Hans Zimmer – Inception (Music From The Motion Picture)

My record sounded really bad out of the box (sealed). After two rounds of cleaning and antistatic treatment side A sounds great but side B is still bad, especially the first and last track. In the first (quieter) part of "Time", the surface noise is almost as loud as the music.

It's one of my favorite sci-fi films, and its soundtrack is maybe my favorite of the last 15 years.

What if you could enter the dreams of people and place the seed of an idea in their minds?
And what if, by doing so, you’d lose everyone you ever loved, and the guilt would be about to destroy you and your only chance to be back to the remains of your family?
And what if everything had actually been a dream?

Christopher Nolan plays with these questions in "Inception", creating more than a modern science- fiction classic, managing to entertain even those not really into the genre by loading it with astounding action scenes and perfect dreamlike visuals and concepts, while Hans Zimmer outdoes himself with one of his greatest scores.

As I see it, ‘Inception’ is where Hans Zimmer better managed to fuse his more classical and modern scoring styles; the use of electronics, drums and even electric guitar (courtesy of Johnny Marr, of The Smiths fame) engages with the classical elements so seamlessly that these are not only a refreshing take on the music, but an essential part of the soundtrack's personality.

From the ominous pounding of "Half ed Dream" and the rhythmical frenzy of "Mombasa", to the mysterious "Radical Notion", the tension building up in "528491", the conspiracy feeling emanating from "One Simple Idea", to the odd nostalgia and dreamy essence of "Old Souls" or "We Built Our Own World" and the first half of "Waiting For A Train", which will build up to become a monster (like one of these dreams that end up becoming a nightmare) depicting how Cobb and Mal created their own reality and became old souls trapped in young bodies… reaching to that closing summit of musical inspiration named "Time" that, with just five notes starting in an intimate, shy, adagio- like fashion, slowly builds up to bloom into one of the most powerful, simple yet moving, intense moments of the last 20 years of film music.
A masterpiece of contemporary film music.

Which of the two releases is fake?
http://www.cimmerianrecords.com/index5s.htm
We can see the same tracklist, catalogue number, cd cover. But labels are different.

Why would someone pay $200 for this? This is a great album however I just cant see why they are posted on eBay for $450 (2015 copy) and then some sold for stupid high prices here.

Is it has bad quality both at EU and US releases?

It's a pity that there is no vinyl on the record "Don't Think About Elephants"

Has there been a 2021 repress? Seems to be an influx of new copies..

I bought this today (brand new). It looks pretty good, but.... There are surface noise on first tracks and last tracks both of A and B sides. What a terrible. What happened this vinyl????

Just got a stray copy of this (brand new).... man, is it a crappy pressing. Really bad noise all over the place. I would say it's the worst in my collection, but I also picked up the deluxe version of Interstellar which was released in late 2020 and somehow that sounds even worse... What is it with Hans Zimmer and bad pressings? His music deserves so much better. Super disappointed.

It appears copies of this are available again at some retailers. I managed to get a copy from Tower Records at below RRP.
Indeed copies are appearing on ebay and other online stores at a reasonable price now, massive reduction on discogs sales from £118 to as low as £13 now... Wow.
Upon inspection there is nothing distinguishing the copies available now from the 2015 repress. And prices are falling.