Disney Emporium releases Indiana Jones: The Complete CD Collection (Expected ship date is March 27, 2024.) No new expansions - Includes the previous Concord Records programmes plus KotCS and DoD OSTs

[Datameister 2,044]

1 hour ago, enderdrag64 said:

I think everybody forgot about it, and rightfully so

 

I certainly did until this thread was so rudely bumped … 

[Bellosh 3,419]

JWFan Forum: Take this collection to Reddit for people who say songs, it will show them our progress.  Without the missing cues, I'm afraid it's no better than a souvenir.

 

[BB-8 3,481]

It's a Disney Legend.

[Bellosh 3,419]

4 minutes ago, BB-8 said:

It's a Disney Legend.

 

JWFan: "this collection contained a map a shitload of missing cues"

 

Mickey Mouse: "so it did."

[Bellosh 3,419]

Edit wrong thread 

[ajc384 144]

You have to laugh when you notice the good folk at DME have quietly pushed the shipping date from late March to mid-April.  Looks like another fine DME mess in the making, even before you try to get your head around the insanely high asking price of the set.

[A. A. Ron 1,742]

This expansion is the hope killer. This expansion is the little death that brings total disappointment. I will forget this expansion in a few days, but will be reminded of it as soon as this thread is bumped again. When our hope for new expansions is gone, there will be nothing.

 

Only Muad’Disney will remain.

 

From The Litany Against ”Indiana Jones: The Complete CD Collection”

[Amer 2,110]

The 6th Disc (or the 5th from the Concorde set) is truly Al Ghaib. 

[Bellosh 3,419]

[BB-8 3,481]

It's in stock.

Same pics.

 

[crumbs 14,318]

And here I was hoping they'd be incompetent enough to dump the complete recording sessions on CD by mistake.

[StarFox 28]

Did you all see this???? Awesome for Vinyl lovers:
 

TOD Vinyl And TLC Vinyl 

 

 

 

[Holko 9,529]

Locking in on these shit programs on the stupid antiquated format too, lovely

[Richard Penna 3,694]

They're better programs than the OSTs, at least... I mean there's more music.

[BB-8 3,481]

39 minutes ago, StarFox said:

Did you all see this???? Awesome for Vinyl lovers:
 

TOD Vinyl And TLC Vinyl 

 

 

 

I've got the single LP OST...

[QuartalHarmony 543]

1 hour ago, Holko said:

on the stupid antiquated format

You forgot to add ‘laughably overpriced’.

[Jurassic Shark 12,083]

Antique stuff is often expensive. 

[Toillion 215]

6 hours ago, StarFox said:

Did you all see this???? Awesome for Vinyl lovers:
 

TOD Vinyl And TLC Vinyl 

 

 

 

I’m wondering if we will get Crystal Skull too. I can’t decide if I should go ahead and grab these or wait and hope for a box set. 

[crumbs 14,318]

31 minutes ago, Toillion said:

I’m wondering if we will get Crystal Skull too. I can’t decide if I should go ahead and grab these or wait and hope for a box set. 

 

It's basically a lose lose situation for us. If we support this garbage, it just encourages them to keep churning out garbage. If we boycott it, they assume nobody buys this stuff and don't invest more money in better releases.

[Toillion 215]

1 minute ago, crumbs said:

 

It's basically a lose lose situation for us. If we support this garbage, it just encourages them to keep churning out garbage. If we boycott it, they assume nobody buys this stuff and don't invest more money in better releases.

Yeah, I feel like the second I buy this they will release a box set that includes Skull forcing you to buy them all over again. 

[crumbs 14,318]

2 hours ago, Toillion said:

Yeah, I feel like the second I buy this they will release a box set that includes Skull forcing you to buy them all over again. 

 

The CD* box set does include the OST for Crystal Skull.

[Tom 4,669]

6 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said:

Antique stuff is often expensive. 

Not always.  Museums give that stuff away for free.  They put it all out on tables and label them for your convenience.

[Holko 9,529]

1 hour ago, crumbs said:

 

This set does include the OST for Crystal Skull.

No, he means these vinyls. And the answer is no, please don't buy shit from these shits. And don't watch their shit shows. They need to be shown they can't keep getting away with lowest possible effort trash.

[owjow77 15]

I know how we all feel about the contents of the cds themselves, but does anyone have digital copies of these covers, because that Last Crusade cover is much better than the original.

[Holko 9,529]

Still not very good, too much empty space and the text is very crowded down there. Found this online, much better:

[Bellosh 3,419]

Never understood how Donovan didn't get on that poster

[Chewy 2,393]

2 hours ago, owjow77 said:

I know how we all feel about the contents of the cds themselves, but does anyone have digital copies of these covers, because that Last Crusade cover is much better than the original.

 

 

[Jurassic Shark 12,083]

50 minutes ago, Bellosh said:

Never understood how Donovan didn't get on that post

 

He was too late for the painting session, I suppose.

[Holko 9,529]

1 hour ago, Bellosh said:

Never understood how Donovan didn't get on that post

I kind of get it. It shows you that Sallah and Marcus are back, shows you the girl, shows you the nazi villain. No more corners left, the essentials that everyone going in blind knows will be in there are covered. Donovan's of not that much interest until the surprise twist that he's with the nazis, the poster doesn't give away his centralness.

[Tydirium 1,167]

11 hours ago, Chewy said:

 

 

Whoa, where’d you find these?

[Edmilson 7,470]

On 17/04/2024 at 11:08 PM, crumbs said:

 

It's basically a lose lose situation for us. If we support this garbage, it just encourages them to keep churning out garbage. If we boycott it, they assume nobody buys this stuff and don't invest more money in better releases.

At this point, I think the best option for us the fans is not to wait the idiots at Disney to do a proper Indy and Star Wars release. They won't, and if it's up to them they most likely will keep insisting in re-releasing older programs.

 

The best strategy is to convince Matessino himself to pitch a new release for the higher ups at Disney Records, Lucasfilm, etc. He would bring his credentials ("I've been working with John Williams to create the best presentation possible for his music over the last 3 decades, etc"), his connections with JW and convince them that such project would be financially interesting for The Walt Disney Co.

 

If he's able to bring a message from John Williams himself ("I've known Mike for the last 2/3 decades and he's the right man to produce the definitive presentation of my beloved Indy and Star Wars scores...") then his pitch would be even more significant.

 

Also, it's not like he's a completely unknown at Lucasfilm. Didn't he work on the SEs from 97 and the recent James Horner Willow expansion?

 

In other words: we can't keep waiting for Disney to do what's right, because they won't. One of "our team" should take the initiative and keep knocking at their door until they say yes.

[GerateWohl 4,371]

After the petition failed so dramatically, we must face the fact, that us hardcore soundtrack fans are just a bunch of a few hundred nerds, that are not worth the effort from Disney's perspective. 

 

But the only fact that gives me a slight hope, that my grandchildren's grandchildren might face one day a proper Star Wars release, is that they let Intrada release the complete score of Solo on CD (and complete Rogue One on vinyl).

[p0llux 398]

1 hour ago, GerateWohl said:

After the petition failed so dramatically, we must face the fact, that us hardcore soundtrack fans are just a bunch of a few hundred nerds, that are not worth the effort from Disney's perspective. 

 

[A. A. Ron 1,742]

Well of course the petition failed. Each of us only spread it to like a couple dozen other people.

[Chewy 2,393]

4 hours ago, GerateWohl said:

After the petition failed so dramatically, we must face the fact, that us hardcore soundtrack fans are just a bunch of a few hundred nerds, that are not worth the effort from Disney's perspective. 

 

But the only fact that gives me a slight hope, that my grandchildren's grandchildren might face one day a proper Star Wars release, is that they let Intrada release the complete score of Solo on CD (and complete Rogue One on vinyl).

 

I always try to stay positive. I'm sure someday Williams will ask Mike and Disney to put out complete releases and it will happen.

After all, we know Williams already requested specific titles to be expanded, Dracula comes to mind, and it happened.

 

Or maybe Mike will convince Disney to do something, just like he convinced Craft Recordings to do the definitive Sound Of Music. And JW won't be an issue at all, the recent amazing expansions we've been having lately shows us how Williams trusts Mike, so I'm sure they will be approved easily.

[Edmilson 7,470]

That petition failed because it was targeting Disney. Can you imagine how many fan petitions involving Disney properties people create every single day? The ONLY way it would gather any kind of attention from a Disney employee is if, like, dozens of millions of people signed it. And even then it's not guaranteed that they would listen.

 

The way I see it, Disney and Lucasfilm won't listen to a few film score diehards on the internet. But they MAY listen to Matessino, because they already know him, they know he works in the industry and have contacts, he even (hopefully) has the blessing of John Williams himself.

 

It's up to Matessino to pitch his vision to Disney and try to make it happen. I'm pretty confident he can get at least one meeting with higher ups at Lucasfilm and Disney Records. If he convinces them of how valuable those albums can be (and not only in financial terms), then we may have a chance.

 

Anyone else knows what he thinks about Disney letting him work on SW and Indy scores? Because if he's waiting for Disney to call him, I'm sorry to break the bad news but that won't happen. It's HIM that has the power and leverage to convince them. And it's us, who consume his work, who can convince him to make a pitch at Disney.

[A. A. Ron 1,742]

I’m not convinced we have any ability to sway Mike at all.

[Amer 2,110]

I think Matessino does have a foot inside Disney. I'm sure he has or would  have pitched about STAR WARS/INDIANA JONES Expansions but it has to be about the right timing. Disney is a big corporate and its formidable giant on its own. There are many hurdles that need to be crossed. So we just have to wait and see. 

[Smeltington 1,441]

Who says the petition failed?? Although, Disney probably have a policy by now of ignoring all fan petitions related to Star Wars    

 

Mike def knows we want Star Wars, and Indy. There's no way he wouldn't pursue any possible avenues that could lead to expansions. I don't think we need to worry about him at all.

[GerateWohl 4,371]

31 minutes ago, Smeltington said:

Who says the petition failed?? Although, Disney probably have a policy by now of ignoring all fan petitions related to Star Wars    

I do. Both pertitions mentioned in the SW petition thread endet up with about 500 votes which is for sure far below the number of potential buyers of these sets. 

 

What scares me a little is the ridiculously high price of this new Indy set. If we can expect a big 20 disk Star Wars set with 30$ per disk I might be out, even though it might be the set of my dreams. But 600$ plus shipping and tax and customs for a bunch of soundtrack CDs? I don't know...

[Smeltington 1,441]

Maybe everyone will hate me, but they could just go digital. Why the hell not!

[Richard Penna 3,694]

I think they should go digital. A 20-disc box set will be expensive and niche and cause all sorts of complications with fitting tracks on and the inevitable scratched CD in the process.

[Bellosh 3,419]

22 minutes ago, Smeltington said:

Maybe everyone will hate me, but they could just go digital. Why the hell not!

 

Whatever gets me those missing seconds of the ToD end credits and a clean rip of The Holy Grail.

[Edmilson 7,470]

Also, what they need to be a 20 CD ultra-expensive megabox? Why not just release, in Star Wars's case, three different boxes, one for each trilogy, during the course of three years or whatever? Although, considering this recent Indy box, it is more likely that Disney will want to release everything at once.

 

As for Indy, I dunno... How many discs would be needed for the five movies?

 

Anyway, also releasing it digitally would only make Mike's pitch better. A digital release would maximize the revenue without needing that many extra expenses. They'd just need to prepare the scores and then upload the 30 CDs or whatever to Spotify, YouTube, Apple Music, etc.

[GerateWohl 4,371]

27 minutes ago, Smeltington said:

Maybe everyone will hate me, but they could just go to hell. Why the digital not!

Fixed

[Smeltington 1,441]

I also wonder how affordable a lossless digital download would be for a set like that. Would they charge nearly the same price as they would for a physical set?

[StarFox 28]

Well I just happen to catch this tidbit from the PROJECT MANAGER at Disney Music Emporium, David Watts:

 

[Richard Penna 3,694]

Maybe $20-25 per film, 6 films (focus on the OT/PT for now) = ~$120-140. A massive deluxe box set with a fancy book about the score surely isn't going anywhere for less than $200-300, possibly more.

 

The question may be whether Disney would recognise the diminished manufacturing costs and lower the price, or decide that Williams and SW fans will pay anyway. Either way, I'm only buying RotS.

[Holko 9,529]

4 minutes ago, StarFox said:

Well I just happen to catch this tidbit from the PROJECT MANAGER at Disney Music Emporium, David Watts:

 

[Toillion 215]

8 minutes ago, StarFox said:

Well I just happen to catch this tidbit from the PROJECT MANAGER at Disney Music Emporium, David Watts:

 

 

I've seen that also and that's why I've been hesitant to buy TOD and Last Crusade double LPs. Maybe there is a boxset coming and that's why we haven't seen those other listed for sale in the US yet? 

It's interesting that it says that comment is from 6 days ago though. I saw it at least a month ago.