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SkyMakers Romulan	Folks, I just ordered the double CD to Two Towers from BestBuy.com for only $11.99, not the $25 or so price elsewhere. They're selling the single disc and the double, both at the same price, so make sure you select the double disc option. I think they made a mistake on this one, so, print out the page with the price on it, in case later on they sent you the single disc. In which they have to comply and give you the double disc. Take advantage of this, and order it before they changed the price! And do it Quickly!! It's a big bargain opportunity. Please let us know if you're successful. http://www.bestbuy.com/mandm/ProductInfo.asp?ProdType=music&ST=11190606
posted 12-04-2002 09:41 AM PT (US)

TimT Romulan	Uh....there is no double disc set.... Do you work for BestBuy or something? [Message edited by TimT on 12-04-2002]
posted 12-04-2002 09:49 AM PT (US)

Jeron Romulan	LOL, dude, there's no second CD. It's just the limited edition - comes with the extra track "Farewell to Lorien." That's still nifty if they are selling the limited for the same price as the regular edition... that's a bargain. Jeron
posted 12-04-2002 09:59 AM PT (US)

Kevin Romulan	Well, that's just how screwy Best Buy is. They actually list it as a 2-disc set, with disc two being the Lorien Suite.
posted 12-04-2002 10:12 AM PT (US)

TimT Romulan	Well how long is that suite?
posted 12-04-2002 10:28 AM PT (US)

Dan Brecher Romulan	Under 5 mins. Dan
posted 12-04-2002 11:25 AM PT (US)

TimT Romulan	Ah...I was about to predorder this ,but then I realized that buy the information listed. BestBuuy has not made a difference between the two releases. Like being a Limited Edition version, or showing the sku numbers. Both just simply say The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. I'm thinking I'll order this LE disc, but I'll receive the Regular release.
posted 12-04-2002 12:37 PM PT (US)

scoreguy16 Romulan	That's strange, every where I've been shows it as a 2 disc set saying that the suite is on it's own CD. Clayton
posted 12-04-2002 12:37 PM PT (US)

Camillu Romulan	quote: Originally posted by scoreguy16: That's strange, every where I've been shows it as a 2 disc set saying that the suite is on it's own CD. Which I guess if you're a purist would make sense cos the cue is not from The Two Towers and doesn't fit on the TTT CD. Of course, these are minor details in view of the anticipated humongoginourmous 10-hour-or-so continuous release after 2003 where I presume everything will be neatly in chronological order...
posted 12-04-2002 12:43 PM PT (US)

jonathan_little Romulan	The "non-limited" edition has ECD content, right? Without that, this cue could have fit on the CD without the need for an expensive "limited" edition. [Message edited by jonathan_little on 12-04-2002]
posted 12-04-2002 06:02 PM PT (US)

dgoldwas Romulan	quote: Originally posted by jonathan_little: The "non-limited" edition has ECD content, right? Without that, this cue could have fit on the CD without the need for an expensive "limited" edition. Jonathan, ALL TTT CDs have the ECD content.... including the limited. Dan
posted 12-04-2002 10:30 PM PT (US)

scoreguy16 Romulan	quote: Originally posted by Camillu: these are minor details in view of the anticipated humongoginourmous 10-hour-or-so continuous release after 2003 where I presume everything will be neatly in chronological order... It's not 10 hours! It's 2 hours and 59 minutes.... geeeez... So is it really 2 CD's or not??? Clayton
posted 12-05-2002 11:01 AM PT (US)

dgoldwas Romulan	quote: Originally posted by scoreguy16: So is it really 2 CD's or not??? No, it's not. As I said before. And will continue to say. Dan
posted 12-05-2002 11:38 AM PT (US)

Kevin Romulan	quote: Originally posted by scoreguy16: It's not 10 hours! It's 2 hours and 59 minutes.... geeeez... Clayton, What he's referring to is a quote from Howard Shore last year, when he said that when all three films are done, he would like to release all the music he wrote/recorded for all the films. Which who knows? It could be 10 hours. Kevin
posted 12-05-2002 12:41 PM PT (US)

dgoldwas Romulan	Kevin, Clayton's was obviously lost on you..... Dan
posted 12-05-2002 01:09 PM PT (US)

jonathan_little Romulan	Who gives a crap about ECD content? I buy a CD for music, not some gimicky "Macromedia Shockwave" presentation or choppy Quicktime video that I could download from a freaking website. Leave this stuff for the DVD.
posted 12-05-2002 08:25 PM PT (US)

scoreguy16 Romulan	quote: Originally posted by jonathan_little: Who gives a crap about ECD content? I buy a CD for music, not some gimicky "Macromedia Shockwave" presentation or choppy Quicktime video that I could download from a freaking website. Leave this stuff for the DVD. So then don't look at it. Clayton PS>I was a little screwed up on the times, I thought we were talking about THE TWO TOWERS, not all the films. My bad.
posted 12-06-2002 09:20 PM PT (US)

jonathan_little Romulan	If the single disc release and "limited edition" release (supposedly a single disc as well) both have the ECD content, why wasn't this cue included to begin with on the single disc release? [Message edited by jonathan_little on 12-07-2002]
posted 12-07-2002 03:47 PM PT (US)

James Romulan	Because they want people to spend more money and buy the limited edition. Money, man... major record labels don't do anything for any other reason.
posted 12-07-2002 04:33 PM PT (US)

rkeaveney Romulan	Here's a tip that seems to have been forgotten: there is no multimedia content actually on the TWO TOWERS disc, besides a Macromedia menu. There's only links to content at Reprise Records' website, where you can view the music video, making of score featurette, etc. Ryan NP: "Dig That Crazy Santa Claus", Ralph Marterie and His Orchestra
posted 12-07-2002 10:37 PM PT (US)

MWRuger Romulan	quote: Originally posted by scoreguy16: So then don't look at it. Clayton My biggest complaint about ECD content is that takes space away that would be better spent on additional cues. Even if it is only links, which is really a waste, there is a certain amount of overhead, 50 megs I think, that is lost no matter the amount of content. 50 megs would work out to about 5 minutes. Given a choice between data I will access only once or five minutes of additional music that I would hear about a hundred times, I'm pretty sure I know the choice that most scorefans would take. Not looking at it won�t put more music on the CD. [Message edited by MWRuger on 12-08-2002]
posted 12-08-2002 06:28 AM PT (US)

jonathan_little Romulan	MWRuger, Thanks. I get tired of fighting these things on my own.
posted 12-08-2002 01:17 PM PT (US)

Mark Olivarez Romulan	Yeah just like that extra junk on the Die Another Day cd. What a waste of disc space.
posted 12-08-2002 02:34 PM PT (US)

dgoldwas Romulan	quote: Originally posted by rkeaveney: Here's a tip that seems to have been forgotten: [b]there is no multimedia content actually on the TWO TOWERS disc, besides a Macromedia menu. There's only links to content at Reprise Records' website, where you can view the music video, making of score featurette, etc.[/B] Uhh... my "regular edition" soundtrack has 20MB of stuff on it, including six different desktop backgrounds.... Dan
posted 12-08-2002 03:22 PM PT (US)

rkeaveney Romulan	Uhh... my "regular edition" soundtrack has 20MB of stuff on it, including six different desktop backgrounds.... Strange - I didn't find anything (didn't look that hard, really) but did click through on the "making of the score" in the flash menu, only to have my browser load up with a page on the Reprise Records' website. Ryan
posted 12-08-2002 05:13 PM PT (US)

dgoldwas Romulan	quote: Originally posted by rkeaveney: Strange - I didn't find anything (didn't look that hard, really) but did click through on the "making of the score" in the flash menu, only to have my browser load up with a page on the Reprise Records' website. Try opening up the CD-ROM on your computer, and not "Autoplaying" it... Of course, that's on a PC... if you're on a Macintosh, who knows what ya get?? Dan
posted 12-08-2002 07:14 PM PT (US)

Crono/Kyp Romulan	If I remember right, my old Mac would Auto play the ROM content...at least it did for my "First Contact" CD --Brian, who grew up on Macs!
posted 12-08-2002 09:03 PM PT (US)

Mark Olivarez Romulan	Ahh yes the good ole days of trying to find a computer that would play the enhanced CD's. I could always get GNP's and Ryko's enhanced discs to play but could never get any other ones to play on my PC, like Nixon and Shadows of the Empire. I've since gotten a new PC and I need to pull out some of those enhanced and try them.
posted 12-09-2002 07:52 AM PT (US)

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