 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1941 as well
|
|
|
|
|
|
And the aforementioned Poltergeist as well. Did it again for an upcoming La-La Land release that will offer a huge sonic upgrade.
Mike M.
|
|
|
|
|
|
O.K., I think it's been established that the Audio Fidelity SACD version of the Close Encounters of the Third Kind soundtrack will not be a from a new re-mix or based on a previous re-mastering of any sort.
Which leaves me with this question: Since this album is evidently based on the original Arista album edit and mix, does that mean that the very tape that is being transferred and mastered for the new SACD is the same one that was used for Arista's first issue of this soundtrack on compact disc back in 1986?
Or is it the same tape that was used to cut the vinyl back in 1977?; which then went on to serve as the basis for the CD release?
I find these scenarios unlikely. Somewhere between the first vinyl/8-track/cassette tape master, the '86 master for the first CD release, and the current SACD release, I'll bet there's been some reliance on protection elements, re-mixing, re-enhancement, or some such preservation technique.
What I find impossible to believe is that the same tape used for the '77 release is the exact same source for the SACD.
This is probably all "inside baseball", but there's no harm in asking for the chain-of-transmission between '77 and 2015, especially since this SACD is hardly the last iteration we'll have of this score.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
We're close to this release being disgorged by the Steve Hoffman-Audio Fidelity mothership, and congratulations to all us Close Encounters of the Third Kind Original 1977 Soundtrack Album fans.
I think it'll be great to hear the edit and mix we grew up with being run through tubes and into a DSD encoder. I hope Steve has preserved that little edit from "Climbing Devil's Tower" which was revealed on The Collector's Edition version of the track ("Climbing The Mountain") to have contained a door squeak in the silence between two low string-low horn notes.
Alas, after this issue, what I want is for Mike Matessino to get access to all the raw tapes for a true remastering. This SACD will tide me over just fine until that inevitable development.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Close Encounters of the Third Kind may be my favorite John Williams score.
The one thing I like about the original soundtrack presentation of Close Encounters of the Third Kind were the way some of the cues were edited. "Main Title & Mountain Visions", for example, works excellently in that form. As far as cue assembly goes, the original Arista release was very good. I was disappointed in it though for two reasons: for one, the original release dropped a lot of very interesting music (much of thLigetti inspired stuff, for example), and by and large I found the original release lacking in length and content. The 1998 re-release certainly beefed up the sound and was structurallly the overal better listening experience.
For some reason, I always thought the original Arista vinyl, which was later issued on CD by both Arista and Varese, was a rather poor sounding recording.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
Posted: |
Nov 28, 2015 - 6:56 AM
|
|
|
|
By: |
Amer Zahid
(Member)
|
Close Encounters of the Third Kind may be my favorite John Williams score.
The one thing I like about the original soundtrack presentation of Close Encounters of the Third Kind were the way some of the cues were edited. "Main Title & Mountain Visions", for example, works excellently in that form. As far as cue assembly goes, the original Arista release was very good. I was disappointed in it though for two reasons: for one, the original release dropped a lot of very interesting music (much of thLigetti inspired stuff, for example), and by and large I found the original release lacking in length and content. The 1998 re-release certainly beefed up the sound and was structurallly the overal better listening experience.
For some reason, I always thought the original Arista vinyl, which was later issued on CD by both Arista and Varese, was a rather poor sounding recording.
Yes. I really like this album. Its fairly representative of the film and is very well edited and makes for a fine listening experience. Like an extended suite. The expanded release is a joy to have but I really enjoy the album version the way it makes edit and joins the cue almost like a symphonic movement. I also love the aforementioned Main Title /Mountain Visions track in this album.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
