logo Sign In

Post #573491

Author
hairy_hen
Parent topic
Star Wars 1977 70mm sound mix recreation [stereo and 5.1 versions now available] (Released)
Link to post in topic
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/573491/action/topic#573491
Date created
8-Apr-2012, 6:06 PM

Absolutely.  While the number of main channel edits in the other two movies is far fewer, the benefit of EQ adjustment will surely improve them as well in those parts.  In addition, I'll be able to use the lossless LFE from the Bluray release in all the places where it isn't clipped, gaining a further improvement in fidelity for those with the equipment and ears to notice such a thing.

Neil S. Bulk mentioned there being some kind of phasing issue that popped up briefly in ESB, so I'd like to identify and eliminate this error.  Though I haven't yet heard that, I think I know what would have caused it, so hopefully it will be bypassed altogether.  Since there were not, I believe, any '85 remixes for the later films, narrowed imaging will continue to be unavoidably present in them on occasion, but with the inserts better disguised it shouldn't be too much of a problem.  Nobody but me has ever complained about that, anyway.  ;)

I'd like to make some additional edits to RotJ, because I've noticed that the music is sometimes mixed rather lower in its '93 version than in the original stereo, making it less authentic to the theatrical release.  I already dealt with this during the part where Luke defeats with Vader, but since it also occurs elsewhere I'll probably replace the most problematic instances.  Naturally this would have to be done with as little dynamic sacrifice as possible.