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Nothing will ever beat the blue box, but those Superman scores, all 4 movies, do deserve their own cd release and time in the spotlight.
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I just don't care that much for the thinly-orchestrated rehash that is the Superman II score, and I certainly don't care about the noise of Superman III or the cartoon music or source cues. I had hoped that the Blue Box put this sort of thing to bed. The improved sound quality breathes new life into Thorne's scores and highlights his great uses of Williams' themes ("Clark to Fortress" and "Return of the Green Crystal" are particular highlights). By all means like what you like, but "thinly-orchestrated" it is not.
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Didn't the actor playing young Clark later have a role in the second Amityville Horror film--the one with Burt Young? I'm not sure. Jeff East might be second-most-famous for playing "Huckleberry Finn" in two Williams-scored Sherman brothers musicals. BTW, did everyone notice the '78 film's "Jimmy Olsen" (Marc McClure) in the new "Justice League"? He played a desk clerk at the police station. IMDB list him as "Officer Ben Sadowski." http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Actors:Marc_McClure
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To recommend further one of my favorite box sets ever, not only is Thorne's SUPERMAN II heard as it was meant to sound (much better than in the film's mix), but Alexander Courage's SUPERMAN IV proves a revelation, and worth the price of the box IMHO. If only the film's other creative talent took this project as seriously as did the "old pro" Courage . . . (Jim, any chance you're remembering East in "Pumpkinhead," not "Amityville II"?)
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I have to chime in and say that Thorne's scores do indeed shine much more brightly in this set than they do in their respective films or on their original soundtrack albums. The main reaction I had to hearing them in this set was surprise at how energetic and full they sound on their own terms when properly mixed — and how precise Thorne's direction is; these performances are tight. Whether or not you care to own them is, of course, up to you. Superman II is indeed just a re-arrangment of the original score repurposed for the new movie, but the arrangements and performances Thorne wrought were solid. And the Ron Jones disc is a lot of fun.
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