Audio Remixes Discussion Thread

[BNex99]

I've gotten to where I'm not too bothered by remixes that are just slight adjustments or reformats of what was already there.

But when there are new elements that are obviously not from a film of that vintage (Batman, The Terminator, Psycho, Jaws), or the dialogue, music, and FX are unbalanced in a way they weren't before (Escape From New York, The Dark Crystal), or when it seems like possibly the wrong stems were used (An American Tail), it's kind of annoying.

Sometimes it's a personal preference thing. But new SFX do tend to stick out, even if I haven't seen the movie before.

I admit we (myself included) sometimes get a little obsessive about "original audio" around here. The thing is, many movies have been slightly remixed or adjusted for home video over the years anyway, and we'd probably never notice. It's just that a few of those remixes have been overly revisionist, and I guess that's put us all on our guard.

[crissrudd4554]

Originally Posted by BNex99

I admit we (myself included) sometimes get a little obsessive about "original audio" around here. The thing is, many movies have been slightly remixed or adjusted for home video over the years anyway, and we'd probably never notice. It's just that a few of those remixes have been overly revisionist, and I guess that's put us all on our guard.

That’s true and to be fair if it’s simply a matter of upgrading a mix that was mono to surround without changing much I wouldn’t have any problem with these upgrades. I can’t tell you how many people I see join in these audio discussions and say “why would you wanna watch something with one channel over something with seven channels??” as if that’s the actual cause of the issue.