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I vote for the DTS 5.1 soundtrack of "Master and Commander". The cannon shots near the beginning always scare ne to death. And the ship sounds throughout are very convincing. A masterpiece in sound, music, and dialog.
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Not just the show-offy cannons and battles but the subtle, immersive, ambient sounds throughout the movie - it really helps create another world. I've always read that Weir is into the sound and music of his films, but the guys that got their Oscars for M&C's sound editing richly deserved their awards. It's pretty special. Oneof my best theatrical experiences.That opening battle sequence is certainly an attention getter.
M&C gets my vote for best DVD sound design because it's one of the few movies with a demo quality soundtrack that's also an excellent film.
BTW, those whooshes and whistles in M&C were the recorded sounds of real cannon shots, fired in...Michigan.
Prior to the release of the film the Sunday New York Times had an article on its sound design so I knew at the time it was going to be something special.
NPR interviewed the sound designers about the same time the NYT article came out.They played clips of the various sound elements as recorded in the field (literally, in the case of the cannon shots) and then clips of the finished soundtrack with the different sounds edited together. The team used very few "stock" recordings.
As a long-time POB fan, I was very happy with the film.
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Theater or no theaters, gun shots can't be reproduced.
The repercussion of a cannon is a rarefaction wave. With films generally obliterating the sense of polarity, that very distinctive signature will never he heard.clark
I thought the cannon shots in M&C were recordings of real cannon. Or do you mean that a theatrical sound system can't properly reproduce the actual sound of a real cannon?
That is why traditionally in sound design not real shots but some other means are usually used. The real shot has just too much sound pressure, and its onset is way too fast for any media to capture, so no matter what you recording (real cannons, etc) you are only producing a pale copy of it, severely compressed and softened.And of coourse then it goes through the amps and speakers, and these distort it even more.
Anyone who has ever been close to real one will tell you. Even a pistol shot. A puny .22 shot indoors will scare most people shitless right there.
But I understand that the movie has to do the best it can, so it does.
One saving grace here - when the sound comes from a distant source, like that French ship, then you have a chance, and those were good. But generally speaking shot reproduction in movies is always rather bad. For instance, when the shot happens in the woods, there is that particular after-sound, as the shock wave makes it way through the foliage, that is never persent in the movies, and it should be.
"And of coourse then it goes through the amps and speakers, and these distort it even more."But surely not a BAT amp.
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