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Is it possible that Lukas is writing snarky remarks because, oh I don't know, he PRODUCED at least one of the albums in question and spent what I would imagine is a significant quantity of his time preparing the release?
So not only are you going to bitch and whine about the lack of golden age releases, but you're also going to accuse him & Varese of "throwing together" releases. Awesome.
Class acts we have on this board here, real class acts of selfish greedy brats that have no appreciation and rather than take what is graciously given to them through hours of blood sweat and tears, to whine and moan about their personal interests not being fulfilled.
I for one am excited about the Nemesis release. I really was worried that Varese was going to sit on that one for a while.
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Is it possible that Lukas is writing snarky remarks because, oh I don't know, he PRODUCED at least one of the albums in question and spent what I would imagine is a significant quantity of his time preparing the release?
So not only are you going to bitch and whine about the lack of golden age releases, but you're also going to accuse him & Varese of "throwing together" releases. Awesome.
Class acts we have on this board here, real class acts of selfish greedy brats that have no appreciation and rather than take what is graciously given to them through hours of blood sweat and tears, to whine and moan about their personal interests not being fulfilled.
As far as I can see this soundtrack thing is still a capitalist venture, theoretically operating on consumer demand. I am as appreciative as anyone here of what Lukas Kendall pioneered at FSM, but that does not extend to the sort of fawning, uncritical devotion you seem to think we owe to the soundtrack producers. I hate to pop your bubble, but these guys do not spend their days doing what they do as a charitable gift to the film music enthusiasts of the world. This is a business, and if Kendall or Varese or any of these guys feels personally insulted by a consumer expressing what it is he would like to buy, then I have to wonder who exactly the real crybabies are in this picture. Your perspective on this is skewed all out of whack. IMO of course.
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I get the feeling the new owners of Varese could care less about golden age scores.
Smart ownership - I like them! Thankfully they seem to know what sells best and that clearly isnt scores to movies that were released over half a century ago
The new titles are amazing and I bought the entire batch. Thank you Varese, you've done an outstanding job - please keep these goodies coming!!
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Agreed Bruce. You have released some lovely titles this year. I really love The Pleasure of His Company, How Green Was my Valley, and The Miracle Worker.
But beyond that, what Golden Age fan would not appreciate Brass Target? The theme is lovely and it sounds wonderful.
Brass Target is great - the fact that it's taken them, well, do the math, is pretty incredible.
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Is it possible that Lukas is writing snarky remarks because, oh I don't know, he PRODUCED at least one of the albums in question and spent what I would imagine is a significant quantity of his time preparing the release?
So not only are you going to bitch and whine about the lack of golden age releases, but you're also going to accuse him & Varese of "throwing together" releases. Awesome.
Class acts we have on this board here, real class acts of selfish greedy brats that have no appreciation and rather than take what is graciously given to them through hours of blood sweat and tears, to whine and moan about their personal interests not being fulfilled.
I for one am excited about the Nemesis release. I really was worried that Varese was going to sit on that one for a while.
Since I'm the one who made the "throwing together" comment and since you obviously did not read it carefully, I said there were two releases out of the six that had obviously been planned - and add Brass Target to that, too, probably. The other three? Not so much and they, of course, have nothing to do with Lukas or anyone else. No one accused Lukas of anything.
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I don't ask or expect people to have a positive opinion of anything I've worked on just because this is my site. I'm not the opinion police!
I'm certainly not the spokesman for Varese. I'm happy I was able to work on Nemesis for them and, in the process COMPLETE ALL 10 STAR TREK TOS/TNG MOVIE EXPANDED EDITIONS. Which I had wanted to do forever, and had been wanted forever, and took many of us, working together (labels/engineers/studios/producers, several years.
I merely comment, as an observer of human behavior, that (some) people are awfully demanding of the labels. I see posts complaining that there are too many CDs to buy, and also CDs criticizing the choices of titles...which is it?
I suppose each person would like there to be released only the titles that he (usually he, not she) wants, and can afford to buy, in the most desirable order for cost and listening purposes. It's just not possible.
I think people should reserve their ire for when incompetent producers/labels truly screw up an important release—which, fortunately, rarely if ever happens these days.
Lukas
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I get the feeling the new owners of Varese could care less about golden age scores.
Smart ownership - I like them! Thankfully they seem to know what sells best and that clearly isnt scores to movies that were released over half a century ago
The new titles are amazing and I bought the entire batch. Thank you Varese, you've done an outstanding job - please keep these goodies coming!!
I pretty much don't give a shit for most of what passed for film music in the 90s, but I can't imagine myself congratulating a record company for NOT releasing any 90s scores, simply because I don't like them. Nice guy you are. Glad you aren't in charge of what gets released!
Glad you aren't either! 
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I get the feeling the new owners of Varese could care less about golden age scores.
Smart ownership - I like them! Thankfully they seem to know what sells best and that clearly isnt scores to movies that were released over half a century ago
The new titles are amazing and I bought the entire batch. Thank you Varese, you've done an outstanding job - please keep these goodies coming!!
I don't care for most of the 80s and 90s scores, so I don't read or post on those topics. If other fans love the 80s and 90s then that's fine too. To each his/her own.
So Mr. Whittenburg, if you don't like the golden age scores then why are you reading and posting on a golden age topic?
Rest assured, you won't find me anywhere near a thread announcing a new golden age score. This is a different topic altogether & I'm entitled to express my thoughts, just like everyone else.
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Dec 9, 2013 - 11:34 PM
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I don't ask or expect people to have a positive opinion of anything I've worked on just because this is my site. I'm not the opinion police!
I'm certainly not the spokesman for Varese. I'm happy I was able to work on Nemesis for them and, in the process COMPLETE ALL 10 STAR TREK TOS/TNG MOVIE EXPANDED EDITIONS. Which I had wanted to do forever, and had been wanted forever, and took many of us, working together (labels/engineers/studios/producers, several years.
I merely comment, as an observer of human behavior, that (some) people are awfully demanding of the labels. I see posts complaining that there are too many CDs to buy, and also CDs criticizing the choices of titles...which is it?
I suppose each person would like there to be released only the titles that he (usually he, not she) wants, and can afford to buy, in the most desirable order for cost and listening purposes. It's just not possible.
I think people should reserve their ire for when incompetent producers/labels truly screw up an important release—which, fortunately, rarely if ever happens these days.
Lukas
"I see post complaining that there are too many CDs to buy, and also CDs criticizing the choices of titles ... which is it?"
Answer: Choice of titles. Now you know! 
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Dec 9, 2013 - 11:36 PM
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Dana Wilcox
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I don't ask or expect people to have a positive opinion of anything I've worked on just because this is my site. I'm not the opinion police!
I'm certainly not the spokesman for Varese. I'm happy I was able to work on Nemesis for them and, in the process COMPLETE ALL 10 STAR TREK TOS/TNG MOVIE EXPANDED EDITIONS. Which I had wanted to do forever, and had been wanted forever, and took many of us, working together (labels/engineers/studios/producers, several years.
I merely comment, as an observer of human behavior, that (some) people are awfully demanding of the labels. I see posts complaining that there are too many CDs to buy, and also CDs criticizing the choices of titles...which is it?
I suppose each person would like there to be released only the titles that he (usually he, not she) wants, and can afford to buy, in the most desirable order for cost and listening purposes. It's just not possible.
I think people should reserve their ire for when incompetent producers/labels truly screw up an important release—which, fortunately, rarely if ever happens these days.
Lukas
All of this because Joe said he wished there had been a single stinkin' Golden Age title among the Varese releases? It didn't seem like "ire" to me, but I guess it depends on which side of the counter you're on. Also, I don't think there are many people here who would advocate for only the stuff they personally like to be released. Hopefully most of us understand that a variety of interests must be appealed to, and are charitable enough to be happy for those whose whose wishes are being satisfied with a particular release, even if it isn't something particularly exciting to them. So on those issues we disagree.
I do agree with the last part of what you said. The only soundtrack I can ever recall buying that was truly screwed up was the Varese release of THE THORN BIRDS, missing the main title dulcimer part that Mancini himself considered the heart of the composition. No acknowledgement, no apology, much less a replacement disc with the dulcimer part restored. I wouldn't even mention it had Varese made the slightest effort to correct the situation, or offer something by way of compensation for the omission. I do have some "ire" about that, and it has caused me to doubt the personal integrity of the people who run the company.
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