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Blow you away with thundering Atmos sound that rains from speakers. Dolby, in particular, has been leading this charge with Dolby Cinemas offered at select AMC theaters.

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As streaming and COVID have chipped away at reasons to go to the cinema - the convenience of beaming a movie to your device of choice is hard to beat - movie theaters have been cornered into providing a cinema experience that truly can't be had at home. Most moviegoers do not choose movies to watch for the sound - no matter how visceral it may be. We decide on standard, IMAX, or 3D (whatever’s left of the format) screens we pay more per ticket to get the immersion of a larger screen or one that displays images that pop out. Paramount Picturesĭespite endless troves of director’s commentaries and behind-the-scenes extras extolling the importance of sound design to a movie’s cinematography, moviegoers largely go to theaters to get a visual experience. The actors in Top Gun: Maverick really went up in F/A-18 Super Hornet jets for the filming. But Maverick's sound design doesn't make the action more convincing because it's available in Atmos, but because it was engineered for it from the start of production.

That's not a fair comparison, you say! (My response to that is: Yes, but it is how many people today will watch the movie - streaming on a non-surround sound device.) Okay, I also bought the 4K Blu-ray after watching Maverick and pumped the remastered Atmos-ready audio through my Sonos Arc soundbar it's a more accurate representation of what most people would get in an Atmos-ready home theater. Even with head-tracking creating a simulated wide-stage listening experience (but not spatial audio) with AirPods Pro, Top Gun sounds comparatively flat versus Maverick. Prior to watching Maverick in an Atmos-tuned theater equipped with 36 surround sound speakers, I rewatched the original Top Gun on Netflix on an M1 iPad Pro. Hearing the distinct thrusts of the engines, or the afterburners, or the missiles drifting between speakers all around you in a Dolby Cinema is so crucial to heightening the realism of flying multi-million-dollar jets on screen. The result is Maverick feels like a believable sequel to the original through its sound. There's plenty of dramatic flare to remind you that this is a new film, set 30-something years later, but that it's also new and mastered with the latest audio-visual technology that was not capable decades ago. Maverick draws on just enough nostalgia from the original Top Gun - be it dialogue or music selection - but never overdoes it. It’s always a massive challenge to bring to life a sequel for an iconic movie, but Kosinski nails Maverick for the most part (about two-thirds into the movie, it kinda turns into Mission Impossible but that’s all I’m saying about that).

While Claudio Miranda’s cinematography masterfully captures the thrill and danger of piloting fighter jets at blistering speeds - the just-over-two-hour film is a nonstop octane-fueled joyride for your eyes - Maverick's sound engineering, produced using Dolby Atmos, for Hans Zimmer and Harold Faltermeyer's soundtrack, is ultimately what will take your breath away. “This is a reason to go to the movies and that's what we designed it for, and we're just thrilled that people are ready to go back.” “This is a movie that is designed to be seen on the biggest screen you can find and the best sound system in your town.” “This is a movie that is designed to be seen on the biggest screen you can find and the best sound system in your town,” Maverick director Joseph Kosinski (of Tron: Legacy and Oblivion fame), told me in a phone interview. Watching Maverick on any screen that’s not larger than your peripheral vision and with any sound system that is less than wall-and-seat-rattling Dolby Vision and Atmos sound simply won’t put you at the edge of your seat.

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Maverick is a movie that would be wasted on an iPad, smartphone, laptop, or TV screen. Paramount Pictures could have released Top Gun: Maverick, the highly anticipated sequel to the 1986 aviation action movie starring Tom Cruise as hotshot pilot Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, on Paramount+ a year ago to gin up subscriptions for the newly launched streaming service.īut I’m so glad the movie studio didn’t go that route.