Damnit. I got struck with the UPS to USPS hand-off for my order from BB. Expected delivery tomorrow Thursday now. The suspense is killing me.
Damnit. I got struck with the UPS to USPS hand-off for my order from BB. Expected delivery tomorrow Thursday now. The suspense is killing me.
I got my NIN 20% off to work on this last Friday.
Now I am regretting as they haven't even sent a shipping notice...probably hasn't even left their facility. Yay.
Just curious is the cd and vinyl have the same artwork? I just got the cd and haven’t opened it yet.
for what its worth, I ordered by copy through nin.com (sandbag) and received my vinyl yesterday. it came bubble-wrapped with no bent edges or damage to the packaging.
My copy from BB arrived today. Their LP mailers suuuuuuuuuuuck. But got lucky w/ no damage to the set outside of seam splits on the actual record sleeves. Would've happened anyways. I'll wait til the copy from Amoeba arrives to decide which one to open up and listen to.
The vinyl jacket is thick, sturdy and well-made, suitable for holding 3 heavyweight LPs. As are the inner record sleeves.
In other words, Trent and Craw likely weren't anywhere near this one from a preparation standpoint..
So the one from BB is actually the vinyl by TR and AR?
Looks like BB figured out their mistake, the vinyl is now listed at $49.99, still sold out. Mine is due to arrive tomorrow, even if it shows up slightly damaged, its' still a good deal.
Just finished the fourth episode, and along with some NIN instrumentals which took me by surprise (I figured they'd just use material from the soundtracks), was this particularly interesting inclusion
Anyone else's hype sticker for the 2CD pack actually on the case itself and not on the shrink wrap?
Damn odd
Got my copy from Best Buy this morning. Bizarre mailer (looked like ravioli) but the album was fine inside. Sounds great.
Before Dawn reminded me Shadow of the Beast 2 (Amiga game), and one sound in Passing the Point song Crushed by Front 242. Generally similar quality as Before the Flood or Patriots Day, not in the same league as the three "real" soundtracks. Not bad of course, but not really worth dedicated single-task listening.
My copy from BB showed up..weird packaging, but perfect shape. I snatched it during their pricing screw up for $13.99, it's now listed as 49.99. A pretty lucky score overall.
I see there are two releases: US and EU version.
Anyone had any difficulties with the download code?
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I ordered the CD from Amazon and it came so fast, I got it within a day. I've had the CDs on repeat since it has arrived. I've listened to first disc more often than the second, only because I loaded it into my car CD player and forgot to bring the second disc with me. Houston traffic is horrendous (Thanks Hurricane Harvey!) so I have listened to both on repeat for long durations. I can say with full confidence I like this soundtrack more than Patriot's Day. I would place my order as such: The Social Network, The Girl With A Dragon Tattoo, Gone Girl, Vietnam War, Quake, Patriot's Day. This soundtrack reminds me alot of Ghosts, Dragon Tattoo and Patriots Day all mixed together - it kinda doesn't have its own identity. In fact, I feel like I could take those three albums and make a playlist pretty identical the Vietnam War's score. I wasn't a big fan of Patriots Day, not that it was bad, but I felt like it worked perfectly for the movie, but as standalone music it just didn't keep my interest. Vietnam War is kind of the same way, but there are some clear tracks that just so exciting, they can't help pull everything else up. Another gripe I have, some songs are way too long for no good reason (I'm looking at you A World Away), many of the songs are looped so much with little changing atmospherics. I feel like they were 45 seconds songs that were used for interview portions that when it came to make an album, they just lengthened them to the point they're boring.
When I first heard that TR & AR were going to do this soundtrack I was really excited, because in my head I was thinking OK, so there is going to be slow atmospheric music for interviews and narrative stuff, but I thought also...Okay, what kind of "parameters" are they going to use for this soundtrack, the obvious being, using only instruments and techniques that were common in the 60s. Also, rely more on mechanical samples (jets, propellers, machine gun fire, explosions, etc...). So, turns out my thought of parameters was way off, use of marching and helicopter samples were used somewhat, not nearly as much as I thought.
The tracks that stand out the most (to me) are:
What Comes Back
Justified Response
Passing the Point (love that bass at the end)
Strangers in Lockstep
Before and After Faith