Label Threads Don Davis - THE MATRIX (1999) - 2024 25th Anniversary Edition release by Varese

[tomsmoviemadness 3,695]

 

 

 

 

[Edmilson 9,443]

Hmm, The Matrix? Haven't all three scores been expanded already? 

[Holko 10,750]

And they're WB... Hmmm.....

[crocodile 8,739]

The Animatrix maybe?

 

Karol

[Jay 40,305]

Varese only has rights to the first score.  WB Records has rights to the other two, which is how LLL could make their editions of those two scores co-licensed from WB Records and WB Pictures.

 

This probably just means another vinyl edition of their 2021 expansion is coming, though that is still in print so IDK

 

https://varesesarabande.com/products/don-davis-the-matrix-the-complete-score-3-lp

[Edmilson 9,443]

3 minutes ago, crocodile said:

The Animatrix maybe?

 

Karol

I'd love that. There's some amazing cues in the animated shorts that I'd love to hear outside the movie. But I'm not sure if this would be possible, since it's Davis collaborating with numerous electronic artists

[Jay 40,305]

Varese isn't in the business of licensing old scores that never had an OST album, and certainly can't from WB who isn't working with anybody right now.

 

They wouldn't post about "going all out" about the Animatrix score either.  It's gotta be about the first score.  MAYBE they convinced WB to let them do a boxset of all three scores, like they were able to get rights to do the physical editions of the other two HTTYD scores that Varese didn't do the OST albums for, but that'd be a shocker if its the case.

[Yavar Moradi 3,138]

1 minute ago, Jay said:

Varese isn't in the business of licensing old scores that never had an OST album

 

Not since their premiere of Laurence Rosenthal's Rooster Cogburn tanked in sales, anyway.  

 

Yavar

[mstrox 6,991]

Limited edition “red pill” vinyl

Limited edition “blue pill” vinyl 

Limited edition “green fucking letters and numbers like you see flying around on computers in the movie” vinyl

Limited edition “black like Neo’s hair” vinyl

Lap it up, vinyl piggies.  Maybe they’ll also rerelease the CD with a decent cover.

[Smaug The Iron 600]

The Vinyl is still in stock, so I think it is the cd. 

[Jay 40,305]

It's probably a vinyl reissue of the 30 minute score album.

 

I briefly wondered if it could be the Matrix Symphony, but Perseverance already put that on physical CD

[Smaug The Iron 600]

Has Varese ever re-released any of there expanded cds? 

[Jurassic Shark 13,741]

City Hall.

[OneBuckFilms 406]

2 minutes ago, Smaug The Iron said:

Has Varese ever re-released any of there expanded cds? 

Star Trek (2009) Deluxe Edition comes to mind. There might be some others.

[GerateWohl 5,344]

11 minutes ago, Jay said:

I briefly wondered if it could be the Matrix Symphony, but Perseverance already put that on physical CD

That one could use a proper recording.

[Yavar Moradi 3,138]

21 minutes ago, Smaug The Iron said:

Has Varese ever re-released any of there expanded cds? 

17 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said:

City Hall.

 

I'd classify that more as an additional pressing of the same release. On the Goldsmith front, Varese released this expansion of their 1985 original album in 2006:

 

And in 2014 they reissued the same expanded program changing the packaging only slightly, marketing it as an Encore Edition (I think it might be the only Encore Edition that was a straight reissue of a Deluxe Edition rather than an original album...I don't quite count Giacchino's Star Trek because of the significant packaging change):

 

Yavar

[mstrox 6,991]

They rereleased and repackaged some of their expansions in the Horror Box they did, and I believe some of the DEs in the Scream box set were also identical to their original expansions.

[Andy 5,419]

I only own the OST, and frankly I’ve never warmed to it.   I love the movie of course, and welcome another opportunity to see if my opinion changes.  But all I really remember is the horns rising with the racing string ostinato and the needle dropped techno music for the big shootout scene. 

[Richard P 4,375]

I always found their Encore line a bit odd because all they're doing is putting an existing (or OOP) album back in print, and you don't necessarily need to change the branding to do that - you just print more copies and make it available again, like what LLL often does when it prints another run of a mega popular title like A.I., E.T. or Braveheart.

 

Also confuses the hell out of someone looking to buy the score. Which version is being 'encored'? I don't think Townson did himself any favours now that the DE of the Matrix is no longer the definitive release.

[Stark 580]

Animatrix would be an insta-buy.

[Marian Schedenig 9,387]

5 minutes ago, Stark said:

Animatrix would be an insta-buy.

 

Yes. But judging from all the reasoning posted above, this will turn out to be nothing I'd get remotely excited about. Maybe they went all out on some fancy LP thingy, but that'll have pretty much exactly 0 additional value to me over what we've already had for years.

[HunterTech 1,338]

It better be some LP pressing so that I didn't just slightly overpay for a copy of the SACD complete edition for the first score.

[Andy 5,419]

Besides the cover, was there anything lacking in the last release of the first film score?

[Jay 40,305]

No. It's complete and sounds good.

[Jurassic Shark 13,741]

It was slightly off-pitch.

[Andy 5,419]

Facebook tease:

 

[Jurassic Shark 13,741]

A white LP?

[Andy 5,419]

Maybe. It’s so weird that they first started teasing “big news”

[Jay 40,305]

Probably just the 1999 30 minute score program coming to vinyl again, though they're claiming its "more than that" on twitter

 

https://twitter.com/VareseSarabande/status/1832144428326384063
https://twitter.com/VareseSarabande/status/1832145110798365084

 

[Edmilson 9,443]

Considering all three Matrix movies got somewhat "definitive" editions, the only thing from this franchise that would make me interested is the score for The Animatrix finally being released. Some spectacular Don Davis cues in there, especially in The Second Reinassance.

 

But yeah, probably just the score for the first movie on vinyl or whatever.

[Jurassic Shark 13,741]

What about the fourth?

[Jay 40,305]

Don't forget that Varese only has rights to the first score, and that there hasn't a been a specialty label release licensed from WB Pictures since 2021, apart from scores that Varese has complete perpetuity rights to already

[Edmilson 9,443]

1 minute ago, Jurassic Shark said:

What about the fourth?

What fourth? Oh, that very expensive crap that despite its huge budget they didn't even bother to bring Davis back? I don't consider it canon 

[Andy 5,419]

Well on Twitter Varese is saying it isn’t simply the Matrix on vinyl, but something more, that won’t be disappointing. 

[HunterTech 1,338]

Oh God, it's gonna be an NFT!

[Groovygoth666 1,057]

56 minutes ago, Jay said:

Probably just the 1999 30 minute score program coming to vinyl again

VS already have it and on sale no less

[Jurassic Shark 13,741]

13 minutes ago, Andy said:

Well on Twitter Varese is saying it isn’t simply the Matrix on vinyl, but something more, that won’t be disappointing. 

 

Vinyl and cassette.

[Jay 40,305]

2 minutes ago, Groovygoth666 said:

VS already have it and on sale no less

 

Yeah, that's the 2016 vinyl reissue.  Clearly its time for another reissue!

[Groovygoth666 1,057]

4 minutes ago, Jay said:

 

Yeah, that's the 2016 vinyl reissue.  Clearly its time for another reissue!

Reissuing a vinyl that's on sale 

[Jurassic Shark 13,741]

Subverting expectations. Rian would be proud. 

[Meredith McKay 7,071]

It's a 5 CD box set, containing the complete score, OST album, and 2 to 3 discs reinterpretations of a cue by other film composers and electronic artists.

[A. A. Ron 2,091]

2 discs of "Love Theme from 'The Matrix'"?

 

I can't wait!

[Stark 580]

I want Animatrix so bad!

[Amer 2,323]

I missed that on SACD. 

[Groovygoth666 1,057]

6 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said:

 

Vinyl and cassette.

No 8 track no sale 

[Alan 716]

Reel to reel with bonus wax cylinder release or no sale!

[Jurassic Shark 13,741]

4 minutes ago, Alan said:

Reel to reel

 

This is actually resurging. 

[Naïve Old Fart 10,795]

REEL TO REEL: THE MATRIX RESURGENCE 

[Yavar Moradi 3,138]

What would be awesome is if Varese somehow parlayed their perpetuity rights on the first score into a box set reissue of all three Davis scores (heck, maybe even with The Animatrix added). I wonder if WB would cooperate with them for that since the elements have already all been sourced in the past?

 

Yavar

[Andy 5,419]

That’s the only sort of thing I can think of that would warrant the type of tease they’re talking.