[Released] Alien (1979) - 4K UHD Audio Syncs

[izzybell]

Decided to sync a few tracks for this movie

1. 2.0 Original Dolby Stereo Mix

Sourced from the 1999 DVD (thx @stwd4nder2), To my knowledge and according to my research this DVD has the highest quality version of this mix. Available in 16-bit 48kHz FLAC 2.0

2. 5.1 & 2.0 Sensurround Mix

Sourced from a bit-perfect capture of the THX AC-3 Laserdisc [8760-85]. There's a sync of this already on Internet Archive however the one review on the page states that the track is not properly synced so I went ahead and resynced it, Available in 16-bit 48kHz FLAC 5.1. Due to the limitations of AC-3 Laserdiscs the 2.0 PCM track has considerably higher frequency detail than the 5.1 AC-3 track, since I use Sony Vegas for my syncing it was as easy as replacing the AC-3 with the stereo track. Available in 16-bit 44.1kHz FLAC 2.0

3. 5.1 Sensurround Mix (Decoded Stereo + AC-3 LFE)

Like my T2 syncs I decided to do a highly experimental audio track for this film. Using my sync of the PCM stereo version of the Sensurround mix as a base I ran the track through foobar2000's FreeSurround plugin to decode back to a 5.1 surround track, from there I added the LFE from the discrete AC-3 5.1 and made the decoded surround channels duped mono. This should be the version of this mix with the most high frequency detail. Of course using a Dolby Hardware Decoder would be much better than a software plugin but as I don't have access to said equipment this is the best I could do to execute this idea and for that it should be noted as highly experimental. Available in 16-bit 44.1kHz FLAC 5.1

Freely available to all forum members new and old

[SwatDB]

Are you sure the 1999 THX DVD's Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo beats the 1992 WS LD and are you sure the 1999 DVD 2.0 mix is not a downmix of the 1999 THX DVD's 5.1 mix?

[izzybell]

I'll be honest, I forgot about the 1992 LD until after I had already synced the DVD track. Wouldn't have mattered anyways as I don't have access to said LD. Anyways I had list of Alien mixes sent to me by a friend and they had where the mixes were available from and it listed the 1999 DVD as having the Dolby Stereo mix. I'm entirely unsure about it being downmix but I don't believe it is, and even if it was the 1999 DVD 5.1 is just an upmix of the original 4.1 so it would still be a version of the original mix.