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

[Smeltington 1,441]

1 hour ago, Richard Penna said:

Also get a general sense that Williams likes writing source/related pieces, or at least arranging/conducting them himself, and therefore he's far more likely to choose to put them on his album

 

It's either that, or block them from release on expansions! Make up your mind John!

[GerateWohl 4,371]

Maybe JW put it on the album because he just likes Banning Back Home. 

[Richard Penna 3,694]

Indeed; he wrote it and he likes it. But his judgement as to what works on an album is... variable.

[bollemanneke 3,349]

35 minutes ago, Brundlefly said:

Prologue and then Granny Wendy music would have been a nice start for the OST.

I'll take it further. Open with Granny Wendy, but Wendy's Entrance first. That way you're literally gently being guided into the world.

[Smeltington 1,441]

I do like Williams albums/scores that have some variety to them. For example, his "kitchen sink" approach from Temple of Doom, and Prisoner of Azkaban. The case with Banning Back Home is less clear cut due to the adult contemporary smooth jazz easy listening nature of the piece, but if you do enjoy it, then you can enjoy a more varied listen.

 

Incidentally I was kind of glad with the Deutsch release that Banning Back Home was still present, but suddenly shorter   

[Tom Guernsey 2,286]

53 minutes ago, bollemanneke said:

I'll take it further. Open with Granny Wendy, but Wendy's Entrance first. That way you're literally gently being guided into the world.

I misread that as open granny Wendy's entrance first.

 

I'll get my coat.

[Brundlefly 2,385]

1 hour ago, bollemanneke said:

I'll take it further. Open with Granny Wendy, but Wendy's Entrance first. That way you're literally gently being guided into the world.

That kind of gentle (re-)introduction to a score we actually got with the expansion of Always.

[bollemanneke 3,349]

43 minutes ago, Tom Guernsey said:

I misread that as open granny Wendy's entrance first.

 

I'll get my coat.

You man, you stoopid, stoopid man! Bad form!

[Brando 1,864]

7 hours ago, Brundlefly said:

And is this also the stuff that Didier Deutsch didn't have access to years ago?

Yes

[Jay 37,372]

The Hook Ultimate Edition is nominated for Best Archival Release!

 

http://filmmusiccritics.org/2024/02/ifmca-award-nominations-2023/

[Brando 1,864]

Well deserved!

[Bespin 8,484]

12 minutes ago, Jay said:

The Hook Ultimate Edition is nominated for Best Archival Release!

 

http://filmmusiccritics.org/2024/02/ifmca-award-nominations-2023/

 

And it's going to win!

 

[Stark 316]

Me: I want the Hook release! I even love Banning Back Home!

 

Mom: we have Banning back home.

 

Banning back home:

 

 

[Tom Guernsey 2,286]

10 minutes ago, Stark said:

Me: I want the Hook release! I even love Banning Back Home!

 

Mom: we have Banning back home.

 

Banning back home:

 

 

Yeah but he's clearly still out. With some lady friends it would appear. Probably why he's such a terrible father.

[Jay 37,372]

10 hours ago, Brundlefly said:

And is this also the stuff that Didier Deutsch didn't have access to years ago?

 

Not from the 1st generation masters, like was used on the Ultimate Edition. Instead, he grabbed some of those from the film's music stem, complete with its edits and volume dropouts.

[WellOfSouls 1]

On 1/2/2024 at 8:31 PM, Foxfan said:

Same here having ordered from Intrada! Did you hear back from Intrada or La-La Land? I’m missing the 48-page booklet as well! 😢

They apparently just mailed it a few days ago after I emailed them again so fingers crossed

[igger6 894]

12 hours ago, GerateWohl said:

Maybe JW put it on the album because he just likes Banning Back Home. 

or maybe he just didn’t like banning Banning Back Home. 

[bollemanneke 3,349]

13 hours ago, Jay said:

 

Not from the 1st generation masters, like was used on the Ultimate Edition. Instead, he grabbed some of those from the film's music stem, complete with its edits and volume dropouts.

I might be wrong, but didn't you say at one point that the 2012 edition also used the film stem for the end of Flight to Neverland? Maybe that explains why it didn't make the OST?

[Brando 1,864]

2 hours ago, bollemanneke said:

I might be wrong, but didn't you say at one point that the 2012 edition also used the film stem for the end of Flight to Neverland? Maybe that explains why it didn't make the OST?

That wasn't available on the 2012 release, but it was apart of a leak.

[bollemanneke 3,349]

Just now, Brando said:

That wasn't available on the 2012 release, but it was apart of a leak.

Yes it was.

[Jay 37,372]

The revised ending of Flight To Neverland is certainly on the old edition. I thought it's from the film's music stem on that release, but maybe it's not. I dunno.

[Brando 1,864]

The revised version is the film version, yes? If so, its not on the 2012 version. I remember being excited when I got the leak because it had the film ending on it.

[bollemanneke 3,349]

It really, really is on there.

[Faleel 5,359]

6 hours ago, Brando said:

The revised version is the film version, yes? If so, its not on the 2012 version. I remember being excited when I got the leak because it had the film ending on it.

It was on there, you must be thinking of another cue

[Jay 37,372]

And that revised ending wasn't even in the leak. It was on the old 90s bootlegs though

[Manakin Skywalker 4,897]

I don't believe it uses the film stem on the 2012 set as there is no frequency cutoff on that track, whereas there is on the End Credits for example.

[Jay 37,372]

Great, thank you!

[Brando 1,864]

Alright I just checked that track and I could've sworn they kept the OST edit for it...oh well.

[ThePenitentMan1 744]

Well, after a solid three or four weeks listening only to Discs 1 and 2 (and Presenting The Hook Vocal Segment), I think I'm finally ready to listen to Disc 3's main program!

 

Now that I'm familiar with the score's themes, I can't wait to hear what they sound like in these fabled songs!

 

Currently I'm in the middle of the program.  I really like the ending of Low Below; I had to replay that bit as soon as I first heard it!

[filmmusic 1,838]

I must be a freak of patience!

I still haven't listened to this! And I've got it for 2 months now I think.

[Jurassic Shark 12,082]

Me neither!

[Brundlefly 2,385]

Still haven't listened to it. My copy should have been a Christmas present, but didn't make it in time, so now it's lying at my parents' house until I visit them again.

[Nemesis 245]

Glad I got my Hook booklet. Great customer service by La-La Land!

 

 

[Tom Guernsey 2,286]

7 hours ago, Nemesis said:

Glad I got my Hook booklet. Great customer service by La-La Land!

 

 

The Hooklet, if you will. 

[GerateWohl 4,371]

8 hours ago, Nemesis said:

Glad I got my Hook booklet. Great customer service by La-La Land!

 

 

Oh, I am afraid they fooled you. This looks like a cheap handwritten Imitation.

[Jurassic Shark 12,082]

On 01/03/2024 at 8:51 PM, Tom Guernsey said:

The Hooklet, if you will. 

 

Or The Book...

[Thor 7,518]

49 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said:

Or The Book...

 

The Booklet Thief?

[Jurassic Shark 12,082]

16 minutes ago, Thor said:

 

The Booklet Thief?

 

Or The Book Thief...

[Thor 7,518]

Yeah, I took that to be your reference.

[Jurassic Shark 12,082]

I was pulling your leg.

 

But no, I wasn't reference The Book Thief in my initial post.