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Sep 14, 2018 - 10:33 AM
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Ado
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Land Before Time is a fantastic score, and an amazing sounding recording to boot.
It's like a classical concert on CD (if that makes sense), and I can put that CD on any time, close my eyes and imagine the players in front of me.
Ah, I feel the same, the sonics, the performance, so good. The choral work on LBT too is so classic. It is such a rich score. His 80's work was so good.
I agree Horner was in his prime in the 80's. I really hope we get LBT in the near future. There's a huge chunk of music missing. Frankly the mix on the OST was terrible. The sound is very muddled. It really needs remastering as a whole.
Maybe this is on the map for expansion soon, hopefully. I am wondering now, the bluray of LBT sounds really good to my ears. I wonder if the track on the movie is better than the CD?
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That's because Fallen Kingdom was (maybe Giacchino's first?) London recording, most likely.
I think Jupiter Ascending was London, but I could be wrong.
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Even late in the game, Amazing Spider-Man has a terrible recording.
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Roger expanded his clue to read:
A 2-CD set from the late '80s features an expanded presentation of a film that's...how do I describe it, actually? Let's say this release sci-fi/fantasty epic in a tea cup is hot off the griddle and ready for you to move in! Oh and there was a slice of music that didn't make it into the film.
Everyone seems focused on the “tea cup” and “griddle” while ignoring the biggest giveaway of all - “ready for you to move in!” The whole plot of *batteries was a small group of residents being forced out of their old tenement building to make room for a new commercial complex. While I still believe Braveheart is his finest overall work, *batteries is my personal favorite by James Horner and even more so since I was born and raised in the same neighborhood featured in the film so I felt like I could relate to the characters.
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The clues point to *batteries not included, but the use of 'epic' is throwing me off. Pretty sure that movie wasn't an epic, and if you've seen the movie, you'd know this isn't open for debate.
Maybe “epic” could be in regards to its use of special effects? While not nearly on the same scale as say something like the Star Wars films, seeing those little machines whiz by on the big screen in 1987 with lights flashing non-stop must have seemed “epic,” especially if you were a child. *batteries is still the safe choice, given more clues point to it than do not. Then again, I’m biased because it’s my James Horner holy grail! *fingers crossed*
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It's a similar "Oh, it's a score by __________, I should subconsciously expect a crappy recording".
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American Tail and Aliens were done quite closely by Tomlinson and even have that rather extreme wide stereo image of brass far to one side and strings far to the other.
Is just my copy of An American Tail that sounds as if a huge, thick curtain was drapped over my speakers when I play it?
I used to own the LP and it sounded great, but for some reason the sound on the CD is truly craptacular. Very odd, because Aliens sounds great, at least to me.
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I would kill for properly remastered versions of An American Tail and The Land Before Time (with extra music, of course).