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Tuesday, 24 October 2006 |
 BT: This Binary Universe
CDs with DVDs seem a fair bet these days as a way of repackaging existing titles.Sometimes it enhances, and sometimes it seems to be just a marketing ploy. But for those creating music with an eye toward the 21st century, having the audio capabilities of 5.1multichannel audio is a definite plus—and for musician/composer/producer BT, a necessity as well. Before you dismiss him as too-too or“I don’t understand this new waveish stuff,”consider that this incorporates his love of film scoring: After all, he produced the score for films such as The Fast and the Furious; Stealth; and Monster, along with writing and producing for Sting, David Bowie, and Peter Gabriel, among many others.
Taking audio and mixing it with multimedia (or in this case, computer animation) results in fine art for the ears, as well as the eyes—different enough to require effort, but worth the end results as an electronic work that combines jazz, classical, and other aspects of modern music. High-resolution imaging looks good, but it will look even better once this gets re-released on a Blu-ray or HD DVD disc (are you listening, DTS?).
The audio emerges at great speed and with great strength: It’s like the proverbial joke about the blind man and the elephant— what you hear and how it reacts in you is different from the experience of the person next door or to the left of you on the couch. A properly tuned audio system will describe these performances with precision.
DTS Entertainment, Technical Rating: B+ |
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