Films released in additional version without the score?
I once saw a scene from Silence of the Lambs without the post-sound work. It was significantly less scary, hardly even creepy... This got me thinking: in rather emotional movies, the score adds a great deal of emotional value that results -- at the very least -- in a knot in my throat.
Are there any films that have a film score in their standard version, but are also released without the score in a separate version? Perhaps for a study on the emotional effect of music in film?
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"Signs" (2002, M. Knight Shyamalan) offers a version without the musical score on the DVD. The sound design is still pretty intense -- all the chirping cicadas and whooshing wind and scraping of metal on wood. But it's interesting.
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"Gravity" (2013, Alfonso Cuarón) offers a special edition known as the Diamond Luxe Edition. I'm not sure if it is on both Blu-Ray and DVD or Blu-Ray only. I own the Blu-Ray myself, and it's on Special Features menu by the name of "Silent Space". The sound design is fantastic from the muffled sound in Space to noise inside the stations and down to Earth. This version looks scarier with the sound of gasping and desperation, and the performances of both Bullock and Clooney shine better than the original version. It was an amazing experience.
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