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Yes, it sold very well. I think this material was particularly well suited for a box set because Superman: The Movie had already been out before, and the sequels are all kind of variations thereupon, but put all together it really made an essential collection. And I really like the Ron Jones cartoon music! That was all I really handled, Mike Matessino did everything else.
Lukas
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I jumped on this set as SOON as it went up. It is perhaps my top 5 of holy grails. This started as a hint on the SupermanHomepage and it was one of those things that I was so excited I couldnt think straight. I literally got up early because I knew FSM was 3 hours ahead and I would over sleep through it and yeah...what an experience! After a long morning at work (I worked overnight back then) I came home at 7am, took a nap, and when I got up to take the trash out I found the box on the step! I couldnt believe it!!
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I think this is one of the nicest and best box sets I know, along with the Elmer Bernstein Music Collection, these two are my favorite box sets ever. Well worth the asking price if you ask my humble opinion and I just pray this paid a few FSM employees cell phone bill for a few months.
Below my front cover from the 1st pressing signed by Williams, Jones, Thorne, Kidder and Bricusse
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This set is without question one of the greatest releases of all-time. Packaging and music are top notch. This might be most treasured box set (next to Friday the 13th).
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I mailed it to a few folks and got a few in person contrary to that superman1701 guy says.
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This is definitely one of the most satisfying cases of having rather than wanting.
I wanted (hopefully from some label some day):
A remaster of the score for the original.
Expanded editions of the Ken Thorne scores.
A release, any release, of Superman IV.
What I got was:
A remaster of the score for the original along with unheard alternate takes and edits that makes it sparkle and shine like never before.
Complete editions of the Ken Thorne scores in such good sound that it forced me to re-evaluate his contributions.
A complete edition of Superman IV that features a ton of amazing music that I wasn't even aware existed.
An entire disc of Ron Jones music that I wasn't familiar with but turned out to be awesome.
Comprehensive documentation to put everything into context.
...all in one, convenient Blue Box.
Having, as you can see, ended up being much better than wanting.
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This was the only one of the FSM boxes I bought as soon as released. I must admit not had chance to play it through much and never really sat down and listened to the Ron Jones stuff but the Superman IV discs were worth their weight in gold.
I really thought that the next FSM box after this was going to be Treks 1 - 6 - how wrong I was!
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My favorite score of all time is Superman The Motion Picture. I have listened to the clips available from the other scores and just can't bring myself to buy this just for the score to the first movie. I own the Rhino release from 2000. Is the sound quality that much better on this release? Maybe now this can be done on a smaller scale with the scores to the Christopher Nolan Batman Trilogy! I would love to have this music in it's entirety. I think one pressing of 3,000 units would sell at $69.99. I know I would buy it!
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MikeP
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I'll probably be sent to the phantom zone for saying this, and I truly appreciate all the work that went into The Blue Box, but I think Superman The Motion Picture could still do with a better release. As I understand it the Blue Box version was taken from digital transfers made way back in 2000... A fresh pass of the master tapes made with modern ADCs on a top notch reel to reel could still milk more out of the masters (witness the recent Jaws releases for example). I think Superman alone (the other three sound utterly perfect to my ears) deserves one last go, though I realise I'm probably in the minority on this one.
Runs for cover! 
Eh, maybe , maybe not. I'm not an audiophile. but for me, it is hard to imagine it sounding any better. It is still a stunning release, the entire box. Intrada's Jaws improved on the awful Decca album, but the Blue Box sounds pretty f*cking great, so CAN any more goodness be milked from it ?
Were FSM releases ever eligible for Grammy awards? They do - or did - honor reissues, and this baby is still a work of art as far as I'm concerned.
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Are you sure you're not talking about the Rhino edition, which came out in 2000 and indeed sounds like garbage. The FSM one sounds way better.
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