford 1,509]

1 minute ago, mstrox said:

I plan on uploading this to the special websites, except every track is just different length edits of Yakkity Sax.  

 

Oh come on now. They came for Potter. Might as well give them Potter:

 

 

[Bilbo 3,709]

2 minutes ago, mstrox said:

I plan on uploading this to the special websites, except every track is just different length edits of Yakkity Sax.  

 

 

Better still: 

its the only Harry Potter music you need 

 

 

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

The thread titles in this forum look like annoying eBay listings.

 

NEW! LAND OF THE GIANTS! 4 CD SET! MISB!

[redishere 697]

I would upload this on special websites at a satisfying 1kbps bitrate

[Holko 9,499]

People would still be asking for link pls

[Disco Stu 15,495]

55 minutes ago, Nick Parker said:

Ouch, Stu, you're on the move today.

 

Yeah.... I should avoid the internet when I’m in a foul mood

[King Mark 3,626]

36 minutes ago, Marian Schedenig said:

 

Possibly. Not millions and millions, and it would still be a niche, but purely in absolute numbers I'm sure there used to be a bigger market for these releases before buying CDs (or records or whatever) came out of fashion. Which would at least make them sell more discs of those releases that never come close to selling out, and that alone could already influence the price of these releases in general. And if enough people bought these things, more than 5000 might be feasible as well.

nah. I believe people mostly download stuff they wouldn't buy anyways so it's not really a lost sale .At best listening to it might make people actually buy it

 

a lot of us have the HPSS ans HPCOS sessions and still want to buy this set and not just PoA seperately

[Brundlefly 2,385]

The expenditure as well as the level of detail and ambition that presumably went into this justifies the price. Let alone the comprehensive booklets, liner notes, the remastering, remixing, creating of the tracklist, the fact that it's limited... 100$?!... I expected a higher price to be honest.

[King Mark 3,626]

yes, 100$ is very fair for this  .i would have paid whatever they decided to price it at anyways

 

But only for HP ,Star Wars and Indiana Jones I have no pricing limit

 

40$ to  get 1 disk of Williams on the Land of the Giant set on the other hand...

[Brundlefly 2,385]

42 minutes ago, gkgyver said:

Because without downloading websites, LLL would be able to sell a million copies instead of 5000.

Without those websites, film score CDs would be a thriving business selling millions and millions of copies instead of living a niche life.

Bullshit.

[Demondm810 399]

3 minutes ago, King Mark said:

yes, 100$ is very fair for this  .i would have paid whatever they decided to price it at anyways

 

 

 

Exactly. Feels like a miracle we got this at all!! 

[King Mark 3,626]

since this thread is growing to  fast and Jay isn't replying

 

HOW MUCH MUSIC DID WILLIAMS REALLY  COMPOSE FOR COS?

 

I just one this one answer once and for all

[Holko 9,499]

I think the price is more than justified for what's in the set - whether I personally like spending that amount in one go on one thing is different.

[Demondm810 399]

2 minutes ago, King Mark said:

since this thread is growing to  fast and Jay isn't replying

 

HOW MUCH MUSIC DID WILLIAMS REALLY  COMPOSE FOR COS?

 

I just one this one answer once and for all

 

 

In exchange for the inclusion of the children’s suite, Williams’ people demanded the truth about COS to remain confidential 

[Jay 37,322]

2 minutes ago, King Mark said:

since this thread is growing to  fast and Jay isn't replying

 

HOW MUCH MUSIC DID WILLIAMS REALLY  COMPOSE FOR COS?

 

I just one this one answer once and for all

 

Williams composed everything.  Everything Ross did to make music fit the final picture was entirely using music Williams had composed.  Ross did a ton of hard work on this picture, but nothing that he did would be considered "composing".

[Josh500 1,615]

If they had decided to sell the 3-disc expanded release of PS only for 100 bucks... Or the 2-disc PoA only for 100 bucks....

 

Now that would have been high priced. Although I probably would have still ordered them. 😂 

6 minutes ago, King Mark said:

since this thread is growing to  fast and Jay isn't replying

 

HOW MUCH MUSIC DID WILLIAMS REALLY  COMPOSE FOR COS?

 

I just one this one answer once and for all

 

Why are you still beating this dead horse?

 

I think we all know by now that Ross didn't compose anything of his own, he just arranged and rearranged JW's music! And he conducted the whole thing, of course.

[Nick Parker 3,040]

3 minutes ago, Jay said:

 

Williams composed everything.  Everything Ross did to make music fit the final picture was entirely using music Williams had composed.  Ross did a ton of hard work on this picture, but nothing that he did would be considered "composing".

 

So what created the whole controversy in the first place? A thing where "insiders" back in 2002 posted some stuff about Ross having a role in the composition? 

[King Mark 3,626]

so the 40 mn

7 minutes ago, Jay said:

 

Williams composed everything.  Everything Ross did to make music fit the final picture was entirely using music Williams had previously composed.

 So all these people believing all this years  the official press conference of 40 minutes of new Williams music are wrong  (Stefancos....)

 

And that guy claiming to be Ross assistant  saying Ross composed the end of  Reunion of Friends was total bullshit?

 

Need official answer to this too

2 minutes ago, Nick Parker said:

 

So what created the whole controversy in the first place? A thing where "insiders" back in 2002 posted some stuff about Ross having a role in the composition? 

 the controversy is a few people sticking adamantly that they believed Williams press conference that he only composed 40 minutes of new music and never  backed down despite the sheet music leak and insider articles

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

It's all fake news.