Indiana Jones: The Soundtracks Collection
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Free Music Review: complete? No. Valuable? Yes
Hit: 4 Stars
Since these have been unavailable for quite some time, it is good to have them back and in such complete editions. BUT they aren't totally complete, and it is aggravating that each movie has some tracks represented on the 5th CD. Four movies - okay, how about 8 CDs with complete scores and in the right order. I'll have to watch the movies again to be sure where certain tracks ought to go. For example, "Uncovering the Ark" - is that Indy "uncovering the Ark" or the Nazi's uncovering the Ark, which would lead into the "Miracle of the Ark." And that's the track I am sure about. The amount of music on the CDs is fine - 74 minutes for Raiders - which means the other tracks would not have fit on the original CD, but at least give us the correct order.
Okay, I'm being picky. But I hate to try to guess where music goes. The sound on Raiders is great. I haven't finished all of the others yet.
Free Music Review: An "almost" perfect collection
Hit: 4 Stars
I can only give this collection 4 stars out of 5 because, unlike "complete" soundtracks for other classic movies, this one has a couple of odd edits. The "On the Tank" track actually takes place in the middle of "Belly of the Steel Beast" and "Desert Chase" has a significant portion REMOVED. These ARE minor quibbles and the previously unreleased music is certainly worth purchasing, but you can't help but feel there's a "complete" soundtrack on its way. Until then, re-organizing the music requires a bit of work, but the sound quality and content are more than sufficient.Free Music Review: Great music!
Hit: 4 Stars
Some songs weren't in the movies, but they are still great. It was a gift for my husband who loves Indiana Jones and the soundtrack. He was singing all the songs days after he listened to the cds. A must for anyone who loves Indiana Jones and the music.Free Music Review: Great set, not complete, but still worth it.
Hit: 3 Stars
Ok, here is what I thought of it after a thorough listen.
It's a great collection considering the last time I had these they were on cassette tape.
Sound quality..
This top notch on most of the tracks.
There are a few tracks though like on "Temple of Doom" and "Last Crusade" that have a muffled sound to them. They aren't as crisp sounding as others. I guess they got it cleaned up as good as they could.
Music..
A fair warning, if you are looking for a complete soundtrack set with these you'll be disappointed.
Another reviewer said that some music is truncated (trimmed down) and missing. He's correct on that. A few tracks in "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "Temple of Doom", and "Last Crusade" have missing or truncated (trimmed down) tracks. They could have used more of the 5th disc to put these on, you'll notice if you flip the disc over there was plenty of space left. They also used "album versions" for some of the songs instead of film versions".
Even though this set isn't complete I still think its worth it because we get a few tracks that has never been released before. It's a joy to me because like I said the last time I had these 3 were on cassette. Also if your an Indian Jones fan you will love this.
Box it came in..
It's nice but its a tight fit. If your worried about tearing or damaging the sleeves I would recommend holding the box at an angle and tapping it on the back to get the individual sleeves out. Otherwise you might run a risk of tearing the edge or top of them trying to get them out.
In all I think Intrada or Film Score Monthly should have handled this production because they seem to always give %100 detail in their box sets. If you want an example their work here's a link to the Superman: The Music (1978-1988) Complete Set. http://www.screenarchives.com/title_detail.cfm?ID=8874
Free Music Review: Great to have for the unreleased music...but marred by timing, pitch problems and edited cues
Hit: 3 Stars
As an expanded edition of the 3 earlier films, the set contains a lot more music not available for many years. While it was exciting to hear the many new tracks, it was really disappointing that the most exciting track on "Raiders" - Desert Chase - is the edited cue missing about a minute of music that was available in the earlier DCC Classics album.
There were no information that the set contains edited cues on the packaging. Only when one has the set and reads inside to find Laurent states that he uses the original album edits.
Not only that there were pitch problems in Raiders and Temple of Doom where some cues are faster/slower resulting in either pitch higher or lower especially when compared to earlier editions of Raiders and Temple of Doom. Raiders - Map Room - is worst in being faster and out of pitch. One gets the feeling that the tracks were either speed up to make room for more tracks...or just plain sloppy mastering...
While claiming to be remastering from the original 24 tracks masters, tracks available previously are used to for the remaster, and not new transfer. Only the unreleased tracks are transferred from the original 24 tracks masters.
Sound quality is clear and more upfront but it is no excuse for the pitch problems...probably somebody transferred the mastertapes indifferently.
The Last Crusade is for the most part are free from these defects. Even though these are remastered editions, they should have been handled and mastered more professionally, not with the out of pitch issue present. Sadly, while we can rejoice at the availability of the unreleased tracks, we are left with a product that should have been more than what it is.
Caveat Emptor..