
So when they announced a remastered version down the line, many were skeptical as to why. Kind of like what might happen with TWOK set they're doing, La-La Land released an expanded score to Home Alone and it was a very good release. I still have the original 2-Disc set just to compare how much better sounding the newer rendition is. Turns out better sounding elements were located and the results were pretty outstanding. At first everyone thought it was a straight up re-issue of their expanded releases of the first two films, but the complete score to the first film was actually a brand new restoration. Fast forward a few years, and La-La Land releases the 'Batman: Danny Elfman' collection. For one thing, the sound was pretty lackluster and someone made the decision to have the 'Joker Approaches Gotham/Batwing 1' track fade out before it finished. They initially released a 2-Disc set containing A LOT more music than the score album, but it had a few shortcomings. I have a feeling he'll have plenty to talk about in the development of this soundtrack when we get close to it's August 17th release.Īlso back on the 'Remastered' side of things, I would like to point out that La-La Land has done this kind of thing before, even on soundtracks that were previously expanded before. I really have nothing but high praise for what he has done and still continues to deliver. He and I are not on the best of terms since STII's 'Epilogue - End Titles' argument and the 'FIRE!' gap in the STVI 'Battle For Peace' track.
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The Animated Series music on the 50th Anniversary Set? He took all the sound stems from all the episodes and cobbled together something usable when no one else even knew how to tackle it. He's worked on countless soundtracks and is very passionate about his work on Star Trek. But we know the raw files exist because Diamond Select used it twice for their STII Enterprise and Communicator toy.Ĭlick to expand.If Neil is involved, he knows EVERYTHING. William Shatner hasn't allowed his voice to be used in any soundtrack released by La-La Land (Not even his opening narration for the opening titles on their mega 15-CD box set of the original series). Raw take of William Shatner screaming "KHAAN!" * Since this album is about 45 minutes long, this is where all the extras will be stored. I'm betting that the album will also be reconstructed while also having the original track placements and include all the variations that differentiate it from the expanded release (No Synth for the 'Battle in the Mutara Nebula', Spock's voice over for 'Epilogue - End Title'). The 'Battle in the Mutara Nebula' will have the synth sound included and the 'Epilogue - End Title' track will not feature Spock's voice over So here's what we're likely looking at.Įverything heard in the film is presented here. And since this is a 2-Disc set, we may be getting alternates that were planned for the original expanded release but weren't included either due to studio not being happy with them (An alternate take on 'Amazing Grace') or didn't have the space (Epilogue - End Titiles with no Vocals). La-La Land is going to restore, remaster and remix the whole score using the first generation 'unmixed' tapes that will likely bump up the quality. So here's what I think is going to happen. According to FSM user BornOfAJackal, Lukas Kendall was held to some promise to preserve the original film scoring mixer's mix, hence why the expanded album's quality wasn't that much different from the original album's. What the previous album and the 2009 FSM expanded soundtrack did was use a 3-track analog protection copies which already had their mixes set in stone.

This contains multiple tracks 'unmixed', so La-La Land would be able to reconstruct and remix the score. Since this release uses the term 'Remastered', some believe that La-La Land will be using the 1-inch, 32-track 3M digital tape which was the 'first generation' recording of the score. Other threads have speculated on what this new release could mean. Neil: I looked at a spreadsheet of reels that had been transferred and said, "Please send the following."

TJ: Will we get an in depth narative on how they were discovered? Neil: Okay, so maybe there were more tapes.
