Supposedly remixed into 5.1, the audio mix here is flat and completely in the center channel. There is no bass response to speak of. Dialogue is clean and clear, though, without any distortion or static. 
While some of the extras are new, many are carried over from Columbia’s release of 20 Million Miles to Earth. A commentary with Harryhausen and various visual effects artists (modern and classic) is somewhat dry, but still informative and fun.
Disc 2 starts off with a 20-minute retrospective titled Remembering it Came from Beneath the Sea. Some information is redundant from the commentary. Six photo galleries follow. A Modern Look at Stop Motion features a student discussing the process as it stands today. The other extras are pulled from the 20 Million disc.
Tim Burton Sits with Ray Harryhausen is an extended face-to-face meeting between the two men. Their chat is informative and fun, including some showcasing of props from Earth vs. The Flying Saucers. It runs quite long at 27 minutes. Film Music’s Unsung Hero is a retrospective hosted by David Schechter. This is another long one, looking at the stock or only slightly altered stock tracks crafted by Mischa Bakaleinikoff. His familiar themes would be used in countless films.
An 18-minute featurette looks at advertising from the era, from lobby cards to detailed press kits. A digital comic wraps up the extras as a sequel to the film, and is filled with solid art, though it’s a shame the physical version wasn’t in the case. 
Columbia makes an embarrassing blunder with the synopsis on the back of the DVD case. It states the creature has eight tentacles, when it’s stated many times on the DVD that, in reality, it only had six. This made it easier and quicker to animate.
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