The new botched soundtrack
There is a huge problem with the soundtrack as it now stands. Like many older films the sound has been "tweaked". The decible level has been increased. Quiet moments used to be extra quiet like Garland singing while Mason walks down to the beach you almost had to strain to hear were in deliberate contrast to the rest of the film and loud moments, like when Garland tears into a number, used to be thrilling. Now those numbers sound ear-splittingly LOUD, so much so that you now want to turn down the sound. No wonder people are saying Garland's voice was getting on their nerves. The soundtrack level is WAY too high. There is something really wrong with how old movies are being presented to us now.
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