![]() ![]() (For hardcore fans, Takis confirmed on the JWFan forums that a longtime issue with the original soundtrack has been corrected: pitch and speed issues with the opening prologue.) Score authority John Takis has penned new liner notes for the set, as well. (Fans continue to hold out hope that a more complete and definitive CD presentation, perhaps under Matessino's careful vision, will make its way into print.) Devin Elle Kurtz has designed striking new sleeve and gatefold artwork, along with a brilliant replica of the ransom note Hook leaves for Peter. Deutsch - did suffer from less-than-stellar audio quality, owing to several cues sourced from the final film mix instead of the original master reels. It's worth noting that La-La Land Records and Sony Music released a 2CD expanded edition of Hook in 2012 while nearly complete, this edition - produced not by Matessino but soundtrack great Didier C. Williams' themes are bountiful: swashbuckling action ("Prologue"), wistful yearning ("When You're Alone"), heartbreaking memory ("Remembering Childhood"), jaunty laughs ("The Neverfeast") and even light jazz ("Banning Back Home"), with part of an epic, minutes-length climactic suite ("The Ultimate War") kicking off the fourth side of the album.įor this reissue, Williams' longtime restorer Mike Matessino has produced and edited this newly-mastered presentation. Hook, Captain." Peter's adopted grandmother Wendy (Maggie Smith) reveals that he is the grown-up boy whom James Barrie's acclaimed stories are based upon, and before long Tinkerbell (Julia Roberts) whisks Banning away to Neverland to reclaim his past and stop the cunning Hook (Dustin Hoffman). ![]() It offers a musical souvenir of the journey of Peter Banning (Robin Williams), a workaholic lawyer with little time for his children - until they're kidnapped on a family outing to London by someone claiming to be "Jas. This 180-gram, 2LP release (available in both colored splatter and black vinyl variants and limited to 1,991 copies) replicates the original hour-plus soundtrack originally released alongside the film at Christmas 1991. ![]()
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