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| This is a comments thread about FSM CD: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock |
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Oh...okay... you all talked me into it. I just ordered it. I rarely play the GNP CD but maybe this will inspire me. I'll trade the GNP disc off at local CD exchange store.
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It's here!! I'm listening to "Stealing the Enterprise" as I type and I never thought we'd get the film version of the cue, sans opening violins. Well done, gang!
A few comments (NOT complaints) about the liner notes:
-page 9: "...influence of Starfleet" is misspelled as "... infleunce of Starfleet."
-page 6: "Ken Ralston, who had shot spacecraft footage for the Star Wars trilogy, served as visual effects supervisor."
He was also ILM's co-supervisor of visual effects on Star Trek II. The liner notes imply that ILM's A-team was busy on Temple of Doom so they just got some spaceship guy from Star Wars, when Ken Ralston was in fact an integral part of the Trek II team.
One question: were Leonard Nimoy or Harve Bennett approached for interviews or soundbites for the liner notes? I only ask because, while Robert Wise and Nick Meyer have spoken about the scores for their respective films, I don't recall anything from Nimoy (or Shatner).
Second question: I noticed Ralph Winter was thanked, along with the film's DP, editor, and UPM. Did these guys contribute anything specific to this release? Winter I understand but the other three guys have all been dead for years.
Again, these are simply comments. Awesome job on this release!!
Oops, sorry for the typo! re: the special thanks, that was a carry over from the LP packaging in 1984.
Lukas
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Jun 5, 2010 - 8:29 PM
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MerM
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So, I've given this little set a listen or two...
It's fantastic. That's the word for it, few others get the point across. The music is excellent (as we all knew), the sound quality is great (not a whole lot better than the GNP, but then again that didn't sound too bad anyway), the retained original soundtrack assembly is a big plus, the liner notes are well-written and informative, and the packaging is lovely.
However... where's the Spock narration on the main title? It was on Wrath of Khan, so why isn't it here?!? THIS IS AN OUTRAGE! YOU'VE RUINED SOUNDTRACKS... FOREVER!!!
...hehehe, sorry. You have no idea how glad I am that the narration isn't there. Thank you Lucas, Jeff, Neil, everybody... and of course, James Horner.
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Back in the days when I was wishing for a complete Star Trek III, I was thinking up track names for the missing material.
I imagined the "Genesis Destroyed" cue being named "Genesis Sunrise" or "Sunrise on Genesis." I always thought the sunset and sunrise scenes were meant to be bookends of sorts in the film and I liked the idea of that being reflected in the track names.
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I have the following review:
I have listened to the both discs, and am very happy to have all the cues that fill in the missing gaps from the original 1984 release, which I always felt was missing..."something." It is a score that, while more subtle than STII, still offers a lot of well-thought-out, textured writing that spots the movie beautifully. And for reasons I can't explain, I have done a complete turnaround on the Klingon theme, which I didn't like in 1984 but which I think kicks ass now. (Is it me, or did Horner give the Klingons a little rumba action?) In sum, the original soundtrack made me think Horner was resting on his laurels...but this expanded release proves otherwise (carbon-copy end credits notwithstanding).
I have played the Group 87 pop cut 192 times.
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I can't believe I missed that CinemaScope article! I thought there weren't any contemporary pieces about Horner and the score...but I should have known better, and I even have that old C.S. issue in my magazine collection. Thanks for posting the link!
Lukas
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I've just listened to "A Fighting chance To Live" with my headphones, and I have to say, the slow rumble as the Enterprise blows itself apart, then the Timpani comes in as she enters the atmosphere: That just blew me out of my seat.
It's devastatingly effective.
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This release is absolutely fantastic and confirms for me something I've felt for a while: The Search for Spock is a superior score to The Wrath of Khan.
I think Khan had a better original album though, leaving off fewer major cues and just connecting better as a listening experience. I used to find the Klingon stuff in this score annoying but in context with the added cues and in clearer sound quality it doesn't bother me at all and I like it (especially the weird ethnic instrumentation) almost as much as Goldsmith's theme.
Yavar
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"Sunset On Genesis", "Spock Endures Pon Farr", "A Fighting Chance To Live" three great cues that were not on the original album are great cues and it'll be nice to hear them outside of the film for a change. 
