I heard many people talk about PoA like it is the most sought-after complete score on the internet. I've heard many hilarious jokes saying that when it arrives, it will break the internet. So I am wondering: is Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban the most sought-after complete film score of all time? I've heard much demand for Ultimate Editions of Star Wars Episode II and III, as well as non-shitty Special Editions for the Original Trilogy. I've also heard The Last Samurai talked about a lot. Does Prisoner of Azkaban still take the cake? What do you guys think?
I know my wish list consists of:
Twister (1996) Complete Score
Desperate Housewives Complete Score (Especially Seasons 5-8)
Several cues from 24 (Sean Callery)
Decent-sounding Stand By Me (1986)
Decent sounding Rain Man (1988)
Decent sounding complete scores for Star Wars IV, V, VI, II, III
Complete score Prisoner of Azkaban
Jimmy Neutron (TV SHOW) score
Halo 4 complete score including cutscenes
The Walking Dead complete score
Shaun of the Dead complete score
and some others that I can't think of right now

I've heard many hilarious jokes saying that when it arrives, it will break the internet.

I haven't heard these hilarious jokes; where can I find them?

Also yes.

If we're talking about the stuff I want more than anything, then my wishlist is:

- The BIONICLE trilogy
- Young Justice: any and all music composed for the series
- Mark Thomas's scores for the two Doc Martin prequel films

You're forgetting TAMS2 or any Hans Zimmer score.

Is that ''what are your holy grail....?'' thread?

Oh, well.

Good Idea..

Yeah, we should have a 'What's Your Grail' thread? The responses might be interesting to read.

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You know it's rather odd that most of John Williams scores get some kind of complete/expanded/reissue treatment all but Harry Potter.

I would love to see if LA LA Land Records would release the music from Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone

Why would you want that? Except for the ending of 'you're a wizard' we've got everything.

Why would you want that? Except for the ending of 'you're a wizard' we've got everything.

And I bet even that part might be rippable from the DVD.

Sort of, though the ending will contain SFX.

Sort of, though the ending will contain SFX.

Maybe, maybe not. The film was mixed in 5.1 surround; depending on how the sound designer decided to mix the music in, it's possible that that little segment is isolated in the two rear channels. I'd have to look.

Just to be clear, we're talking about the ending of the cue for the scene where Hagrid tells Harry he's a wizard, right?

Yes, we are. The very strange thing is that the missing section isn't in the rear channels at all. When the sessions cue ends abruptly, so does the rear sound.

Sounds like a mystery!

If I have time I'll take a look at the film's audio and see if it can be ripped, preferably with little to no SFX. It could be that that last bit of music was added in at the last minute and wasn't properly integrated with the rest of the sound mix, which I suppose would explain why it's absent from the rear channels as well as the sessions leak.

Yup, it's a mystery. Does 'Harry Potter and the Dissapearance of the Cue' sound like a good sequel? Better than that bloody Fantastic Beasts shit anyway...

Yup, it's a mystery. Does 'Harry Potter and the Dissapearance of the Cue' sound like a good sequel? Better than that bloody Fantastic Beasts shit anyway...

Ugh, I know... J.K. Rowling is so desperate to put her name on something that she's letting WB take over the franchise entirely.

Well, I loaded up my DVD copy and grabbed that last bit from the front channels. No sound effects until the very end, which I suppose is better than nothing. Here it is (https://mega.nz/#!CdNymQgJ!y5F9raN_9OtLamUrAkGmRufpjZMbtJgR8uRnpkIA_1Y). I edited it into the full track more or less seamlessly; in the film itself it seems 'pasted on' rather abruptly, so even in the film it doesn't exactly transition entirely smoothly.

I wonder how much can be ripped from Prisoner of Azkaban...

Azkaban is a mess. Voice echoes everywhere...

Azkaban is my favourite movie and score of the HP franchise.

Azkaban is a mess. Voice echoes everywhere...

Most of the Harry Potter films are that way. It's ridiculous.

BUT... I made an interesting discovery a while back while looking at Order of the Phoenix's sound mix a few years back. Although the English sound mixes indeed have voice echoes inexplicably everywhere, foreign mixes, for whatever reason, do not. The foreign mix did not have as many voice echoes in the front and rear channels. Why is this? I have no clue.

So perhaps Azkaban similarly has a less-SFX riddled foreign mix. I'll have to look some day.

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Azkaban is my favourite movie and score of the HP franchise.

Join the club.

Join the club.

Is there really lots of people who actually also love that film specially?

Well I can only tell you that the Dutch and Flemish audio tracks of Azkaban are, if possible, even wors. For some reason there's lots of echoes in the right front channel there. No idea about other tracks, but I love the Spanish version of Doule Trouble.

Well I can only tell you that the Dutch and Flemish audio tracks of Azkaban are, if possible, even wors. For some reason there's lots of echoes in the right front channel there. No idea about other tracks, but I love the Spanish version of Doule Trouble.

What kind of spanish?

Castillian Spanish. And I like the film.

Castillian Spanish. And I like the film.

That's my spanish. Should've guessed, those languages are very common in european versions.

I don't remember anything special or cool about the castillian spanish version of the song

Yeah Idon't think they dubbed the song in America.

Yeah Idon't think they dubbed the song in America.

It doesn't have to be dubbed, it's english. They speak english, also in the US

I think it does. If you dub a movie, you dub the songs. You can't have children speak Spanish and sing English.

I haven't heard these hilarious jokes; where can I find them?

I couldn't find the specific comment, but look at any thread titled "Prisoner of Azkaban Recording Sessions" and you'll see many posts that basically mean the same thing. I was just reading one, one guy said that the sessions are cursed to destroy this site when they arrive, another (T1000, who actually commented here) said something like "calm down, we almost had to call an ambulance"
my favorite is someone who said that maybe you'll find the sessions under your pillow on christmas morning. the image of that, just waking up and having a disc under my pillow which has a likely scribbled title "prisonr of azkaban recording sessions lol"
and then its a video of john williams listening to A Winter Spell on headphones

Why would you want that? Except for the ending of 'you're a wizard' we've got everything.

Are you serious?

Another example of people here being totally oblivious to the fact that the leak of the scores is something known by only a small amount of people. Even considering I have SonicAdventures edited edition from the sessions I would like to own a physical, official copy and I'm sure many others out there would.

I don't really agree. I understand why you'd want a physical copy, but you could make it yourself. As for people not kowing the leak happened, wouldn't you say that every score collector probably does or should know?

Most of the Harry Potter films are that way. It's ridiculous.

BUT... I made an interesting discovery a while back while looking at Order of the Phoenix's sound mix a few years back. Although the English sound mixes indeed have voice echoes inexplicably everywhere, foreign mixes, for whatever reason, do not. The foreign mix did not have as many voice echoes in the front and rear channels. Why is this? I have no clue.

So perhaps Azkaban similarly has a less-SFX riddled foreign mix. I'll have to look some day.

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Join the club.

Well I made an interesting discovery where the DTS HD master track on the English language blu-ray release of the film version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'The Phantom of the Opera' was concerned. Basically, by inverting the front left against the surround left and adjusting the volume between the two, I was able to completely phase out the vocal echo and create a lovely clean instrumental for myself. The technique also worked quite well on a few other things, but not on everything unfortunately.

Well I made an interesting discovery where the DTS HD master track on the English language blu-ray release of the film version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'The Phantom of the Opera' was concerned. Basically, by inverting the front left against the surround left and adjusting the volume between the two, I was able to completely phase out the vocal echo and create a lovely clean instrumental for myself. The technique also worked quite well on a few other things, but not on everything unfortunately.

Yep, that works sometimes. I wouldn't recommend you get comfortable with using it though... it can distort the sound sometimes.

I don't really agree. I understand why you'd want a physical copy, but you could make it yourself. As for people not kowing the leak happened, wouldn't you say that every score collector probably does or should know?

A physical, officially produced set with packaging is different from burning a copy to a disc and maybe printing off a label or cover. There's professionalism involved in the marketing and production of official releases which are made to guidelines that fit with the branding.

Not every score collector knows, nor do the vast majority of casual listeners who actually notice that perhaps their favourite pieces of music were left off the official release. You'd be surprised at how many people who don't know this score is leaked and are still out there clamouring for an official release.

I see why you want an official release, and I know that there are people who think that all the 19 'songs' of HP1 are on the CD, but if you are serious about this film score, you just have to google 'complete score' to be guided to the sessions. Anyone who wants to find out more about such things will inevitably find them...