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First movie with surround sound

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Robert G | 18:09 Thu 19th Jan 2006 | Film, Media & TV
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Which was the first movie which had a multi-channel surround-sound soundtrack when it was first released? I think it was The Guns of Navarone which was made in 1961 - I remember the sound of approaching aircraft coming from the rear of the cinema.
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In 1940, Walt Disney's Fantasia was the first film to be released in a multichannel format called Fantasound.
But there was a Tarzan movie that had this special sound thing
Well I remember going to 'Earthquake' which they said was the first real surround sound ... it was very realistic, whether it was the first or not I don't know but I do remember the hype at the time.

I just looked it up and that was 'sensurround' which was a bit later : viz


By 1974, movie studios and theaters began introducing multi-channel soundtracks that literally surrounded you. Sensurround was the first system, developed for Universal Pictures, and used for Earthquake and Battlestar Galactica. A Star is Born (1976) was the first Dolby Stereo film released with a simulated matrix surround soundtrack. The release of Star Wars, in 1977, with Dolby Surround sound, introduced the masses to an experience where you could hear sounds from the front, side and rear. You could actually hear (and feel) an Imperial Starship cruise above you and Apocalypse Now was the first film to introduce a true split-surround Dolby 5.1 channel sound format

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