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I listened to Empire the other day and my goodness, what I disastrous mess. Just as others have stated, there are horrible edits, jarring variations in sound quality in the same track, and sometimes (The Asteroid Field) the oddest and most intrusive reverb I recall being added to formerly beautiful music. I went back immediately and listened to the 1997 special edition, which has taken a lot of criticism, but compared to this latest "remaster" at least sounds like a recording someone put some care and thought into.
sounded good to me. at this point happy to have this.
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A more interesting question is... was the actual Rebel Briefing cue supposed to be on that 1983 album? Is it the title that's wrong, or was the title correct and the music wrong?
My understanding is that it was an anti-spoiler measure. I guess "Han Solo Returns" was a given.
I wonder if we ever get "The Ultimate Editions" if they will use Williams' original names for the tracks. (I don't like most of the new names on the 1997 sets.)
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May 18, 2018 - 8:32 AM
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Octoberman
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A more interesting question is... was the actual Rebel Briefing cue supposed to be on that 1983 album? Is it the title that's wrong, or was the title correct and the music wrong?
I agree--that IS the real question here.
Where in ROTJ is there anything that could profitably be called a "Rebel Briefing" scene? The only thing I can think of is where everyone is gathered to discuss the 2-tiered assault on both Death Star 2 and the Endor shield generator.
The Arista set has no corresponding cue, and the 1997 has "Alliance Assembly". This last cue is certainly pleasant, but sorry to say, a little nondescript. The "Leia Breaks The News" cue is rather more important, I think. Not only is it a beautiful hand-off from the brother-and-sister theme to the Han-and-the-Princess theme, but also underscores the funeral pyre scene--both quite a bit more important than the assembly scene.
This would tend to make me think that it is the Leia/Funeral cue that was meant to be on the 1983 album.
So the cue was just mistitled, but how that could happen is beyond me--as is why the error would be continued on any future editions such as this one.
The book in the Arista set has one simple line, "On the original Jedi album, this track was titled "Rebel Briefing", which acknowledges the error, but does not explain it.
(Gawd-DAMN I love that Arista set.  )
Anyway, plenty of speculation to go around (which is what I try to avoid), but no actual official, definitive answer.
Another anomaly, like I said earlier.
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Alliance Assembly is great, despite its dogshit sound quality. In 1997, hearing this for the first time was a good precursor to The Lost World theme!
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Dude, we know!
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