| Many are
familiar with the Godzilla: The Album CD that
was released in conjuncture with the 1998 film, featuring
mostly music "inspired" by the film. Very few,
though, are familiar with a complete score release for
the picture, and sadly for good reason. The original score
soundtrack was initially planned for a late 1998 release,
but was quickly canceled when the movie posted disappointing
box office results; however, a promo CD of the score was
compiled and distributed to a select few for means of
Oscar consideration. These discs are easy to spot, as
they display "For Nomination Consideration: Best
Original Dramatic Score" at the bottom of the cover,
although, as expected, are also incredibly rare. It was
from this very limited run that the "Concorde"
version was born: an illegitimate widespread release made
from one of the promo discs. To be frank, there isn't
anything particularly wrong with this disc as the content
is mostly the same, save a few more seconds of dead space
added to some of the earlier tracks. Of course the packaging
is a little on the ugly side, why purple was picked for
the title is anyone's guess, but it's printed on stock
paper comparable to "normal" commercial releases.
The disc itself lacks a cover image, as it just features
text printed on the surface, while the data side is a
light blue. Oddly enough, some of the track titles are
different here than on the original promo as well. So,
suffice to say, this release lacks in some regards, but
some collectors might still take note of it because the
bulk of the music featured still has yet to ever be released
on a commercial soundtrack. However, please consider that
this is nothing more than a bootleg, and it's rather sad
sometimes to see this item go as high $40-50 toward buyers
who likely aren't aware of this.
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