Personally I think that, unlike the mono mix, these cinema recordings are more of historical interest rather than viable sources for an alternative DVD audio track. They just seem to have that hollow, "recorded in the theater" sound.
That said, I would love to see someone collate a list of all the main differences, like the web page dedicated to the mono mix.
The main thing that I've found interesting is that many people think that the 1993 THX-certified mix on the Definitive Edition laserdiscs was
primarily a downmix of the 70mm soundtrack (although the disc notes said it was created from the best elements of all 3 soundtracks). However it appears that there were new elements added to this mix. E.g the sound of the asteroids shooting past the Millenium Falcon, which I thought was from the 70mm mix, doesn't seem to be present. I would like to know how much of the 70mm mix did actually make it into the 1993 mix.
Originally posted by: THX
If you still have the original L & R tapes and can bear to part with them temporarily, get them to belbucus.
He's going to have a play with the MP3, but he can't see that a phase accurate left/right sync can be achieved... too many variables, apparently.If you still have the original L & R tapes and can bear to part with them temporarily, get them to belbucus.
Although I think some processing with a pop removal filter would help tremendously.