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Sep 12, 2013 - 6:35 AM
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foxmorty
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There are lots of pieces in this set that I wanted badly, so I'm thrilled to get it. I can't emphasize enough how happy I am to get this. Even music I wouldn't have thought I'd want I'm sure I'll enjoy and I thoroughly appreciate how collaborative you folks at La La Land are trying to be. However, I hope for many more sets for a couple of reasons -- and I'll have more feedback when I receive and digest the set:
Some music is accidentally being reused. Except for a percussive "previously on" segment, "Deep Six" (from the episode "DeadAlive") is note for note exactly the same as "Starspeak" on Volume 1; it's not a variation, but exactly the same in timing and instrumentation. Yet the 1 minute shorter beautiful music from that very episode of Scully asking Doggett about Mulder's condition isn't here.
I hope episodes from which music has been released so far haven't been written off because there's TONS of amazing music from these yet to be released. For example, "Talitha Cumi"'s 2 least interesting pieces (based on the titles and timing I know are the teaser and when Mulder talks to X in his childhood summer home backyard) were selected, rather than gorgeous pieces of incredible beauty that are hardly any longer: Mulder finding the stiletto and CSM interrogating Jeremiah Smith. I've seen other fans on these boards say they wanted these pieces. So, please don't shut the door on these episodes. It's a chance to make more money off us, after all.
Also, if a piece is used more than once in a 2-parter mythology, it usually means it's the main theme Mark Snow has worked hardest on and is worthiest of inclusion. For example, the incredible melody from the last few minutes of "Redux" that isn't on this set is used repeatedly in that episode, but also a few times in "Redux II". Similarly, "Endgame" (6:39-14:14) that's a percussive variation on the music in "Colony" (25:18-31:50).
You folks release so much music for so many albums, so it's hard to have the same obsession as we fans of "The X-Files" do. If there's help we fans can provide in the selection, I'll do it for free.
I still need the set which I couldn't be more excited about. But sounds like I agree with this wholeheartedly if it's the case. I'm hopefully we can get an odds 'n' ends disc in the next set to revisit a few things. these all certainly could use some revisiting!
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Sep 17, 2013 - 10:30 AM
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Muldfeld
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There are lots of pieces in this set that I wanted badly, so I'm thrilled to get it. I can't emphasize enough how happy I am to get this. Even music I wouldn't have thought I'd want I'm sure I'll enjoy and I thoroughly appreciate how collaborative you folks at La La Land are trying to be. However, I hope for many more sets for a couple of reasons -- and I'll have more feedback when I receive and digest the set...
Barring an ability to SEE INTO THE FUTURE or being DOCTOR STRANGE, SORCERER SUPREME - I am at a loss to figure out how you know of these things before actually having experienced the product.
1. There are samples on the website.
2. Because, as I wrote, based on the time signatures and names of pieces that often refer to dialogue in the scene that accompanied the music, I know nearly exactly what was included. I went through all 202 episodes and listened carefully for the music; many times, I'd spend hours to find the best version of a given piece. My list is on page 11 of this thread. I also went through my DVDs for certain scenes to see what was included, so I know in terms of the mythology episodes what's on here, except for "alta", which has me hoping it's the Samantha music. My strength is really the mythology episodes and anything I used an asterisk for; I'm much more uncertain about stand-alones, especially when there's no asterisk.
If you're talking about enjoying music I didn't select, well... I'm trying to be positive. 
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Sep 17, 2013 - 10:31 AM
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Muldfeld
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I still need the set which I couldn't be more excited about. But sounds like I agree with this wholeheartedly if it's the case. I'm hopefully we can get an odds 'n' ends disc in the next set to revisit a few things. these all certainly could use some revisiting!
Thanks for the agreement, foxmorty. I think we'll need even more than one disc worth of previously covered episodes.
Awww, man! I was hoping that the Talitha Cumi stiletto piece would be on this release. Guess I should have been vocal about that one. Bummer.
You're posting this makes it that much more likely it WILL be released, so thanks, jwb79. That's the first piece I heard that really got me to notice how beautiful Mark Snow's music is.
Quick note: Got my set today and am very happy.
I was wrong about "Talitha Cumi" including the music with Mulder talking to X at Quanochontaug, although X does use the line "I kept a discreet distance" in that scene. Instead, the piece "Discreet Distance" is from when Jeremiah Smith is kidnapped from the Social Security administration -- a really nice piece that myself and others had wanted. We still need more from this episode, but it's a great consolation.
Also, does anyone else notice the amazing piece "Hypothermia" from "Colony" has a scratchy sound for a split second at 0:18? Wondering if I have a defective copy or a mistake was made on all copies, but it could be limitations from the source tape, which is 18 years old and La La Land could do nothing about.
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