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As the previous poster said, it's not that it's unlistenable and it's nice to have the whole score released. But the album is basically off the film's music track which explains all the short cues and awkward edits. If this was done properly, Williams would not have done it in this way had he been involved. He was probably busy without other committments to oversee the project.
At least we got something.
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A lot of people moan about this set, but I find it a very good and enjoyable listen. there's some great music on here. The only gripe I have is the packaging (digipak) the disc holders on mine were broken when I received it, the discs were OK, but its a bit annoying when you can't display the disc's in their original packaging. If they'd gone to the trouble of putting the score in a Jewel case it wouldn't have been a problem.
But that's another topic, go on, buy and enjoy.
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Why would you think that it would require a rerecording? There's probably a lot of music recorded and sitting just fine which was not included on the CD releases due to space requirements. TPM was originally a 70 minute single CD, yet there was enough unreleased music to have two. The films were filled wall to wall with music. Granted, the last two films had a lot of reused music from TMP, but it's probably safe to assume there is more than 70 minutes of fresh score for each film.
Besides, Williams generally makes "album edits" and combines cues for listenability. TMP's forst release, as it was noted, left off a lot of thematic material.
Unless I totally misunderstood your comment. Which is always possible.
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Jun 4, 2009 - 6:12 PM
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Thanks for the comments guys, I guess I'll try to buy it at a fairly reasonable price, cause it does sound like I might as well.
As for the other two, I wouldn't really want complete sets of them. Unlike Episode I, there is very little added thematic development in II and III necessary for a complete score experience (although III certainly has more than II). There are some nice additional cues for II, like Anakin at his mom's grave, Yoda fighting Dooku, and Anakin's theme played as he looks at the sunrise, but unless there actually is a 20 minute Clone Battle sequence that was recorded and never saw the light of day, there's nothing I want from it. For III, there might be enough for a 2 CD, but the music isn't nearly as good as it is for Phantom Menace. So I'd really just hope for an unedited 2CD PM before completes of the other 2.
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Jun 4, 2009 - 11:35 PM
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Trent B
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There's plenty of good cues for AOTC to warrant a 2-CD set. There's also reports too that Williams had recorded a completely different ending for AOTC than what we hear with the Imperial March.
For Revenge Of The Sith, there's a lot of material, minus the tracking that is great that deserves to be released. The full "Battle Over Coruscant", the "Death Of Dooku", "Goodbye, Old Friend", "Going To Utapau", "I Am The Senate", and a slew of other cues.
Hey vwing, speaking of drop me an email bigt1981 at gmail dot com with the words "Star Wars" in the subject so I don't delete the email. Let me know who you are too in the email since I wanna discuss this with you a bit further.
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To me, there isn't much difference between this and other expanded albums. It's all awkward edits and film-specific messiness.
I understaned the "film specific" part, but most expanded albums I've encountered don't have awkward edits. Just the opposite in fact. The difference with the TPM-UE is that the edits are glaringly obvious. There are abrupt changes in tempo, instruments and theme obviously to fit the on screen action which had been re-edited to fit an extra battle late in the game.
Generally, expanded score albums aren't "isolated audio tracks" like this one is. They generally flow as they were meant to be heard, even if the film was greatly re-edited after the score was completed. Superman IV's FSM release is a good example of this. It's film specific but none of the cues are awkwardly edited.
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To each their own. I like the expanded edition because of what's on it, my only real misgivings are the sloppy edits. I am curious as to why the discs were done that way, though, even if John Williams did sign off on it. It seems like a four-thirty on a Friday afternoon decision.
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