1995 Paramount LaserDisc [LV6828-WS]: This has been subjected to strong noise reduction. It sounds very muffled.
2002 R1 Paramount DVD: The 2.0 track is a stereo downmix of the 5.1 remix.
2002 R2 Paramount DVD: The 2.0 track is the original mono mix and it has much better fidelity than the LaserDisc. Really vibrant and detailed.
2009 Paramount Blu-ray: Same excellent mastering as the R2 DVD.
2023 Kino Lorber UHD Blu-ray: A lossy transcode. It appears to be the Paramount blu-ray track with some light dynamic range compression. Still sounds fine.
Good to have you back, A great insight for the audio(s)
ReplyDeleteI’m so happy you’re back doing analysis. This one confused me a bit as the other levels in some spots in terms of sound effects seemed like different levels. I almost wondered if this was a case of Paramount doing a new mono mixdown from stems but it definitely could be how muffled the LD track is.
ReplyDeleteI didn’t realize the Kino mono is a lossy transcode but it doesn’t surprise me that it is based on the mono found on the UK releases. The US dvd listed mono on the cover but doesn’t have it. It’s great to have any release with mono again as all we have in the US is the LD otherwise.
Unfortunately the 4K master itself is a mess in terms of color grading, HDR, encoding, random DNR, and redone titles.