NEW! Dinosaur Expansion from Intrada September 17th, 2024!

[LSH 1,086]

Spare us both the embarrassment.

[Holko 10,749]

On 11/10/2024 at 12:52 AM, HunterTech said:

Namely that one of the alts here (Enough For Everyone) is actually the full version of a cue that was shortened and added to the end of the proceeding track (Finding Water)

Looking into this a bit with the booklet's cue/take list, it seems this is not technically the case. Well I guess it was shortened, but not just by microediting, as I guess we'd assume from this wording.

 

The alternate is take 49, the film version is take 49 plus wild take 160 picking up at bar 17, which seems to be a clean take of the high strings at that part fading in, to give it a new longer "fake" opening (take 49 has the previous section's low brass and strings fading out even while the high strings are coming in, until the next section begins) and eliminate the opening which was presumably rejected.

 

Somewhat debatable how inclusionworthy this is, personally I'd have kept the full take 49 in the main program (will definitely put it there in my edit) and maybe included the one shortened with the wild take 160 as a film version bonus track. And yeah obviously name it in the main program if you're naming its alternate too, but it wouldn't be a Doug production without his weird/confusing naming conventions.

[Jurassic Shark 13,740]

13 hours ago, LSH said:

Spare us both the embarrassment.

 

Looks fine to me!

 

[Muad'Dib 1,882]

Something that I find super interesting is, hearing that demo of The Trek, how the overall accompainment is the same but the melody wasn't quite there yet. And to think that basically with the same elements JNH found a great and powerful melody is simply amazing.

 

Makes me think in POA with that theme that later became Window of the Past. It's like a little glimpse into the creative process.

[Cristian 66]

1 hour ago, Muad'Dib said:

Something that I find super interesting is, hearing that demo of The Trek, how the overall accompainment is the same but the melody wasn't quite there yet. And to think that basically with the same elements JNH found a great and powerful melody is simply amazing.

 

Makes me think in POA with that theme that later became Window of the Past. It's like a little glimpse into the creative process.

I love the alternate version of The Trek, I'm so glad they released it. 

Listening to this expanded release, nostalgia kicks in, Dinosaur is one of my first scores and one of the reason I love film music. This release is a great addition to any fan of this score. My favorite new released music include: End Credits (Version 1), The Trek (Alternate), Raptors / Aladar Meets The Herd, Aladar & Neera the second half.

[Holko 10,749]

Well this is a lovely little score that won't need much editing to get perfect!

 

Spreadsheet for comparison and notes, some naming choices are puzzling:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1a5GGvHTo1ePkCNWbEiyX-W5LQAb4p2_CYo-9SBGS7CQ/edit?usp=sharing

[Holko 10,749]

So in the end all I did for a first pass at an edit was replace the main program Aladar Meets the Misfits and Enough for Everyone with their longer alternates, and made up my own Credits version. As a first step I replicated the craptors edit from the non-crap main program version and used AI separation to gradually dial the drums down near the end like in the credits. Then I decided to start with the Courtship version of version 2 to make it less redundant after Epilogue, but I still wanted to keep the V1/3 opening too with its unique intro. I also don't like the transitionary bit between Breakout and Raptors, it doesn't feel right, it should hold longer.

So what I did there was:

- used Breakout's original ending instead of letting it go to its credits ending replacement

- quickly transitioned that to the V1/3 opening before Comes with a Pool would start

- combined the first and second main theme in it into one to shorten it and still remove some redundancy

- used The Egg Travels' ending to give it a clean ending

- then started the raptors edit + rest of the credits when it felt right. Used V1/2's ending, not a fan of the horn coming back for the end in V3.

 

I also changed some track titles back to the OST ones where I preferred them. And used @crumbs' cover of course.