Why the Music in the Live Action Disney Remakes is Worse than you Thought
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Published 2020-02-29
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I was watching him stream himself editing his Lion King video while I was working on my own and I remember thinking it was a good thought and over time I completely forgot that it was him noticing it. This is totally me to blame for not being better at managing my citations.
Again, really sorry to Adam from YMS, please go and check out his Lion Kind video, it's AMAZING:
• YMS: The Lion King (Part 1)
Twitter: twitter.com/Sideways440
Twitch: www.twitch.tv/sideways440
Patreon: www.patreon.com/Sideways440
Sources and other misc. links:
A bunch of interviews surrounding Emma Watson and her audition for Beauty and the Beast:
www.justjaredjr.com/2017/01/17/emma-watson-on-her-…
www.insider.com/beauty-and-the-beast-emma-watson-b…
abc7ny.com/entertainment/why-emma-watson-made-the-…
A really great read about how the autotuning in Beauty and the Beast covered up Watson's performance:
robinwhitehouse.com/2017/04/01/disneys-beauty-and-…
Another really great insight about how auto tune affected Watson's performance and what that means in the broader scope of things:
www.elisesvoicelessons.com/blog/emma-watson-cant-s…
Another interesting take on her voice:
www.classicfm.com/discover-music/periods-genres/fi…
and-the-beast/
Image link for the Disney Renaissance picture:
imgur.com/gallery/Gk87x
consequenceofsound.net/2016/1...
Howard Ashman's website is an absolutely FANTASTIC resource for anyone interested in looking into more of his life and work (and it's where I got the picture of him performing a production of Aladdin):
www.howardashman.com/
www.howardashman.com/howards-work/aladdin
Honestly, Wikipedia had most of the answers I was looking for
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Mermaid_(soundtra…)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_and_the_Beast_(1991_s…)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aladdin_(1992_soundtrack)
All Comments (21)
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The most confusing thing to me is why a CGI Lion King is called "Live-action"...
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They wanted Emma Watson because they wanted Hermione
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Cutting "be prepared" from the lion king is to me the most sacrilegious thing. It looks like Disney doesn't understand anymore the artwork they created.
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I’m so sad as to what they did with Mulan, instead of a story of a woman sacrificing herself for her father and fighting in war whilst learning and growing stronger along the way- we got superpowers. The original Mulan is my favorite Disney movie, and they did the worst thing possible to it without actually hurting the original.
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alternate title: Sideways getting angrier and angrier at the Disney execs for disrespecting Howard Ashman's legacy
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so basically: animation works better for musicals, but disney isn't selling music, it's selling disney
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The biggest slap in the face was that Ewan McGregor CAN SING. He is amazing and anyone who has seen or heard Moulin Rouge knows that.
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"everyone was praising the live action for showing accurate culture and representation" That aged like fine wine 💀
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SINGING IN CHARACTER IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN BEING PITCH PERFECT
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"Imitation over innovation" is the perfect slogan for Disney remakes.
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I've seen the dress Lily James had to fit in for Cinderella at a costume exhibition. It's not photoshopped, she actually fit into that thing.
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What you say about Emma Watson is so true. Maybe she can sing, it looks like her voice is not so bad. But her performance is so emotionless. I thought that it was because she was so focused on singing properly (as she is not used to it) that she forgot to be in character, but you are probably right, it must be the autotune. And the fact that they paired her up with professional singers so we can all hear the difference? They didn't do her a favor.
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I can feel his anger while talking about how Disney wasted Beyonce's voice in Lion King
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I'm from the future: Live-Action Mulan is awful. No one wants it.
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I loved Mulan as a kid. My grandmother was a Chinese immigrant, and I felt more connected to my culture. I used to sing all the songs because I loved that I could share a culture with someone like Mulan. I realised it wasn't completely accurate as I got older, and to be honest I didn't really care. It was a part of my childhood I will always love and cherish. I watched the live action one and kinda just felt it lacked... a soul I guess.
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I just love how passionate this guy is. The absolute rage in his voice is pure gold.
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Someone tried convincing me Emma Watson wasn't autotuned in the film.
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The way I see it the remakes are all just expensive fan-fiction.
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Im an opera singer. In university, there was one singer who I believed could never be successful. A few months later when I heard her again, she had practiced so much that she was one of the best in the entire course. It was a completely different voice. And the injury thing is for real. I once got into the final of a competition and got really sick, but I was heart broken at the prospect of not doing it. So I did opera for half an hour on stage which is very demanding, and from that SINGLE performance I had to go through 2 years of vocal rehab. only being able to sing a scale again after a few months. I had to go on vocal rest for weeks, literally not being allowed to speak a single sentence for weeks.
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I also find it frustrating that Nala HAS her own song!!! It’s called “Shadow Lands” and its in the broadway musical and it’s her “I want” song and expresses why she has to leave! So why “Spirit” instead of a song she already has 🤦🏽♀️