Originally posted by: pittrek
Ehm, sorry for beginning another audio mix thread, but I am currently working on a big SW project and I need a few answers...
I am currently working on Episode V and Episode VI, so the first logical questions is : What sound mixes are on the 2006 "bonus" discs ? I've read they're the 1993 remixes. Is it the truth ?
The 2006 bonus disc used the 1993 remix. It was derived from the DE/Faces masters.
In 1985 the now very well known remix was done for Episode IV. But what about Episodes V and VI ? I could not find any info about their remixes. Any ideas if they actually exist ? And if they do, were they captured on some bootleg ?
There were remixes, for both of these, in 1993, and I think earlier as well. I don't really know exactly when, though. The initial releases of the laserdiscs have the theatrical sound mixes. The problem will be that ESB had two different sound mixes, the 35mm and the 70mm, with some dialouge changes. It isn't really available anywere. However, the 2004 DVD mix used the 70mm as the basis for their sound mix, and a reconstruction of the audio mix is theoretically possible assuming that it has all the changes, I believe, but would be pretty hard.
I am asking these weird questions, because my Episode IV (which I plan to finish today) has all 3 theatrical mixes, plus the 1985 remix, plus the 1993 remix and I would like to do something similar with the rest.
Also a slightly different question - the TV premiere of Episode IV in 1984 had a unique intro and outro, both by Mark Hamill. What sound mix was used during this airing ? Or is THIS the TV version which included a mono version of the theatrical stereo mix ?
Ehm, sorry for beginning another audio mix thread, but I am currently working on a big SW project and I need a few answers...
I am currently working on Episode V and Episode VI, so the first logical questions is : What sound mixes are on the 2006 "bonus" discs ? I've read they're the 1993 remixes. Is it the truth ?
The 2006 bonus disc used the 1993 remix. It was derived from the DE/Faces masters.
In 1985 the now very well known remix was done for Episode IV. But what about Episodes V and VI ? I could not find any info about their remixes. Any ideas if they actually exist ? And if they do, were they captured on some bootleg ?
There were remixes, for both of these, in 1993, and I think earlier as well. I don't really know exactly when, though. The initial releases of the laserdiscs have the theatrical sound mixes. The problem will be that ESB had two different sound mixes, the 35mm and the 70mm, with some dialouge changes. It isn't really available anywere. However, the 2004 DVD mix used the 70mm as the basis for their sound mix, and a reconstruction of the audio mix is theoretically possible assuming that it has all the changes, I believe, but would be pretty hard.
I am asking these weird questions, because my Episode IV (which I plan to finish today) has all 3 theatrical mixes, plus the 1985 remix, plus the 1993 remix and I would like to do something similar with the rest.
Also a slightly different question - the TV premiere of Episode IV in 1984 had a unique intro and outro, both by Mark Hamill. What sound mix was used during this airing ? Or is THIS the TV version which included a mono version of the theatrical stereo mix ?
Good luck with your version of Star Wars. I would love to have a copy when you get finished if its possible. I've always thought that there should be a version that had multiple sound mixes in it. I don't believe that the 70mm mix is available either, outside a cassette recording of the mix that someone posted here a while ago. But there isn't any real audio differences between the 35mm and 70mm anyway, besides the additional LFE channels for the 70mm.
As for the 1984 airing, I know it wasn't the mono mix. The mono mix was aired in the UK at least once, but never in the States.