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Definitive. I do love hyperbole as much as the next fellow, but definitive, I should think, would mean complete and this is just the same old soundtrack album we've had for years. How much better can it sound? It's a nice release for those who never managed to get it, but the hyperbole is completely unnecessary.
Agreed, and most disappointing that it is not complete.
It really does not need to complete, the original plays just fine. The whole remastering from every label has me baffled. They say it sounds better, but that is to their ear. So far a majority of the re-released scores that I have purchased, that are "remastered", I find myself playing the original version more or just adding the unreleased cues to the the old release.
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Nice to be able to add this to my collection. There are people that weren't around when the first issue was in print, y'know.
This score doesn't honestly need the extra music on album, it's a great presentation.
Ordered!
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Some people are talking as if Varese didn't care. Is it that Varese didn't "care" to expand it? Or is it that they were unable to?
If they were able to, I believe they would have done it. I can't see such a "Jerry-is-God" label as Varese Sarabande opting for an album-only release over an expanded release except where it was not possible / too prohibitive.
I think it's something like 18 years since this was deleted so there probably is a whole new generation of soundtrack fans who never had the chance to own it. Bemoaning it is a bit like saying, "Screw you Jack, *I'm* alright."
Put it this way, what if today's announcement was 6 titles and 7 and Chinatown was not released at all. Would that make you feel better?
(Presuming, as I am, that expansion was in some way not possible or too prohibitive.)
Cheers
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I agree with Stephen. The negativity on display about this release is misplaced. We don't know what the politics were behind this album; there is a large possibility that it is impossible to release in expanded form for contractual reasons. I know that this was the case with some of Intrada's straight LP reissues; they had a choice to either release the existing album or not release the score at all.
Either way, a potential release of the complete score notwithstanding, at least the original album is back in print. And as many have already pointed out, it's a damn good album in its own right.
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May 14, 2012 - 8:53 AM
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One more thing: The "Chinatown" LP was released on ABC Records, which was sold more than three decades ago to MCA Records, now a part of Geffen Records (if I'm keeping that straight). Whatever other music there is presumably owned by Paramount. So a completely separate license would be required for that music, and as we've seen in the past, getting the two parties together onto one CD can be quite a mean feat.
We've seen it happen, and the results can be great. But in this case, the snippets of music missing from the original release are truly minimal. The best people here say about them is "nice to have." This is not a case like "Gremlins" where only highlights had been available, or even "Explorers" where a good half-hour of music had been unreleased. There are a few stray cues here and there, mostly very, very short. (I watched the movie again very recently, and didn't hear anything I regretted was missing from the album.) So if Varèse could have licensed these additional cues, the question is what would it have cost, in exchange for what value?
When FSM opted to simply reissue the album from "The Accidental Tourist" without expanding it, did anybody here say "Well, I guess that means no expanded 'Days of Heaven'"? I don't think so. It seemed a logical way to do that one. This one does, too.
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