Gripping Journeys: Mike Matessino On ’The Lost World’ and ’Amistad’

Producer Mike Matessino returns to talk the remastered and expanded editions of two impressive scores from the Steven Spielberg/John Williams collaboration, recently released by La-La Land Records

Hosted by Maurizio Caschetto and Tim Burden
Special Guest: Jason LeBlanc, project assistant

The collaboration between director Steven Spielberg and composer John Williams continues to be one of the main subjects of the activities of The Legacy of John Williams. In the last few months, fans of the Maestro have been treated with two more remastered and expanded releases from the catalogue of the legendary Spielberg/Williams partnership, courtesy of specialty soundtrack label La-La Land Records: The Lost World: Jurassic Park and Amistad.

In this episode, Mike Matessino returns to discuss these two releases, shedding light on his restoration work on both these seminal scores, but also offering his insightful comments on how they sits within John Williams' filmography and overall career. Project assistant Jason LeBlanc joins the episode as a special guest to further illuminate on the process of restoring these two releases and explaining his role assisting Matessino during their production.

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Amistad 25th Anniversary Remastered and Expanded 2-CD Limited Edition
https://lalalandrecords.com/amistad-25th-anniversary-expanded-limited-edition-2-cd-set/

The Lost World: Jurassic Park Remastered and Expanded 2-CD Limited Edition
https://lalalandrecords.com/the-lost-world-jurassic-park-remastered-expanded/