The Jumanji Expanded Edition is very thin in sound. I am sorry I bought it.
It is actually worse than – ‘Field Of Dreams’; as none of the tracks stand out in order of dynamics; the commercial presentation of the album is better in sound than the latest release.
The original presentation of the commercial album had improved dynamics / clarity.
(When I compared it to CD 2 – I thought you might have used the same album master; but nope – it was the new master which was used – hence; it had the same thin sound as the complete score).
If you people do not believe me – then please compare the ‘Intrada’ release to the commercial album tracks against each other in Audacity Software. You will see the HUGE difference.
I ask all of you who worked on this: Why are you people mastering the CDs so thin?
You did this with the – ‘48 HRS’ scores – and it seems to be the new trend.
In order to beef up the sound; what I do is I overlay two tracks together to get an improved presentation – in terms of dynamics – as I stated – the volume knob can only go so high; and the mastering process on this new presentation is very thin.
I am not sure how to post images online; so I am unable to provide you with a screenshot of what I mean – but the sound is incredibly thin.
I shouldn’t need to overlay two tracks together; in order to get the dynamics that this score deserves.
What are the politics involved in mastering the CDs so low? As I had asked earlier on – could it be the hiss?
HISS; is quite easy to remove – and you don’t need to master the CDs so low in volume to get rid of the hiss.
PLEASE. Your presentations were much better ten years ago.
I am concerned if – ‘Firefox’ – was to get released – would you also master that score so imperatively low in volume??
I for one really enjoy how this one sounds! Most impressed with the suspense material, surprisingly. Horner really got creative with this one. And it's so funny to me how many moments of the score sound like a precursor to Harry Potter (A Pelican Steals the Game, for example)
The Jumanji Expanded Edition is very thin in sound. I am sorry I bought it.
It is actually worse than – ‘Field Of Dreams’; as none of the tracks stand out in order of dynamics; the commercial presentation of the album is better in sound than the latest release.
The original presentation of the commercial album had improved dynamics / clarity.
(When I compared it to CD 2 – I thought you might have used the same album master; but nope – it was the new master which was used – hence; it had the same thin sound as the complete score).
If you people do not believe me – then please compare the ‘Intrada’ release to the commercial album tracks against each other in Audacity Software. You will see the HUGE difference.
I ask all of you who worked on this: Why are you people mastering the CDs so thin?
You did this with the – ‘48 HRS’ scores – and it seems to be the new trend.
In order to beef up the sound; what I do is I overlay two tracks together to get an improved presentation – in terms of dynamics – as I stated – the volume knob can only go so high; and the mastering process on this new presentation is very thin.
I am not sure how to post images online; so I am unable to provide you with a screenshot of what I mean – but the sound is incredibly thin.
I shouldn’t need to overlay two tracks together; in order to get the dynamics that this score deserves.
What are the politics involved in mastering the CDs so low? As I had asked earlier on – could it be the hiss?
HISS; is quite easy to remove – and you don’t need to master the CDs so low in volume to get rid of the hiss.
PLEASE. Your presentations were much better ten years ago.
I am concerned if – ‘Firefox’ – was to get released – would you also master that score so imperatively low in volume??
Intrada will probably re-release it later with improved sound. They do that a lot.
This is a weird one. Parts of it sound great - mainly the explosive, percussive styled cues - but other cues sound too low/soft/faraway, lacking in that full bodied oomph that was brought to the likes of BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED and AMERICAN TAIL and BALTO on expansion. The first track is particularly disappointing. It's barely there! It's hard to get a handle on some of these remastered expansions. No one wants those horrible brick-walled do-ups that hurt your ears during playback (PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED is virtually impossible to sit through), but too low/distant versions can be just as annoying. I wonder if some of the issues are inherent in the original recording of the score? I haven't played disc 2 of this yet.
The Jumanji Expanded Edition is very thin in sound. I am sorry I bought it.
It is actually worse than – ‘Field Of Dreams’; as none of the tracks stand out in order of dynamics; the commercial presentation of the album is better in sound than the latest release.
The original presentation of the commercial album had improved dynamics / clarity.
(When I compared it to CD 2 – I thought you might have used the same album master; but nope – it was the new master which was used – hence; it had the same thin sound as the complete score).
If you people do not believe me – then please compare the ‘Intrada’ release to the commercial album tracks against each other in Audacity Software. You will see the HUGE difference.
I ask all of you who worked on this: Why are you people mastering the CDs so thin?
You did this with the – ‘48 HRS’ scores – and it seems to be the new trend.
In order to beef up the sound; what I do is I overlay two tracks together to get an improved presentation – in terms of dynamics – as I stated – the volume knob can only go so high; and the mastering process on this new presentation is very thin.
I am not sure how to post images online; so I am unable to provide you with a screenshot of what I mean – but the sound is incredibly thin.
I shouldn’t need to overlay two tracks together; in order to get the dynamics that this score deserves.
What are the politics involved in mastering the CDs so low? As I had asked earlier on – could it be the hiss?
HISS; is quite easy to remove – and you don’t need to master the CDs so low in volume to get rid of the hiss.
PLEASE. Your presentations were much better ten years ago.
I am concerned if – ‘Firefox’ – was to get released – would you also master that score so imperatively low in volume??
Wonder if its an Intrada thing, how would you compare the sound to La La's releases of Trek 2 and Glory? oh but field of dreams was la la as well so maybe its something with the way the music is being transferred to disc?
