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Post #1404897

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Starbond9
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Fantasia - 35mm Project (Help Needed) (a WIP)
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Date created
21-Jan-2021, 9:47 PM

Thanks for the answer Tony. I picked a random Taylor snippet to start with (soundtrack) and found those discrepancies and stopped there, but interesting to know some parts do line up fine or (for Ave Maria) don’t at all.

Really excited for your project. Ever since I started reading about Fantasound 10 years ago and got deeper into the technical aspects of the film I’ve been intrigued by the amount of cuts/recuts/edits/audio changes this movie has been through (in a less similar vein, mystery projects like the SMiLE album from the Beach boys similarly pique my interests).
I’m sure others know this regarding the Sunflower edits, but in the VHS version (including soundtrack) about 3 seconds of audio have been edited out of the Pastoral (right as Baccus is teetering to fall from his chair). That scene is cropped close and panned to hide Sunflower but couldnt manage to hide her completely unrolling the red carpet (so the audio is shifted accordingly, then cut).The DVD/BD versions erase sunflower and keep the entire scene intact (and the 3 seconds of audio added back in)

Is the 1957 3-LP set the closest to Fantasound/original generation mix as we’ll get? Ive been buying various Lps over the years but haven’t noticed much differences across them:

  • the STEREO 3-LP Watercolor release with booklet
  • a single STERO LP releases (with the watercolors from the 3-set used as a 2 sided album cover)
  • a single MONO LP release (same as above)

Obviously the biggest change is the large presence of reverb on the LPs, akin to hearing it in a large performance hall which was removed on the restored 1990 and beyond releases. The 3-LP and single LP sound the same while the mono version (particularly Ave Maria) sounds similar with a special looped ending section only heard in Mono not stereo. Is there a high quality rip anywhere of the 1957 LP? I’ve made my own but I’ve been spending hours removing clicks and pops. Also the whole album is mixed so low that I find myself competing with the turntable rumble on quiet sections

EDIT: Seems someone has already shed a light on this 😃 https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Fantasia-35mm-preservation-opportunity-unfinished-project-WIP/id/16608/page/3#1142402