The BEST Audio Quality Blu-ray Megathread

[aiman04]

The DreamWorks/Paramount opening logos in both Transformers have exellent use of panning effect throughout all speakers. The rest of the movies will continue to impress you with the extensive surround use.

Many other movies actually. The beach scene in Saving Private Ryan. More as I remember.

[SDBlu]

The Bean Scene in the beginning of House of Flying Daggers is awesome for surrounds

[HD Goofnut]

Click the 7.1 link in my signature for the full list of BDs with 7.1 audio.

[ManUtd]

Recently I watched two BDs that have great surround sound, see pretty much all the battle scenes in The Pacific and also the scene in Book of Eli where they were shooting the house.

[Aerodude73]

TOP 3 Movies with 7.1 Audio:
HELLBOY II
THE EXPENDABLES
3:10 TO YUMA


HELLBOY II has an Incredibly Impressive & Detailed (& LOUD!!) 7.1 DTS-HD MA audio track.

Stallones's last RAMBO (2008) also has a kick-ass 7.1 track, along with his recent THE EXPENDABLES, which is prob. the best 7.1 release for 2010.

3:10 TO YUMA - one of the Best 7.1 (LPCM) audio tracks around.

Also, TOY STORY 3 - 7.1 DTS-HD MA, very nice audio track as well.

THE PUNISHER: WAR ZONE - DTS-HD MA in 7.1 audio.

*** NOTE: Most (recent) Lions Gate films have 7.1 Audio ***

[aiman04]

I think the OP meant the best use of surround, not necessarily 7.1. It all comes back to sound design.

[Rolo01]

Iron man 2

[28BlusLater]

Not all of them are 7.1 tracks, but they all have excellent use of surrounds: (Not all of them are good movies, but they all have tracks that make excellent use of their surrounds)

28 Weeks Later
30 Days of Night
Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem
Avatar
The Dark Knight
Cloverfield
Rambo (2008)
Fast and Furious
2 Fast 2 Furious
Fast and Furious 3: Tokyo Drift
Fast & Furious 4
Shoot 'Em Up
Crank
Crank 2: High Voltage
The Collector
Coraline
Dawn of the Dead (Remake)
Dead Snow
The Descent
District 9
Drag Me To Hell
Fight Club
The Final Destination
The Haunting in Connecticut
House of 1000 Corpses
Sorority Row
The Incredible Hulk
Inception
Inglourious Basterds
Iron Man
Iron Man 2
Kick-Ass
Kill Bill Vol. 1
Kill Bill Vol. 2
King Kong (Remake)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (Remake)
Pan's Labyrinth
Quarantine
Resident Evil
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Resident Evil: Extinction
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Saw (German Import)
Saw IV
Saw V
Saw VI
Silent Hill
Sin City
The Social Network
The Strangers
Toy Story
Toy Story 2
Toy Story 3
Transformers
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Underworld
Underworld: Evolution
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
X-Men
X-Men 2: United
X-Men 3: The Last Stand
X-Men 4: Wolverine Origins
Despicable Me
Independence Day
Sunshine
Dark City
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
The Expendables
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Jonah Hex
Triangle
Transporter
Transporter 2
Transporter 3
Daybreakers
Showgirls
The Losers
The Wolfman (Remake)
War of the Worlds
Ninja Assassin
The Crazies (2010)
Gamer
Jennifer's Body
Live Free or Die Hard
Terminator Salvation
The Town
Alice in Wonderland (2010)

Those are off the top of my head.

[Crispy]

Wow , 28BLuslater thats quite the list 'off the top off ur head ' , looks like i have more than enough to try out . And HD goofnut a great list of 7.1 BD's thanks for that as well . Looks like im off to do some shopping thanks again !

Chris

[poke smot]

umm...ninja assassin

[Todd Smith]

How To Train Your Dragon 3d has a killer 7.1 track!

[bluskies]

Before the video image starts on the movie, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang has a car race audio that will startle you.

[Marcus Wright]

Originally Posted by Crispy

Im sure theres a thread already ( link if possible please ) about this already , and wasnt quite sure where to ask but here is as good as any !

Just finished dedicated 7.1 HT and besides the usual faves for this Dark Knight , Master & Commander etc , was curious about actual surround usage and not just audio quality . Of course thats high on list but i want to hear stuff wizzin around ! Blu-Ray of course , dont have Saving Pvt Ryan yet but any other ideas would be great

Thanks

Chris

The best surround usage I have ever heard was in Nightmare Before Christmas, (dolbytrueHD 7.1) honestly.
Add to that that its a musical, and yyour surround will get a real workout.

[Crispy]

Originally Posted by Marcus Wright

The best surround usage I have ever heard was in Nightmare Before Christmas, (dolbytrueHD 7.1) honestly.
Add to that that its a musical, and yyour surround will get a real workout.

Thats funny because my kid when i was testing the system ( DVD and B-R ) came downstairs with the DVD of Nightmare before Christmas and said i should try it , not the BluRay but will definitley pick that one up !

Thanks

Chris

[Dubstar]

Originally Posted by Todd Smith

How To Train Your Dragon 3d has a killer 7.1 track!

I have to watch my bluray, but there's a 7.1 track ?? I thought that it was exclusive to the 3D version and not the standard bluray commercial release.

[Dubstar]

Originally Posted by Crispy

Thats funny because my kid when i was testing the system ( DVD and B-R ) came downstairs with the DVD of Nightmare before Christmas and said i should try it , not the BluRay but will definitley pick that one up !

Thanks

Chris

does your kid have 'Titan A.E'? the DVD has a jaw dropping DTS soundtrack

on another note, the Canadian 3-Disc edition of 'Brotherhood of the Wolf' has a DTS track that is basically akin to sonic whiplash - to say the mix is assaultive is an understatement - the sound and use of surround sound is aggressive as sin.

[Crispy]

Originally Posted by Dubstar

does your kid have 'Titan A.E'? the DVD has a jaw dropping DTS soundtrack

No , but ive heard that other places , is it available on BR ?

[Dubstar]

RE: Titan A.E. on bluray

Originally Posted by Crispy

No , but ive heard that other places , is it available on BR ?

sadly no, but to hear this in DTS-HD MA would be utterly exhilerating!

[Dubstar]

its not on bluray, but the DVD of 'Stormchasers' (the IMAX feature) has some of the loudest replications of a storm, the thunderclaps could easily damage speakers if played to loud.

Super Speedway (bluray) features a ton of race car sequences that will also test the ampage of your receiver, again this was an IMAX release so the surrounds are omnipresent.

I haven't heard the DVD, but the DTS laserdisc of Casper - while dated, has a very impressive 5.1 mix, notable in that the ghosts when circling the viewer their voices literally dance around the surround channels

[Crispy]

...."its not on bluray, but the DVD of 'Stormchasers' (the IMAX feature) has some of the loudest replications of a storm, the thunderclaps could easily damage speakers if played to loud."

Thats another thing i need to do is tweak the Sub in my system , i played the "Dora" scene in Finding Nemo and damn near blew the place up !