Well doing a boxset and not issueing them seperately as 2 disc sets pisses me off.
Those who already have Crystal Skull will end up owning it twice, and those who would prefer only the first 3 scores end up with a whole disc wasted on crystal skull that could have been used to fit some missing material from the other scores. As it is each film gets a single expanded cd release, plus 1 bonus cd in the boxset, 5 discs set. Which also have space wasted on interviews instead of filling it completely with more music.
Cheap cardboard holders for the disc holders instead of jewel cases. The booklets supposedly are scarce on info and no one has reported exhaustive Liner notes.
Sounds to me like they threw this release together rather quickly just to make a buck. Which is sadly in line with Lucas reputation these days.
I personally will have to buy the set to compare the DCC classics release i already have and the concord one. I still also want the expanded superman release, sadly that is only available in the film score monthly limited set. I absolutely adore the work Williams did with the LSO. Too bad only the six star wars films remain consistant from being all LSO scores. the only Indiana Jones LSO score is Raiders and is therefore the best of the lot. Temple of doom a fine score in its own right was scored by the Boston Pops, one aspect of the larger BSO. Some Hollywood Orchestra did Last Crusade and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
Originally Kingdom of the Crystal Skull would have had more original music and have been done by the LSO, instead they made a pastiche of raiders and last crusade with a couple of new themes that were unremarkable. and Lucas cheaped out by Not going to London to have the score done there. They also elected not to shoot on location worldwide and use mostly cgi. Also the musical score was the least inspired of the 4 films and so was the movie. It felt cliched and tired, compeltely phoned in. Williams had been in semi retirement since 2005. The last scores he had done were Geisha and Revenge of the Sith.
The question is though could the guy who scored Young Indy have done better than Williams? His Music was okay on history of the blues but not fantastic. His best score of course being shadows of the empire. Of course Joel Mcneely is this mans name.