Now we know. It's remarkable how closely tailored the score is to the film. The whole film jumps to life in a way it never did before (though it will probably never be a great movie). The added bits really help, too. The only thing I would have added is Jerry's score isolated, but I hear he opposes that generally.

I can't add to what Ed said. I'm speechless.

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Originally posted by Ed:
I've had LEGEND on CD for years and it's been an entertaining puzzle to try to imagine how it worked in the film.

Now we know. It's remarkable how closely tailored the score is to the film. The whole film jumps to life in a way it never did before (though it will probably never be a great movie). The added bits really help, too. The only thing I would have added is Jerry's score isolated, but I hear he opposes that generally.

What do you think?

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Jerry only hates it when he isn't involved with commentary or when it is used as it was on that Mummy DVD where the whole score runs continuous over a menu screen.

Too bad he couldn't have done a commentary on the film. Probably too sore an issue for him still.

We should just be thankful this thing happened at all. I have it on good authority that this whole project was touch and go for some time. Thus the delayed release of about a year.

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Originally posted by Ed:
I hear Jerry nixed score-only tracks on both LEGEND and THE OMEN. He was really upset about THE MUMMY.

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As mentioned above, had he provided commentary (ala HOLLOW MAN), he probably wouldn't have minded as much.

There was an iso score on THE OMEN SE LaserDisc.... and I don't recall him complaining back then.....

What I meant was, if he complained vocally about THE OMEN laserdisc, then you would think that he wouldn't have allowed there to be an iso score of THE MUMMY, or RUDY, etc.... let alone the OMEN DVD.

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Originally posted by Ed:
I've had LEGEND on CD for years and it's been an entertaining puzzle to try to imagine how it worked in the film.

Now we know. It's remarkable how closely tailored the score is to the film. The whole film jumps to life in a way it never did before (though it will probably never be a great movie). The added bits really help, too. The only thing I would have added is Jerry's score isolated, but I hear he opposes that generally.

What do you think?

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I just finished watching the restored version just now. Quite a remarkable difference.

I wonder if Jerry wrote anything for the kitchen fight sequence and it was cut or if Ridley just fell in love with that temp track of "Psycho II" and "???"?

I was surprised at how some music seemed dubbed rather low at times where I thought it would stand out more. I guess that comes from having so many years of imagining it without the visuals and other sound effects to get in the way.

It'd be interesting to get Jerry's reaction to the DVD restoration.

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Originally posted by Bond1965:
It'd be interesting to get Jerry's reaction to the DVD restoration.

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You can ask him at the SCL conference next weekend...

Mia Sara's use of the word "gobsmacked" to describe her first reaction to the forest set.

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Originally posted by dgoldwas:
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You can ask him at the SCL conference next weekend...

Dan[/B]

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I'd consider it, but I don't plan on attending. I did attend one of these several years ago when I had more disposible income. The price tag these days is too high for me for what little I got out of it.

Now I'm not saying that I prefer Tangerine Dream...far from it...but I think the use of it in the film is better. Many scenes from the original seemed to have more punch. In the end I'm torn, because this extended cut does improve the story at the expense of flow...hmmmm...maybe I need to watch them again.

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Originally posted by Bond1965:
The price tag these days is too high for me for what little I got out of it.

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Well, you could sell a few more DINOTOPIA albums on eBay.....