Synopsis:

This Lara Croft: Tomb Raider fan edit is made to be more in line with the original Tomb Raider games by Core Design. This edit replaced some of the commercial music/song and Graeme Revell's score with music from the games specifically from Tomb Raider 1, 2 and Anniversary. It feels like most of the songs in the original movie is placed there by committee not because they fit in with the scenes but just to sell albums. I'd carefully mixed all the music to fit in well with the original movie. Also restored some deleted scenes which gives Ian Glenn's Manfred Powell a a little more gravitas as the villain.

Intentions:

This fanedit reduces the amount of screen time for Gerard Butler's character Terry Sheridan(whose character doesn't really work in the overall movie) and emphasis more on Lara herself. Most of their forced romantic history have been removed making more like just partners in crime and some of Lara's action scenes now cut away less to another character focusing more on her. The ending have also been changed in this version and Terry no longer shows up in the Cradle of Life and is not killed off by Lara. Something about Terry coming in and saving Lara's friends, wrapping up Lara's wound only for him to turned on her and getting shot just doesn't sit right with me no matter what I think of that character. Terry does however shows up again in a new mid credits scene (see the details in the change list) There are also music replacement using the Tomb Raider Legends soundtrack but for the most part Alan Silvestri's score is kept in as it sounded pretty good already.

Change List:

- Re-adjusted all the sound channels including the sound volume of the added music throughout the movie. (new) - Cave ambience from Tomb Raider 2 is playing in the background of the Paramount logo at the start of the movie. (new) - Restored alternate opening now complete with studio-distributor and cast credits. - Painted out the Tomb Raider title in the original movie to match with the alternate opening. - Added bass landing sound when Lara landed on the ground. (new) - Added a musical motif from the main theme of the Tomb Raider game when Lara landed on the ground for the first time. - Removed a short scene of Lara laughing after she defeated Simon the robot. - During Lara's bathing scene, Terra Firma's Lara Mix has been replaced by part of Croft Manor - Gymnasium and Pool House theme from Tomb Raider Anniversary. - Added a more mellowed main theme from track 14 in Tomb Raider 2 when Hillary the Butler opens the door to Lara's studies. - Replaced Graeme Revell's score with Greece Ambience from Tomb Raider Anniversary when Lara is observing the planet alignment with her giant telescope. - Added track 19 secret chime from the first Tomb Raider game when Lara switch on the lights in the manor's secret room. - Restored the deleted scene of Mr. Wilson's assassination. Re-edited the background score using Graeme Revell's original score. - During the invasion of Croft Manor, removed the background music every time it cuts to Hillary the Butler in his room (it's a lot more funnier in my opinion instead of the constant barrage of music) - added a bassy thunder sound in the background when Hillary is getting prepping up. (new) - Replaced Missy Elliott's Get Ur Freak On with the classical Venice music from Tomb Raider 2 when the postman arrived at the entrance of Croft Manor. - Added a musical motif from the main theme of Tomb Raider Anniversary when Lord Richard Croft's voice over asking her daughter Lara to destroy the triangles. - Replaced Graeme Revell's score with the track 18 ambient music from Tomb Raider 2 while Lara is exploring the Cambodian ruins on foot for the first time. - Removed any scenes with Lara seeing a little girl running around the ruins. - Removed noise of the little girl laughing while Lara traverse around the ruins. - Removed some of the background score while Lara is exploring the ruins to give it more of a lonely isolated feel like in the original games. - Added some extra sound of footsteps when Lara is walking around the ruins. (new) - Added slight ground rumble sound when Lara looking back to look before picking up the Jasmine flower. - Second slower version of the secret chime from the first game is played when Lara looks around the tomb with her glow stick after falling from the ground above. - Added Japan 6 music from Tomb Raider Legend when Lara is negotiating with Powell on the phone. - Voiceless chant of the Tomb Raider theme from Tomb Raider 2 is used when the head monk is talking to Lara in the temple. (new) - Added track 10 mystery theme from Tomb Raider 2 after the cave entrance to the giant orrery is revealed. (new) - When Lara meets her father in the time displacement zone, the main theme of the Tomb Raider game now plays in the background (based on azzy3000's clip) - Improved the voice reverb while Lara is talking to her father. (new) - Replaced music Groove Armada's Edge Hill with an edited version of the alternate main title from Graeme Revell's score when Lara rotates the knife towards Powell. - Replaced Chemical Brothers' Galaxy Bounce with Peru's Raptor theme from Tomb Raider Anniversary when Lara escapes with the huskies. - Insert Midas Theme from Tomb Raider Anniversary, a slow harp theme of Tomb Raider when Lara appears in a dress and hat, blends nicely to Graeme Revell's theme because they use similar opening notes. - The movie now ends when Lara takes off her hat and walks off screen. - Replaced Basement Jaxx's Where's Your Head At with Peru's Cinematic Mix from Tomb Raider Anniversary for the end credits. - Added more music from Tomb Raider Anniversary and Graeme Revell's unused main title theme for the movie to fit in with the run time of the end credits. (new) r/fanedits - Comparison #1