Posted by howie feltersnatch on 10/20/05 11:07

When the Penguin is listening to the radio, the songs "Happy Talk" and
"How Much Is That Doggy In The Window" have been replaced with terrible,
generic organ music that completely takes away the mood of the scenes.

"mood of the scenes" !!!

that coming from a play-doh made film about a funny head shaped man and a
dog that cleverer than him!.

bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahaaaaa


"One-Shot Scot" <SonOf@Bitch.com> wrote in message
news:ivudnSIB1oTVoMreRVn-tw@comcast.com...
>I have a copy of the original BBC Video _Wallace & Gromit_, which is out of
> print. My favorite episode on this disk is _The Wrong Trousers_. I had
> contemplated upgrading to the latest _W & G_ DVD, until I saw this:
>
>
> "In terms of the films themselves, The Wrong Trousers has been altered,
> and
> that's what really bugs me. I think it has something to do with copyright
> laws, but several music tracks have been replaced with terrible-sounding
> substitutes. Gromit's birthday card plays a very
> non-birthday-card-sounding
> version of "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" instead of "Happy Birthday To
> You". When the Penguin is listening to the radio, the songs "Happy Talk"
> and
> "How Much Is That Doggy In The Window" have been replaced with terrible,
> generic organ music that completely takes away the mood of the scenes.
> Consequently, the sound of Wallace humming "How Much Is That Doggy In The
> Window" the next morning has also been removed.
>
> "This bit may not bother most people, but for some reason all the
> soundtracks for the shorts are a semitone flat. I can only assume this is
> because the film was transferred at a slower rate."
>
>
> So, is the music which has been substituted for the original soundtrack
> really all that bad? Also, are the soundtracks for the three short
> subjects
> as screwed up as the Amazon reviewer seems to think they are?
>
> I'll probably end up getting the new _W & G_ disk for the Cracking
> Contraption shorts and its supposedly better video. But I think that I
> will
> keep my BBC Video _W & G_ DVD. After all, it does have the original
> soundtrack for _The Wrong Trousers_.
>
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005LC1I/102-8131998-7046534?v=glance
>
>

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