December 12, 2003

New review available online from DVDtalk.com

October 16, 2003

Information provided by Mandy at Josh-Jackson.net

The Season Two DVD set will contain new music not heard during the actual broadcast airings. While Dawson's Creek fans will be upset by this, unfortunately this had to be done. Faced with the exorbitant prices of licensing music just for the DVD release, the show decided to replace some of the songs.
This allows Columbia/Tri-Star to release the set at an affordable price for all fans. Dawson's Creek executive producer Paul Stupin, with help from music supervisor John McCullough, selected the replacement songs. Paul comments, "Due to financial necessity, we wound up changing a good portion of the music. It was a real creative challenge, but it gave us a chance to revisit key moments of the season and musically comment on them in new ways. It wound up being a lot of fun and I'm happy with the results."
 

October 06, 2003

Information provided by Mandy at Josh-Jackson.net

Season 2 DVD back cover:

Columbia Tri-Star Home Entertainment has officially announced the December 16th release of Dawson's Creek - The Complete Second Season on DVD. This is a 4-Disc set featuring 22 episodes that pick up right where the first season leaves off. The running time is listed at 977 minutes, and it is presented in 1.33:1 full screen video.  Audio is digitally mastered and presented in English Dolby Surround sound, and it is closed captioned for the hearing impaired. Spanish and Portuguese subtitles are included. List price is $49.95 in the U.S., and $59.95 in Canada.

The Dawson's Creek - The Complete Second Season package will include Audio Commentaries (from Kevin Williamson and Executive Producer Paul Stupin), an Interactive Tour of Capeside, the ability to check out the "Dawson's Creek Summer Diaries", a DVD-ROM Link to the Official Dawson's Creek website, and bonus trailers.

Additionally, the back of the box mentions that this release "Features brand new music selected by the Executive Producer". This means that the music rights to songs used during the original broadcast of these episodes were either unavailable for DVD release, or else the rights cost so much that it would drive up the price of the set. So, Executive Producer Paul Stupin, helped choose new music which should be an adequate replacement that is cost-effective for DVD production, yet still mostly invisible to the fans as it should strike the same mood and play the same role in telling the stories.

Fans who bought the Dawson's Creek: The Series Finale DVD caught a glimpse of the cover art included inside, and received a $5 rebate card for Season 2 enclosed inside.

October 3, 2003

Thanks to The Williams Center for this update:

"Dawson's Creek" season 2 DVD set announced for Region 1

See cover art here - Season 2 DVD

Columbia TriStar has announced a December 16 release date in Region 1 for the Dawson's Creek season two DVD set. Retail price will be $49.95.

All 22 episodes will be released on four discs. Extras are as follows:

Audio Commentaries
Interactive Tour of Capeside
Dawson's Creek Summer Diaries
Brand new music selected by the Executive Producer

A newsletter for the band "Last December" released this information which we believe is tied into the "new music" selections for the DVD:

"We also just learned that the forth coming DAWSON'S CREEK DVD will feature a LD
tune. The song is "EVER AFTER" from the Without Wings CD"