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EyeShotFirst
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Fantasia Hybrid Edition (* unfinished project *)
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6-Jul-2010, 6:18 AM

Molly said:

EyeShotFirst said:

I grew up with this film. I remember my dad had a copy he kept on the top shelf (the shelf of movies we couldn't touch). On several occasions, he would get it down, and we were able to enjoy it for all it's magic. All in all, it introduced me to music outside of Mozart. One thing bothered me, the sound. I realized it was old, so I was fine with it, until I did research on it a few years back, and came to the realization that Disney didn't do a good job taking care of this wonderful music.

I then looked everywhere to see if I could find a remastered soundtrack. They all sounded awful. Then by chance, I found a CD released in 1982 that consisted of re-recorded music. I thought, well that is cool, until I found out that it was actually re-recorded to the exact timing of Stokowski's version. I was in awe by it, so I did more research and found that a version of the movie with that sound was released. BUT, it edited out the introductions.

So, this may seem like a travesty to purists, but I am going to work on a Fan Edit of Fantasia using several different versions mixed to the latest release.

The reason I am using different versions is because they re-recorded Deems Taylor's lines with somebody who sounds like a friggin robot on the Latest release.

Corey Burton, iirc.

I wonder if somehow the "lost" Deems Taylor introductions not on the 1991 remaster actually survived, despite Disney not having it.  (The 1991 version, iirc, went back to the original 1941 orchestration.)

I have the 1991 remaster on laserdisc, but it has two problems - the centaur scene is zoomed, and some of the narration is removed.

Yes, it seems that every release of the last 20 years has the centaur zoomed.

I have the 1991 version as well. The audio, aside from the music will be based off of it. The video will be from the 2000, edited to the 1991. The music will be the Irwin Kostal recordings.

I won't be able to fix the centaur scene. I just don't have any source material. Plus it is pretty racist LOL

The missing narration is something that will stay as well. I will do anything in my power to ensure Corey Burton's voice is not on this.