Hello, I just discovered this post. Fantasia is one of my favourite movies for the intense marrying of two of my passions, animation, and symphonic orchestral music. I always knew Disney butchered their movies a lot for their releases, but I had NO IDEA to the extent it went to. Even from some of their not-so-old movies (the Winnie the Pooh one posted here, for example. I never recalled the Blu ray sounded that clear. I checked it afterwards and mother of god, you can tell all the filters… it’s impressive how much they butchered the whole thing.)
But back to Fantasia… I came over this thread (I hope it’s not too off topic!) because, given that the Blu ray track is absolutely bad and not as good as it should be, I’ve been more fond of the 1982 Irwin Kostal re-recording, which is pretty good and faithful. I’ve tried to find people to sync the CD soundtrack to the Blu ray video, since I am terrible at this kind of thing and have no patience and expertise for it. But I’d love to watch Fantasia with a better sound, even if it’s a re-recording, until this project is finalized. Once I see how bad it is… I just can’t stand it. I have to hear Fantasia better. Could anyone help me out with that?
Of course, I’ve read the entire thread and your work is amazing, easily I can tell too it’s done by pure love and passion to the movie and I love that you’re trying to restore the sound to better form. Who knew how many movie sounds Disney has butchered and have no idea. Somebody should do something about that… I personally thank you for your impressive work, and will subscribe to the thread and keep in mind for when the project is finalized, no matter how long it takes, I feel it’ll be worth the wait. Thank you, once more.