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The issue with scores over 3 cd's is that they will inevitably be somewhat repetitious. So as many here are doing, you create your own playlist... Now I don't know how long it takes any one of you to sort through all the tracks, compare the various alternates, make a pre-selection, a final one and then also possibly have to decide in which order to re-arrange the tracks... but to me this is a lot of WORK!
It's only work if you either don't like doing it or you're getting paid. Otherwise, it's recreation. Going through a score you love to make a shorter, stronger (to your taste) listening experience is a labor of love. So, no, it's not work at all. It's FUN!
And if time is money
It's not. Unless you're getting paid to do this. It's called "leisure time." Instead of bowling or playing Foos Ball, I'm making a playlist.
So unless one is retired with all the time in the world, "managing" 3 cd sets for the active professional is just a burden more than anything else, regardless of how great the music is.
Not to me and I will never retire. I work 5 days a week, hit the gym afterward, spend time with my granddaughter and fit in acting and video projects. And I still make some time to fart around with music. I make it a point to always have time for the pleasurable things in life.
So, either you work too much or this sort of thing doesn't interest you enough to make the time for it. I'd guess the latter. Which is cool, we can't all be home records producers.
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Yes, 3 discs are too much for any score.
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Yes, 3 discs are too much for any score.
I thought we disagreed on this matter? Happy to see thst we don't, though.
I don't remember us disagreeing about this. I'm not a big fan of expansions, and I (more often than not) don't need the complete score.
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I hardly ever have the time to sit through the whole three disc version of a album. My favorite of the three disc sets I own is the Conan. I loved how they set it up. Original album plus the complete score. I am still debating if it's worth paying for the five disc version of Ben Hur?
Ben Hur is worth every penny.
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I hardly ever have the time to sit through the whole three disc version of a album. My favorite of the three disc sets I own is the Conan. I loved how they set it up. Original album plus the complete score. I am still debating if it's worth paying for the five disc version of Ben Hur?
Ben Hur is worth every penny.
Yes, but obviously that is a scholarly archival set easily as much as a listening set. It is not designed to be listened to from disc one through disc 6, but rather features possible "programs" to listen to. And it is wonderful to be able to dig through this much material of many different scores. Howard Shore's LORD OF THE RINGS certainly holds up well on altogether 10 CDs, as it plays like a Wagner opera and there is little actual repetition.
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In case of Tadlow's EL CID, there are even two versions released: a 2 CD release with the newly recorded score, and a 3 CD set, additionally containing alternates etc. on the bonus CD.
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