Interstellar soundtrack - which version?

[stunta]

This is my favorite movie of all time and I want the best possible recording of the soundtrack with the most number of tracks. I don't know why I never got around to buying the soundtrack.

The regular CD version has terrible reviews because apparently it doesn't have what the movie has. The HDTracks version's DR is the same as the CD version accornding to the DR database, so I am guessing it might be an upsampled version. I am reading that the Illuminated Star Projection Edition is the best in terms of being the most comprehensive (includes the docking scene) but I can't find it for sale in the US - this was a limited edition for some reason. Amazon has it listed for $600 or so which is ridiculous.Then there us the Deluxe version which seems somewhere in between.

So where can I the proper soundtrack and hopefully a decent recording?

Thanks!

 

[RayDunzl]

Spotify has a 96 minute 24 track version, to listen to, at least...

Then there's this with 54 tracks: http://download-soundtracks.com/movie_soundtracks/interstellar-soundtrack-complete-by-hans-zimmer/

 

[amirm]

I just stream the standard Tidal version. For the rest I listen to Youtube. Sad that they never did a proper release of all the tracks.

Track list/lengths for each version is in the Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstellar_(soundtrack)

 

[Blumlein 88]

https://www.reddit.com/r/audioengineering/comments/2mszh4
Do they include the 15.7 khz annoying tone on these versions?

 

[RayDunzl]

Maybe it's Hawking Radiation.

 

[amirm]

o they include the 15.7 khz annoying tone on these versions?

Don't know but 15.7 kHz is the horizontal scan rate of an analog TV! Likely they had one on the set and it bled into the recordings. And the old fart doing the mixing and recording couldn't hear it.

 

[amirm]

And yes, it is in the streamed version of standard edition on Tidal:

You can see it poking up on the right.

 

[amirm]

I just tested a track from the Illuminated Star Projection box from youtube and has the same issue.

 

[danadam]

I've found Interstellar Complete Music Database [reddit] very informative when I was buying mine.

 

[stunta]

Don't know but 15.7 kHz is the horizontal scan rate of an analog TV! Likely they had one on the set and it bled into the recordings. And the old fart doing the mixing and recording couldn't hear it.

Is it fair to assume that some engineer in the production chain should, at least out of curiosity, run a spectrum analyzer on the tracks they produce? I sampled 4 different tracks and they all have it.

 

[andreasmaaan]

Is it fair to assume that some engineer in the production chain should, at least out of curiosity, run a spectrum analyzer on the tracks they produce? I sampled 4 different tracks and they all have it.

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The engineers should definitely have looked at the spectrum. Strange that this got through on a major release like this.

 

[stunta]

Is it easy to get rid of this? Audacity?

 

[Blumlein 88]

Is it easy to get rid of this? Audacity?

Yes with a notch filter set for a high Q value at that frequency.

 

[svart-hvitt]

The engineers should definitely have looked at the spectrum. Strange that this got through on a major release like this.

Time for a remaster?

 

[danadam]

Is it easy to get rid of this? Audacity?

I can still hear 15.7 kHz but only down to maybe -30 dBFS at normal volume. So you could say my built-in eq takes care of the issue ;-)