Many, many thanks.
Is there anything on this release that wasn’t on the original release?
From lalalandrecords.com (https://lalalandrecords.com/saving-private-ryan-20th-anniversary-limited-edition/):
Reissue Producer Mike Matessino sourced this release from the original album master (and provided slight cleanup). Approved by both the composer and the director, the presentation features two "film version" tracks containing material that were not included on the original album. (These revised cues derive from Shawn Murphy’s original digital mix files).
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THE 1998 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
1 Hymn to the Fallen 6:10
2 Revisiting Normandy 4:06
3 Omaha Beach 9:15
4 Finding Private Ryan 4:37
5 Approaching the Enemy 4:31
6 Defense Preparations 5:54
7 Wade’s Death 4:30
8 High School Teacher 11:03
9 The Last Battle 7:57
10 Hymn to the Fallen (Reprise) 6:10
ADDITIONAL MUSIC
11 High School Teacher (Film Version) 4:31
12 The Last Battle (Film Version) 8:02
From the FSM Board and JWFan.net:
Here’s the chronological order, for those who prefer to listen that way
01 02 Revisiting Normandy (4:06)
02 03 Omaha Beach (9:15)
03 05 Approaching the Enemy (4:31)
04 04 Finding Private Ryan (4:37)
05 07 Wade’s Death (4:30)
06 11 High School Teacher (Film Version) (4:31)
07 06 Defense Preparations (5:54)
08 12 The Last Battle (Film Version) (8:02)
09 01 Hymn to the fallen (6:10)
Bonus track:
10 09 The Last Battle (7:57) [original version]
(OST tracks 8 and 10 are not needed anywhere as they include nothing but material already present in other tracks).
The album track titled "Hymm to the Fallen (Reprise)" is bit for bit completely identical to "Hymm to the Fallen"
The album track titled "The Last Battle" is the original version of the cue as Williams originally intended it to be heard. If you watch this video, you see Spielberg asking him to make a change for the section where it transitions from ’44 back to modern day; The Insert was recorded and edited into the final film, and the new LLL track titled "The Last Battle (Film Version)" is the cue with that Insert properly edited in for the first time.
The album track titled "High School Teacher" only ever presented a portion of the actual "High School Teacher" cue; Williams decided to replace 3 bars (about 10 seconds) of the middle of the cue with about 7 minutes of material repeated from Omaha Beach for album listening experience purposes. In other words, the track contents are:
0:00-2:39 = the first 44 bars of "High School Teacher"
2:39-9:30 = a repeat of most of "Omaha Beach"
9:30-end = bars 48-end of "High School Teacher"
The new LLL track "High School Teacher (Film Version)" is simply the full original cue as Williams recorded it with no edits.
Rep left.
Here’s the chronological order, for those who prefer to listen that way
01 02 Revisiting Normandy (4:06)
02 03 Omaha Beach (9:15)
03 05 Approaching the Enemy (4:31)
04 04 Finding Private Ryan (4:37)
05 07 Wade’s Death (4:30)
06 11 High School Teacher (Film Version) (4:31)
07 06 Defense Preparations (5:54)
08 12 The Last Battle (Film Version) (8:02)
09 01 Hymn to the fallen (6:10)
Bonus track:
10 09 The Last Battle (7:57) [original version]
(OST tracks 8 and 10 are not needed anywhere as they include nothing but material already present in other tracks).
The album track titled "Hymm to the Fallen (Reprise)" is bit for bit completely identical to "Hymm to the Fallen"
The album track titled "The Last Battle" is the original version of the cue as Williams originally intended it to be heard. If you watch this video, you see Spielberg asking him to make a change for the section where it transitions from ’44 back to modern day; The Insert was recorded and edited into the final film, and the new LLL track titled "The Last Battle (Film Version)" is the cue with that Insert properly edited in for the first time.
The album track titled "High School Teacher" only ever presented a portion of the actual "High School Teacher" cue; Williams decided to replace 3 bars (about 10 seconds) of the middle of the cue with about 7 minutes of material repeated from Omaha Beach for album listening experience purposes. In other words, the track contents are:
0:00-2:39 = the first 44 bars of "High School Teacher"
2:39-9:30 = a repeat of most of "Omaha Beach"
9:30-end = bars 48-end of "High School Teacher"
The new LLL track "High School Teacher (Film Version)" is simply the full original cue as Williams recorded it with no edits.
Thanks for this info!
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And thank for the share, Purple!
The album track titled "Hymm to the Fallen (Reprise)" is bit for bit completely identical to "Hymm to the Fallen"
It seems to be beat for beat and note for note the same, but the first 30 seconds of track #01 are a couple of dB louder than the Reprise, and the waveform data is not exactly the same from there on either; so the bitstreams are not identical. Still, the author used "bit" in the general sense of "small fragment" of music, and that’s apparently correct.
// Edit: that difference was already present in the 1998 release.
Thanks again for sharing this, Miss Purple.
Rob