Sometimes I just want a fix--so I pop in a DVD and make a random selection from among the shows on the DVDs.  I wonder--does anyone else do this?

A belated "thanks" to you all for the birthday wishes.  I spent the day after my birthday having cataract surgery on my left eye--it went well and I anticipate great improvement in my vision!  Doing the right eye next Thursday, and my doctor expects it to go equally as well!  Brian

I bought the box set 8 days ago for $329.99!  I just sent Amazon an email telling them I wanted a refund or comparable credit for future purchases.  If they don't offer one or the other, maybe it's time I terminate my long-term Amazon loyalty.     (All this after buying the entire series on VHS back in the early 90s, and then again on DVD in the 2000s.

I have owned this music book for many years.  As a (formerly professional and now semi-retired) musician, here are my thoughts on it:
DS THEME:  For the most part, this piano arrangement will sound nothing like the orchestral version, because the piano glisses in the left hand cannot approximate the harp and contrabass arpeggios heard in the recording.
QUENTIN’S THEME/SHADOWS OF THE NIGHT:  Not exact, but pretty close to the original piano arrangement heard in recordings.
COLLINWOOD:  Okay, so here’s how to make it sound almost like the recorded version: add the harmony noted—e.g., Cmi(maj7)—into the right hand, and put the C pedal point on the downbeats in the left hand and use lots of sustain pedal; change keys as indicated, etc., and you can approximate the voiceover music.
VICTORIA WINTERS:  Pretty easy.
#1 AT THE BLUE WHALE:  The left hand doesn’t give a grounded bass line.  Use the chord symbols above the staff (e.g., F6, Dmi, Gmi7, C9) as the basis for harmony, with each starting note (F, D, G, C) as the root in the left hand, improvise the triplet chords above the root bass, and there you go.
BACK AT THE BLUE WHALE:  See #1 AT THE BLUE WHALE (except that there are no triplets in the left hand).
I’LL BE WITH YOU ALWAYS:  Not too bad as is.
WHEN I AM DEAD:  Good piano rendition of the orchestral version.
JOSETTE’S MUSIC BOX:  Good piano rendition, but play another octave up for a music box-like sound.
MILLICENT COLLINS:  Good piano rendition of the orchestral version.
NIGHT OF TERROR:  The piano arrangement is very good, but we miss the orchestral colors. (The arrangement, with tremolos in both hands at various times, attempted to capture the orchestral arrangement—it is not exactly successful.)
I’M GONNA DANCE FOR YOU/I WANNA DANCE WITH YOU: Very good piano renditions.
ODE TO ANGELIQUE:  Matches the recording almost perfectly.
THE PLAYROOM THEME:  Simple and easy; play an octave higher for music box-like sound.
JOANNA:  It doesn’t get better than this: exactly as played in the piano recording.
GOODBYE, COLLINWOOD:  Again, good piano rendition of the orchestral version.

I preordered both HODS and NODS blu-ray some months ago from Amazon, and received them this afternoon.  I'm watching HODS now (which is in 1.85:1 aspect ratio) and, may I say, so far HODS LOOKS FABULOUS!  I wonder is our dear Mr. Darren can enlighten us as to the source for this HD transfer...(hint, hint).

Brian

Thanks, MB, that helps me. 
Brian

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MIDNIGHT!

Hope it is THE best!!