Had a really good work session - I've finally figured out the composer of the long musical is good for two hours, then he fades. So, we did a really good two hours and I suggested we reconvene tomorrow, which we will. I then went to Hugo's for lunch. Picked up a package and some mail, and am now answering e-mails and about to listen to the Holy Grail part of that two-fer. I did some fixes to a couple of tracks after I heard it last night, and I think I've finally made a really difficult decision, although it will depend somewhat on how long the second score ends up being. The decision was whether to include the source music tracks as a bonus. They're okay, but in both cases are not really part and parcel of the scores - it's music used for coming out of radios or at a dance, etc. I'd already made the decision not to incorporate that stuff into the score tracks as it occurs in the films themselves, because it's so disruptive to the beauty of the scores. Originally, given the length of my reference CDs I thought this would have to go out as a two CD set - but if I don't use the source cues on the Holy Grail score, then that runs only 34 minutes (48 with the source cues). So, that would allow approximately 42 minutes of the other score. That one had a lot of source cues and when all the blank spaces at the beginnings and ends of tracks get removed and all my edits are incorporated and tightly done, we might just squeeze by at forty-two minutes and if we do, then it can be one CD, which is what I prefer. For the second score the source music is especially uninteresting. And for the Holy Grail score, after the score is done you just don't want to hear that other stuff - it's like it's from a different film altogether. If we HAD to go to two CDs then I have no choice but to put the source cues on both, but I'd much rather not. I should have my answer by tomorrow evening.
