11 in 4K
UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming
Small role · Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Universal The Alfred Hitchcock Collection Vol 3 4K Blu-ray
Small role · Director: John Frankenheimer
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Both tracks on the Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray are badly remixed.
Small role · Director: Michael Gordon
2012 Blu-ray is of similar fidelity but adds extra foley sounds. 2003 PAL DVD is a stereoized remix.
Small role · Director: Morton DaCosta
Sources: mega.nz (opens in a new tab)
Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray from 12K scan
For the most part, the mono track available on the BD and UHD is fine, but there's an 8 minutes long segment which sounds terrible with artificially expanded frequency range causing very audible artifacting. The 5.1 remix doesn't have that issue. Sample
Small role · Director: Robert Wise
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Disney 4K Blu-ray, see caps https://slow.pics/c/hE3HUCdj
Disney 4K Atmos is great, a reference quality track. It's a very slight remix (music seems to be from a better source), but it's completely seamless and faithful to the original, better fidelity than anything since the 1994 30th Anniversary Edition LaserDisc.
All DVDs (and 2010 Blu-ray) sound far worse than the 4K Blu-ray/LaserDisc and have various missing sound cues.
Small role · Director: Charles Walters
Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray is a remaster from the original VistaVision camera negaitve, FiM encode
The original mono sounds good. The Atmos remix is a mixed bag, music performances are sourced from magnetic stereo recordings and sound great, but mono dialogue/effectshas undergone destructive noise reduction and unnecessary EQ, so the jumps in fidelity are incredibly jarring.
Small role · Director: John Boorman
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
26 in HD
Blu-ray or HD streaming
Small role · Director: William Wyler
Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)
BFI Blu-ray encoding is better than Kino Lorber Blu-ray see caps
Small role · Director: Norman Taurog
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Small role · Director: Charles Walters
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Small role · Director: Curtis Bernhardt
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Small role · Director: Mel Brooks
1 in SD
DVD, SD streaming, LaserDisc or VHS
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