Intrada Soundtrack Forum

It's too bad GNP Crescendo didn't want to have their spines match the FSM/Intrada CDs too.

I wonder if the rumored LLL Star Trek TMP release will match the FSM/Intrada spines, or their own Trek 5 spine?

The GNP spine difference is appropriate, IMHO.

TNG movies. Different era and style.

Now we're down to complaining about mismatching spines?!

Lordy, am I ever so glad that we don't have any REAL problems to deal with!

Do you still find enjoying buying and playing a new CD (like an Intrada CD), since you know the CD is gonna be ripped and is gonna take dust on a shelf forever ?

Actually, getting a CD and ripping it to my computer is a bit of a ritual of sorts.

I get the CD, open it up, and start ripping the CDs straight away while reading the liner notes.

Once I have them ripped, I then reorganize and tag the tracks (Composer, Conductor, Album Artist (usually Composer) and other attributes), as well as ensuring the album art is configured nicely.

Often, scores over 70-80 minutes in lendth end up spanning multiple discs.

For these, I essentially renumber and combine the tracks from the score propor into a long, sequential virtual album.

Then I get separate albums for source cues and alternates.

Sometimes muliple cues are combined in the same track on the CD, so I sometimes separate them out, so I have those cues right there.

If one track bleeds into the next (Star Trek: TMP, Main Title into Klingon Battle, tracks 2 and 3 for example), I rip the tracks, combine them, then re-encode.

For driving on my commute, or other road trips, I grab the CDs from the shelf.

When sitting at the computer, the computer sound system is the best in the home, so I simply play the ripped MP3s from there.

I make great use of both the CDs and the MP3 rips of them.

We used to just put the disc in the stereo and sit in front of the speakers... Those were the days...

Just wondering…
How much is the LLL pressing worth in trade?

For those who really want the Intrada artwork, perhaps an exchange program is in order.

I'm kidding, of course, however it seems the best way for those who would rather have Intrada's art design over the LLL version. I'll stick with my LLL copy just because it demonstrates how the big three labels all contributed to issuing these monumental trek albums.