More positive is the film's Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack. This is a pretty spare but effective mix. The front soundstage creates a nicely-broad field of audio, with effects and music blending well across those three channels. The rears contribute some generally quiet but convincing effects and also bolster the music at times. Unforgiven offers a pretty subdued soundtrack for the most part, but it works well in the context of the film.
Audio quality seems consistently excellent.
Dialogue is clear and natural, with no intelligibility problems. Music is used sparingly but appears clean and smooth at all times. Less satisfying are the supplements on Unforgiven since Warner Bros. crammed two versions of the film on this DVD, that didn't leave much room for extras, so all we get are perfunctory biographies of Eastwood, Freeman, Hackman and Richard Harris, a few screens that detail the awards the film won, and one brief page of text production notes. The DVD offers flawed though good picture and crisp audio but lacks substantial supplements. Unforgiven may be most appropriate for a rental.