Are there any BD that offer multichannel soundtrack as a bonus?

Big Trouble in Little China has the 5.1 score-only track and it sounds terrific, like listening to an SACD.

This is a feature that should be used more often. I love isolated scores (the technical term for this feature) and Blu-Ray is the perfect format for such. I'd triple dip on the upcoming Blu-Ray releases of the Lord of the Rings on day one if I knew they offered an isolated score.

Wow, that's really cool!

Here are some releases that have isolated score tracks that can be selected while watching the movie:

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
Batman: The Movie (1966)
Beetlejuice (1988)
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
(UK) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Contact (1997)
Corpse Bride (2005)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
The French Connection (1971)
The French Connection II (1975)
L.A. Confidential (1997)
Meet the Robinsons (2007)
Music and Lyrics (2007)
North by Northwest (1959)
Planet of the Apes 2-5 (1970-73)
The Robe (1953)
South Pacific (1958)
Superman: The Movie (1978)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Young Frankenstein (1974)

Release with a separate soundtrack CD bundled are much rarer, but there are several that I know of:

Amadeus (Digibook)
Gone with the Wind (Ultimate Collector's Box)
The Wizard of Oz (Ultimate Collector's Box)
The Venture Bros.: Season 3

I believe there are also some concert releases that might have accompanying CDs:

Incubus: Alive at Red Rocks
The Police: Certifiable
Shakira: Oral Fixation Tour

This is a UK all-region release, right?



It should be some sort of mandatory rule that all blu-ray releases with a Bernard Herrmann score should have the score on a isolated audio track. For whatever reasons it was not included, I was very disappointed at the lack of an isolated score on the 7th Voyage of Sinbad blu-ray. One reason I still hold on to my old Pioneer Special Edition CAV laserdiscs of Harryhausen's films.

T.B.

Ah, yes that's correct for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - I should have been clearer on that. I believe also the Japanese release has the isolated score, but I'm not clear on mainland European versions since they seem to be slightly different with the language track payloads (the UK release is English-only for audio and subs).