I found on SVS' website the following movies are suggested to demo your subwoofer and HT system:

"3D Atom Bomb"
- "15 Megatons", Chap. 4 (0:50:01)

"Aliens"
- "THX Intro"
- "Express elevator to hell", Scene 9 (41:20)
- "Awakenings", Scene 15 (1:12:52)
- "Marines we are leaving!", Scene 15 (1:19:45)
- "Drop ship explodes", Scene 17 (1:24:49)

"Alien 4"
- "Betty Flies In", Scene 5 (13:09)

"Antz"
- "Terror from Above", Scene 17 (51:48)

"Apollo 13"
- "Lift off", Scene 13 (35:12)
- "Re-entry", Scene 53 (2:05:20)

"Apocalypse Now"
- "Chopper ride" Scene 2 (0:19:47)*
- "ARC LIGHT" Scene 4 (0:26:02)*
- "Grenade launch" Scene 12 (1:27:58)

"Atlantis Lost Empire"
- "Leviathan Moves", Scene 5 (0:20:53)*

"Attack of the Clones"
- "Ship explodes", Scene 3 (0:3:19)*

"Backdraft"
- "Dad", Scene 1 (4:30)
- "Check that door", Scene 10 (1:19:05)

"Basketball Diaries"
- "Thunder", Scene 8 (37:53)

"Blade"
- "Footstep", Scene 4 (7:15)
- "Pinned", Scene 4 (9:05)
- "Invitation?" Scene 17 (41:20)
- "Door blown" Scene 20 (50:05)

"Blue Man Group"
- "PVC", (IV: 0:9:50)

"Braveheart"
- "Knocking on the Door", Scene 12 (1:39:30)
- "Cavalry Charge", Scene 11 (1:26:50)

"Broken Arrow"
- "Underground explosion", Scene 13 (1:08:50)

"Castaway"
- "Brace for impact!", Scene 8 (0:26:01)*
- "Engine splash", Scene 8 (0:27:43)*

"Contact"
- "Bombing", Scene 28 (1:36:30)
- "Space truckin", Scene 33 (1:55:56)

"The Core"
- "Destruction of Rome", Scene 9 (0:49:26)
- "Golden Gate Bridge Breaks", Scene 14 (1:30.56)

"Dark City"
- "Let the tuning commence", Scene 8 (34:30)
- "City makeover", Scene 15 (1:27:45)

"Das Boot"
- "Depth charges", Scene 21 (59:30)
- "Storm surfing", Scene 25 (1:15:15)
- "Hitting bottom", Scene 17 (53:15, Side "B")

"Detroit Rock City"
- "Oh Chungo...." Scene 12 (53:50)

"Fight Club"
- "THX Intro"
- "Mid-air collision" Chapter 8 (0:21:39)
- "Ass-whippin" Chapter 9 (0:21:59)
- "Calling Marla" Chapter 10 (0:27:29)
- "Fridge explosion" Chapter 10 (0:27:35)
- "Car wreck" Chapter 27 (1:40:28)
- "My eyes are open" Chapter 35 (2:13:00)
- "Final explosions" Chapter 36 (2:15:31)

"Final Destination 2"
- "Logs hit highway", Scene 2 (0:10:09)*

"Finding Nemo"
- "Darla taps the tank", Scene 25 (1:18:14)

"Godzilla"
- Menu, building crumbling
- "Godzilla enters harbor" Chapter 8 (0:25:23)
- "Godzilla emerges from subway" Chapter 15 (1:20:30)

"The Haunting"
- Menu (Intro)
- "Coming mother!" Scene 10 (38:08)
- "The cold" Scene 10 (39:18)

"Heat"
- "Gun blasts in car" Chapter 32 (1:48:20)

"The Hulk"
- "Hulk jumps on a plane", Scene 25 (1:47:43)
- "Hulk pounds the pavement", Scene 26 (1:51:16)

"Ice Age"
- "Squirrel races from a glacier", Scene 1 (0:02:33)

"The Iron Giant"
- "The Giant Sits Down" Scene 8 (0:20:01)
- "Robot Landing" (Train Impact) Scene 10 (25:41)
- "Green Boom" Scene 27 (1:11:40)

"Independence Day"
- "Intro spaceship flyover" Scene 1 (0:2:12)
- "Time's Up" Scene 24 (0:51:55)
- "Got Airbags?" Scene 31 (1:05:15)

"Jumanji"
- "Big Cat" Scene 9 (0:29:01)
- "Stampede" Scene 14 (0:59:16)

"Jurassic Park III"
- "T-Rex Lunch", Scene 6 (0:26:30)*
- "Dueling dinosaurs", Scene 6 (0:26:49)*

"K19"
- "In case I die", Scene 4 (0:36:11)*

"Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings"
- "Ring drops", Scene 1 (0:03:49)
- "Sauron Explodes", Scene 1 (0:04:04)
- "Skeleton falls into well", Scene 8 (0:27:39)

"Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"
- "Gandalf falls", Scene 1 (0:02:48)
- "Black riders", Scene 14 (0:49:42)
- "Gandalf slays Balrog", Scene 15 (0:53:54)
- "Oliphants charge", Scene 30 (1:44:52)

"Lost In Space"
- Menu (Intro)
- "Fighter Launch" Scene 1 (0:1:10)
- "Showtime" Scene 1 (0:02:25)
- "Exiting Hyperspace" Scene 11 (0:36:15)

"Mask of Zorro"
- Opening Logo Scene 1 (0:0:50)
- "Explosion" Scene 27 (2:04:53)

"The Matrix"
- "Where we are grown" Scene 12 (0:42:55)
- "Landing in fight", Scene 15 (50:51)
- "Chopper explosion" Scene 31 (1:51:11)

"The Matrix Reloaded"
- "Door to the source", Scene 26 (1:38:23)
- "It's the hammer", Scene 34 (2:05:15)

"Minority Report"
- "Pulse gun in the factory", Scene 9 (0:52:29)

"Monsters Inc."
- "Ted walks to work", Scene 5 (0:09:01)
- "Sock detonation", Scene 12 (0:18:33)
- "City block decon", Scene 12 (0:28:23)
- "Boo laughs", Scene 13 (0:30:39)

"Predator"
- "Jesse's Gun", Scene 12 (47:43)

"Ronin"
- "RPG Launch", Scene 13 (44:31)

"Soldier"
- "Dumping The Trash", Chap 6, (0:19:25)
- "Windstorm" Chap 6 (0:19:25)
- "Planet Killer" Chap 28 / 1:29:54

"Spy Game"
- "Chopper crash", Scene 4 (0:25:54)*
- "Explosion", Scene 17 (1:33.33)*

"Stargate"
- "Space Traveling", Scene 11 (30:10)

"Super Speedway"
- "Bump At Speed", Scene 10 (0:16:56)
- "F1 Closeup", Scene 7 (0:12:45)
- "Title: Burnin", Title

"Thirteenth Warrior"
- "Opening Storm" Scene 1 (0:0:30)
- "Ambushed" Scene 7 (0:38:27)

"Terminator 2"
- "DVD Intro"
- "First Footstep" Chap 2 (0:01:40)

"Titan AE"
- "Ship flyby" Chap 10 (0:36:10)
- "Ship engine roar" Chap 10 (0:36:44)
- "Drej" Chap 10 (39:50)
- "Ice Field Part 1" Chap 16 (103:45)
- "Ice Field Part 2" Chap 16 (1:04:55)

"Titanic"
- "THX Intro"
- "We can’t leave him" Scene 22 (2:21:50)

"Toy Story 2"
- "Door knock" (Monsters Inc. trailer)
- "Dog growling" (Monsters Inc. trailer)
- Opening logo Chap. 1 (0:00:55)
- "Aliens explode" Chap. 2 (0:02:30)
- "Game over" Chap. 2 (0:04:21)

"The Phantom Menace"
- "THX Intro"
- "Ambush" Chapter 3 (0:05:12)
- "Pod race tunnel exit" Chapter 20 (1:01:40)

"U-571"
- Alarm! Chap. 8 0:40:15
- "Torpedo hit" Chap 9 (0:47:48)
- "They all missed" Chap 9 (0:55:55)
- "Plane flyover" Chap 12 (1:06:28)
- "Depth Charge" Chap 15 (1:17:34)

"Unbreakable"
- "Train ride" Chap 1 (0:08:35)
- "Walk in the rain" Chap 23 (1:22:55)

"Waterworld"
- "Later cousins" Scene 4 (38:23)
- "Flare dropped" Scene 12 (1:51:30)
- "Ship sinking" Scene 13 (1:56:45)

[This message has been edited by william (edited September 14, 2004).]

The list is obviously outdated.
They don’t have the recent releases with some of the best deep bass soundtrack such as Master and Commander, L.O.T.R. The Return of The King, T3, Matrix Revolution, Hell Boy, The Punisher and…. etc.


[This message has been edited by Spiker (edited September 14, 2004).]

At least, this is the most complete I found so far which includes the chapter and scene of the movies. Most other suggestion just name the movies. So I guess that list is a good start

Maybe we can start our own database of movie, chapter, and scene for subwoofer & HT demos in this forum.

[This message has been edited by william (edited September 14, 2004).]

That’s an interesting idea. That may get the chapter numbers more accurately than the list above. One of the most impressive DVD bass demo of all time (IMO) is in The Two Towers when Black Rider (Nazgul) flies over marshland on a dragon which is in chapter 12 (not 14 as they listed).

Also in The Two Towers, they didn’t include chapter 41 when Helms Deep wall explodes. I guess even SVS staff didn’t think it has enough bass impact just like I pointed out in this forum. Perhaps I wasn’t overreacting all along…

[This message has been edited by Spiker (edited September 15, 2004).]

toot, toot, where is that horn sound coming from?

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T3 is full of deep, intense bass. I popped it in the player yesterday and thought everything in my living room was going to shake loose! One of the best explosion sounds came from the scene where Ahnold is driving through the desert and has to cut out his damaged power cell. He tosses it out the truck window and the following explosion is awesome! I think it might be time to upgrade the ol'subwoofer....

Cadboy:

Chapter number?

Sorry....I wasn't paying attention(my wife can attest to that!). It was right after the first battle with the Terminatrix, and arnold was damaged by the T3's pulse-cannon arm weapon thingy. The future Mrs. Conner was still locked up in the back of the truck and John Conner and the T-100 were in the cab, before stopping at a gas/food mart where they picked up food. If I had thought of this thread at the time, I would have made a note of the chapter. I was just taking advantage of having the house to myself to "test" the system

Okay...I've got it! Chapter 13, 40:40!

[This message has been edited by Cadboy (edited September 16, 2004).]

I find Chapter 25 of Finding Nemo to be outstanding. When Darla taps on the fish tank, my subwoofer shakes the whole house.

[This message has been edited by william (edited September 22, 2004).]

Thanks for the input.

I was thinking more in the line of what’s not covered by SVS’s list or their misprint of chapter number…