missing original audio

2020s revisions Lifeless sentence: latest “restoration” badly botched on Blu-ray, streaming and DCP Posthumous: five decades after the director’s death, film now has unsound audio It’s been unjustly condemned to …

Home video French fancy flaunts many permutations on home video, with five separate transfers… …three of four distinct English-language soundtracks and seven international dubs But original director-approved mono audio is …

Soundtrack and audio mixes Composer Lyn Murray’s lush music available in several partial re-recordings But only one rare, limited edition release contains his entire original score Owners Paramount have judged …

Home video Clear window: preserved print and two separate restorations released across multiple formats Breakdown: three versions but they’re in seven variant transfers, all detailed for the first time Follows …

Soundtrack and essays Score credited to composing icon Franz Waxman but he has little input Mainly has source music plucked from Paramount’s vaults by the director Naturalistic: mostly music emanates …

The five commandments: Thou shalt not… Do what cannot be undone at some future time Fail to indicate any unavoidably necessary changes Have the hubris to make a revision the …

Home video At least a handful of different transfers available, including new 4k restoration Hitchcocked: Shoddy bootlegs outnumber official releases, so choose carefully Was set to join six films director …

February 2026 news: From Hitchcock expert Matthew Hardesty, Rope and James Stewart in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) are screening at the TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, April …

Re-recordings There are two full length re-recordings of Rózsa’s Oscar-winning score First one was a guilty favour for missing out on a lucrative opportunity Second most complete to date, even …

Home video This missing boat must be hunted down as it isn’t in any collections In the same boat: Almost all early DVDs have compromised audio Hitch’s original soundtrack can …