James Horner's CASPER (1995) - 2CD edition from La-La Land Records (2020)

[Jay 42,451]

Available to order Tuesday, August 4th, 12:00PM PST at www.lalalandrecords.com :

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/lalalandrecords/photos/a.181243738754/10159116300733755/

[Edmilson 10,522]

Expanded Casper? Cool!

[bruce marshall 1,504]

HUH! Some9ne just posted recently about wanting  CASPER- think it was Jay.

Congrats!😊

[Director of Poltergeist 8,124]

Hopefully, they haven't wrecked the dynamic range.

[Jay 42,451]

Available to order Tuesday, August 4th, 12:00PM PST at www.lalalandrecords.com :

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/lalalandrecords/photos/a.181243738754/10159116300733755/

[bruce marshall 1,504]

Congrats to Horner fans!

I have the fine ost. Good score!

[Edmilson 10,522]

Casper is indeed great. Now that the score is complete, I'll be able to judge which one is better, Casper or Balto (both came out in 95).

[crocodile 9,206]

2 minutes ago, Edmilson said:

Casper is indeed great. Now that the score is complete, I'll be able to judge which one is better, Casper or Balto (both came out in 95).

Balto is better but the expanded Casper is welcome. As is just about anything by Horner these days.

 

How much is missing from the OST?

 

Karol

[bruce marshall 1,504]

BALTO is also excellent.

For now I'm satisfied with oats.

[publicist 4,648]

About 5-10 min.

[Marian Schedenig 10,160]

Nice. The OST was possibly the first Horner score I bought "live" when it was newly released.

[Director of Poltergeist 8,124]

If you subtract the songs and add the unreleased tracks, it all fits on one disc. 

[OneBuckFilms 450]

9 minutes ago, Edmilson said:

Casper is indeed great. Now that the score is complete, I'll be able to judge which one is better, Casper or Balto (both came out in 95).

 

That's as good an excuse as any to listen to those scores again.

[Jay 42,451]

I've never seen this movie and have no idea how much music might have been recorded that wasn't on the OST album, but I can't wait to hear this new presentation regardless!

[mstrox 7,215]

We watched this movie with our kid the other day.  It’s pretty not good, but the score sounded nice.  Happy for you Horner fans!

[Jay 42,451]

"you Horner fans"? You don't like any James Horner scores?

[Henry Sítrónu 573]

wow, this is great! 

[bruce marshall 1,504]

No com0laints that he ripped of X composer?😳

[Jay 42,451]

I just remembered I HAVE seen this film! We watched it a few years back during a free month or week or something of HBO. 

 

Bill Pullman is the dad, and there's a freaking Dan Aakroyd cameo. Huh. 

[Director of Poltergeist 8,124]

I saw it in the cinema opening day.

[Amer 2,528]

I suppose Casper on disc 1 is the complete film score program with additional 12 minutes on disc 2  and alternates/ bonus cues.( I doubt the film OST on disc 2.)

[publicist 4,648]

It's pretty vapid, but entertaining. And Horner's colorful music has a big hand in this (it's eclectic but remarkably resourceful orchestrally).

[Incanus 5,858]

Curiously this is a Horner score I have never heard in any form. Time to check it out to hear if it warrants a purchase in complete form.

[bruce marshall 1,504]

Fwiw

I only program FIVE out of the 15 tracks on the ost:

6

8

10

12

15

 

[publicist 4,648]

25 minutes ago, Incanus said:

Curiously this is a Horner score I have never heard in any form. Time to check it out to hear if it warrants a purchase in complete form.

 

This rounds up the score's assets rather well:

 

 

[Incanus 5,858]

Sounds like animation scoring Horner combined with the obligatory Elfman temp track references. I'll have to listen to the whole album now.

[publicist 4,648]

It's on Spotify, but i don't know for which countries. There is a long sentimental theme that grounds all the more animated stuff.

[Kühni 484]

There is a gorgeous passage late in the film where Casper's Lullaby is given a full-strings performance. It is one of those instances where I'd buy a deluxidation simply for one new track...but I can't afford to do that anymore. Alas...

[Demondm810 437]

Oh this is fantastic news.  

[Bespin Copilot 9,630]

Oh oh.

[bruce marshall 1,504]

9 hours ago, Kühni said:

There is a gorgeous passage late in the film where Casper's Lullaby is given a full-strings performance. It is one of those instances where I'd buy a deluxidation simply for one new track...but I can't afford to do that anymore. Alas...

That's not on the OST?

[Bayesian 1,513]

A 2-disc set means it'll be priced at $29.98, plus shipping. That's kinda outside my budget right now, but this is an irresistible Horner for me, so I know I'll end up ordering next week.

[Bespin Copilot 9,630]

Casper the friendly ghost

[bruce marshall 1,504]

LLL usually has a 25 percent off sale first week of Sept.

Just saying.😊

18 hours ago, Incanus said:

Sounds like animation scoring Horner combined with the obligatory Elfman temp track references. ...

That's why I only program 5 tracks!

[bruce marshall 1,504]

On 7/31/2020 at 1:01 PM, Gruesome Son of a Bitch said:

Hopefully, they haven't wrecked the dynamic range.

Funny you should say that.

The ost is particularly well recorded.

The bass drum can be felt across the room!

[Marian Schedenig 10,160]

26 minutes ago, bruce marshall said:

The bass drum can be felt across the room!

 

It's a Shawn Murphy job, that's pretty much a given even with his worst recordings. Casper is a good one though. That end credits swing piece has a lot of punch, too. I seem to remember that it's a bit flat in the treble department, so if the new version sounds a bit brighter, that's probably not a bad thing.

[bruce marshall 1,504]

Murphy is the MAN!

[Lady Dimitrescu 9,904]

I looked up a few tracks of Casper in the waveform, and you can hardly even see it, the friggin thing is so quiet. It's awesome!

[Director of Poltergeist 8,124]

Horner was better than Williams 

[mstrox 7,215]

On 7/31/2020 at 4:52 PM, Jay said:

"you Horner fans"? You don't like any James Horner scores?

I like Willow, Legends of the Fall, and bits and pieces of Titanic.  I have a ton of his albums but don’t really care for many of them.  He’s a lot like Goldsmith for me - I used to blind buy because I felt like I SHOULD like him, but never really did, so now I don’t waste my money.

[Jurassic Shark 14,996]

Yeah, he did amazing work on the SW demasters! *cough*

[crocodile 9,206]

3 hours ago, PuhgreÞiviÞm said:

I looked up a few tracks of Casper in the waveform, and you can hardly even see it, the friggin thing is so quiet. It's awesome!

A good Horner score is a mute score!

 

Karol

[Director of Poltergeist 8,124]

1 minute ago, crocodile said:

A good Horner score is a mute score!

 

Karol

 

[Oomoog the Ecstatic 314]

3 hours ago, Gruesome Son of a Bitch said:

Horner was better than Williams 

 

I said this last week. If you know any scores better than Titanic, let me know.

[publicist 4,648]

The list would be too long for one post.

[Oomoog the Ecstatic 314]

Then list the best one. I need to hear some good scores.

[Director of Poltergeist 8,124]

5 minutes ago, publicist said:

The list would be too long for one post.

 

Oh, yeah? Well, the Jerk Store called. They're runnin' outta you. 

[Oomoog the Ecstatic 314]

I was asking people who aren't completely drunk anyway. Also just changed my username.

[publicist 4,648]

To something that befits your tastes.

[Oomoog the Ecstatic 314]

You've assembled no list. I guess Titanic wins then. Your posts above were most likely drunken.