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Matthew Oscar® Winner	Well,this is actually in a way a complaint toward Varese Sarabande.My problem is in the way they have labeled tracks on two of their latest releases.The first is DEEP BLUE SEA.I was just a little confused when reading the track titles on the cd,I think they could have come up with better track titles to describe the scenes.My biggest complaint comes from THE SIXTH SENSE soundtrack.This one really pissed me off.I won't get specific so I won't ruin it for others who have not yet seen the film.But there is a track title on the cd that is a total spoiler.I had heard raves about the score,so I wanted to check out some sound clips even though I have not yet seen the film.But when I spotted the track name,it totally ruined it for me.And I really think in a case like that the record company could have come up with a track title a little less revealing of the plot.Just a suggestion. [This message has been edited by Matthew (edited 08-28-99).]
posted 08-28-1999 01:45 AM PT (US)

TimT Oscar® Winner	I totally agree, the tracks for Deep Blue Sea are mislabed and misplaced. It's real bad, becuase the track names do not even make sense according to the scene of the movie. As for the Sixth Sense, perhaps they felt that everyone would have seen the film by now. At least that's what I would have thought. Has anyone noticed that thier record numder have changed? it used to be something like VSD-0632 now it's much longer like 302-066-063-2 both Sixth Sense,Iron Giant and Deep Blue Sea are like that. Does anyone know the story about that? [This message has been edited by TimT (edited 08-28-99).]
posted 08-28-1999 07:46 AM PT (US)

Audacity Oscar® Winner	Matthew, I couldn't @#%$ing believe they did that either. I had the CD laying on my desk and a co-worker picked it up, luckily I was able to snatch it out of his hands before he read the track titles. The spoiler they give would have totally ruined the movie for me. Don't get to mad at Varese though they are not the only ones that do it, look what Sony Classical did with Episode 1. Audacity
posted 08-28-1999 07:50 AM PT (US)

Widescreen Oscar® Winner	First of all, gentleman, record companies do not come up with the titles for the tracks- the composers do. If not them, then those who are Producing the material. How do you think composers manage to link a track with a cue. The only mistakes record companies make is allowing the printing of certain titles or sequencing the material badly (an Executive Producer may be at fault for that.) All you can blame Varese for is allowing it to happen. Eventually, so many peopl will have seen this movie, the plot point revealing track won't matter anyway, it'll be old news. What you did in the case here of Sixth Sense was exactly the right thing, however. But blaming Varese is not going to make any difference. They tend to run things anyway they want.
posted 08-28-1999 07:59 AM PT (US)

Matthew Oscar® Winner	Well that's what I meant.I thought someone at the label should have taken a closer look at the track titles,and maybe made a suggestion about changing them.The sequencing of the tracks is strange as well.To me it always seems like Varese rushes their cd's out.I mean just look at the packaging of THE HAUNTING and then DEEP BLUE SEA.I think DBS looks alot more cheaply made.I know that alot of the time the score cd comes out after the song compilation cd,so Varese can't use the poster from the film as the cover like the song soundtracks do,but they could make it look a little better.One more complaint before I really get on a roll.I notice on alot of Varese's cd's,names being mispelled.I mean alot.Doesn't anyone check that kind of stuff before you print it up.Don't get me wrong I love Varese. Without them we wouldn't get half of the score releases we get.I'm just making a few observations. [This message has been edited by Matthew (edited 08-28-99).]
posted 08-28-1999 01:20 PM PT (US)

James Oscar® Winner	Matthew - I've never noticed any misspellings, but maybe I'm not looking hard enough... could you (or anyone who knows) give a few examples? As to the piont of labelling tracks, my two favorite "track labellers" have always been Michael Nyman ("The Mood That Passes Through You") and Chris Young ("Hot Mustard Leadpipe"). But then again, it's not always easy to tell where the tracks came from. Still, spoilers are not welcome by me. I was pompous enough to ignore all the warnings when the Phantom Menace track listing was released, and that stole a bit of the enjoyment for me. Concerning the Sixth Sense... I've not seen the movie nor the track listing yet. James
posted 08-28-1999 11:02 PM PT (US)

Crono/Kyp Oscar® Winner	Tell me about it, when I read "The Sixth Sense" track listings I was outraged at the some of the titles. Some spoil the whole movie, that's why I called them SPOILERS in my "Sixth Sense" review posted in Soundtrack Reviews --Crono/Kyp Writer/Director/Producer PS: I'm back now. I had to play C&C: Tiberian Sun for a few days GREAT GAME!!!! [This message has been edited by Crono/Kyp (edited 08-29-99).]
posted 08-29-1999 12:27 AM PT (US)

Dan Brecher Oscar® Winner	Hmmmph, staying away from this for now mehtinks. The film is not out in England yet and well, I dont want to get the scor ein advance if such a major spoiler is present. I got the trailer for it while watching South Park: The movie last night and it looks brilliant. Dan (UK) [This message has been edited by Dan Brecher (edited 08-29-99).]
posted 08-29-1999 04:36 AM PT (US)

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