As the title says: complete scores, ultimate editions and whatnot - what do you think about them? If you're a fan, how many do you own? And what makes you think "I need this one in complete form!"? I have to admit I'm a bit conflicted about the matter myself; I do have some completes in my collection, but still think it's a gamble of sorts: in one big package you get a lot of new, good music and a lot of underscore, short cues and all that. Is it always worth it? Let's hear what you think!

Depends I Only Seek Complete Score To OSTS I Like, If Avaliable. But Then Again Its Nice to Get The Extra Music And Alternates. Not All Official Osts Have the Music As Heard in the Film. (Others Know More About This Than i)

I only carry complete scores, complete sessions and complete gamerips.
I'm done with the industry soundtrack bullshit.

Only Complete, I Wish I Could Get Complete But Its Not Always Easy to Get Completes Unless You Know People Or Places to Get Them :(

Complete is fine by me..but please include the slates.

I prefer my iTunes tracks to include slates. I'm goofy like this.

Joel McNeely released a "complete" deluxe version of A Million Ways To Die In the West. He says it contains every track.
Of course, it doesn't.
I agree with Zombi - if you're going to do a complete release, make it complete. Or just release an extended.

It depends, though often the answer will be yes as you'll find some useful material. The purpose to soundtracks is to carry a story, not tell one though counter-intuitively most music isn't scene-specific but heavily drawn from however many number of themes (though usually "theme", singular) a composer has decided on. Very few soundtracks are worth hearing "in full". A distinct example is TRON: Legacy. Though one of my favorite modern soundtracks, its complete form contains so many near-identical and annoyingly brief cues it's kind of not worth having if you collected all the bonus tracks from the many printed editions out there on the web. If you want complete soundtracks, which is obviously the recommended approach (if only to serve archival ends), you'll have to come to terms with the possibility of having to go through a lot of cues having zero stand-alone, let alone repeat, value whatsoever.

It's still worth grabbing the Legacy sessions/Metrotokyo version. The OST versions and *especially* the deluxe tracks are compressed to hell dynamic and distortion-wise. Exactly the kind of industry bullshit Zaralyth was talking about.

My first scramble for a complete score ever is ARMAGEDDON. We are talking about missing whole setpieces, leading to this example.

Complete. Always. But I'll take what I can get. I also seek complete scores to those I actually listen to/my favorite films. I don't try and get my hands on everything. I'm not a whore.

Like AberZombie, I also add the slates to my OSTs. So long as there are cues on it that are identical to the complete score and the slates are available, I'm going to add them. I love having slates.


My first scramble for a complete score ever is ARMAGEDDON. We are talking about missing whole setpieces, leading to this example.

How complete is the set that's currently out there?

Most of the time I find myself enjoying a lot more the official soundtrack/score release; I did grab a few complete(s)/recording sessions, but they are collecting dust, can't say I care/ for short cues, nor alternate takes usually found in complete releases.

A question for those in favor of complete scores: do you settle only for that or try to grab both the official soundtrack and complete score?

A hybrid would be nice.

Complete/expanded ("Expanded" where it doesn't contain "everything") with OST tracks that don't match anything.
Including suites or combined cues. "Album Mix".

A question for those in favor of complete scores: do you settle only for that or try to grab both the official soundtrack and complete score?


A hybrid would be nice. Complete/expanded with OST tracks that don't match anything. Including suites or combined cues. "Album Mix".

I would agree. Always look for the OST as sometimes there actually is a reason why just those tracks are released. I also agree with Zaralyth when he refers to "industry soundtrack bullshit" and Sonic Adventure could easily lecture on how often official releases are poorly mastered (by which I mean, extremely) but I think Zimmer's Angels and Demons is exemplary. Though the complete form does contain exciting alternates of "503" and "God Save Us", imo, OST > Complete because most OST tracks are mixed with Bell's violin (the best thing about the film) whereas as represented in the complete form, he is almost never present outside of a meager handful of cues.

A question for those in favor of complete scores: do you settle only for that or try to grab both the official soundtrack and complete score?

All available versions except fan made compilations, fan made suites and sfx scores. In most times I prefer both the original OST and complete/sessions. It's nice to hear the difference.

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always. i dont like incomplete music osts. the only one i tolerate is titanic 1997.

My interest in complete soundtracks depends on when I might get to listen to said soundtracks. At work, if I'm uninterrupted, I can usually last through a decent full score. I have been known to stop work just to find another playlist to listen to if the score is too repetitive.