Crap, this was a shitty score to master! The frequency balance wasn�t the biggest problem, the mix was. This score has been mixed in such a strange way that the orchestra sounds almost like mono. Synths and choir create the stereo perspective. Very, very odd. And it�s not like they used some second-rate, unknown orchestra. No, they had the Berlin Philharmonic, which is one of the worlds' leading orchestras, under the baton of no one else than Sir Simon Rattle. The sound of the OST and the FYC have been a disgrace to their talents and to the lovely, beautiful music. Since the so-called "sessions" were released, which were nothing more than a combination of the FYC & the OST, I have desired to make my own version of this score. So here it is!

I think I managed to work my way around the flaws of the sessions (whose sound was perfectly retained on the FYC). The OST got rid of the biggest errors by adjusting the frequency response to counter them. But since mastering costs money, they only did the most necessary thing. And of course they made it as loud as possible using old-fashioned brickwall-limiting, leading to dynamic compression artifacts. And the sessions already were dynamically compressed! On my set, you won�t have these errors. My set also features the best sound one can have using these files as sources. It�s lovely, voluptuous when needed, crisp when needed. I too compressed dynamics - but by hand using automated faders. Much more effective, if you ask me.

The almost complete score (some snippets are still missing), including the most important alternates, occupies more than 80 minutes. In order for all music to fit on one CD, you�d need one of those 90 minute CDs. In order to enable fans to use both, I prepared two different versions: one for the common 80 minute CDs, another for the rarer 90 minute CDs. The shorter doesn�t contain the alternates, it also misses a track I deemed unworthy of inclusion: "Nights in Naples".

Though I have to say that the shorter version is my intended version, it just has superior flow.

Oh, and thanks to Fink without whom some tracks would have been sounding too thin and strident ;)


Here are the instruction on how to do assemble the "big" version:

1. download all archives
2. unpack the archives
3. increase the tracknumbers of the contents in the "SmellyPeople.rar" archive by 1, starting with "The 13th Essence" (Number 5 becomes 6, number 6 becomes 7, and so on)
4. move the 3 flac-files of the "MoreSmellyPeople.rar" into the folder containing the 17-track CD
5. copy the tags of the files inside the folder "Files for tagging ONLY!" to the 20-track-flac files.
6. you�re done (you can now erase the aac-files used for tagging, they are of bad quality anyway)


Tracklist 80-minute-CD:

1. The Beginning
2. Grenouille�s Childhood
3. Streets Of Paris
4. The Girl With The Plums
5. The 13th Essence
6. Experiment
7. The Highest Point
8. Meeting Laura
9. Preparing Pauline
10. The Method Works!
11. Grasse In Panic
12. Richis`s Escape
13. Laura`s Murder
14. Awaiting Execution & The Perfume
15. The Crowd Embraces
16. Leaving Grasse
17. End Titles

Tracklist 90-minute-CD:

1. The Beginning
2. Grenouille�s Childhood
3. Streets Of Paris
4. The Girl With The Plums
5. Nights In Naples
6. The 13th Essence
7. Experiment
8. The Highest Point
9. Meeting Laura
10. Preparing Pauline
11. The Method Works!
12. Grasse In Panic
13. Richis`s Escape
14. Laura`s Murder
15. Awaiting Execution & The Perfume
16. The Crowd Embraces
17. Leaving Grasse
18. End Titles
19. Streets Of Paris (Album Version)
20. The Crowd Embraces (Alternate)


Links are down. For quite some time. So private messaging won't help.

I like the Cd that I bought years ago. Marvelous music. It did not come with directions... and it sounds ravishing.

What do you mean by 'mastered"? What process did you apply on the source if it was compressed to be gin with? Thanks!

Thanks, I always enjoy your work!!

Beautiful, Sonic. Simply beautiful!

Love this score. Can't wait to hear what you've done with it. Thank you.

As usual, you post the best-sounding scores, sonicadventure! Thank you very much for all the work and keep it up!

Thanks for keeping up with the legend of Grenouille! I can't wait to listen to this tomorrow morning.

Thanks, SonicAdventure!

Not bad indeed ;)

Wow! You've worked on one of my favorite scores from the last years!?
I'm veeeery curious how this sounds now!!! Thanks for your effort, SonicAdventure! :)

Edit: I'm half through and LOVE IT!! Sounds absolutely amazing!! :D

What do you mean by 'mastered"? What process did you apply on the source if it was compressed to be gin with? Thanks!

With 'compression' I mean dynamic compression. Not compression like mp3 or aac. And the sessions seem to have been dynamically compressed right at the recording venue when the actual recording happened. The OST had an additional kind of dynamic compression, a kind that is very audible and doesn�t sound very good. And that one is absent on my set.

And with 'mastered' I mean that the FYC, which was the basis for my set, doesn�t seem to be mastered at all (mastered -> preparing and transfering audio from the final mix so that playback will sound well on most systems). I whipped it into shape, hence the term 'mastering' (for lack of a better expression).



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Not bad indeed ;)

Slu*!

:D

This is one of my top 10 favorite scores OF ALL TIME! Anxiously awaiting to hear it_---_-

Thanks a lot Sonic ;-)

Thank you very, very much!! I can't wait so heard it since is one of my favorites scores!

Thank you so much, Sonic!
This would be my No 1 choice for the poll.

thanks a lot Sonic!!!

Thank you so much, Sonic!
This would be my No 1 choice for the poll.

Too late! :D

Thanks for your work on this project and for sharing it.

Thank you, SonicAdventure. This score was new to me and the music was an interesting listen, while sonicwise everythings sounds clear and spacious. When listening to it I guessed that in general the abundance of synthesized sounds might make some aspects of the remastering more tricky than in purely accoustic scores, and then I couldn't help smiling about the additional problem you found with the mix in this one.

So, my question: if the stereo was wide for synths and choir and narrower for the orchestra and you gave more space to the orchestra, then are now synths and choir wider than they were? Or is it possible to modify the staging for arbitrary ranges of frequencies or instruments?

Thank you too for your contribution, Fink. Yep, not bad, not bad... ;)

Thank you, SonicAdventure. This score was new to me and the music was an interesting listen, while sonicwise everythings sounds clear and spacious. When listening to it I guessed that in general the abundance of synthesized sounds might make some aspects of the remastering more tricky than in purely accoustic scores, and then I couldn't help smiling about the additional problem you found with the mix in this one.

So, my question: if the stereo was wide for synths and choir and narrower for the orchestra and you gave more space to the orchestra, then are now synths and choir wider than they were? Or is it possible to modify the staging for arbitrary ranges of frequencies or instruments?

Thank you too for your contribution, Fink. Yep, not bad, not bad... ;)

Yeah, the mix on this one was truly horrible. Which seems to be the case quite often with their scores... Cloud Atlas suffers from the same problems (and some more).

To answer your question: it�s not possible to alter a finalized mix. One cannot, for example, bring brass to the foreground in case it�s obscured by choir. Engineers are also unable to 'move' an orchestra to the sides without 'moving' the synths too (like on this score). However, one can alter an existing stereo image - and I did so here. I increased stereo separation (without introducing any odd effects / errors caused by cheap 'stereo widening' tool) and manipulated the frequency response so that it appears that I altered the mix.

If someone finally delivers a method to take a final mix apart... wow, he would deserve any price the community can throw at him.

Who can make a beautiful music even better?

Well, we all know the guy! Thank you SonicAdventure, thank you very much!

"das Parf�m" is top 5 book, top 5 movie and top 5 score

this score shows that the music in a film is the most importent part

thanks a lot for ur share

Thanks ! Nice job !

Thanks again for your great work and share :)

Forgot to mention that the right cover is really REALLY BEAUTIFUL! :)

Great work once again.

Regards.

Another one, you deserve a lot, so keep on doing that great work!

thanks for giving a shit
and for sharing your talents...

cheers

This was a beautiful score, I hadn't heard it before now. Thanks Sonic.

Thank you Sonic for your excellent work. It's one of my favourite soundtracks and you have made it even better.

Brilliant, thanks Sonic. :)

This is fantastic! I love the music beyond words! Thanks a lot!

Thanks Sonic... one can never have too many versions of this score. To my ears, this was the last great score ever written.

Sounds great. Beautiful cover too!

Thanks for another one!

Sublime! Thank you. :)

Thank you very much. It sounds absolutely amazing.

Thanks Sonic... one can never have too many versions of this score. To my ears, this was the last great score ever written.I wish all scores sounded like this instead of the dreck we usually get these days...

This is beautiful. Love your Deluxe Editions, Sonic :)

This is a wonderful score. I look forward to hearing what you have done with it.

Thank you for this and thanks for all the time you put in to this and all your projects in the future, great work.

Thank you, Sonic!

Thanks, SonicAdventure!
Thanks a lot!

After listening to your edion carefully I can't say more than: fantastic job! You have improved very much the sound quality, I specially notice that in Richis`s Escape and Grasse in Panic or even the first track.

Thank you again!

Fucking brilliant! Now if only this stuff was mastered correctly to begin with. This is one of my favorite scores as well so I can't wait to hear your improvements.

Thanks for sharing.

Thanks so much!

A very beautiful score, thank you Sonic!

Thank you Sonic! This great score deluxe edition of yours brought back the memory of when I got to meet Tykwer, Heill and Klimek in Los Angeles during an interview. We then went to the Paramount lot for a pre-release screening of the film. Something I'd like to point out is that when these three composers work together, the end result is often quite good if not excellent, whereas when Heill and Klimek work without Tom, it is simply not as good.

Many, many thanks for this version!

Thanks!

Awesome thread!!!
Thank you so much for sharing your work, SonicAdventure!!!!
I really appreciate!!!
:)

Can you upload this to Mega??? Thx!!!

Can you upload this to Mega??? Thx!!!

Yes!!! Would be great!!!...
SolidFiles still work, but, could re-up "Additional track & alternates", SonicAdventure? It's the only thing missing me.
Many thanks in advance!!! :)

Thanks once again for your efforts, SA! Great score, this - can't wait to hear what you've done with it. You're really having fun with the passwords these days, huh? :-)

Now I could. Solid's links still work!!!
I must said again: great, great work Sonic. Thank you for sharing it!!!

thank you

May I have a Mega link, sir?

Is a reup possible?

did you try the solid files links ?

Whoops, they worked.

Thanks

This doesn't sound any better than the original CD in any way. Sorry, but it doesn't.

This doesn't sound any better than the original CD in any way. Sorry, but it doesn't.

I disagree. But then nobody forces you to listen to it :)

Your works with the Hobbit and mainly with the legendary goldsmith Mummy score brought me here. Years ago, when I heard Das Parfum I always thought I was in front of a finest DeutscheGrammophon work with the Berlinker Philharmoniker brilliant sound. Now, I suppose I was in a mistake.

Congratulations and I hope your work's legacy will endure through time!!

Unfortunately this is down. A FLAC link of the original files would be really appreciated! :)

https://mega.co.nz/#!dBdzhD4T!TOjjxJcO4_x1Q_1t4o1MaGzpqwVALplVlrsnVrx pqsg

Is a repack with the original flac files (the "long version") and the original password.

Great, a big thank you! :)

Many thanks for your work on this wonderful score.

https://mega.co.nz/#!dBdzhD4T!TOjjxJcO4_x1Q_1t4o1MaGzpqwVALplVlrsnVrx pqsg

Is a repack with the original flac files (the "long version") and the original password.

Thanks! that helps a lot. These mirrorcreator links aren't perfect. I think MEGA is still much better.

Thank You!

Thanks for piutting this together Sonic and thanks so much Minnasan for re-up!

Agreed absolutely, thanks for putting this together Sonic and thanks so much Minnasan for re-up! http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg548/dsphipps100/yo.gif

Thank you for this, just getting around to grab this. Have they only worked on Perfume and Cloud Atlas together, or are there more films in which all three composed the music?

More music by this trio can be found in:

Run Lola Run (1998)
The Princess and the Warrior (2000)
The International (2009)

Thanks! What's the password for the re up? I tried with the original but it didn't work.

Thank you so much for your work and share SonicAdventure!! :D This is an absolutely masterful! piece of music :)

Also thanks to Minnasan for mega link :)

Many thanks to Sonic and the re-uploader!

Thank you so much !!

Thanks a lot for the reupload!

I forgot that one! Thank You!

thanks

Links are down.
Could you reupload it, please?

Many thanks to Sonic and Minnasan!

Can you give me the working link, please?
Thanks so much.
Denys P.R.
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What am I doing wrong? It says links are unavailable :(

Can I also aks for the link ?

I like how you mastered it anyway, and thanks for the upload! :)

Thank you

All links are down unfortunately. I know I'm urinating against the wind although any chance by anyone for a re-up? Pretty please.

Re-up of 90 minute version with my custom tags:
https://mega.nz/#!tvJWkbaT!xm7kjFiMG82QTjTSWh9s2hsbqu5nYEjHQMsf-rYjDnY

Password:

SonicPerfume

Re-up of 90 minute version with my custom tags:
https://mega.nz/#!tvJWkbaT!xm7kjFiMG82QTjTSWh9s2hsbqu5nYEjHQMsf-rYjDnY

Password:

SonicPerfume

Thanks! :)

Re-up of 90 minute version with my custom tags:
https://mega.nz/#!tvJWkbaT!xm7kjFiMG82QTjTSWh9s2hsbqu5nYEjHQMsf-rYjDnY

Password:

SonicPerfume

Thank you.

Thanks a lot! :)

links for download please

Thanks to both SonicAdventure & Newwhale for sharing and the reup!

Thanks