The La-La Land Black Friday 2023 thread

[Edmilson 7,466]

3 hours ago, GerateWohl said:

Funny enough, I like both scores, JP3 and HP4, but both movies are for me the worst in the series.

You consider JP3 worse than any of the Jurassic World movies? 

 

I think JP3 is a masterpiece when compared with Fallen Kingdom and Dominion.

[Richard Penna 3,694]

56 minutes ago, MedigoScan said:

I will just say I want a JP3 expansion solely for the film mixes and the pteranodon cage cue.

 

TBH I'm fully expecting for an expansion to only have the intended cage cue because I'm very on the fence about whether it's entirely editorial, and if it is, whether the producer would choose or even be able to include it.

 

I'll be happy with just a C&C, good-sounding expansion. If it has that cue... perfection.

[Stark 316]

I’m not really expecting JPIII because we just got Lost World, but I’d be happy to be wrong.

[A. A. Ron 1,742]

4 hours ago, Stark said:

I’m not really expecting JPIII because we just got Lost World, but I’d be happy to be wrong.

That’s the reason I do expect it.

[Bayesian 1,363]

8 hours ago, Edmilson said:

You consider JP3 worse than any of the Jurassic World movies? 

 

I think JP3 is a masterpiece when compared with Fallen Kingdom and Dominion.

Dominion was a shameful and infuriating letdown. Finally, we had the chance to see dinosaurs and humans coexist in the real world — as teased by the trailers themselves — and instead they isolate all the action at some placeless site in the Dolomites?? Boo. Hiss. 
 

The JP franchise may be the only one where each entry is worse than the one before. To manage that feat five times in a row is probably some kind of record.

[A. A. Ron 1,742]

I personally think Jurassic World is better than Jurassic Park III and Dominion is at least more entertaining than Fallen Kingdom. Both of the latter two are profoundly stupid, but Fallen Kingdom is mostly just boring while Dominion has some serious so bad it’s good energy.

[crumbs 14,317]

11 hours ago, Stark said:

I’m not really expecting JPIII because we just got Lost World, but I’d be happy to be wrong.

 

Didn't LLL release expansions for all 4 Superman scores in less than a year?

 

Maybe JP3 being in the pipeline is what triggered those JP and TLW reissues, to get them back in print before JP3.

[Stark 316]

1 hour ago, crumbs said:

 

Didn't LLL release expansions for all 4 Superman scores in less than a year?

 

Maybe JP3 being in the pipeline is what triggered those JP and TLW reissues, to get them back in print before JP3.

I’m happy to be wrong!

[OneBuckFilms 323]

I'll be very happy if JP3 was in the list to accompany JP 1 and 2.

 

I'm often very pleasantly surprised with LLLR's Black Friday releases.

 

Very little will top the year Star Trek V was released.

[Jerry 13]

Honestly I have never listened to the Jurassic Park 3 score album but I would absolutely buy a complete score album of it and also as  massive Harry Potter fan and as someone who loves all 8 potter scores I really hope we can get Goblet of fire, Order of the Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince, and Deathly Hallows Part 1 & 2 complete soon I adore the JW Box set but that was 2018 I'm ready for the other 5 to get expanded. Also I saw the Half-Blood Price live concert last night and OMG there is so much great stuff not on the album. Also agree or disagree OST albums are getting better at representing the score as a whole even if not complete 

[Stark 316]

Someone with more industry knowledge correct me, but any Harry Potter sequels are humstrung by WB, right?

[Indianagirl 298]

Well we should know tomorrow afternoon I would think. 

[crumbs 14,317]

1 hour ago, Stark said:

Someone with more industry knowledge correct me, but any Harry Potter sequels are humstrung by WB, right?

 

The last we heard is that WB scores are off the table. The studio is no longer working with the labels, under their current management.

 

Which is hardly surprising considering some of the decisions that studio has been making lately.

 

According to MV they were looking into some "amazing titles" with WB before they were shut down (he said the same for Fox).

[1977 1,743]

35 minutes ago, Indianagirl said:

Well we should know tomorrow afternoon I would think. 

What's happening tomorrow afternoon?

[Indianagirl 298]

I thought they announced the black friday titles on monday last year? I seem to remember working on the west coast last year before Thanksgiving when they announced Amistad and Godfather. 

[Manakin Skywalker 4,897]

5 minutes ago, Indianagirl said:

I thought they announced the black friday titles on monday last year? I seem to remember working on the west coast last year before Thanksgiving when they announced Amistad and Godfather. 

 

They always announced them on Thanksgiving as far back as I remember. I don't recall them breaking from that tradition last year 🤔

 

Regardless though, they're doing it at 9PM PST on Thanksgiving this year.

[Indianagirl 298]

I guess I'm misremembering then. Nothing too unusual. 

[MedigoScan 324]

Fallen Kingdom may be the 2nd dumbest JP movie ever, but I still love the score.

Not that I am in any rush to demand an expansion from any of the JW trilogy movies.

[bollemanneke 3,349]

3 hours ago, crumbs said:

 

The last we heard is that WB scores are off the table. The studio is no longer working with the labels, under their current management.

 

Which is hardly surprising considering some of the decisions that studio has been making lately.

 

According to MV they were looking into some "amazing titles" with WB before they were shut down (he said the same for Fox).

Wouldn't it be beautiful if someone with power could just tell WB to get their shit together and just sign off on every fucking thing LLL wanted to do? Wouldn't it be even more beautiful if I stopped caring about it?

[Richard Penna 3,694]

2 hours ago, MedigoScan said:

Fallen Kingdom may be the 2nd dumbest JP movie ever, but I still love the score.

Not that I am in any rush to demand an expansion from any of the JW trilogy movies.

 

I'm probably alone in rather enjoying FK the film. I thought the first movie was far more dumb.

 

JP/// is dumb and illogical too, but I like the action sequences and it's a short film. Johnston also had a good sense for a few sequences which didn't need music. I'm very glad he dropped 'Clash of Extinction' as I don't think it's a very good cue and I wish Davis hadn't put that at the end of the album in place of the actual ending of the score.

 

I'm also not in any rush to ask for official expansions of Gia's 3 scores. The third album feels so comprehensive that I can't imagine anything very significant being left off, and the first two are out there anyway.

[Naïve Old Fart 9,539]

2 hours ago, MedigoScan said:

Fallen Kingdom may be the 2nd dumbest JP movie ever, but I still love the score.

 

Is that the one in James Cromwell's house?

[MedigoScan 324]

Yes. I just dig the horror vibes (which MG revisited for that Marvel Werewolf film)

[Richard Penna 3,694]

Gia's main theme for FK is awesome - it works both as a gothic, orchestral fanfare and as a quieter, woodwind approach (only heard in a cue from the sessions).

[Jay 37,369]

These releases are called their "Black Friday titles" because they have always been announced... on Black Friday.

 

This is either the first or second year where MV is actually revealing them when it is technically still late Thursday in his own local timezone (PST), however it will be Friday in most timezones on the planet when the reveal happens.

 

There's a clock in this post that is counting down to the reveal time.

[mstrox 6,651]

Yeah, it’s been an email at 3am in my local time on Black Friday.  I would wake up to it the next day.

[Bespin 8,483]

5 hours ago, Richard Penna said:

JP///

 

I like when people make special effects like this in the forum.

[bollemanneke 3,349]

40 minutes ago, mstrox said:

Yeah, it’s been an email at 3am in my local time on Black Friday.  I would wake up to it the next day.

If my calculations are correct, it'll be 6 AM when the reveal happens. I won't get up for it.

[Faleel 5,355]

It will be 12 AM here apparently.

[Bellosh 3,419]

i'm so pumped already!

 

i'm kinda hoping for The Terminal, but not only for the music, but would love to see the cover Titus comes up with. Not a fan of the OST cover.  It's like sloppy minimalism.  The shadow of Hanks luggage is weird and the typography is poorly aligned.

[scallenger 483]

Remember when some titles used to sell out within hours? I am glad those days are behind us...

[Brando 1,864]

I wonder if we'll be able to crash LLL's website like we did when JP went live

[Jurassic Shark 12,079]

Hoping for a C&C release of Dear Basketball. 

[Bellosh 3,419]

7 minutes ago, Brando said:

I wonder if we'll be able to crash LLL's website like we did when JP went live

 

You know anybody who can network eight connection machines and de-bug two million lines of code for what i bid for this job?

 

[Brando 1,864]

17 minutes ago, Bellosh said:

 

You know anybody who can network eight connection machines and de-bug two million lines of code for what i bid for this job?

 

I appreciate this moment as an adult now and its hilarious

 

"Oh you're right John, you're absolutely right, y'know, everything around here is my problem."

[aj_vader 534]

2 hours ago, Brando said:

I wonder if we'll be able to crash LLL's website like we did when JP went live

It's of course going to crash. It's Star Wars, it's bound to happen! 

[Dr. Rick 1,157]

Exactly 3 days to go! 

[JTN 2,030]

16 hours ago, bollemanneke said:

If my calculations are correct, it'll be 6 AM when the reveal happens. I won't get up for it.

 

[Richard Penna 3,694]

Makes it 5am in the UK. My first alarm of the day is 7.30am (I like snoozing, a lot) so that's when I'll find out!

 

The next question is how to find out. Obviously JWFan will eventually have dedicated threads per-release but I wouldn't expect that two hours after announcement, so maybe LLL's FB and their usual photo montage. You can't find out by just reading excited fans in mid flow, randomly naming a score... that's just uncinematic  

[bollemanneke 3,349]

I'll count on this thread since they've still blocked me from accessing their FB page. Or I'll just open their website.

[JTN 2,030]

50 minutes ago, Richard Penna said:

The next question is how to find out.

Subscribe to the LLL newsletter at the bottom of their homepage. 

https://lalalandrecords.com/

[Richard Penna 3,694]

Oh I'm subscribed to that. I mean, the best way of doing the 'big reveal' when you wake up. Given that this is the first time they're putting them up to order immediately, we don't know if a newsletter will go out at the same time.

 

Plus their usual Christmassy, classy montage is more fun.

[Jay 37,369]

I'll post that image in this thread. 

[StarFox 28]

On 19/11/2023 at 8:41 PM, OneBuckFilms said:

I'll be very happy if JP3 was in the list to accompany JP 1 and 2.

 

I'm often very pleasantly surprised with LLLR's Black Friday releases.

 

Very little will top the year Star Trek V was released.

My favorite LLL Black Friday release still is the Lethal Weapon box set. That was a shocker for me.

[Richard Penna 3,694]

Jurassic was my shocker. The anniversary release felt like Williams had given his final word on the first score so no one was expecting it.

[Jay 37,369]

Yup, biggest surprise ever for me!  We had no idea something like that was even possible at that time.  Sure, the specialty labels had done 1941, Jaws, Empire of the Sun, and Hook at that point, but something as big as Jurassic, or even as recent as The Lost World (hadn't even been 20 years yet) felt like an impossible dream.  I couldn't believe my eyes when I woke up and saw the news!

[JTN 2,030]

1 hour ago, Jay said:

I couldn't believe my eyes when I woke up and saw the news!

 

[Once 605]

I can't wait! For the first time since Covid I can afford to buy more than one release this Black Friday.

[Bespin 8,483]

For me, the budget for CDs is limited in this peculiar year-end dominated by inflation and the numerous increases in the central bank interest rate of the Bank of Canada. I will also need to make choices...

[Bellosh 3,419]

I really only buy Williams, Horner (if it slightly interests me) and 1-offs based on the film (bought the Godfather because it seemed like a score you should own as a modest collector)

 

i'm fortunate enough to not worry about these purchases (be a different story if i bought every single release) but back when I did, I'd just equate it to getting take-out.  I'd spend all that money for a meal i'd scarf down in 10 minutes lol, so why not buy a limited release instead.

[bruce marshall 1,315]

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