robfett said:
I've been spending a lot of time reading thread and posts, and man, it is easy to get mixed up in all the information here! Who made what soundtrack restoration... which film was it... which edition was it... which sources... crazy! I saw somewhere, someone had the idea of a preservation wiki. Man, that would be nice. All in formation in one place. I hope that gets off the ground some day. I've got like eight tabs open at the moment, cross referencing different threads...
A few n00b questions, if anyone is kind enough to answer them.
1. How many versions of the ESB IAE have been made by ABC, and is this 2012 one the latest and greatest? I'm not a super educated "audiophile", but I am a super fan of the music. From what I can tell, on a scale of 1 to The Second Coming of Jeebus, this is a 9.9. Audiophiles, would you say that is true?
2. What's the deal with the OT remastered soundtracks by ABC and 7FN? How many editions of that one, and (with respect to other fan restorations) are those the gold standard for Star Wars and ROTJ?
3. Are there IAEs in the works for any other films, PT or OT?
4. Sort of a different topic, but I saw between posts here and there a bit of hate directed towards the TPM UE. Why is this? It's given me a lot of happiness over the years, but like I said before, I'm not the most educated audiophile, so maybe I missed something.
5. What's the ESB DVD that ABC made? The entire score set to, what, the entire film? In 5.1? That would be craziness.
6. And a super n00b question, but can someone explain the difference between cues, film edits, and concert suites? And of those three, what is an RSO generally comprised of?
PMs sent!
robfett, I just can try to answer a few of your questions. As you I was also late to the party and now I'm just passing the torch to the new ones. But:
1. My memory uses to be a complete mess but I think ABC worked on an Imperial Edition (IE), and the he made the IAE, which was revised not long ago with this IAE 2012's update. Not sure if there was a Salvage Edition also previous to everything. Not an audiophile ear neither :-(
2. As far as my memory goes, there were Salvage Editions for ANH and ROTJ, and also a good transfer of ESB LPs that has been recently updated and improved by 7FN. Comparison with other editions... I couldn't say.
3. Not to my knowledge
4/5/6 I don't know what TPM UE means but I'm sure you would find more info regarding that at the booklets (included in the link I just send you). Hope that helps to clarify your questions.
Have a nice day!