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Idea: 'The Dark Crystal' - Isolated Music Score - an edit?

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Recently I bought The Dark Crystal Limited Edition OST on ebay. Disc 2 contains the complete film score. I thought it would be nice to make a DVD that contains the film with an isolated music score. Would anyone be interested in this? Or has this been done already?

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It technically has been done already, though not in a fan capacity. The very first edition of the Dark Crystal on DVD actually had an isolated score track in excellent 5.1, which is why I sought it out after buying that box-y edition. The new 25th Anniversary Edition that they just announced doesn't have the isolated score track either, and I don't know why. It's rather irritating, as it's a beautiful score. Maybe a release of the movie with just this original isolated score track would be in order?

And that limited edition OST is a beaut, isn't it?

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Hmmm, I didn't know there was an original version with an isloated score. Was it NTSC only? I have the PAL dvd from 1999 (and a PAL superbit version) but it doesn't have an isolated score. It does have trailers, deleted scenes and a featurette with interviews.

The OST is great indeed. You have it too?
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Oh, right, I forgot you were in Reigon 2-land. Yeah, the first Reigon 1 edition had all the typical extras (workprint scenes, the hour-long dog, etc), plus the isolated score and a Dolby 2.0 dual-mono audio track, which I assume was the original audio mix. Check out this comparison of the various editions. The only advantage the box-y R1 version had over the one with the isolated score is the neat packaging with the reproduction of Henson's notepad for the film.

And yeah, I got the limited edition OST when it was first released, for a birthday present.

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That IS a nice birthday present!

I had no idea there are that many different releases! That list doesn't include the PAL superbit version, makes me wonder if there are even more releases.
I was thinking of using the superbit PAL video, and use DGpulldown to convert it to 23.976 fps and pull it down to 25 fps. That way I won't have to re-encode the video, and it will stay at PAL resolution, but best of all I won't have to speed up the audio. I just have to convert the 44.1 khz wave files to 48 khz wave files and sync them to the video. Best video and audio quality
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There is also a rare OST vinyl of The Dark Crystal.
Somebody could use that for the original score and sync to the movie as a secondary audio track.
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What are the differences between the OST LP and the OST cd?
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That OST you bought sourced the Disc 2 "film score" FROM that R1 DVD isolated score track -- it's why it raises/lowers in volume, just as the DVD track did.
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Raises/lowers? Do you mean it has great dynamic range or is it not supposed to do that? Has the LP more equal volume?
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Arnie the isolated score track fluctuates in volume depending on the action on-screen; if I'm not correct you can detect this in the 2nd CD of that set. Either way it certainly does not have the fidelity that the actual LP soundtrack (Disc 1) has.
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Yeah phantomfriar beat me to it.
The cdd was sourced from the R1 isolated score and it does have a problem with fluctuating volume problem.
The vinyl recording of this doesn't.

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The limited edition soundtrack set, though, is 2-disc. The first disc is the original soundtrack album as it was presented on vinyl, and the second disc is the complete score. So I don't see why there'd be a need for a vinyl rip at all.

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Originally posted by: ReverendBeastly
The limited edition soundtrack set, though, is 2-disc. The first disc is the original soundtrack album as it was presented on vinyl, and the second disc is the complete score. So I don't see why there'd be a need for a vinyl rip at all.

Oh k, my bad I didn't know it was a 2 disc set. 1st disc would work then.
I would still love to pick up the record for it though. I'm a vinyl junkie.


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"The very first edition of the Dark Crystal on DVD actually had an isolated score track in excellent 5.1, which is why I sought it out after buying that box-y edition."

Wow, that sounds very cool. I've got an old LD set of Frighteners I'd be willing to trade for that.

Isn't there a big special edition box set? Does that have the score track? (Or is that the one you guys are talking about already? )

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Originally posted by: MeBeJedi

Wow, that sounds very cool. I've got an old LD set of Frighteners I'd be willing to trade for that.
We should really try to sell that...

Isn't there a big special edition box set? Does that have the score track? (Or is that the one you guys are talking about already? )

The boxed edition doesn't have the score track, or the dual-mono 2.0 track. The original R1 edition is the only one with those two audio options. I'm not really sure why.

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