Jaws
Terminator
Halloween
Psycho
Mad MaxThere’s also been examples such as Grease and Scarface where although the original mixes were not mono they still were given 5.1 remixes later on that completely revised everything.
though fortunately for at least most of these movies the original mono/dolby mix was provided alongside the 5.1 version on their blu ray releases (Terminator being the only exception), though for Grease the original Dolby mix finally resurfaced in 5.1 form on the recent 40th anniversary release
Ah good, I hope the 40th Anniversary Grease has the original “Hopelessly Devoted” without background vocals. I have the laserdisc and VHS with the original Dolby.
The mix on the new release is from the an original six track mix. None of the changes made for the 1998 mix are present.
That’s amazing. It even has the old paramount music. Definitely gonna have to invest in it
Yep. Well worth the purchase. Some have mixed feelings on the color timing of this release but it frankly doesn’t bother me that much. My only pet peeve though some may call this an advantage is the blurred Coke posters have now been digitally replaced by Pepsi posters. It’s not bad but a bit hastily done in a few spots. If only they could just present the original film sans the blurs but I guess the blurs were permanently cut into the negative.
Yeah, I remember reading about that a while back. I had the 1998 DVD forever and I assumed it was just a rights thing. Looked it up and yeah, it was blurred in theaters because of a Pepsi deal. Now I have the 1981 laserdisc as well and it even has the Coke logo blurred. The “rockin’ rydell” blu-ray replaced it with the design on the blue wallpaper of the burger place. It looks pretty bad now I think, I’d prefer the blurred sign. I’ll bet the new Pepsi ad/logo is much better than the rockin rydell background.
In terms of some sound mixes that bother me, I watched the blu Ray of The Naked Gun recently and I was pleased they kept all the 80s sound effects/gunshots etc but the background music in the 5.1 is mixed WAY too loud. Like distractingly loud. I had to turn up the volume to hear dialogue and turn it way down once action or a big music cue happened. I have the laserdisc of Naked Gun as well so I can rip that at some point soon.
Also I saw Psycho was mentioned on this thread. I have the laserdisc of that as well so I can probably get the sound from that one as well.