{original post had no questions}

I'm definitely looking forward to the reaction. Today, for
instance, we did the final audio mix of "Z'ha'dum," our third season
ending episode. All of the EFX were in place, the sound, the
music...and after we did the piecemeal mix, layering in things in a
stop-and-go fashion, we did our playback, watching it straight through.
I don't think anyone was breathing for the fourth act. Everyone was
just wog-boggled. The emotional impact of it all is quite strong.

When the lights came up, and I looked around to the stunned
faces in the room, the only thing I could say was, "Welcome to history,
gentlemen."

Looking forward to reactions? Oh, yeah, I suppose you could say
that....

jms

Tom Knudsen <72347.1626@compuserve.com> asks:
> Are there any of the episodes that we particularly avoid the
> spoilers on??

Certainly avoid any spoilers on the last two episodes of year
three.

jms

Chris Croughton (UK) <100014.3217@compuserve.com> asks:
> Out of interest, who was there watching it?

No, the only people in the room are those involved in the mix,
this isn't a screening, it's part of post-production. It's me, John
Copeland, co-producer George Johnsen, the sound editors, mixers, sound
supervisor, a few others on the periphery.

At one point, one of the mixers was working on putting in the
sounds as he went, hadn't yet gone through it all...and kept telling
the sound supervisor (who was asking questions about how we wanted to
handle some later scenes) "don't let me hear this, I don't want to
know, I just want to see what happens next, this is great." Which in
this town, from folks who work on a lot of shows, is a good reaction.

jms

Ray Pelzer <70475.1263@compuserve.com> asks:
> On a lighter note....the music comment reminded me: Any timeframe
> yet for the release of the second CD?

I think Chris is going to time the second CD to coincide with
the new season, so he can piggy-back on the PR.

jms