Droogie 2001
Prominent Member
Having listened to quite a few disks recently I began to realise how much I enjoy the use of subtle surround sound. In other words sounds used to increase the atmosphere of a film.
Now I enjoy loud explosions and gunfire as much as any other reader to this forum but there are times when its nice to just be immersed in a films environment rather than relentlessly being bombarded with noise.
A couple of examples I can think of is when in The Others, Nicole Kidmans character goes into the room where all of the furniture has dust sheets over them. The surround sound used when you hear the rapid footsteps of the unseen character panning from the left to right behind you is fantastic. It really puts you into that situation. It certainly raised the hairs on my arms.
There are a couple of other scenes in the film that are similar to this.
Other films include Jeepers Creepers (good 1st half terrible 2nd half!) with crows squawking in the corner of your room and other cool effects. Also The Game in which the taxi drivers jumps out of the taxi and lets it crash into the river, the bubbling of the air bubbles around you is nice!
Anyone else know of other films which use surround sound more thoughtfully and with subtlety?
Mike R
Now I enjoy loud explosions and gunfire as much as any other reader to this forum but there are times when its nice to just be immersed in a films environment rather than relentlessly being bombarded with noise.
A couple of examples I can think of is when in The Others, Nicole Kidmans character goes into the room where all of the furniture has dust sheets over them. The surround sound used when you hear the rapid footsteps of the unseen character panning from the left to right behind you is fantastic. It really puts you into that situation. It certainly raised the hairs on my arms.
There are a couple of other scenes in the film that are similar to this.
Other films include Jeepers Creepers (good 1st half terrible 2nd half!) with crows squawking in the corner of your room and other cool effects. Also The Game in which the taxi drivers jumps out of the taxi and lets it crash into the river, the bubbling of the air bubbles around you is nice!
Anyone else know of other films which use surround sound more thoughtfully and with subtlety?
Mike R