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Author Topic: Best Sound Mix Ever Aaron Garman Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: Toledo, OH USA Registered: Mar 2003 posted 01-01-2005 01:33 AM                     For some reason, I've been in the mood for some good sound lately, and I began to wonder: what is the best sound mix ever? I could not agree on one mix, but here are a few of my tops of all time. Many of these I never heard theatrically, but I'm wondering how different they may have been. -Jurassic Park -Dick Tracy -xXx -Finding Nemo -Saving Private Ryan -Twister -Mission: Impossible AJG  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-01-2005 01:40 AM                        Fritz Lang's _M_  |  IP: Logged Paul Linfesty Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1383 From: Bakersfield, CA, USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 01-01-2005 01:40 AM                     Rollerball (1975)  |  IP: Logged Chris Hipp Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1462 From: Mesquite, Tx (east of Dallas) Registered: Jul 2003 posted 01-01-2005 12:01 PM                     Please tell me you are joking Scott. I watched M in a theater a few months ago and I had a headache from the sound by the time the movie was over.  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-01-2005 12:20 PM                        I'm not joking. The sound design is very impressive, especially considering that it was Lang's first sound film. It's very minimalist, yet also very powerful. The actual sound quality isn't all that great by modern standards, but the use of sound in the film is still amazing. If you got a headache from hearing it, there was something wrong with the presentation that you saw--they were probably playing the mono track in SR or some such nonsense. Another favorite would be "The Conversation," which has a great mono track which won't blow anyone away with volume, but which is very creative in its use of sound to enhance the film. I haven't seen this (yet) in a theatre, unfortunately. If you're more interested in something loud and less subtle, I'll suggest something more recent, like "Starship Troopers" (a personal favorite) or "Toy Story 2." I also thought that "American Beauty" sounded awesome when I saw it at the Cinerama Dome in LA (which has a good enough system to make almost anything sound great).  |  IP: Logged Aaron Garman Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: Toledo, OH USA Registered: Mar 2003 posted 01-01-2005 12:30 PM                     I agree with Scott on American Beauty. It's very quiet, subtle, but haunting. Thomas Newman's score really helps had to that effect. I also like the track on Traffic. It didn't really mess around too much with the full 5.1 system, but it was very gritty, and real in a sense. I also liked the score on that one: very good bass notes. I remember this sounding wonderfull at our theatre when I saw it first. AJG  |  IP: Logged Darren Briggs Master Film Handler Posts: 371 From: York, UK Registered: Dec 2001 posted 01-01-2005 12:31 PM                        I Agree Ameican Beauty is a great mix, I also think that 'Terminator 2' is great mix, (6 track Dolby A 70mm one) Also a less noisy film (apart from plane crash!) is 'Castaway'  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 01-01-2005 12:47 PM                    I think Walter Murch's "Apocalypse Now" 70mm Split Surround mix is often acclaimed to be one of the greatest of all time.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-01-2005 02:05 PM                     Sound of Music true panned dialogue  |  IP: Logged David Yauch Expert Film Handler Posts: 206 From: Mesa, AZ, USA Registered: Oct 2004 posted 01-01-2005 02:31 PM                     I never paid much attention to sound before I began working at a movie theatre, I wouldn't know if I was listening to a first-run print or a print with bad sound track damage, I just didn't care. Since I've started at a theatre I would say The Incredibles, LOTR:ROTK, and Phantom of the Opera(whether you like alw's music or not) have all had rather impressive sound mixes.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 01-01-2005 03:52 PM                     A few off of the top of my head in no particular order: Moulin Rouge Toy Story II U-571 Terminator II (70mm mag) The Matrix (not the sloppy sequels) Episode II What Lies Beneath Detroit Rock City The Incredibles Contact Die Hard (70mm mag) The Abyss (70mm mag) Titanic The Faculty Unforgiven Extreme Measures  |  IP: Logged David Favel Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 764 From: Ashburton, New Zealand Registered: Feb 2002 posted 01-01-2005 06:54 PM                     Best Sound/Analogue = Chicago Followed by the depth charges in U-571 Best Digital FOTR Second, The Incredibles  |  IP: Logged Jonathan M. Crist Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 531 From: Hershey, PA, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 01-01-2005 11:09 PM                     X-Men 2 Hellboy  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 01-02-2005 02:00 PM                     Here are some of my favorites. I apologize that most are "loud" movies, thus perhaps implying my taste in movies is a bit immature. "American Beauty" (really great music score) "Dark City" "Die Hard" (blown away by 70mm show in New York) "Heat" (best sounding street shootout ever, great plane-by effects at end) "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" (the sound mix is bad, but gives the film a wierd, cool quality). "Fight Club" "The Incredibles" "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" (70mm Dolby SR mag, best sound mix of trilogy) "Jurassic Park" "The Last of the Mohicans" (70mm Dolby mag) "Magnolia" "The Matrix" "Return of the Jedi" (watched it in 70mm, turned me into a surround sound fan) "Saving Private Ryan" "Seven" "Speed" "Titanic" (70mm DTS) "Toy Story 2" I could add a lot more.  |  IP: Logged Will Kutler Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1506 From: Tucson, AZ, USA Registered: Feb 2001 posted 01-02-2005 02:23 PM                     I am very suprised that no-one has mentioned AMERICAN GRAFFITTI! Lucas was able to create that wonderful surround montage that we now know as surround sound! The re-release of The Exorist a few years ago had one of the most detailed tracks that I have ever heard!  |  IP: Logged

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