A very big Thank You

Since the soundtracks have been posted on FFShrine and Yahoo BR groups I would just like to say a very big thank you on behalf of the EMS team for all the words of support. Me, Jack and DC are pleased with the reception the EMS Definitive Edition has received. This is what spurred us on to do this set in the wake of the release of the original EMS in 2010. A special thank you goes to all the fellow BR soundtrack enthusiasts who have been kind enough to share their work with the rest of us and graciously given permission for us to use their work from both private and public collections. As I've mentioned before once DC and Jack have finished their own projects and my workload lessens, we will turn our attention to Antarctica. We hope to make a special expanded soundtrack for this oft overlooked work by Vangelis.

EMS Recombination 2011 - Lossless finally release !!!

Disc 1

1. Ladd company logo fanfare 0.27
2. Prologue & main titles 4.02
3. Leon’s test 2.32
4. Los angeles, 2019 1.47
5. The blue room 1.14
6. Flight to Tyrell corporation 1.14
7. Rachel 1.40
8. Voight kampff test 2.41
9. Leon’s room (on the trail of nexus 6) 0.52
10. Harps of the Ancient Temples 2.20
11. At mr chew’s 5.04
12. Memories of green 5.46
13. Blade runner blues (full length version) 10.03
14. I’m hungry jf 1.29
15. Deckard’s dream 1.38
16. Esper analysis 2.25
17. Animoid row part 1 (tales of the future) 3.56
18. Animoid row part 2 1.46
19. Qu’ran 3.50

Disc 2

1. Taffey lewis’ club 2.04
2. Miss salome and the snake 1.22
3. Waiting for zhora 1.17
4. Zhora’s retirement 2.07
5. One more kiss, dear 4.01
6. i am the business 3.15
7. love theme 4.57
8. the blimp 2.50
9. morning at the Bradbury 5.11
10. the prodigal son returns 3.08
11. the prodigal son brings death 3.45
12. Deckard enters the Bradbury 2.15
13. Dangerous days 2.49
14. Wounded animals 10.27
15. Tears in rain 2.56
16. Rachel sleeps 2.05
17. End titles 7.31

Disc 3

1. Ladd company logo fanfare 0.24
2. Main titles (workprint version) 0.21
3. Leon’s voight kampff test (alternate take) 1.26
4. Off world blimp advert 1.06
5. Blush response 5.45
6. Empty streets 6.14
7. Bicycle riders (rain in second sector) 2.25
8. Rachel’s song 4.38
9. Memories of green/blade runner blues (film edit) 5.00
10. Piano in an empty room 3.39
11. Thinking of Rachel 1.49
12. Longing 1.59
13. Damask rose 2.30
14. If i didn’t care 3.06
15. One alone 2.25
16. Desolation path (extended) 6.42
17. Mechanical dolls 2.54
18. End titles (alternate edit) 4.36

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   Notes :                                                                     
                                                                               
   2011 started with the release of Blade Runner: EMS Recombination; a team    
   effort to create a Blade Runner soundtrack as clean as possible, without F/X
   and dialogue for fans to enjoy. On its release the soundtrack was well      
   received, spawning numerous other compilations. However the work didn't stop
   there.                                                                      
                                                                               
   For the lossless release, the EMS Team wanted to offer something a little   
   different and not just repackage the original version. Changes were made to 
   the running order and tracks were reworked as other sources were found.     
   Extended versions of "At Mr. Chew's" and "Desolation Path" were created along
   with new tracks "Waiting For Zhora" and "Memories Of Green/Blade Runner     
   Blues". With the help of some new friends, the EMS Team are proud to        
   present for the first time a clean version of "Thinking Of Rachel".         
                                                                               
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   Comments :                                                                  
                                                                               
   Blade Runner EMS Recombination is an own attempt to create a Best of      
   soundtrack from all the available bootlegs of Vangelis' superb score.       
                                                                               
   The selection criteria was very simple: find the pieces that represented the
   film score in their cleanest (without dialogue and sfx as much as was       
   possible) versions and be of the best available sound quality. It kept most 
   of the titles of the source tracks only changing a few as some had some     
   obscure titles not immediately obvious to the wider audience.               
                                                                               
   I hope you enjoy listening as much as I did while making this compilation   
                                                                               
   B5historyman                                                                
                                                                               
   http://emsrecombination.blogspot.com/                                       
                                                                               
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   Disclaimer :                                                                
                                                                               
   All rights of the producer and of the owner of the work reproduced reserved.
   Unauthorized copying, hiring, public performance and broadcasting of the    
   recorded work for profit prohibited.                                        
                                                                               
   For archival purposes only. Not licensed for public sale.                   
                                                                               
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   Nota Bene :                                                                 
                                                                               
   The usual few words need to be added before going lossless. We would like to
   remind that you should not make profit off what it is not your own. Please do
   respect honest peers' work. The reason to be of this release is for a better
   archival purpose only. It is not meant for private sale and not intended for
   purely selfish trading. Be responsible in giving back what you had for free.
   Consider sharing back what was shared of old if you care. We are only left  
   with what we share eventually. The more accurately (read properly) the better
   for the peers-to-be. Needless to remind to decompress to WAV first (preferred).
   Cue sheet with CD-Text info is included (suggested). Multiple WAV Files With
   Gaps (Noncompliant) if you know your tools. Burn at 4x speed (always) with no
   pause between tracks otherwise.                                             
                                                                               
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   Quote :                                                                     
                                                                               
   Roy: What about EMS Recombination?                                          
   Tyrell: We've already tried it: Ethly Methane Sulfonate is an alkylating    
   agent and a potent mutagen, it created a virus so lethal the subject was    
   dead before he left the table                                               
                                                                               
   Get ready for the new mutation...

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   To all our friends who have been patiently awaiting this release. As Jack has  previously posted, which I hopefully won't need to repeat verbatim, enjoy these discs responsibly. This is the result of a lot of hard work, especially from DC and Jack and I would hate to see this exploited for unscrupulous commercial gain.


B5hm 

Blade Runner EMS Recombination 2011 - The Japanese Tracks

Bonus Disc

01. Japanese woman's birth control advert on billboard/Off World blimp advert/At the noodle bar 2.45
02. If I didn't care/Flute music on the busy streets while reading a newspaper 0.33
03. Percussion music while sitting at the counter of the White Dragon 0.52
04. Pris and Sebastian enter the Bradbury 1.38
05. Japanese woman on building advertising display/Pris peeking at Sebastian's apartment 1.13
06. Deckard looking up at the iron and glass roof of the Bradbury atrium 0.42
07. Roy pushes a nail through his hand 1.11
08. Deckard escapes through the window ledge/Deckard climbing on the rooftop 1.30
09. Chidori no Kyoku [The Plovers] (Full length version) 11.54
10. Ogi no Mato [The Folding Fan as a Target] (Full length version) 10.42

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Notes :

Some of the tracks presented here are essentially (re)assemblages of elements buried in the official view/mix of the movie, enhanced for the listener with soundtrack, audio effects and narration to place the cues in their cinematic context; the flute music and percussion piece being an extreme example of this more cinematic approach to the soundtrack. The rest of the tracks were remixed from the original audio streams to add extra aural details on the japanese cues. There might be some debate as to whether some of this is part of Vangelis' original compositions for the movie, or just someone else's creation. A couple of cues were finally uncovered and included here, thanks to the input of 1187hunterwasser and Kazushi Kimura of the Blade Runner fan network. The rest are part of an ongoing search, which one day may come to a conclusion and expand the Blade Runner soundtrack catalogue further.

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Comments :

One of the aspects of the multicultural melting pot portrayed in Blade Runner was the influence of far eastern culture in the daily life of 2019 Los Angeles. From the Chinese food vendors of the White Dragon noodle bar, through the Cambodian sales lady on Animoid Row, right up to the Shimata Dominguez Corporation sponsorship of the off world colonies. Pervading all of this was the music of the far east, whether blaring out from an animated billboard or drifting down from on high from the ever present advertising blimp. Of the pieces played, “Ogi No mato” is the most widely known among the fans, in a mainly truncated version. There were other pieces played and not always as conspicuous. Last year when one of the tracks was identified through the fan network as “Chidori no Kyoku”, the EMS team members began a search of various sources to identify which version of this track was used.
The most likely candidate was a performance by Michio Miyagi. The second step was to review the film and find when the music was played. The track in an excerpted form turned up in the background music playing during the scene with Deckard waiting for a seat at the White Dragon. Layered with other music including “Ogi No Mato”, identifying whether the Miyagi version was the correct one came down to a blind audio test between B5hm, who noted where the excerpt in the film corresponded exactly to the part of the Miyagi track, and DC. When DC independently identified the same part, they both concluded apart from a slight alteration in pitch, this was the correct version. DC began the time consuming process of transferring the track from vinyl to digital media and cleaning the track up, removing over 14,000 audio defects to present the track in its fullest and cleanest version here.
The search still goes on for the alternate blimp track heard as it passes over the Bradbury and during the scene as Deckard hangs from the side of the Bradbury. B5hm’s Japanese source could only identify two words “hito me” literally translates as “person’s eye”....

The EMS Team present here cues taken from the different versions of Blade Runner including previously unreleased flute music and percussion piece.
These pieces were heard in the background during the sushi bar sequence and are presented here for the first time.

B5historyman

'More Human than Human is our motto here at Tyrell'

Sadly EMS aren't superhuman replicants, as you can tell we've been picking things up on the lam as people spot things we've missed. Mainly it's small niggles we've missed but so far everything is going well with the actual music itself. The Japanese tracks were released early as we were getting such an overwhelming response to EMS2011. It's a nice way of us saying thank you to you all for your support. The Lossless version will follow soon..

Some small changes - part 2

Today I posted a new link on FFShrine which replace the previous one.
This new archive contains Final Artworks for mp3 release + updated sfv and nfo files.
Sorry for the inconvenience...

The EMS Team.

Some small changes

I posted a new link up yesterday on FFShrine with some minor alterations to the artwork. Catalogue numbers have been added to the spines to allow DC to post the CD set up on Discogs. We never rest in our pursuit of perfection...

A big Thank you

Since we released the 3 disc set on Sunday, the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. So far people have expressed their appreciation of the work put in by the EMS team. In turn I would like to say thank you to you who have downloaded it. It's your encouragement that has spurred us on to do something better. This is the result. Once we've all taken a break and DC has finished his own projects, as mentioned before, we will be turning our attention to the Antarctica soundtrack to try and produce an enhanced sound and expanded version. But that is the future...

You've done a man's job Sir! I guess you're through huh?

With a bit of messing round because of my inexperience with posting on forums, I can proudly say that EMS Recombination 2011 is now live on FFShrine. Thanks to DC for pointing out a small oversight on my part. He has calmed the panicked nerves.Please feel free to comment or give feedback.

Must remember to disable the links next time...

4..5..how to stay alive

I am pleased to announce that I will be posting the mp3 version of the EMS Recombination 2011 on FFshrine in the next 2 hours. Just in the process of sorting the presentation out. I would like to extend my personal thanks again to DC for his perfectionism in sound engineering to make sure this is a signature edition that becomes the reference for others and Jack for for his sterling work on the artwork and Filip for his graciously allowing us to add tracks from his own personal archive to the expanded Japanese disc. The 3 disc set will first be posted in mp3 format, to be followed by the lossless versions. When we post the lossless version the Japanese disc will be posted. It will give us time to make any corrections if DC feels there needs to be any made. I don't think so as this is pretty damned near perfect from all the available sources we've had access to.

Good news

Thank you for all your patience on this our latest project. I am pleased to say that Jack and DC have done a superb job with the EMS2011, especially in the past couple of months due to my workload exploding and poor health. The Japanese disc which they have worked on and expanded from my original concept is a masterpiece. Jack's artwork particularly has surpassed his previous works. I can report that DC is checking the archive for both the mp3 and lossless versions and, barring any 11th hour hitches we should be posting up over this weekend!

B5HM

BR - EMS Recombination 2011 Final Tracklisting

Disc 1

01 - Ladd Company Fanfare    (0.27)
02 - Prologue & Main Titles    (4.02)
03 - Leon's Test    (2.32)
04 - Los Angeles 2019    (1.47)
05 - The Blue Room    (1.14)
06 - Flight to Tyrell Corporation    (1.14)
07 - Rachel    (1.40)
08 - Voight Kampff Test    (2.41)
09 - Leon's Room (On the Trail of Nexus 6)    (0.52)
10 - Harps of the Ancient Temples    (2.20)
11 - At Mr. Chews    (5.04)
12 - Memories of Green    (5.46)
13 - Blade Runner Blues (Full Lenght Version)    (10.03)
14 - I'm Hungry JF    (1.29)
15 - Deckard's Dream    (1.38)
16 - Esper Analysis    (2.25)
17 - Animoid Row Part 1 (Tales of the Future)    (3.56)
18 - Animoid Row Part 2    (1.46)
19 - Qu'ran    (3.50)

Disc 2

01 - Taffey Lewis' Club    (2.04)
02 - Miss Salome and the Snake    (1.22)
03 - Waiting for Zhora    (1.17)
04 - Zhora's Retirement    (2.07)
05 - One More Kiss, Dear    (4.01)
06 - I Am the Business    (3.15)
07 - Love Theme    (4.57)
08 - The Blimp    (2.50)
09 - Morning at The Bradbury    (5.11)
10 - The Prodigal Son Returns    (3.08)
11 - The Prodigal Son Brings Death    (3.45)
12 - Deckard Enters The Bradbury    (2.15)
13 - Dangerous Days    (2.49)
14 - Wounded Animals    (10.27)
15 - Tears in Rain    (2.56)
16 - Rachel Sleeps    (2.05)
17 - End Titles    (7.31)

Disc 3

01 - Ladd Company Logo Fanfare    (0.24)
02 - Main Titles (Workprint Version)    (0.21)
03 - Leon's Voight Kampff Test (Alternate Take)    (1.26)
04 - Off World Blimp Advert    (1.06)
05 - Blush Response    (5.45)
06 - Empty Streets    (6.14)
07 - Bicycle Riders (Rain In Second Sector)    (2.25)
08 - Rachel's Song    (4.38)
09 - Memories Of Green & Blade Runner Blues (Film Edit)    (5.00)
10 - Piano In An Empty Room    (3.39)
11 - Thinking of Rachel    (1.49)
12 - Longing    (1.59)
13 - Damask Rose    (2.30)
14 - If I Didn't Care    (3.06)
15 - One Alone    (2.25)
16 - Desolation Path (Extended)    (6.42)
17 - Mechanical Dolls    (2.54)
18 - End Titles (Alternate Edit)    (4.36)

Shimata-Dominguez Corporation presents...Part 2

"A new life awaits you in the Off-World Colonies. A chance to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure"

EMS Recombination Double CD Case (lossy release)

 

On a side note, i receive the final EMS Recombination Definitive 3 Disc Edition Lossless copy few days ago and can assure you this project is not a fake.

This project is not simply a compilation of some tracks from available bootlegs  but really a RECOMBINATION!!!

All these tracks have been edited, enhanced, mixed, etc...to give finally all Blade Runner Vangelis Fans a soundtrack with songs in their cleanest form (considering the fact master cues are not available and some cue sources are distorded, etc...)

Some final artworks lossy preview...

As DC said, the masters are ready to be shipped to the "replication plant" in a manner of speaking so we should expect to release the official lossy preview soon on FFShrine, then the lossless deal will follow shortly.
Officially it was supposed to be 3 discs... but as it was mentioned before... I think you'll get "4... no... 2, 2, 4.. .. and noodles"
Noodles being some unreleased japanese music cues that were sampled in the movie...

We're nearly there

Downloaded the lossless version of EMS2011 today and gave final approval for the artwork for both the mp3 and lossless versions. We decided to do different artwork for the different releases. Some of you will be wondering why we are doing both so here's DC to explain it

"Regarding the mp3 release before the lossless is something tied to my young age. :)

If you release a lossless after less of 365 days you will get the release in question deleted from any computer and burned safely onto cd'r without even a cover. More likely those people will burn the cd at 16X (most likely 24X) which means errors in the process and no way to check that since audio data are sort of closed entried. Since most will burn that at speeds more than 4X the burned dye will last no more than four or five years depending on the quality of the media... then we get someone ripping the faulty cd and posting that version around as it did happen with the Esper MR3 or Asian Worlds releases. The mp3 release will go to any ipod and mp3 cdbackups and will stay like that in the years to come... and since it will be us encoding the hell out of it we can control the quality and all the infos to the tag to preserve in time what we have done"

 

So there you have it.

Blade Runner Polaroids

Nothing related to EMS Recombination but Mary Sean Young (Rachael) has posted nice Blade Runner Polaroids on her official site !

Sean Young and Harrison Ford 

Copyright © Seanyoung.com All Rights Reserved 2009

Shimata-Dominguez Corporation presents...

Apologies

First post in a couple of months. Apologies for all those waiting for the release. Due to my daytime work commitments and poor health on my behalf, things came to a halt a few weeks ago. I can report now that it will be imminent when the EMS 2011 goes live, first as mp3 then lossless. The final text for the Japanese disc has been sent and hope to get that out soon.

Once again sorry for the delay...

Two, Two, Four...And Noodles.

More infos about this "project" coming soon...

Nearly there

Emailed DC this morning with final sound approval for the remastered tracks. FFshrine is back on line so keep checking the board. Thanks to Jack for the banner, will add that to my signature.

Some news from the front...

First the EMS Team want to thank the following people :

- Anita, Filip, Vicente, Plimmy, Sebastian, Antas,  Grey Fedora, DC, The Esper Team, Spiderwalk, Terry...Without them this project would never existed.

Update for today : Without last minute changes, here's some of the final booklet artworks before the EMS Recombination Definitive 3 Disc Edition release...

FFShrine

Just been over to the FFShrine and found the forums are off line where we will be posting the Definitive 3 Disc version of Blade Runner EMS Recombination. Bugger! On the plus side it will give us the luxury of more time to put a final polish on the sound and the artwork. DC sent me the final work throughs yesterday so I am in the process of listening and checking the sound is OK. Must send the running times to Jack for the booklet.

EMS Recombination Userbar

Update for today.

For our Fans and/or all who follow and support EMS Recombination project since the beginning, here's an userbar for your signature on various forums.

Early cover design concept art

Here are the concept designs I sent to Jack as a guide to how I envisaged the final look of the original EMS Recombination covers

The text here eventually went on to form part of the project flyer packaed with the finalised art

The back of volume 1 with an early track listing

The back concept for volume 2, sans the tracklisting. Again very rough but enough detail to give Jack some guidelines to work from

The Tyrell logo at one point I was thinking of using as a CD label design, but this eventually got incorporated into the cover inserts as a masthead,

More Images - Vol.2

Final Double CD Insert :

And Alternate Inserts for Fans...

More Images

In the early days of getting the artwork off the ground for the lossless EMS Recombination, Jack and I came up with the following image, primarily to keep a link to the original EMS.

Jack also changed the font from Bank gothic as well too, this had been done to death on the Esper versions.

The next set of covers to come in were these, bearing in mind at the time I was initially thinking we would do a disc set akin to the original EMS release

Then this

and finally this, which we settled on as the image to go on the double cd insert

We may produce a selection of alternate inserts so the fans can chose which version they like.

Booklet Artworks Provisional - PART 2

Update for today. More booklet artworks provisional.

Note:  it's Work In Progress...So tracklisting, images, etc...could change when the EMS Recombination Definitive 3 Disc Edition will be finally released !!!

CD Labels provisional

Thanks again to B5HM for his detailed description...I was able to make some CD Labels for the forthcoming EMS Recombination Definitive 3 Disc Edition !!!

Funny isn't it?

Just been doing a google search to make sure the blogspot came up and discovered another Blade Runner blog about the bootlegs. The blogger there is saying the Chinatown mix is comparable to the EMS Recombination. I wonder if the blogger knew it was the EMS team who worked on it?

Booklet Artworks Provisional

Update for today, just finished some Booklet artworks (6 pages in total) for the forthcoming EMS Recombination 3 Disc Definitive Edition. Artworks have been sent to the whole EMS Team and have been approved by B5HM.

Time to show what will look like the CD Booklet...

Exciting times

Update for today, just finished listening to one of the special tracks DC has been working on. He's cleaned the track up having spent the best part of a week on the job. He's balancing this work against his mother not being very well too and his home life. Given what has been achieved, in the words of Gaff

"You've done a man's job sir"

B5HM

Welcome to the blog

I hope everyone that comes here from FFshrine and elsewhere will like this new way of keeping people in touch with what the EMS team are doing. I hope to post up things like preliminary artwork, email extracts etc just to give you all an idea of how we've achieved what we have. Oh for anyone who wonders about the memorial at the side, it's our dedication to my little cat Molly who died just as we were starting the project. The original EMS Recombination was dedicated to her memory.

[W.I.P.] EMS Recombination Definitive 3 Disc Edition (2011) - Part 2

2011 started with the release of Blade Runner: EMS Recombination;
A Team effort to create a Blade Runner soundtrack as clean as possible, without F/X and dialogue for fans to enjoy. On its release the soundtrack was well received, spawning numerous other compilations. however the work didn't stop there. 

For the lossless release, the EMS Team wanted to offer something a little different and not just repackage the original version. Changes were made to the running order and tracks were reworked as other sources were found.  Extended versions of "At Mr. Chew's" and "Desolation path" were created along with new tracks "Waiting For Zhora" and "Memories Of Green/Blade Runner Blues". With the recruitment of a new member, the EMS Team are proud to present for the first time a clean version of "Thinking Of Rachel".

[W.I.P.] EMS Recombination Definitive 3 Disc Edition (2011) - Part 1

"Roy: What about EMS Recombination?
Tyrell: We've already tried it: Ethly Methane Sulfonate is an alkylating agent and a potent mutagen,
it created a virus so lethal the subject was dead before he left the table"

Get ready for the new mutation... 

Blade Runner - EMS Recombination (2010)

Disc 1

01. Ladd Company Logo Fanfare 0.27
02. Prologue & Main Titles 4.02
03. Leon's Test 2.32
04. Los Angeles 2019 1.47
05. From Police Headquarters to Tyrell Corporation 2.27
06. Rachel 1.40
07. Voight Kampff Test 2.41
08. Leon's Room (On the Trail of Nexus 6) 0.52
09. Harps of the Ancient Temples 2.20
10. At Mr. Chews 4.49
11. Memories of Green 5.46
12. Blade Runner Blues (Full Lenght Version) 10.02
13. I'm Hungry JF 1.29
14. Deckard's Dream 1.08
15. Esper Analysis 2.21
16. Animoid Row Part 1 (Tales of the Future) 3.57
17. Animoid Row Part 2 1.08

Disc 2

01. Taffey Lewis' Club 2.05
02. Miss Salome and the Snake 1.33
03. Zhora's Retirement 2.07
04. One More Kiss, Dear 4.01
05. I Am the Business & Love Theme 8.13
06. Morning at The Bradbury 5.11
07. The Prodigal Son Returns 3.08
08. The Prodigal Son Brings Death 3.45
09. The Blimp 2.50
10. Deckard Enters The Bradbury 2.15
11. Dangerous Days 2.49
12. Wounded Animals 10.27
13. Tears in Rain 2.56
14. Rachel Sleeps 2.05
15. End Titles 7.31

Disc 3

01. Ladd Company Logo Fanfare 0.24
02. Main Titles (Workprint Version) 0.21
03. Leon's Voight Kampff Test (Alternate Take) 1.26
04. Off World Blimp Advert 1.06
05. Blush Response 5.45
06. Empty Streets 6.14
07. Bicycle Riders (Rain In Second Sector) 2.25
08. Rachel's Song 4.38
09. Blade Runner Blues (Edit) 8.57
10. Piano In An Empty Room 3.39
11. Longing 2.00
12. Damask Rose 2.30
13. Qu'ran 3.50
14. If I Didn't Care 3.06
15. One Alone 2.25
16. Desolation Path 5.50
17. Mechanical Dolls 2.54
18. End Titles (Alternate Version) 4.36