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  1. Dan Brecher

    Film composer Elmer Bernstein passes away

    I am almost reminded of that time back in 1997 when the world lost Robert Mitchum and Jimmy Stewart within days of each other. To lose Goldsmith, Raksin, and now Bernstein in such a short space of time is deeply upsetting. I remember going to a concert at the Albert Hall which Bernstein...
  2. Dan Brecher

    *** Official THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING Discussion Thread

    Shore detailed this disc to those of us who attended the Q&A session at the Royal College of Music in London back in May. It is a documentary, but interspersed with select footage from the Montreal performance of the Symphony. As of two months ago, he told us that the running time of the...
  3. Dan Brecher

    Merged Thread: LOTR: ROTK - Theatrical & EE Release Dates? & DVD Features

    Whether or not any of it will be in 5.1 I have no idea, but the concert footage is of the Montreal performance and it is interspersed amongst documentary footage charting the creation and touring of the live symphony. When Shore told a bunch of us about this disc a couple of months ago at...
  4. Dan Brecher

    Movie score legend Jerry Goldsmith has died

    Bill is quite right in noting Goldsmith scored the footage that preceded the film itself. Goldsmith was in fact suggested by North to score the segment. The original recording of Goldsmith’s material is exclusive to the Goldsmith at 20th Century Fox box set Varese released earlier in the year...
  5. Dan Brecher

    DVD Review HTF REVIEW: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    I thought it may be an idea to actually throw in an additional comment about the DVD as they seem somewhat of a rarity in this thread. :) Seeing as all previous issues of the first two films faced a lot of scrutiny regarding their 5.1 presentations, it may be of interest to some to learn that...
  6. Dan Brecher

    Blu-Ray / HD-DVD - Where does this leave the UK?

    Euro1080 broadcasts 50hz so that’s already happening. It’s not something I can see changing, or generally needing to change it must be said. The HDTV broadcast infrastructure down under is also 50hz I believe. Daniel (UK)
  7. Dan Brecher

    Columbia to go completely Blu-ray by 2005 (from DavisDVD)

    Cassy, yes it's official. The most recent example of proof that I know of is from a good interview conducted by DVD Talk with Michael Fiddler of the Blu Ray group earlier in the year about the format, in which MPEG II was again confirmed. You can listen to the interview here in which Fiddler...
  8. Dan Brecher

    HD-DVD to use WMV Codec

    Thanks, Brian. That's an allowance of 70 minutes of supplements (I'm assuming we're talking standard definition here) for single layer BD-Rom however, is that right? Dan (UK)
  9. Dan Brecher

    HD-DVD to use WMV Codec

    Getting back to this, I am still unsure as there were rumblings of June for the next big one. I've never really had much cause to pay much attention to the structure of their meeting dates until recently. I am sure some news will come out of it if not all the news we're waiting for. Dan (UK)
  10. Dan Brecher

    HD-DVD to use WMV Codec

    What I found interesting was point 10 of the minutes from the last meeting didn't actually note submission of Dolby or DTS at all, but rather DD+ and DTS++, the next evolution of both formats. Next to nothing on the next stage of DTS is known, but German magazine 'Audiovision' did have news...
  11. Dan Brecher

    HD-DVD to use WMV Codec

    Richard, There's a forum conference in Taiwan on the 6th of April. Now whether this is THE committee conference I am unsure, but points 12 and 13 on their topics for discussion for this get together are related to HD DVD. Dan (UK)
  12. Dan Brecher

    Columbia to go completely Blu-ray by 2005 (from DavisDVD)

    The car manufacturer and consumer electronics company quote? I believe, although not 100% certain, that Ben Feingold said that in an interview with Hollywood Reporter back in December of last year, or January of this. It was in that same interview that Feingold made the Playstation 3 hints...
  13. Dan Brecher

    Lord Of The Rings Symphony US premiere in Columbus, OH

    That was nicely written. Having so far only witnessed the two movements from Fellowship that Shore conducted here a year ago, it's nice to know a little more detail about the other four movements as I await the London performance of the full suite in May. I'm curious about alterations and...
  14. Dan Brecher

    Superbit: Worth it? (merged thread)

    Adam is, and has been for the greatest length of time on the HTF now, one of the rare breed still around with the abilities and actual knowledge to educate those about the many varying realities of DVD and Home Theatre, should they care to listen. It's disappointing then that so few obviously...
  15. Dan Brecher

    HD-DVD to use WMV Codec

    Mitch, the sad reality is Hi-definition in any form is not going to completely guarantee all presentations be utterly free of such "enhancements." It's forever going to be down to the mastering, not the delivery format. HD-DVD, Blu-Ray, HDTV, D-Theatre.. I dare say that there are, and will...
  16. Dan Brecher

    Shore to premiere 'LOTR Symphony' in Atlanta?

    Nothing is 100% yet (publicly anyway). He certainly wants the symphony out there as well as the gargantuan complete score package, but whether it gets an individual release of its own or forms part of the aforementioned package remains uncertain. It stands to reason they could record the...
  17. Dan Brecher

    Shore to premiere 'LOTR Symphony' in Atlanta?

    Well, it was there in the performance of the first two movements early last year. Again, Matthew may be able to note if it remains in the full six movement presentation. I certainly hope so, as ‘The Great River’ flowed gracefully into ‘Amon Hen,’ and it was indeed a take on the extended edition...
  18. Dan Brecher

    Shore to premiere 'LOTR Symphony' in Atlanta?

    The downside to the London performance is its venue. I attend a lot of classical music concerts and the Royal Festival Hall remains one of my least favourite venues due to the rather dated acoustics. He could have sold out the Albert Hall with this one, though the Festival Hall is the...
  19. Dan Brecher

    “But I think we pulled it off” and other DVD audio commentary inanities

    Mark, Conveniently then you glossed over the very first thing I typed in my initial post noting that I was not voicing such a concern to single out any single person of cluster of members in this thread, which I absolutely agree in all fairness began as a simple "what commentaries don't you...
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    “But I think we pulled it off” and other DVD audio commentary inanities

    Long time no speak. Hope you're well! I am not sure it's so much consumer entitlement as it is consumer demand that has gone beyond proportion. Everyone is entitled to the best that can be done, no one can dispute that. In the case of commentaries I really just wonder if many understand the...
  21. Dan Brecher

    “But I think we pulled it off” and other DVD audio commentary inanities

    This is not to single you out here, Mark, but to touch upon this point in general. Is the consumers’ decision in choosing not to listen to a commentary track and paying it no mind at all dissimilar to there simply not being one in the first place? One must not loose sight of the fact that...
  22. Dan Brecher

    The Office: Christmas Specials on DVD? (MERGED THREAD)

    The Christmas specials, which both aired here in December, were roughly forty-five minutes each, and the last ever episodes. It's expected there will be an R2 releases around October/November of this year, which may allow for a Region 1 release at the same time, or early in 2005. Dan (UK)
  23. Dan Brecher

    Warner Bros. Press Release-april Judy Garland Classics

    The specs for Meet me In St Louis have basically excelled all expectations I have ever had for it on DVD over the past few years. I'm absolutely thrilled! Dan (UK)
  24. Dan Brecher

    Both HP and Dell committed to supporting Blu-ray

    You won't need to think with the NTSC/PAL mentality with HD however, since it is neither. Of course if supplements still some in standard definition, those may still be presented in PAL and NTSC in their respective environments. The only difference for films themselves however would likely be...
  25. Dan Brecher

    *** Official THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING Discussion Thread

    Whoaaaa there..... :) "swore blind" is a bit off the mark, old boy. On second inspection, I believe it to simply be a white rock. There's a few little bits like that scattered about the place. Dan PS: It was frankly just as good the second time. Jackson having his usual editor Jamie...
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