Manoucheries forum down-- what's going on?

Svanis1337 · November 2015

Teddy Dupont wrote: »

The quality sounds excellent in the brief clips on the net. With quality like this, it makes even more of a nonsense that the French company making the Django movie is going have Stochelo Rosenberg re-record Django's solos. ~X(

I think the problem is that the recordings are monaural. If you re-record it you can mix it in 2.0, 5.1 or even 7.1 for the cinema. They probably feel that the old recordings would seem out of place, I'm afraid.

Teddy Dupont · November 2015

Svanis1337 wrote: »

They probably feel that the old recordings would seem out of place, I'm afraid.

That is obviously what they think but I but I completely disagree with that thinking. For me, there is something about Django's playing, not just the notes but the unique way they are articulated that has never been re-captured by anyone else. Even someone as talented as Stochelo Rosenberg playing a Django solo note-for-note sounds like someone playing a Django solo note-for-note. It does not sound like Django.

scot · November 2015

What movie?

BillDaCostaWilliams · November 2015

Teddy Dupont wrote: »

. For me, there is something about Django's playing,

Well I think you are going to enjoy the box set when you do get to hear it. Just received mine via French Amazon and although I haven't done A/B blind testing with earlier versions, I would say that the remastering of some of the 30's tunes sounds phenomenal to my ear.
Incidentally, it seems like the grilles are not yet available for download but are in the pipeline and will be accessible via a code included with the box-set. http://tinyurl.com/npk4593