The thread on Blu-ray.com is indicating the audio mix on the new 4K is the original mix unwound into 5.0 in a 5.1 container, no dedicated LFE channel and (mostly) mono surrounds. That’s great news, but I’ll still create syncs of the various LD and DVD mixes for completionist’s sake.

I also acquired copies of the old Laserdisc bonus features. It’s amusing hearing Forman and Shaffer explain why it was a good idea to remove the scenes that eventually became part of the “Director’s Cut”. Shaffer says that if Salieri was as virtuous as he claimed to be, then he would have not have done those humiliating things to innocent Constanze. Yeah, exactly.

But of course, fast forward to 2000, it was the DVD director’s cut craze, and both of them conveniently changed their tune and WB edited out critical mentions of the extended cut scenes.

Props to Paul Saentz, nephew of Saul, for spearheading the restoration effort of the original theatrical cut. Without him, I doubt this occurs.