Psycho (1960) (60th Anniversary Edition) (Uncut)

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by Latheofheaven

So, what are they going to do now? A fellow above mentioned that the original elements no longer exist...???

The original elements no longer existing means the individual, isolated audio tracks - dialogue, individual effects, atmospheric sounds, music, etc - were not saved. When they mixed the film in 1960 each element would have existed on its own, individual audio recording.

Back then, after they mixed them together into a mono master track, they would often junk the individual elements.

The final mixed mono master survives, it's what has always been used with the film, until this technical mistake.

[Latheofheaven]

Originally Posted by James Luckard

The original elements no longer existing means the individual, isolated audio tracks - dialogue, individual effects, atmospheric sounds, music, etc - were not saved. When they mixed the film in 1960 each element would have existed on its own, individual audio recording.

Back then, after they mixed them together into a mono master track, they would often junk the individual elements.

The final mixed mono master survives, it's what has always been used with the film, until this technical mistake.

Oh, I see... So, if the original mono master exists (and is hopefully in good shape) then everything is okay after they go back to it, right...?