Guardians Of The Galaxy (Complete Score), Tyler Bates & VA, 2014, FLAC, v1.4.1

Update – v1.4.1 released

Hi guys,

the last couple of days I’ve been working on a version of the GotG score which includes the film versions of the tracks included on the OST (without EQing, but edited to have the same arrangement etc), cuts off all the annoying seconds between tracks from the Sessions, replaces the few tracks from the Sessions which sound absolutely horrible (Kyln Escape Stereo Mixes) with versions from the Score release, and replaces the few tracks which are actually more similar to the film versions with the Score release versions.

I also sorted out the tracks from the Sessions and Score release which weren’t actually used in the movie, or are alternates, and put them at the end of this whole release.

I didn’t include the "Mad Scene" from the Broker’s place, because I couldn’t find a flac version of it (I found a DVDR though), and I don’t really care for it. I might include it in v2 if there’s any interest. I did find a place where you can buy the specific track, but I don’t exactly know which one, and you need a credit card for it, which I don’t have.

Here’s a screenshot of the Ableton project which has been created (and tortured) during this process, just to give you a brief overview of how much freakin’ work this was:

Of course I didn’t use the compressed-to-hell versions of the tracks from the first CD of the OST, but I spent half a day tracking down all the tracks from various sources on the internet. The entire collection is COMPLETELY and 100% lossless (unless the Sessions weren’t). Even the few pieces I ripped from the film audio itself (the Marvel Logo from TWS, the end of "Come Get Your Love", the end of "I Want You Back", and of course the end credits) have been properly ripped with eac3to and the good ol’ Arcsoft DTS Decoder from the DTS-HD MA 7.1 tracks.

The film versions of the OST tracks aren’t exactly film versions at the intro and outro sometimes, because they end or start with the walkman being started, end with somebody being hit over the head with a vegetable or something. I also included Chris Pratt’s voice in "Ooh Child" at the end. If you want me to add an alternate version without it, let me know.

Oh, and one more thing: A friend of mine and me created a stereo version of "Ain’t No Mountain High Enough" similar to the one in the movie using the multitracks. The track itself is mono, as are each of the stems, but if you pan some right and some left it’ll have a nice stereo effect (this principle has been used commonly in the past to create stereo versions of mono tracks).

Here’s the link:

https://mega.nz/#!Q9ZgDAxC!DRMMAbyyTPGLnWWFm1OvfwAPHba4ttYdLGQ3cXHLYNM

Password is "turdblossom".

Update!

v1.4.1 is out.

1.4.1: Final version for now. Until I get around to fix up the Mad Scene. Only thing changed is Ain’t No Mountain High Enough: new master which sounds way better. OST version here: Thread 200336

1.4: Had this in the pipeline for a good long while (embarassingly long … 09/2015 :P), still not 100% happy – 1.4.1 will soon follow, still working on something. Here’s what’s different in this one:

– Don’t Mess With My Walkman moved to proper position

– Moonage Daydream now starts from the beginning (it gets split up in the movie, I just included it to the point where it fades out)

– Escape Song now sounds more like film version due to me actually using parts of the Album version this time around

To come in 1.4.1: Better sounding version of Ain’t No Mountains. This will coincide with a release of the full versions of the Awesome Mix using the versions of the songs I used for this Complete Score.

1.3.1: -2db on Spirit in the Sky.

1.3: Changed "Logo" title to "Marvel Fanfare". Replaced Brian Tyler version with the Tyler Bates version from the movie by splicing the beginning and end of them. Added "Spirit In The Sky" used in Trailer #2, arrangement similar to version used in trailer.

1.2: Different outro for Hooked On A Feeling. Fixed tag title for 7m06ins. Fixed file names for tracks past the End Credits.

1.1: Includes fixed volume levels on most of the Awesome Mix tracks, and a new mix and master (done by a friend of mine) of Ain’t No Mountain High enough. Should be final for now 🙂

Here’s the tracklist:

01 – 1m01 I’m Not In Love
02 – 1m02a A Mother’s Farewell
03 – 1m02ins Marvel Fanfare
04 – 1m02b Morag
05 – 1m03 Come And Get Your Love
06 – 1m04-05 Plasma Ball
07 – 1m06 Quill’s Big Retreat
08 – 1m07 Go All The Way
09 – 1m08 The Bounty
10 – 2m01 Ronan’s Theme
11 – 2m02 Everyone’s An Idiot
12 – 2m06 The Broker
13 – 2m07a Gamora
14 – 2m07b Attacking Groot
15 – 2m07c Writhe Little Man
16 – 2m08-09 Nova Headquarters
17 – 2m10 The Kyln
18 – 2m11 Hooked On A Feeling
19 – 2m12 The New Meat
20 – 2m13 Take Her To The Showers
21 – 3m01 Drax The Destroyer
22 – 3m02 She Betrayed Ronan
23 – 3m03 I Like Your Knife
24 – 3m04 Sanctuary
25 – 3m05-06 Escape From The Kyln
26 – 3m07 Don’t Mess With My Walkman
27 – 3m08-10 Escape (The Pina Colada Song)
28 – 3m13-14 The Mystery Buyer
29 – 4m02 The Road To Knowhere
30 – 4m02ins Moonage Daydream
31 – 4m03 Groot Makes A Friend
32 – 4m05 Gamora And Quill
33 – 4m06 Fooled Around And Fell In Love
34 – 4m08 The Collector
35 – 4m09 The History Of The Orb
36 – 4m10 Ronan Arrives
37 – 5m01-02 The Pod Chase
38 – 5m03 Sacrifice
39 – 5m04 We All Got Dead People
40 – 5m05 We Got A Ringer
41 – 6m01 Losers
42 – 6m02 Cherry Bomb
43 – 6m03 Not 100% A Dick
44 – 6m04 The Final Battle Begins
45 – 6m05 The Ballad Of The Nova Corps
46 – 6m06 Groot Spores
47 – 6m07 Z.StereoMix
48 – 6m08 Z.StereoMix
49 – 7m01 Guardians United
50 – 7m02 The Big Blast
51 – 7m03 Z.StereoMix
52 – 7m04 Groot Cocoon
53 – 7m05 Ooh Child
54 – 7m06 Z.StereoMix
55 – 7m06ins Ooh Child Insert
56 – 7m07 Black Tears
57 – 7m08 Citizens Unite
58 – 8m01 A Nova Upgrade
59 – 8m02 Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
60 – 8m03 I Want You Back
61 – End Credits
62 – Spirit In The Sky (Trailer)
63 – 1m02a A Mother’s Farewell (Alternate)
64 – 1m02b Morag (Alternate)
65 – 3m10 Z.StereoMix (Unused)
66 – 4m07 Z.StereoMix (Unused)
67 – 4m10 Ronan Arrives (Alternate)
68 – 5m04 We All Got Dead People (Alternate)
69 – 5m07 Z.StereoMix (Unused)
70 – 6m05 The Ballad Of The Nova Corps (Alternate)
71 – The Great Companion (Unused)

Hope you enjoy it!

I am truly in awe of the amount of effort and time you put into this. I thank you and my ears thank you.

Finally, someone cleaned it up a bit. Thanks.

I see "End Credits". So be it!

Definitely excited to check this out. Thanks for the share, and all the work you put into it!

Fantastic work, my friend! Thanks for the share. 🙂

Thanks!

Thanks for sharing.

It’s my cover art work:
600×600
(http://smg.photobucket.com/user/corysun/media/Share%20photo/Ultimate%20Complete%20600_zpswkrqjeqa.jpg.html)

1200×1200
(http://smg.photobucket.com/user/corysun/media/Share%20photo/Ultimate%20Complete%201200_zpsur2txcsy.jpg.html)

Thank you very much for all the work you did

Thanks for sharing this and all your efforts in assembling/sorting the tracks.

Finally, someone cleaned it up a bit. Thanks.

Did you check out my Deluxe Edition? The main thing I could’ve done different on it was to better level out the songs in between the score cues.

Thanks 🙂

Danke f�r deine M�he, das klingt wirklich gut 🙂 Sch�nes Wochenende ^^

Fantastic! This is what I’ve been hoping for. Thanks so much for your time and effort!

I already did this myself, but thanks for sharing for others! It’s nice to have a complete version!

Thanks for sharing.

It’s my cover art work:
600×600
(http://smg.photobucket.com/user/corysun/media/Share%20photo/Ultimate%20Complete%20600_zpswkrqjeqa.jpg.html)

1200×1200
(http://smg.photobucket.com/user/corysun/media/Share%20photo/Ultimate%20Complete%201200_zpsur2txcsy.jpg.html)

Thanks! You can take out the "Ultimate" if you wish, though, since I just put that in the title to differentiate it from previous versions 🙂

Tree-mendous effort!! 😉 Many thanks!

Thanks a lot

I will post an updated version in a few hours (just waiting for a file from a friend, who has gone afk without bouncing the correct version beforehand :P) – check back then!

Edit: Updated! Redownload and enjoy 🙂

Thank you share!

Thanks a lot!
Why not include this version of the Marvel Logo though?

Oh my gosh, amazing! Thank you for all your hard work.

Thanks a lot!
Why not include this version of the Marvel Logo though?

Because I wouldn’t be able to do so without SFX or awkward fading. The versions sound quite different (the GotG one is "heavier"), so that probably wouldn’t sound very nice. Since a lot of the Bates cues sound different in mix and arrangement compared to the film version, I just included the TWS one.

Update v1.2 is out 🙂

If anything, here’s the film version of the Marvel logo. Without SFX.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H05TxovR68

———- Post added at 07:53 PM ———- Previous post was at 07:41 PM ———-

I, also, came up with different names for the tracks:
"6m07 Z.StereoMix" should be "Eat Your Heart Out, Hawkeye"
"6m08 Z.StereoMix" should be "Standing Up For What Is Right"
"7m03 Z.StereoMix" should be "Not Dead"
"7m06 Z.StereoMix" should be "Still Not Dead Yet"
"3m10 Z.StereoMix (Unused)" should be "A Great Companion (Unused 2)"
"4m07 Z.StereoMix (Unused)" should be "I Didn’t Ask To Get Made (Unused)"
"5m07 Z.StereoMix (Unused)" should be "Attention, Idiots (Unused)"
Also, "Kyln Escape" has a film version in the sessions and the "Don’t Mess With My Walkman" track is used.
Other than that, I love how you took your time into creating the ultimate complete score. I’m looking forward to your updates. We still need that score of Ronan in the Kyln and Ronan using the Power Stone.

That’s just a fade between the TWS/TDW and the GOTG version … I might do that, if I find the time.

Where is Don’t Mess With My Walkman used? I checked the entire parts and couldn’t hear it for the life of me.

I used the OST version for the Z.StereoMixes of the Kyln Escape, because the StereoMixes were brutally brickwalled and sounded horrible. Plus the OST version has everything the z.stereomixes have and is just not split up into several cues.

Here’s the sessions version: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11747472/zstereomix_distort.mp3

Here’s the OST version: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11747472/zstereomix_distort_ost.mp3

Listen to it with headphones, it sounds horrible.

Yeah, I noticed that some pieces were entirely missing (or are completely different in most parts, like Ronan’s Theme or Sanctuary). Another missing cue is the one where he unpacks the Awesome Mix Vol. 2 at the end (it’s a reprise of A Mother’s Farewell / Losers). One other cue was missing which I was able to reconstruct, I called it "Gamora and Quill", when they talk while waiting for the Collector. It was just a 1:1 cut of the beginning of A Mother’s Farewell (okay, not 1:1 – the movie version is a bit faster but I didn’t want to timestretch so I just left it at its original speed).

Thanks for the titles, I might include them, although I kind of like the Z.StereoMixes everywhere … no idea why 😛

You must have spent so much time on this it sounds fantastic. Thanks a lot.

I found this cover online (had to reupload it since I couldn’t find it twice…).
I used that for my cover art for this Ultimate Complete Score although it doesn’t bear that title.
Perhaps someone can photoshop it on there so everyone can use this cover as an alternative?

Here’s the film version of Black Tears.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9LmokaBLKc

The password, hahahaha.

Here’s the film version of Black Tears.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9LmokaBLKc

Dear god, that distortion. What’s different there, just the mix or also the arrangement?

The password, hahahaha.

😛

Just released a small update. See the main post about the changes.

Thank you for this!! Huge work, greatly appreciated!!

Another tiny update, Spirit In The Sky now has -2db. The main post is updated with a new complete link, but here’s that track for everyone who grabbed v1.3 previously:

https://mega.nz/#!ttZS3TzY!FvshQWtNt4sdip2jqcLjMqyJ5RkAhbLr3NErK9zmI-E

Just replace the old version with that.

Thank you!

Thanks skeletonmage!

Thanks for your hard work !

skeletonmage, this is AMAZING! Great work, i’m in heaven with this. Thank you so much for your work and for sharing this!

Just grabbed 1.3.1. Thanks!

I’m already working on 1.4, btw – it’s almost done, just waiting for a new master of Ain’t No Mountain. Other changes will be to Moonage Daydream and the Pina Colada song.

The friend who’s helping me with this and I just don’t seem to find the time to really work on it. The drumming needs to be more pronounced, for exampl.

When that’s done I will also release a version of the Awesome Mix with the tracks I hunted down for this version – they sound so much better than the shitty remasters on the OST.

eac3to and the good ol’ Arcsoft DTS Decoder from the DTS-HD MA 7.1 tracks

eac3to is updated to use dcadec for any 7.1 mix (by default as of 3.29)
This movie, luckily, doesn’t use "strange setup" for the 7.1 mix.
But, dcadec will be taking over as Arcsoft quit with TMT updates.

DCAdec can’t do DTS Express, though, so Arcsoft is required for any DTS Express stream.

Well, I’ve actually been on 3.27 with Arcsoft 1.1.0.0 forever. I always extract into single wavs and downmix them in Ableton manually so strange setups can get manually detected by me. Never had a problem with DTS 6.1 either (LOTR for example).

I only recently thought of updating eac3to 😛

So, dcadec actually properly decodes DTS-HD MA? Might try that soon, maybe it’s faster than Arcsoft.

YOU! Yes you! You are awesome!

Well, I’ve actually been on 3.27 with Arcsoft 1.1.0.0 forever. I always extract into single wavs and downmix them in Ableton manually so strange setups can get manually detected by me. Never had a problem with DTS 6.1 either (LOTR for example).

I only recently thought of updating eac3to 😛

So, dcadec actually properly decodes DTS-HD MA? Might try that soon, maybe it’s faster than Arcsoft.

Strange setup isn’t always easy to fix.
In cases like the Remastered "Se7en" film, the upmixed 7.1 is "strange setup", so Arcsoft will apply a -3dB gain to prevent clipping.
But there is something wrong with their code and that special mix of the film. The negative gain cannot be fixed by applying a positive gain.
There is some sort of bug that applies a dynamic gain throughout the audio and it destructs audio as some areas have gain and there is still clipping but other areas sound normal.
These errors cannot be fixed.
It’s been observed multiple times in the doom9 forums where eac3to is developed but since it was Arcsoft problem, no one can work with it.

dcadec is bit-accurate. It’s not that much faster.
But it should be used instead of Arcsoft, unless it is DTS-Express format.

I can’t remember the reason behind the speed issues, but it doesn’t look like there will be any multi-threading any time soon for eac3to.
Even source code for dcadec doesn’t implement threading. I think even the highest instruction set available is still SSE2 (since for all available operations with dcadec, there is minimal speed bost using AVX instruction set, maybe AVX2/AVX-512 would benefit but only those two sets).

Hm, I haven’t run into any problems yet – but I’ll keep this in mind. Thanks for the info!

Oh, there Atmos-related issues you might want to look into:
http://www.videohelp.com/software/eac3to

eac3to v3.29 released
* added libDcaDec decoder for DTS decoding, new default for 7.x tracks
* fixed: #086: left/right eye information was inverted in some 3D Blu-Rays
* fixed: #263: decoding TrueHD Atmos with active dialnorm information failed
* fixed: #264: using "-float32 -normalize" didn’t work in all cases

eac3to v3.28 released
* fixed: #001: different number of frames for left and right eye
* fixed: #061: valid silence edit was sometimes rejected
* fixed: #067: error messages were not available to GUIs
* fixed: #086: left/right eye information was inverted in some 3D Blu-Rays
* fixed: #131: TrueHD Atmos streams could not be demuxed or decoded
* fixed: #243: ArcSoft DTS decoder crash made eac3to crash, too
* downStereo: added 0.7071 factor for surround/back channels (ITU-R BS.775-3)
* downStereo/Dpl: using 0.5 instead of 0.7071 factor for LFE (ITU-R BS.775-3)

And if you use eacto to downmix, the parameters have changed.

Thank You!

many thanks

Thanks

Thank you

Thank you!

Thousand thanks for the link, skeletonmage!!!… 🙂

Just updated it to 1.4. I will update to 1.4.1 relatively soon (hopefully a bit faster than it took for this update), though, so keep this thread in mind!

I love your expanded scores for the MCU movies, that I hope you will continue expanding the score to include all Marvel Cinematic Universe Films.

I only did it for these because lossless sources were available. I’ve been planning to sort through The First Avenger for a while now (cutting of silences, sorting the tracks properly so you don’t hear alternates all the time etc) but didn’t really get around to it yet. Thor 1 might get some treatment from me as well but it’s not high priority for me.

Thor 2’s OST is practically unusable due to LOUDNESS … and I don’t even want to start on Iron Man 1 and 2. 2 is a clusterfuck of the highest order score version wise. I did a small edit for a track on #3 – Domestic Disturbance. I think I posted it in the sessions thread.

Thanks for the feedback in any case, I really appreciate it 🙂

Wow. Never knew that the MCU Scores are such a clusterf***. I hope marvel will release a fixed OST collection sometime…

I don’t even want to start on Iron Man 1 and 2. 2 is a clusterfuck of the highest order score version wise.

Oh, I disagree. IM1 is a clusterfuck of the highest level. See this failure of a project as proof. (Thread 185998)

Thank you

Oh man. I will probably do a small edit for IM1, but only insofar as making the gain similar between all tracks using mp3gain so it stays 320k. The loudness always changing is the most annoying part to me.

a very big thanks for your work!

Thanks again!

Just posted the fow now final version. Also, the promised Awesome Mix version is up:

Thread 200336

Enjoy!

Thanks

Thanks!

Thanks for the share!