When they first released OHMSS on DVD over here we got a weird re-edit of the film too, it's such a shame one of Bond's best has been so shabbily treated over the years. I hate the 5.1 not just for the music alterations but for the changed sound effects (like the machine-gun fire right at the end, it sounds horribly modern and they forgot some of the ricochet sounds) and the nasty way they've tried to move the dialogue around the speakers, there's a scene when Bond is speaking to Blofeld and their speech sounds so forced and echoey as it bounces from left to right. Blech.
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