Intrada Soundtrack Forum

Not sure what the argument is. If a classical label (or any other for that matter) re-releases one of their older, out-of-print titles, and at a reduced price, they don't get slammed for it if they don't add a couple of additional tracks or alternate takes.
I think it's good Varese reissues titles for the new generation of soundtrack collectors who would otherwise have to go to eBay, or simply not have the titles that the lucky few picked up years ago.
If the titles had never gone out-of-print and had been regularly re-pressed as needed, and remained freely available all this time at full price, would there still be complaints? If so, why? What's the difference?

This Interview with Robert Townson is probably well known. It dates from April 2010.


After reading it, it came to my mind that he might be a bit overworked. To many things to do, can't say NO, maybe a staff problem here and there....Varese bashing allaround....maybe he is just tired. Look at the last picture of him on page 4.

Fact is, we do not know much about what is happening Varese inside.

I little bit more of communication from Varese would help. Just via their homepage. They have a "News" section.....

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I see that they updated the news section of the site to indicate a new batch of Club releases for the 22nd.

Every time this sort of discussion gets started I wonder where all the anger, righteous fury even, comes from. Varese Sarabande is a record label that has put out a lot of stuff over several decades, including some of my favorite CDs. Why the fierce, bitter tone of so many posters? Anybody?

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Intrada crossfaded two cues together, a second in time that completely ruins the listening experience of a CD that runs over an hour. La-La-Land left off an alternate cue that didn't appear in the movie or on the original album but everybody knows about it because it was on the bootleg. FSM put out a box set of a film series' scores instead of each individually, when everyone knows that it was the second film's score that was really the good one. Kritzerland had the audacity to release something that somebody doesn't want. Quartet's most recent release was not the surprise unearthed tapes for Moonraker. Buysoundtrax just spent a lot of time and effort on a new recording of an electronic score, but it isn't completely, exactly, precisely the same as the original soundtrack recording and is therefore useless. Perseverance mastered an album from an LP, and even though they mentioned that's what they did, somebody noticed a crackle thirty seconds into track 7. GNP Crescendo used Crillee on some of their releases, rendering the track listings unsightly.

Varese is hardly alone in getting flack. The main difference is that nobody who works there participates in the communities, so they seem to only be represented by the complaints. This is not to say that some of those complaints haven't been justified (the G.I. Joe situation is an example), but accusations directed toward them aren't usually answered, so all one hears is the accusation.

On the other hand, it is clear that the people who do participate often find it difficult to do so. Trolls and just straight-up whack jobs, along with people who are otherwise reasonable but have a particular axe to grind, often make the online community a minefield. I remember M.V. from LLL dealing with a particularly hostile and ignorant person regarding his comprehensive edition of Elfman's Batman score which almost made him quit; when one puts so much effort and passion into something only to have it torn down by somebody who has no idea about anything, it must make it difficult to care.

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Although I have been buying soundtracks for quite some time, I've only recently been participating in a forum about them.

There are a lot of complaints that I don't understand, but it is the Internet after all and I would rather see varying opinions on things than everyone thinking the same way. Even though their opinions get drowned out, I've seen some people praise Varese for the company's recent releases. I feel that perceived inequalities in consumer reaction to the soundtrack business is one area that is hardly worth getting worked up over.

I for one am really looking forward to Varese's announcement tomorrow. People will undoubtedly complain about silly things like a few minutes of practically redundant music missing, but it would be silly for me to get at all concerned about it.

The usual guess's over at FSM, & I'm sure the usual disappointments tomorrow. I do like the Varese timing, it works a treat for the UK. Roll out of bed tomorrow morning about 8.30am, turn on the computer, make a coffee...& see what's on offer.