Intrada Soundtrack Forum

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I´VE COME HERE TO DRINK COCONUTS AND *censour*...AND I´M ALL OUT OF COCONUTS...

I´m a dirt merchant and a figure of your imagination

As was said in a previous thread a couple of releases ago, there will never be a universally satisfactory time, since people order from just about anywhere on the planet.

I'm sure even a careful study of the geographical repartition of customers and the choice of a time that would be "day time" for the most would still be a problem, since many would either be commuting from or to work, or right smack in the middle of their occupation, with no way of getting online (outdoors, in a store, teaching, in a laboratory, in a hospital, ...).

For instance, when Varèse released the Ghosbusters Club batch, I was very lucky that the release occurred about 20 minutes before I started teaching; the title did not sell out in an hour, but you never know (especially as there were no clues).


The only solution that might be considered would be to have a 4-step release:
a/ 30% released at a US "day time"
b/ 30% released a few hours later, at a European "day time"
c/ 30% at another "day time", for Asia & Oceania
d/ 10% for everyone who might have missed out on the earlier steps
This would probably be a bit complex to actually do (with percentages based on previous sales), though.


I didn't get Silvestri's Delta Force; I hesitated, because some samples sounded nice enough, but others did not thrill me; I was tired and had a headache and had stayed up for this, and it was tough for me to keep thinking about it, so I thought I might as well go to bed and return in the morning.
It sold out before I got up, which surprised me a bit.
Yet I did not complain, nor blame intrada of picking horrid times or of thinking only of selling everything without caring for film music lovers.
I missed out on this one, and that was it.

I can understand frustration, but not the blame and capitalist conspiracy theories you find on message boards.

I'm getting sick of this topic. The time will never work out for everyone - that is why Intrada always give warning when something will be released and we all know the releases come every other Monday evening at 7:15PST. So you have warning. If you live halfway around the world set your alarm clock.

When Varese Sarabande does their released at 12:00PST I sit my alarm clock ini MN for 2am and check them out in case it is something I want.

If you can't take the time then to be honest the CD was not that important to you.

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Jerry Goldsmith conducting the Detroit Symphony and nearly knocking me through the back wall with Air Force One....priceless.

Yeah I've had enough of this. See you for the same topic in two weeks time!

Both these suggestions (Southall & BP) amount to only slightly changing the situation by announcing the title in advance, but do not solve the problem of the actual release-- be it a pre-order, an option, an order, you still have to be there at a given time, which can never fully satisfy the everyone.

The only advantage would be saving time on listening to the samples.