Case study · theatrical documentary

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Dialogue restoration, audio post-production, orchestral score and the 5.1 mix — all of one documentary’s sound, one studio.

Documentary sound usually starts from imperfect material: location conditions, age and carriers all leave marks on the dialogue. For this theatrical-spec documentary (Courage, 28-minute version, released 2024), Edgar Music took on all of the film’s sound: dialogue restoration through the 5.1 surround mix, plus the orchestral score.

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Scope of delivery

Restoration: putting every line back in the room

Restoration is not just removing noise — it is keeping tone and space intact across de-noise, editing and spectral repair. Dialogue is the protagonist of a documentary; only restored dialogue earns the first chair of the final mix.

Why working in one studio matters

The score was written knowing the space of the final mix; sound and music started talking at the premix; the final mix became a single whole instead of a three-way compromise. On documentaries, working in a single studio pays off most directly.

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