7.1 surround sound: Difference between revisions

While some films have been remixed to 7.1 audio tracks on Blu-ray Discs for home cinema,<ref>{{cite web|title=7.1 Blu-ray|url=http://blu-raystats.com/Stats/Stats.php?Audio=7.1|publisher=Blu-rayStats.com|accessdate=2011-05-22}}</ref> the first discrete theatrical 7.1 soundtrack was ''[[Toy Story 3]]'',<ref>{{cite web|last=Flinn|first=Ryan|title=Pixar Gets Dolby to Invent `Rain of Sound' Technology to Match 3-D Movies|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=ah18THYl9mVM|publisher=[[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]]|accessdate=2011-05-22|date=2010-03-23}}</ref> followed by ''[[Step Up 3D]]''. [[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]] announced that they will use 7.1 surround for their future 3D releases.{{cn|date=June 2012}} Recent titles include ''[[Megamind]]'', ''[[Tangled]]'', ''[[Tron: Legacy]]'', ''[[Gnomeo and Juliet]]'', ''[[Mars Needs Moms]]'', ''[[Gulliver's Travels (2010 film)|Gulliver's Travels]]'' and ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dolby Marks 40 Years in Cinema with Major Digital Cinema Milestones|url=http://investor.dolby.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=516952|publisher=[[Dolby Laboratories]]|accessdate=2011-05-22|date=2010-11-10}}</ref> In 2011, additional movies were released with theatrical 7.1 audio, including ''[[Thor (film)|Thor]]'', ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides]]'', ''[[Kung Fu Panda 2]]'', ''[[Super 8 (2011 film)|Super 8]]'', ''[[Green Lantern (film)|Green Lantern]]'', ''[[Cars 2]]'', ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]'', ''[[Captain America: The First Avenger]]''. In 2012, [[Pizza (2012 film)|''Pizza'']] was the first [[Tamil film]] to feature 7.1 surround sound.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pizza: First film in Kollywood to feature 7.1 surround sound|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/pizza-first-film-in-kollywood-to-feature-71-surround-sound/300116-71-181.html|publisher=[[IBNLive]]|accessdate=2013-09-05}}</ref> All these titles are exhibited in the [[Dolby Surround 7.1]] theatrical format.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/pirates-caribbean-kung-fu-panda-171990|title='Pirates of the Caribbean,' 'Kung Fu Panda 2' to Use Dolby 7.1 Surround Sound.|publisher=''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]''|first=Carolyn|last=Giardina|date=2011-03-28|accessdate=2011-03-29| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110330051352/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/pirates-caribbean-kung-fu-panda-171990| archivedate= 30 March 2011 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>