[Released] Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) - LaserDisc Audio Syncs

[Sambarker04]

I was really impressed by @izzybell using different sources to sync to best known versions of films available, so I decided to do Willy Wonka for fun.

1. Original Mono Mix [11206]
Only the right channel is used since it have more dynamic range than on the left channel. Had to make one patch, likely because of a reel change during the scene where we first meet the Oompa Loompas, causing the audio to desync.

2. Original Mono Mix [11206] (Restored)
There seems to be an issue with the audio between the scene after the percentages scene up till the end of side 1 where it is much noisy, so I made a restoration using de-humming, de-noising and even de-noising the issue to match the rest of the film.

3. 1996 Dolby Surround Mix [14546]
Just a Dolby Surround downmix of the 1996 re-release 5.1 remix. More details below.

4. 1996 Dolby Surround AC-3 Digital Mix [14546]
The 5.1 remix when the film was re-released for its 25th anniversary. I couldn't confirm if this mix is better than on the first DVD release that came out a year after this LaserDisc, or later the 2001 release. When I checked the spectrogram, it seems to limit at 20kHz, so it should be good. I dunno if there exists Cinema DTS discs for this re-release since I haven't seen cells of the re-release prints yet. I do know that Warner Bros. might've gotten DTS during that time, since DTS Stereo was credited in Space Jam. Note that this a direct AC3 sync, with both sides cut using delaycut and merged using Audacity, exporting it as a .raw file, not a FLAC re-encode. I think this is what led to a remix for the 2006 HD-DVD, which was later copied to the 2009 BD to the UHD. Which is why I remember hearing a muffled cheer in that mix at the beginning of side 2 of both LDs, something that was not on the 1996 mix.

5. Music & Effects [14546]
This was never included in any DVD release after that, so this was a cool addition. This was advertised as "Music Minus Vocals" on this release.

and yes, all of them are synced to the UHD for your enjoyment.

[izzybell]

Thanks for the shout out and nice work!

[daltonforrest]

The restored mono track sounds great. Synced to the DVD with a 9018ms delay. Thanks.

[SwatDB]

Music & Effects [14546]
This was never included in any DVD release after that, so this was a cool addition. This was advertised as "Music Minus Vocals" on this release.

An interesting sidenote (worth pointing out) IIRC, the M&E Track (according to the lddb), is a dub track that is used to make International Dubs. For example, the M&E audio source of "Mary Poppins" (1964) used for the Musical Score [Analog Left (Mono)] on the 1997 AC-3 LD, is identical to the international dubs, but in much higher AQ than the LD Music Track.

Pardon for being off-course (maybe another thread would help?):

Small guide to instrumental music numbers/score in higher AQ than the 1997 AC-3 LD of "Mary Poppins" (1964) [more to be updated on my personal notes/drafts]:

Instrumental Main Titles: Indonesian Dub (found on Disney+)
Instrumental Score and Numbers (High AQ Source): Turkish Dub
Instrumental End Titles: Italian Dub

MVSeparation tools I use (for the time being *):

x-minus pro
UVROnline

* Feel free to suggest more methods in separating music, vocals, instruments, etc. if you like? :-)

It may not be the best method to use, but it is more or less a way experimenting audio selections, in case the Home Video collector dosen't have access to music masters or negatives (that may sound better than relying on AI music/vocal filters) or if the labels or rightsholders haven't allowed a clearance that would make them snuff an expanded soundtrack CD or an Isolated Score (Final or "Composer's OG Score" options) the studios/labels haven't revealed one if they are either MIA (or worst case scenario, shredded/destroyed).

I hope this connection brings gives some inspiration to this discussion :-)

That will be sufficient on what I have to say.
Moving on with Willy Wonka audio syncs…