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BK, let's just hear Poltergeist II! Maybe it will shut everybody up for a change.
 Most of the posts in this thread have been fine. It's just the usual suspects who do this each and every time. One of them lays low for a while until she thinks the time is perfect. Otherwise, I do enjoy the interaction with folks about the music, the sources, whatever. It's not enjoyable when the same people come into these threads and do the same thing over and over again. That's what's wearying - it's ALL about the music. That discussion I am happy to continue.
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Blimey this thread is quite something else. I don't know enough about the recording engineering to be able to weigh in on the Kritzerland vs. Intrada debate, but what's the point? The proof will be in whatever the final Kritzerland disk sounds like... we haven't even heard the sound clips on the website yet!
I have about a dozen Kritzerland releases and the sound is impeccable on all of them, so from where I stand, Bruce deserves the benefit of the doubt on this. If the disk arrives and it's not up to snuff then fire away at him, but give the man a break until then!
Chris.
Just want to be clear again - there is no difference in the orchestral placement or even in the orchestral mixes, really - it's all in the shaping of the sound, having less wash on the choir so that it doesn't obscure orchestral detail, and I'll just restate that the half-inch analogue tapes are much more pleasant sounding than the 1986 digital tapes. Lukas has been down that road before, too - give me great analogue any day of the week as compared to any of that early digital stuff. The music breathes, shines, has a warmth, the the powerful stuff is amazing when it's not slammed into the red for the entire duration of a CD as it was with the Varese.
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I just have the original Intrada 30 min CD which IMO is an excellent listen. I wasn't planning on getting this Kritzerland release but with all the controversy it's now a definite must have!.
Despite this dfference of opinion, it is important to remember that both Bruce and Doug do a great job and have released so many superb CDs.
They both deserve our respect and thanks.
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Seems odd to me to not include Goldsmith's preferred LP arrangement on the second disc when there was clearly room for it after the bonus tracks.
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Seems odd to me to not include Goldsmith's preferred LP arrangement on the second disc when there was clearly room for it after the bonus tracks.
But what would be the point? The original release just had fewer tracks. The tracks themselves are simply the same. Unlike the original, where the lp versions were edited much differently.
Bruce did it for the GORKY PARK release. If is does not cost anything extra and there is room, why not include it?
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Seems odd to me to not include Goldsmith's preferred LP arrangement on the second disc when there was clearly room for it after the bonus tracks.
But what would be the point? The original release just had fewer tracks. The tracks themselves are simply the same. Unlike the original, where the lp versions were edited much differently.
Exactly.
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I'm NOT complaining, just curious:
Why did it make sense to include the LP sequence for Gorky Park, but not this one?
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I'm NOT complaining, just curious:
Why did it make sense to include the LP sequence for Gorky Park, but not this one?
To fill the CD up?
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I'm NOT complaining, just curious:
Why did it make sense to include the LP sequence for Gorky Park, but not this one?
Because I put Gorky Park in film order and thought that was a nifty idea on a short CD, so that people didn't have to create that in iTunes. For Poltergeist II I saw no reason whatsoever to include that thirty minute album presentation. It was done at a time when reuse fees precluded it being longer and it is pointless. I hope that satisfies your curiosity I hope you understand that had any other label done this it wouldn't be on their album either, whether it would fit or not. Perhaps I should have made it a three-CD set and put on the original, the Intrada, the Varese redo and ours.
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