Pink Floyd's iconic concert film, Live At Pompeii, is to be released on 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray via Sony Music Entertainment next month.
The 1972 film, Live At Pompeii, which was reissued last April, will arrive on February 27.
This new movie will be shot against the backdrop of the ruins of Pompeii's famous Roman Amphitheatre in 4k, which has been upgraded from the original 35mm footage with newly remixed Dolby Atmos, stereo and 5.1 audio.
It also includes an enhanced audio newly mixed by Steven Wilson, while the soundtrack was released on vinyl for the first time as well as on CD/Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Audio and Dolby Atmos. The film itself also played in cinemas across the world in April last year.
The new version of this film has also been restored, bit by bit from the original 35mm negative. It was also discovered in five dubiously labelled cans within Pink Floyd's archives by Lana Topham, who is the Director of Restoration for Pink Floyd.
Advanced technologies have also scanned it in 4K, ensuring the finest detail.
Speaking about his love for Pink Floyd and the show, Steven Wilson had this to say.
"Ever since my dad brainwashed me as a kid by playing The Dark Side of The Moon on repeat, Pink Floyd has been my favourite band. They are my “Beatles", deeply ingrained in my musical DNA", Wilson said.
"I first saw Pompeii from a grainy print at a local cinema. It made an incredible impression on me with its untethered and exploratory rock music made by four musicians that seemed to epitomise the notion of intellectual cool. It was an honour to remix the soundtrack to accompany Lana Topham's incredible restoration of the film, which looks like it could've been filmed yesterday".
Last month, Pink Floyd's 50th anniversary reissue of 'Wish You Were Here' reached number one in the UK's Christmas Album Chart, with the band's former guitarist David Gilmour celebrating this news on social media.
“Raising a glass to the wonderful news that Wish You Were Here is the UK’s Christmas Number 1 album", he wrote.
The album was reissued with new physical and digital editions as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations.
This achievement also saw Pink Floyd make history as they broke the record for the longest span between their first and last Number One albums, with 2.620 weeks, or 50 years. Read more about this story from Nova here.
Back in November, Pink Floyd also announced a new mix of their classic, Shine On Our Crazy Diamond as a continuous 25 minute long music piece for the first time. More on this here.
