THE OT SOUNDTRACKS SALVAGE - SWESBROTJ -"remastered"(so far)+ LP's (Released) — Page 5

Sweet your original work was awesome can't wait to get my hands on ROTJ v2 from you ABC it sound like the clarity of this soundtrack has been restored. :)

DarthBo said:

btw: while adding tags to the flac files I noticed a few errors on the covers, any chance you can fix these as well some time? :-)

Ooop ! I' m on it ! Thanks ! ;)

It took a while but I've finally given each disc a solid listen.  I pretty much have to agree with everyone else in the thread.  These remasters are simply excellent.  They've re-ignited my passion for these soundtracks I haven't had in years.  The overall depth and staging in many of the cues has been greatly increased and sounds much more lively.  Highs and lows are very well balanced.  Tape noise and hiss (ANH particularily) are hardly intrusive and add a natural warmness to the recordings, never sounding too processed and sharp like later editions.  I also love being able to hear a chair shuffle ever so softly during the very low key parts because it adds a very "front row" feel.  ESB has always been my favorite and The Battle In The Snow one of my favorite actions cues of all time.  It just sounds a lot more alive now with a wider, deeper sound (and none of the hiss I remember from the SE versions) that couldn't be any closer to sitting in the room.

I didn't do much in the way of comparative listening between the versions I have (or had, since these pretty much are my standard now).  Like I said, my re-awakening to these soundtracks might be altering how different they seem to sound to my ears but if these versions can make me feel like I used to when I first starting listening to them, then that's the best I can say about them.

Bravo.

Nice looking forward to the new Jedi release :D

JarHead413 said:

... Like I said, my re-awakening to these soundtracks might be altering how different they seem to sound to my ears but if these versions can make me feel like I used to when I first starting listening to them, then that's the best I can say about them.

Bravo.

This is a beautiful compliment to what has been intented here! Thanks! :)

... And I think you're right: it's a real (and new) discovery.

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ABOT ROTJ final version, just would I like to say I haven't edited my track by track report, but now a little bunch of cues (the best ones) from CD2 are now perfect to my hears. Anyway the experience will talk better than words.

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Return of the Jedi is one of my favorite scores so i cannot wait to hear your version 2, ABC.

One of my favorite pieces has always been the sail barge assualt also titled The Return of the Jedi.

Its a great swashbuckling piece which reminds me of Erich Korngold.

I always loved when the music comes in right when Luke flips artoo a salute does a backflip summersault back onto the skiff and extends his hand to recieve his Lightsaber which artoo just launched like a missile.

That and the swing across on the skiff reminds me of the swashbuckling outrageous fun of what is now called Episode IV a new hope.

Empire Strikes back may be the perfect star wars movie, but star wars is the most fun and the best adventure.  Jedi is the best from nostalgia if it was the first star wars you saw in theaters like i did in 1985 and i found it to be a revelation.    What could be better than Transformers or HE man, i was in star wars heaven and on cloud nine and wanted to be a jedi knight like luke skywalker.

Star Wars is like crack for a seven year old.  I bet my dad who was always primarility a fan of shatner on star trek the tv show later regretted introducing me to another one of my crazes,lol.

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RETURN OF THE JEDI - FINAL VERSION

... Ready !

I' ve send PM to all who requested the whole set. Yeaaah, cut & paste time ! If I have forgotten someone, please let me know !

Enjoy ;)

PS: I'll join the the corrected backcovers requested by DarthBo so you won' t have anymore spelling mistakes.

Bingowings said:

Please forgive my ignorance Jedi soundtrack fans (I only have ever had the one disc vinyl version that came out with the film) but has the piece that Max Reebo plays on the barge (and after Boussh) ever been released?

And if so what is it called?

(it sort of goes dum dee dee dee dee dee dee dum dum dee dee dee dum.... can you hear it yet?)

 I've been looking for this piece for some time now. You're right, it's one of the masters that were lost and never released. There's a slight part of it used in EditDroid's isolated score release of ROTJ but it's only about 10 seconds of it that is then looped. It's also used in the documentary 'From Star Wars To Jedi', but these, I think are the only sources.

It looks like we are never gojng to get it, but I'm still putting it out there that if anyones knows where I can get more of this track I would be eternally thankful!

Beatho said:

... if anyones knows where I can get more of this track I would be eternally thankful!

 Mwwhaahahaaa ! ... Hahem... Sorry ! That sounds like a covenant... Beware !

Yeah, could be a Wookiee life debt or worse....a Gungan one! =P

 Hmm... a Gungan life debt?? I might be open to it... depends if someone finds this track or not!

I love the final version of Return Of The Jedi it is better than anything out there and I thought your previous release was as good as it could get.

flynn2000 said:

One little question? Why do the tracks get chopped up into so many separate parts in these re-masterings? Don't get me wrong. I love the work you've done. It's just that the flow in some of the music is broken and would be better served if joined together. I guess it's just the way the original tracks were recorded during the scoring sessions.

 The flow shouldn't be broken (- ok perhaps a tiny little "tilt" sometimes -) if you respected the 0'sec. pause tracks (on the infos.txt).

Now to the point: when clarity began to come back I noticed all the differences of sound, and so, of recordings. Even if some looks to be the continuity of a track, they're different. I needed them separate to deal with them in a different way each... And if you take CD1, track 3 on RotJ, I should have separate "Death Star In Array" wich sounds a medium quality, with the "Tatooine Rendez-Vous" part wich sounds very good.

All the tracks on RotJ that are separated with fades, from the Emperor room to what happens on Endor really are different recordings with different sound. Yes I know: hard to hear on the SE's ! :p However, I agree I could edit some tracks to be joined together... But I'm working with very "roots" materials and software, and it's finally fine to me that way.

On ESB for exemple I wanted to keep "Departure of Boba Fett" as a 8min track (with "Luke Pursues The Captives"), but here again, I had to work the track alone, a bit for remastering, and mostly to flip the inverted stereo... Indeed, that was quite bothering on this one and I always thought this track had a strange relief (due to that). Btw, it's the only flipped track I corrected.

Anyway, be sure nothing is hasardous on these separations.

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:) ... And thanks a lot for these feedbacks. I was wondering if the new changes on RotJ would be so obvious. :) Now I'm happy this work meets sensitive people.

Thanks for the future uploaders.

... If "somebody" knows that it exists, knows what it is, and looks for it; I guess.

Btw ryanvb,

Can you tell us what name have you choosen to call this Set on the alt.binaries?...(I guess you had to choose one).

Hehe... Of course.

PS: Hey, does someone know how to delete all the PM's in the box at once ?

When I transferred to the iPod, I called it "ABC's Remastered ESB", etc... For the LPs, it's "ABC's & 7FN's RSO ESB Remasters" or something like that. Just wanted to keep it simple. For the artist, I used London Symphony Orchestra.