Audio Remixes Discussion Thread

[Monterey Jack]

What the 5.1 track does to An American Tail (which has been stuck on every version of it since the DVD in 2004) is unforgivable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCgWnA2cprg

[Monterey Jack]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

What the 5.1 track does to An American Tail (which has been stuck on every version of it since the DVD in 2004) is unforgivable.

Here's the new mix over the main titles:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jPqqD5wRIQ

All of that extraneous off-screen human "walla" was added for the 5.1 mix. None of it was present in the original 2.0 theatrical or VHS/laserdisc track. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. EVERY quiet scene is overlaid with "cartoony" sound effects or added background dialogue, or both. It's infuriating.

[hanshotfirst1138]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

Here's the new mix over the main titles:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jPqqD5wRIQ

All of that extraneous off-screen human "walla" was added for the 5.1 mix. None of it was present in the original 2.0 theatrical or VHS/laserdisc track. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. EVERY quiet scene is overlaid with "cartoony" sound effects or added background dialogue, or both. It's infuriating.

Is there a fan restoration somewhere that fixes it?

[SpazeBlue]

Originally Posted by hanshotfirst1138

Is there a fan restoration somewhere that fixes it?

Not sure, but there's a VHS rip on archive.org. You could listen to it yourself, and maybe try to sync it to the Blu.