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So we've concluded, after about five pages of posting, that the long-awaited Starship Troopers expansion might be brickwalled and might not be brickwalled, as with virtually every single other release that ever has been or ever will be in the storied history of commercial film music? Enlightening!
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There is a LOT of music I'm looking forward to hearing on this.
I revisited the OST recently, and while the cues that are there are fantastic, there is so much more here that my ears are craving. 
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Admittedly and it's most unfortunate that this is the direction the industry is headed.
Pop music has been doing this for a couple of decades now. There is zero use for this in orchestral recordings. The music is not played on the radio, and if people have a hard time hearing it on earbuds, they can wind up the volume a little bit. I'm not saying everything needs a Brainstorm level of dynamic range, but these aren't Justin Bieber tunes, either. There is a decent halfway point, and most of the film music labels have been good at respecting that.
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Exactly, Jonathan. It makes absolutely zero sense to do this with film music, and yet here we are, Varese.
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Hard to believe that even the inveterate whiners on this board are at it again with this particular title.
Let's get something straight. This score was recorded at Sony Studios with rigorous attention to quality. I know, I listened to the multi-channel score mix a zillion times on the deluxe DVD. Also, Varese may have put some of you off with the compromises they've had to make in their nearly-forty-year history, but this title won't have such issues. It's as Complete and Chronological as they get. If you've got serious complaints, take them to another thread after you've listened to the product and decided it's flawed beyond all entertainment value.
Seriously, I can't believe anyone would whine this much about as-yet-unreleased product that we know will be great. This score is the only non-Williams-or-Horner-or-Goldsmith sci-fi score that cracks the all-time top ten!
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Here's hoping this release IS brickwalled. As I listen to most of my CDs in the car these days, I actually find brickwalled CDs with a minimal dynamic range to play far better than those with a large dynamic range. I cannot tolerate adjusting the music constantly and trying to figure out if there is anything even being played by the orchestra during the quiet passages. I remember the Ralph Vaughn Williams CDs being just awful for listening to in the car as I couldn't even tell that they were playing for long periods of time and then the orchestra is WAY to loud. I remember the Tadlow re-recordings also being criticized for this and yet I find they play wonderfully in my car. However on my HIFI system some nuance and dynamic range is obviously appreciated more.
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Come on, this is the conversation.
Starship Troopers good, mastering problems at Varese bad, that's pretty much it.
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But you're right, it's not a very eventful thread, not in any positive sense. I'm still very much looking forward to this release though, so take that naysayers! 
