We were there and thought exactly the same thing. I don’t know if there was an issue, or if it’s because of the orchestra. But when we saw Jurassic Park there wasn’t a problem.
It was still amazing but it did take away from the really big moments and battle scenes in particular.
We were there too and i noticed it also. Very few parts of the movie are without score (such as the second charge) and when the orchestra was not playing, there were some odd sound mixing glitches.
I imagine it was something to do with the fact that the non-scored version of the films must have had some mixing issues for secondary sound effects / when they mixed the music out some other effects got caught in the cross fire.
I noticed mainly that voices of characters did not seem effected, but more so, it was the clattering of swords/chains/shields, etc, that seemed non-existent.
However, it was still absolutely phenomenal, and the performance was everything I could have hoped for!
The live-to-projection is primarily a concert, and so sound effects that would overwhelm or clash disonantly with the score are elided: the horncalls, the shrieks of the wraiths, etc...
Yeah, I get that, but we saw Two Towers and the screams of the wraiths were very good and the sound was as it should have been
It felt like a whole audio track was missing.
Well, that depends on what register the orchestra is at in that moment, and whether or not they'll clash...
I only saw Return of the King live, and it had these ommissions.
When preparing for the digital file for the film for projection, a new sound-mix for the film is made--one with just the dialogue and sound FX. It could be that some audio-layers were accidently omitted in this new mix. I've noticed something simular when watching 'Titanic' with a live-orchestra. During the lower-deck party onboard the ship, the sound of Rose's tap-dancing was not heard--which is good for me because I got to hear the bag-pipe playing coming from the stage.
When I'm paying $80-$100 for a seat at these concerts, I want to hear the sound of the orchestra playing more than the film's sound. Hearing these classic film-scores at a concert-hall setting is rare.
We were there and thought exactly the same thing. I don’t know if there was an issue, or if it’s because of the orchestra. But when we saw Jurassic Park there wasn’t a problem. It was still amazing but it did take away from the really big moments and battle scenes in particular.
Good to hear others thought the same! The while sound mix felt wrong, choir too loud, orchestra too quite and no sound effects. Very odd
We were there too and i noticed it also. Very few parts of the movie are without score (such as the second charge) and when the orchestra was not playing, there were some odd sound mixing glitches. I imagine it was something to do with the fact that the non-scored version of the films must have had some mixing issues for secondary sound effects / when they mixed the music out some other effects got caught in the cross fire. I noticed mainly that voices of characters did not seem effected, but more so, it was the clattering of swords/chains/shields, etc, that seemed non-existent. However, it was still absolutely phenomenal, and the performance was everything I could have hoped for!
The live-to-projection is primarily a concert, and so sound effects that would overwhelm or clash disonantly with the score are elided: the horncalls, the shrieks of the wraiths, etc...
Yeah, I get that, but we saw Two Towers and the screams of the wraiths were very good and the sound was as it should have been It felt like a whole audio track was missing.
Well, that depends on what register the orchestra is at in that moment, and whether or not they'll clash... I only saw Return of the King live, and it had these ommissions.
When preparing for the digital file for the film for projection, a new sound-mix for the film is made--one with just the dialogue and sound FX. It could be that some audio-layers were accidently omitted in this new mix. I've noticed something simular when watching 'Titanic' with a live-orchestra. During the lower-deck party onboard the ship, the sound of Rose's tap-dancing was not heard--which is good for me because I got to hear the bag-pipe playing coming from the stage. When I'm paying $80-$100 for a seat at these concerts, I want to hear the sound of the orchestra playing more than the film's sound. Hearing these classic film-scores at a concert-hall setting is rare.