I believe Fast Times at Ridgemont High had some changes as well. Some home video releases had different songs due to licensing but I think this was resolved by the time the film made it to DVD. The surround mix first introduced on the 2005 DVD had some minor effects changes I believe. That DVD as well as the BD does not have the mono. The original DVD and the High School Reunion DVD as far as I know has the correct original mono!
It’s me Pete 1972! You remember when we commented on the Jaws videos? Looks like another film is getting the audio revisionism treatment. According to Digital Bits and some fans, Batman 89’s Dolby Atmos mix has a lot of changes with the sound effects. Gun shots have been altered and the starting up of the Batmobile is changed too. Also Digital Bits said that the Dolby 5.1 on the 4K is a downmix and not the 5.1 that was on the previous Blu Ray.
Figures. (Rolls eyes) Apparently the 4K release of Blade Runner also has audio revisions though I’m not sure off hand what they are.
And yes I do remember you. Nice to see ya again!
actually the audio revisions on Blade Runner date back to when the 2007 Blu-ray was released, and the revisions are only on the final cut, the other cuts have the original sound effects
No I’ve seen comments on bluray.com that apparently more revisions were made to the Final Cut mix for the UHD release.
Comparisons for Blade Runner.
US Theatrical/International Theatrical/Director’s Cut
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaR5wVL9x2I
Final Cut (2007 mix)
Final Cut (2017 mix)
I had a feeling that something was up with Blade Runner’s audio. Nice to have confirmation from those clips.
I’ve come across some particularly heinous examples of audio alteration: apparently, in Japan, certain anime films have been “remastered” in stereo by having the original voice actors (or replacements if they’ve died since then) come in and re-record all of their dialogue, and annoying new sound effects are sprinkled on top. Films I know of that have had this treatment include The Wings of Honneamise (Gainax’s first theatrical release), some Gundam films, and the first two Patlabor films.
I should also mention the extensive post-production done to the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise. For the series’ Platinum Edition release, the soundtrack was totally overhauled. They added in new background dialogue to provide important expository information that Hideaki Anno had always meant to put in before, but had no time due to the series’ demanding production schedule. Megumi Hayashibara was the only actress from the series to provide dialogue for this project. In addition, they also added in new, extremely unfitting sound effects.
Also, today I was watching an episode of Ultraman Taro on YouTube, via Tsuburaya Production’s official account. It seems that this series is another victim of 5.1 “remastering”. Go to 17:23 in the link below and you’ll see that they’ve added in some modern explosion and debris sounds.