Search - Jon Mikl Thor :: Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare

A much needed release, but a bit of a letdown

Vic Viper | Michigan | 08/22/2006

(3 out of 5 stars)

"I have loved this movie and it's soundtrack ever since I first saw the film. Years ago, I managed to track down an awesomely rare copy of the vinyl album soundtrack. I recorded the album into my computer, added some noise reduction to take care of some of the static and pops, and eventually had my own CD soundtrack to play in my car. I also added some great dialogue tracks from the film, which the makers of this release did as well. I was extremely excited to learn that a new release of the soundtrack was coming and couldn't wait to hear the clean, CD quality transfer that the soundtrack deserves. Unfortunately, it turns out that my own homemade vinyl album conversion sounds BETTER than this CD. I don't understand how that's possible, but it's true. The tracks sound thin, muddy, and at times ear-piercingly screetchy. It almost sounds like I am listening to the album streaming in low quality from the internet. This is terribly disappointing, because tracks like "Energy" and "Heads Will Turn" deserve a much higher quality sound than this. I do believe that all of the tracks were poorly recorded to begin with, but the bottom line is that the vinyl album sounds much better than this. Perhaps what we really need is a complete re-recording of the soundtrack, replacing Thor with someone who is still able to sing in glorious falsetto."