HOOK (1991) - 2023 3-CD Ultimate Edition Produced, Edited, and Mastered by Mike Matessino featuring all Williams/Bricusse songs

[Jay 41,174]

 

 

And finally...last but not least...
BANGARANG!!!

HOOK – THE ULTIMATE EDITION: EXPANDED & REMASTERED
LIMITED EDITION (3-CD SET)      
LLLCD 1632
Music by John Williams
Limited Edition of 5000 Units
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Available to order now at www.lalalandrecords.com

La-La Land Records, Sony Pictures, Amblin Entertainment and Sony Music present HOOK – THE ULTIMATE EDITION, a remastered and expanded 3-CD soundtrack presentation of legendary composer John Williams’ (STAR WARS, E.T., HARRY POTTER) original motion picture score to the 1991 adventure-fantasy HOOK, directed by Steven Spielberg.

An undisputed masterwork within the treasured John Williams and Steven Spielberg collaboration that has spanned five glorious decades, HOOK is an astounding orchestral odyssey that exemplifies the Maestro’s musical genius—a sonic epic that soars with imaginative joy, wonder and adventure!

This remastered ultimate presentation unleashes Williams’ iconic score as never before, expanded beyond any previous soundtrack release, with never-before-released score, alternate tracks, songs and source music.

Produced, edited and mastered by Mike Matessino, in consultation with the composer, Disc One of this deluxe reissue contains the score presentation, which continues through Disc Two with additional music tracks. Disc 3 offers a sumptuous bounty of songs (highlighting the wonderful songwriting talents of Leslie Bricusse), alternate cues and source music! With stellar art direction by Jim Titus, this limited-edition release of 5000 units features a 48-Page booklet that includes exclusive in-depth liner notes by Matessino and associate producers John Takis and Jason LeBlanc. The track listing is featured on a 12-page second booklet within the package.

TRACK LISTING:

 DISC 1
 SCORE PRESENTATION
 1. Hook Prologue (Extended Version) 1:33
 2. We Don’t Wanna Grow Up (Extended Version) * 2:57
 3. Banning Back Home (Film Version) 3:21
 4. Wendy’s Entrance 2:12
 5. The Bedroom 1:08
 6. The Nursery Scene 1:40
 7. Saying Goodnight :57
 8. Hook Returns To Kensington 2:00
 9. Hook Is Back 2:09
 10. Forgotten How To Fly :56
 11. The Stories Are True 2:24
 12. The Arrival Of Tink 3:33
 13. The Flight To Neverland 2:40
 14. Pirate Town And Presenting The Hook 5:09
 15. Hook’s Entrance 2:42
 16. Draw Your Sword! 2:14
 17. Peter’s Challenge 5:42
 18. From Mermaids To Lost Boys (Film Version) 4:26
 19. Enter Rufio 1:19
 20. The Lost Boy Chase 3:35
 21. The Face Of Pan 2:42
 22. Hook’s Epiphany 2:16
 23. Smee’s Plan 1:46
 24. Pick ’Em Up * 2:56
 25. Hook’s Lesson 3:08
 26. The Banquet 3:14
 27. The Never-Feast (Film Version) 4:41
 28. When You’re Alone * 3:17
 29. Goodnight Neverland 1:45
 Total Time Disc One: 78:54

 DISC 2
 SCORE PRESENTATION (Continued)
 1. Stop That Clock! 4:05
 2. Home Run And Follow That Shadow 5:24
 3. Peter Remembers (The Flying Sequence) 8:23
 4. You Are The Pan (Film Version) 1:26
 5. Tink Grows Up 2:21
 6. The Ultimate War (Film Version) 8:02
 7. Death Of Rufio 4:23
 8. The Sword Fight And The End Of Hook 7:07
 9. Farewell Neverland 10:18
 10. Hook End Credits And Exit Music 5:52
 Total Score Time: 2:16:23

 ADDITIONAL MUSIC
 11. Hook Prologue 1:25
 12. Banning Back Home (Extended Version) 4:24
 13. From Mermaids To Lost Boys 4:26
 14. The Face Of Pan (Choral Version) 2:43
 15. The Ultimate War 7:54
 Total Additional Music: 21:00
 Total Time Disc Two: 78:32

 DISC 3
 SONGS, ALTERNATES AND SOURCE MUSIC
 1. We Don’t Wanna Grow Up * 1:52
 2. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen 1:10
 3. Childhood * 3:54
 4. When You’re Alone – Moira’s Lullaby * :46
 5. The Stories Are True (Alternate) 2:24
 6. The Arrival Of Tink (Alternate) 3:35
 7. The Flight To Neverland (Alternate) 2:33
 8. Low Below – Pirate Sequence * 4:58
 9. Hook’s Entrance (Alternate) 2:42
 10. The Lost Boy Chase (Alternate) 3:34
 11. The Never Song * 2:04
 12. The Never-Band 1:20
 13. The Never-Feast 4:42
 14. When You’re Alone (Instrumental) 3:19
 15. Mothers * 2:26
 16. Stick With Me * 2:00
 17. Take Me Out To The Ball Game 2:18
 18. Remembering Childhood 11:06
 19. Believe * 3:01
 20. Farewell Neverland (Short Version / Alternate) 6:54
 21. Hook Exit Music (Alternate) 1:48

 BONUS TRACKS
 22. Pirate Sequence (Instrumental) 3:59
 23. Smee’s Concertina Medley 4:50
 24. Presenting The Hook (Vocal Version Segment) * 1:38
 Total Time Disc Three: 79:17
 Three-Disc Total Time: 3:56:43

 * Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse

This is a CD format release

 

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[Smaug The Iron 614]

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[Dr. Rick 1,271]

YES!!!!!!!!

[Brando 2,318]

WOOOOO!!!!!!

[filmmusic 2,446]

Very surprised about this! Didn't expect it!

My 2nd favorite Williams score after E.T.

 

Who's singing Childhood?

Is it like a fan-made version or Williams did write this exactly as presented here? (I mean the accompaniment)

[Groovygoth666 1,103]

FUCKING ORDERED!!!!! 

[Smaug The Iron 614]

Ordered!!

[Bayesian 1,492]

Fucking ordered as fuck!!!!!

[Mr. Who 998]

Amazing!

[A. A. Ron 2,160]

Finally!

[Brando 2,318]

I made this last year and now I can finally use it!!!!

[Dr. Rick 1,271]

ORDERED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ZackR 112]

Couldn't be happier to see this. Immediately ordered.

[lairdo 742]

Ordered, ordered, ordered!

[Joe Brausam 222]

It really happened!  A great batch of titles, and this looks like a crowning achievement.

[Meredith McKay 7,305]

[Ollie 1,225]

After LLL announced the first 4 releases, I figured # 5 had to be Hook. There was nothing else besides Star Wars or IJ that would be huge for Williams fans.

[Dr. Know 391]

Oh, yes.

[ThePenitentMan1 1,125]

A moment of silence for all of the "Hook will never get a proper release" jokes that we'll never be able to make again.

[lairdo 742]

2 minutes ago, Joe Brausam said:

It really happened!  A great batch of titles, and this looks like a crowning achievement.

 

Truly, 5 knock out titles. (Although I admit to not knowing Moment to Moment at all!) Amazing.

 

(And all ordered!)

[Jay 41,174]

2:48-end:

 

 

[Bayesian 1,492]

I’m in total disbelief right now. How long has our community obsessed over a new, better Hook? I joined in 2015 and it was already received wisdom that that score needed a new presentation. And so, year after year, we’d hype ourselves over the possibility of a Hook expansion, talking about anniversaries and studio intrigue and all the rest. And year after year, disappointment awaited us. Until today. Improbably, unbelievably, we no longer have to wait. No more pleading! No more teeth gnashing! No more disappointment! It’s finally, actual-factually coming!!

 

Thank you MM and everyone else involved in making this dream come true!! And @Jay, how long have you had to sit on this news?? Your restraint here — not a single hint from you that this was in the pipeline— was phenomenal. Kudos, sir. 

[crocodile 8,857]

While I am not obsessed with this score nearly as much as some here, it is wonderful to have it, finally. Looks like a treasure trove of goodies. I am certainly looking forward to digging in. 😀

 

Karol

[Germoney814 12]

13 minutes ago, Ollie said:

After LLL announced the first 4 releases, I figured # 5 had to be Hook. There was nothing else besides Star Wars or IJ that would be huge for Williams fans.

The Sugarland Express??

[Datameister 2,384]

Lord Almighty, it's finally happening! 😍😍😍

[Pat_S 73]

Amazing news, the cover art looks amazing as well!! 

[Ollie 1,225]

7 minutes ago, Germoney814 said:

The Sugarland Express??

 

I’d love a release but I don’t think it would generate the hype Hook does. 

[Brando 2,318]

The samples are AMAZING!!

[filmmusic 2,446]

I suppose it's safe to sell the older LLL HOOK now, right?

This new release seems loaded!

[Meredith McKay 7,305]

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"includes exclusive in-depth liner notes by Matessino and associate producers John Takis and Jason LeBlanc."

 

AS IT SHOULD!!

[Dr. Rick 1,271]

Made space for it already 😂 

 

[pixie_twinkle 60]

Ordered! 

[Meredith McKay 7,305]

So wierd to hear the ultimate war insert without volume dips haha

[HunterTech 1,397]

So given the comments from MV about Sony being bad at keeping track of their stuff, does anyone here wanna make a bet over if they used that MP3 leak without having found a better source for that material?

[Meredith McKay 7,305]

2 minutes ago, HunterTech said:

So given the comments from MV about Sony being bad at keeping track of their stuff, does anyone here wanna make a bet over if they used that MP3 leak without having found a better source for that material?

I am betting they found everything, and didn't need it.

[Arpy 4,162]

Instant order! So glad I held out for this instead of going bankrupt over the earlier edition. Haven't been this excited since the Potter release!

[A. A. Ron 2,160]

I wouldn’t be surprised if this has been in the pipeline for a while and just got held up with licensing or something.

[Meredith McKay 7,305]

Is there extra choir in the From Mermaids to Lost Boys sample?

[Jay 41,174]

Yes.  It's always been in the film, and never on any album.

[Groovygoth666 1,103]

4 minutes ago, A. A. Ron said:

I wouldn’t be surprised if this has been in the pipeline for a while and just got held up with licensing or something.

Obviously they were waiting while Mike wore Williams down on including the baseball source music and the early song demos, Mike's strategy probably went like this 

 

[Brando 2,318]

Started this with The Lost World and I couldn't NOT do it again

[A. A. Ron 2,160]

So based on Home Alone and now Hook, it seems that when Jim Titus revisits a score, he makes the new cover darker.

[scallenger 594]

OMG I can't wait to get this! Very excited! Insane that we are getting the songs!

[SilverTrumpet 645]

 

[Brando 2,318]

I can't wait to hear The Legacy of John Williams episode on this release!

[Sandor 852]

Will this be available on Music Box Records and anyone know when?

[Amer 2,371]

Congratulations @Jay

 

At last the Quintessential release of the year!!!!

 

The Face Of Pan (Choral Version) 2:43

 

This always gives me goosebumps and makes the hair on my neck rise!

 

I eagerly await the Podcast from Maurizio and team! 

[crumbs 15,228]

What a stunning achievement by all involved.

 

Congratulations and thanks to Jason, Mike, John Takis, LLL, and everyone else!!! How fantastic to finally close the book on the previous expansion, and all the various bootlegs, with something truly definitive.

 

Today is indeed a glorious day for JWFan.

[Chewy 2,637]

12 minutes ago, Sandor said:

Will this be available on Music Box Records and anyone know when?

Probably in 1 or 2 hours 

[Luke Skywalker 2,065]

Woah.