The original monaural soundtrack was remastered at 24-bit from the original nitrate optical soundtrack and a 35mm nitrate print. The soundtrack was restored by Sony Pictures, with additional restoration by the Criterion Collection. Clicks, thumps, hiss, hum, and crackle were manually removed using Pro Tools HD, AudioCube's integrated workstation, and iZotope RX 3.This 'additional restoration' was completely unnecessary, as I prefer the 192 kbps AC-3 track on the Sony blu-ray to the LPCM one on the Criterion. The differences are relatively minor.
The Criterion has less high-frequency crackle marking its dialogue, but is also a bit more muffled and less detailed.
I for one am satisfied with the track Sony's restoration team produced, and I wish Criterion had been too.
Both tracks are huge improvements over those on previous DVDs.
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