STARSHIP TROOPERS (71:00) by Poledouris/ACME MIL 2001 $26.00 VERY GOOD SOUND

**Warning: once you get this title, you can't trade it!**

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Originally posted by Jeron:
Kris, I wouldn't jump on this one too quickly. I believe Intrada is going to be putting out an official expanded release by way of their new "collector's edition" series. Or that's what I've heard...

Jeron

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Well that's nice if they do release an official version, but I wish Intrada would maybe do Predator or Die Hard first. There are many older releases that need to see a legit release. I've been holding off getting the Predator boot for that very reason.

PREDATOR and DIE HARD have 100% reuse tied to them, so I wouldn't expect to see those any time soon, either.

I am probably wrong about Troopers... but I REALLY think I heard that somewhere. Regardless, it IS a nice thought.

N/P= U-571 *****/***** you were right jeron =)

Since I handle marketing for Intrada, I can
assure you that there are no plans for an
expanded STARSHIP TROOPERS. You can imagine
that competition between Varese and Intrada
is a little stiffer than between TVT.

Oh well.... my copy should be arriving tomorrow.... Can't wait to hear it!

Yes. You're holding one.

Well, it's not a CDR, it is a real CD. It's actually a picture disc, with a badly centered picture of Basil Poledouris on it.

It is cased in a regular jewel box with a nondescript black and white label that says Starship Troopers, then "Mas Musica!." It has a picture from the video release of the film (in black-and-white) and in small letters it says "Admit One!" on the bottom left-hand corner.

The back cover has the track listing under the banner "Mas Musica!..." and on the bottom it says "Compliments of Acme Productions," "'For Promotional Use Only'," and "We do the best with what we have!" On the bottom it states "Basil Poledouris!"

The sound is excellent, definitely one of the best bootlegs I've ever heard. Varese's is warmer, with better definition, but the difference is so miniscule it's barely even worth mentioning.

The track listing is as follows.

1. The Beginning
   This is the "Fed Net March" as heard on the Varese album, but it doesn't seque into the "Klendathu Drop" cue, instead it just continues as heard in the film.
   
2. A Year Earlier
   
3. Jump Ball
   
4. Last Dance
   
5. Federal Network
   
6. Sgt. Zim
   
7. Showers
   This is "Punishment/Asteroid Grazing" on the Varese album.
   
8. Number 2 Chair
   This is "Fed Net March" and "Klendathu Drop" as heard on the Varese album with crossfade and all, just without the track mark between the two.
   
9. Live Fire!
   This is "Tango Urilla" on the Varese album.
   
10. Punishment
    
11. Evasion!
    
12. A Call Home from Rico
    
13. Federal Network
    
14. A Mistake
    
15. Kendathu Assaulto!
    This is the track "Hopper Canyon" on the Varese album.
    
16. Retreat
    This is the track "Bugs" on the Varese album.
    
17. Federal Network
    This is "Dizzy's Funeral" on the Varese album.
    
18. The Ticonderoga
    
19. Rasczak's Roughnecks
    
20. Tango Urilla Mop-Up
    
21. Fun Order
    
22. Flying Bug!
    
23. Whiskey Outpost
    
24. Ambush at Planet P
    This is the track "The Destruction of the Roger Young" on the Varese album.
    
25. Abandon Ship!
    
26. Hostilities
    This is actually the end credits suite as heard in the film.
    
27. Rescue Party
    
28. Brainy Bug
    This is the track "Brain Bug" from the Varese album.
    
29. End
    
30. Suite of Themes
    This is the track "They Will Win" from the Varese album.
    

I'm not too sure of the accuracy of the track titles. Tracks 26 and 30 are obviously mislabeled, and a few of the other tracks sound a bit odd when compared to the music on the track itself.

Many of the additional tracks are less than a minute long. The disc duration is almost 72 minutes (more than doubling the amount of original score available on the original Varese album). Overall, this disc gives a much fuller representation of the score than Varese's album did; this is one score that the re-use fees damned to thirty minutes that was never meant to be heard with such brevity.

If anyone can come up with a better, more accurate track listing for the CD I have described, I would be most grateful; the track titles do not seem to have much to do with the music as it appears in each cue.

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Originally posted by rfeigels:

Since I handle marketing for Intrada, I can
assure you that there are no plans for an
expanded STARSHIP TROOPERS. You can imagine
that competition between Varese and Intrada
is a little stiffer than between TVT.

Roger

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I think since there are so few labels out there who are willing to devote a majority of thier business to to Film Music that you guys should all collaborate.
Since competition only complicates things.

NP Lionheart (John Scott)

For example, if Varese, Intrada, and SA all agree that all FOX movies are going to handled by Varese and that none of them will bid on the rights to do scores, than Varese can lowball Fox and set the price at whatever level they choose because they know that thier "Competitors" won't competite with them. This would probably constitute "Price fixing". Very illegal.