Licence To Kill by Michael Kamen-La La Land Records 35th Anniversary Soundtrack Review

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I review the outstanding score restoration of LICENCE TO KILL by La La Land Records. This release presents Michael Kamen’s underrated score in an entirely new light. Many cues are expanded with notable differences to how they were edited in the film. There are multiple pieces of unused music never heard before in addition to bonus tracks and a recreation of the original 1989 soundtrack program.
This also undoes the terrible presentation issues of the original 1989 soundtrack release which focused on the songs and source music with the score only being partially represented. Worst of all was that the score on disc was chopped into pieces and conformed into suites that were poorly cut together.
After 35 years of soundtrack frustrations this great score can finally be properly appreciated.

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00:00 Score discussion
23:09 La La Land Records Release
27:58 Note about the film mix and the inferior MGM 5.1 remixes
29:58 La La Land Restoration, Sound Quality and Mastering: Fantastic!
33:06 Disc contents
34:47 Some small points of note
42:11 Packaging of the original 1989 US releases
45:57 La La Land packaging, artwork and booklet
48:57 Final Summary: A SOUNDTRACK PROBLEM ELIMINATOR