blitter

That's raw?? Sounds like it's already in pretty good shape, especially given it's been 18 years or so since these were screened.

Impressed with the stereo separation-- are these dubs of existing US trailers? I've never heard these specifically.

I have at least one episode taped onto VHS pertaining to wartime Looney Tunes... would have to locate and capture it/them...

Hi all,

Is there anyone out there interested in preserving the original theatrical audio from the 1979 film Love at First Bite, or perhaps knows of an existing preservation? From Wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_at_First_Bite#Notes ):

For reasons never made quite clear by any of the producers or distributors of this film, the music in one pivotal scene was changed from the original theatrical song of “I Love the Nightlife (Disco Round)” as performed by Alicia Bridges to a cover of another disco-style song (“The Man That I Love”) [???] which causes the mood of the scene to be lost. Oddly enough, even though every release of the film (both VHS and DVD) since 1979 contains the edited music in this scene, the credits were never changed to remove reference to the Alicia Bridges song and give proper acknowledgment for the song that was used.

I have access to the theatrical audio on cassette from when the movie was originally shown in '79 and am willing to make a transfer for whoever is interested-- preferably somebody willing to clean it up some and sync it to the video, as the cassettes themselves are over 30 years old and I have minimal experience doing such a thing. Anybody want to take a stab at this?

none said:

Added 'blitter' 70mm audio recording info. which seems to be what Belbucus worked from.

FWIW, my audio recording is a bootleg transfer of the 35mm version to cassette, straight from the Dolby decoder in '77. I sent a couple of short clips to Belbucus who confirmed it was likely not from the 70mm version. Not sure what he worked from for his restoration work but I don't recall ever sending him the full recording.

Ah! No wonder it sounded so good... See, I can't even tell the difference between the LP and your edited version. :) Well done

Hi ABC,

I listened to a bit of CD3--the remastered RSO LP--and all I can say is wow. I'm so glad that 7fn was able to provide the master transfers for you to work with. My LP set is in near-mint condition (played maybe twice in its lifetime) but I definitely do not have the capture equipment that 7fn used. In fact the only digital component in my stereo setup is my CD player. :P I couldn't tell from listening that it was sourced from the LP; the remastering is so crisp!

I'd also like to say that this is the first ever recording of Imperial March I've heard where I could distinctly pick out a piano accompaniment to the low strings at the beginning. It's very low but it's there. Again, you've done some amazing work here, thank you!

JediMasterFisher said:

I really would love to hear this. I really enjoyed the earlier releases :)

Count this as a "me too!" I've been following this thread with interest, seeing as I have the original RSO LP (played maybe three times total) and would love to hear how A B C has cleaned it up and enhanced it. =) The positive feedback from everyone so far has my interest piqued!

pupil, Skysnakker: Check your PMs :)

MoBiUs said:

Also blitter, do you have the 12GB version or DVD9 one?.

I have the WG 2.0 version, which is 12GB. The only DVD9 I have in addition to a full WG 2.0 set is WG's first edit of ANH.

Nope,... I recently watched all 6 of WG's releases after picking them up from the last usenet repost, and the version I have of TPM has German subs in this scene as well. English crawl, German subs, hmmm.

WG 2.1 in the works?

negative1 said:

so i can string it out, and get 1 reel at a time until its done..

 

or just make a deal for all the rest of them at once,

eat the cost of it, and just get it over with...

 

well what would you do??????

If it were me, and if you can afford it now, I would get them all at once. At least then we know they're all in our hands; fewer points of failure as you mentioned.

I was going through my CD’s recently and came across an interview from the disc included with the August 2002 issue of MacAddict magazine. It has an exclusive interview with Matthew Wood of Skywalker Sound, discussing how Macs were used to create the soundtrack for AOTC and TPM. Somewhat technical interview but some interesting behind-the-scenes discussion and footage of the Skywalker facility.

Here’s a summary from the text file that came with it:

Skywalker Sounds

An Exclusive Interview with Star Wars: Episode II’s Supervising Sound Editor, Matthew Wood

By now, you’ve no doubt seen one of this summer’s biggest blockbusters—Star Wars: Episode II—and marveled at the awesome scenery, digital effects wizardry, and computer-generated characters that proliferated throughout the saga. But this spectacular eye candy would be nothing if it weren’t for the amazing sounds that accompanied them. And those sounds wouldn’t even be there if it weren’t for the Mac.

In this month’s video, we got the opportunity to set foot on George Lucas’s legendary Skywalker Ranch, and talk with Skywalker Sound’s Matthew Wood (the supervising sound editor for Episode II) about how Macs played a key role in creating all aspects of the movie’s soundtrack. Find out how Wood snagged his enviable position with the help of his Mac, how Wood and Episode II’s sound designer, Ben Burtt, created the sound effects, see Wood’s revolutionary portable ADR (automated dialog replacement) rig, get a peek inside of Skywalker Sound’s facilities, and even hear a bit of Episode II in Spanish. If you’re curious about how the dialog, foley, music, sound effects, and ADR were incorporated into the final 5.1 THX master mix, Wood tells all.

(You need QuickTime 5 or later to watch this video.)

Did a search for this and I don’t think this has been preserved or included in any fan documentaries-- if it has then please feel free to correct me. If there’s any interest I can zip it up and post it somewhere, it’s 22:18 and 93MB