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How ‘The Wizard of Oz’ Is Finding a Whole New Sound at Sphere, With a Re-Recorded Orchestra, an Untouched Judy Garland, and Aural Design That Puts You in the Twister: ‘Hold Onto Your Dentures’
How the Sphere reinvention of 'The Wizard of Oz' relied on new orchestration and wildly enhanced sound effects... but kept Judy Garland's voice intact.
And will the haptics embedded in the seats still be offering what Dead & Company drummer Mickey Hart recently referred to as an “anal massage,” or are there limits on just how much rumble in the bum-ble Sphere’s producers think a “Wizard of Oz” crowd can handle? So for every potential attendee wanting a cinematic roller coaster, there will be another wondering how the Sphere version will handle the pure loveliness of the Emerald City and Dorothy’s (no place like) home, as first rendered in one of the great song scores of all time. And although so far at Sphere the haptics have become most famous for their (literally) bottom-end qualities, like the brilliant workout they get from Mickey Hart’s nightly Dead & Company drum solos, Freeman says their use will go beyond that into more subtle, heady areas in “The Wizard of Oz.”
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