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

[Latheofheaven]

Originally Posted by James Luckard

Yep, same thing happened with the early James Bond movies when they were redone. These remixes they do today often sound NOTHING like the originals. They try to make them "sexy" and "hip" for young audiences, and add effects that were never there and worst of all they often bury the music, because the modern taste is for score to be almost unnoticeable.

I always make a point of listening to original mixes.

There was a funny moment with the restored Roman Holiday that comes out today. The announcement video has the Paramount lady saying sadly that they couldn't find the original separate audio elements, so they couldn't remix it. I was practically jumping out of my chair cheering when I heard her say that, knowing that they would be unable to ruin the original mix.

Wow, I can really see now how that can screw things up horribly!

Certainly with audio and vinyl, in our discussions we also really try to keep whatever the original intentions were and generally REALLY ridicule revisions in the mixes and such. So, that would be the same principle here.

I guess what I was kind of thinking about before MOST here were very helpful in explaining it. Was sort of like in 'PHANTASM' where they removed the 'yellow pail' and everyone was screaming because that was not 'Original'... But in this case here with an entire soundtrack, that totally makes sense and I agree.

[bobbyh64]

Originally Posted by Latheofheaven

Was sort of like in 'PHANTASM' where they removed the 'yellow pail' and everyone was screaming because that was not 'Original'...

The pail in Phantasm is still there; it’s just white now to blend in with the floor. I don’t remember people screaming about it though. Maybe as a joke. What some people had an issue with was the CGI ball. I complained a little bit about that since the original version wasn’t included in the Blu-ray but in that case it’s so minimal that it doesn’t really matter IMO.

[Latheofheaven]

Originally Posted by bobbyh64

The pail in Phantasm is still there; it’s just white now to blend in with the floor. I don’t remember people screaming about it though. Maybe as a joke. What some people had an issue with was the CGI ball. I complained a little bit about that since the original version wasn’t included in the Blu-ray but in that case it’s so minimal that it doesn’t really matter IMO.

Oh yeah, I remember that! As a matter of fact, IIRC, you were in amongst that discussion at the time

[Ray Jackson]

Would someone be willing to give me a brief summary of this audio issue everyone’s talking about getting replacement discs for?

...is it even worth it to buy the steenbok before a reprint gets circulated?

[Mystic]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

Would someone be willing to give me a brief summary of this audio issue everyone’s talking about getting replacement discs for?

...is it even worth it to buy the steenbok before a reprint gets circulated?

The original mono audio track was inadvertently left off the disc during the manufacturing process.

[Ray Jackson]

Originally Posted by Mystic

The original mono audio track was inadvertently left off the disc during the manufacturing process.

How does the film sound without it?

...was the mono on the previous Blu-ray release?

[Mystic]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

How does the film sound without it?

...was the mono on the previous Blu-ray release?

I haven't watched the new blu-ray release yet, I'm waiting for the replacement disc so I can watch the movie with the mono track. I believe the mono track was on the earlier release.

[Ray Jackson]

Originally Posted by Mystic

I haven't watched the new blu-ray release yet, I'm waiting for the replacement disc so I can watch the movie with the mono track. I believe the mono track was on the earlier release.

Does it really make that much of a difference?

[DR Herbert West]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

Does it really make that much of a difference?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjSu4w4jci8&feature=emb_title