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Re: Musker & Clements' Moana
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2015 10:22 am
by disneyprincess11
Yeah, I was going to say: Disney is having a knack of making the same characters over and over again.
At least, Wreck-It Ralph was different (2 sets of buddies & lots of secondary characters) and then, Giants might be much more diverse (The usual: 2 male buddies, love interest, a prince to make a love triangle, possibly the cow for the animal sidekick, but then a group of villains and a female warrior, plus the harp if she/he gets in?)
Re: Musker & Clements' Moana
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2015 5:17 pm
by Disney's Divinity
I'm just grateful the sidekicks haven't been annoying in the newest films. They're unspeaking or at least calmed down so they aren't irritating loudmouths. Sidekicks are just part of the formula for animated films, better or worse. It's not just Disney.
Not sure what to think about Maui. Sounds a bit like something from Hercules.
Re: Musker & Clements' Moana
Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2015 2:57 pm
by disneyprincess11
Re: Musker & Clements' Moana
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2015 5:54 pm
by DisneyEra
Re: Musker & Clements' Moana
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2015 7:32 pm
by disneyprincess11
Re: Musker & Clements' Moana
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2015 10:14 pm
by taei
The first girl is great...
I didn't like the second performer as much because I don't think her voice is unique enough for a Disney princess.
One of the main reasons why Ariel, Belle, Pocahontas, and Elsa sing my favorite disney songs is because their voices are so unique. It's not a voice that you can find anywhere and that is what I want from Moana.
Re: Musker & Clements' Moana
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2015 2:16 am
by Lady Cluck
I highly doubt any of these youtube auditions will win the role. I'll be beyond furious if they do.
Re: Musker & Clements' Moana
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2015 7:02 am
by disneyprincess11
Lady Cluck wrote:I highly doubt any of these youtube auditions will win the role. I'll be beyond furious if they do.
Better than Selena Gomez or any other pop star/Disney Channel star. It's great that they're giving a random girl a chance to make her dreams come true.
taei wrote:The first girl is great...
I didn't like the second performer as much because I don't think her voice is unique enough for a Disney princess.
One of the main reasons why Ariel, Belle, Pocahontas, and Elsa sing my favorite disney songs is because their voices are so unique. It's not a voice that you can find anywhere and that is what I want from Moana.
The problem with the first girl is that she sounds too old. She has the speaking voice down, but her singing is too old. Beautiful voice though. The second girl is not that unique, but she's Moana's age and she has a strong voice.
Agreed with you about the uniqueness of the voices. With thousands of girls auditioning, they are bound to find *that* voice I don't care who's Moana, as long as it's a newcomer. I'm rooting for all of the YouTube/Vine auditioners
Re: Musker & Clements' Moana
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2015 7:02 am
by disneyprincess11
Lady Cluck wrote:I highly doubt any of these youtube auditions will win the role. I'll be beyond furious if they do.
Better than Selena Gomez or any other pop star/Disney Channel star. It's great that they're giving a random girl a chance to make her dreams come true.
taei wrote:The first girl is great...
I didn't like the second performer as much because I don't think her voice is unique enough for a Disney princess.
One of the main reasons why Ariel, Belle, Pocahontas, and Elsa sing my favorite disney songs is because their voices are so unique. It's not a voice that you can find anywhere and that is what I want from Moana.
The problem with the first girl is that she sounds too old. She has the speaking voice down, but her singing is too old. Beautiful voice though. The second girl is not unique, but she's Moana's age and she has a strong voice with a youthful, innocent feel to it.
Agreed with you about the uniqueness of the voices. With thousands of girls auditioning, they are bound to find *that* voice. I don't care who's Moana, as long as it's a newcomer. I'm rooting for all of the YouTube/Vine auditioners
Re: Musker & Clements' Moana
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2015 8:37 am
by Lady Cluck
Better than Selena Gomez or any other pop star/Disney Channel star. It's great that they're giving a random girl a chance to make her dreams come true.
As if that's the only other alternative. It won't be them either.
Re: Musker & Clements' Moana
Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 2:16 pm
by disneyprincess11
Re: Musker & Clements' Moana
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2015 12:31 pm
by Sotiris
disneyprincess11 wrote:Disney called her (Jamie Chung) in to read for a new project called Moana and she read for the voice of the character, Milano.
That was a spelling mistake. Jamie Chung auditioned for the title character, Moana.
Q: What was the audition process like?
Jamie Chung: Disney announced that they are doing their next project MOANA and I was called to do a table read and do the voice of the title character Moana. John Lasseter was in the room and later he asked me to audition for GoGo.
Source:
http://www.5minutesformom.com/98202/int ... ero6event/
Re: Musker & Clements' Moana
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2015 8:05 am
by disneyprincess11
Re: Musker & Clements' Moana
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2015 9:00 am
by Disney's Divinity
M&C + Menken = <3
The Rock had better not **** this up.
Re: Musker & Clements' Moana
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2015 9:30 am
by UmbrellaFish
Wow, I thought that ship had sailed. I'm glad to hear that's not the case!
A new Ron and John movie with Menken music? Ah.... Bliss.
Re: Musker & Clements' Moana
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2015 9:41 am
by Old Fish Tale
Oh, that's such good news!
Re: Musker & Clements' Moana
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2015 10:09 am
by DisneyFan09
That's awesome! I thought Disney had ditched him completely!
Re: Musker & Clements' Moana
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2015 11:47 am
by taei
I have mixed feelings about this...
If this means the Alan Menken who wrote the music for Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Hunchback, and Pocahontas, then Yes!!!!
If this means the Alan Menken who wrote the music for Enchanted and Tangled... Then pass.
Hopefully Disney gives him complete freedom to do whatever he wants and actually let's him be involved with the story-making people.
Who are doing the lyrics? I really hope Glen Slater stays away from this movie.. I didn't enjoy his lyrics for Tangled and Galavant. :S
Re: Musker & Clements' Moana
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2015 1:17 pm
by DisneyFan09
taei wrote:I have mixed feelings about this...
If this means the Alan Menken who wrote the music for Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Hunchback, and Pocahontas, then Yes!!!!
If this means the Alan Menken who wrote the music for Enchanted and Tangled... Then pass.
Hopefully Disney gives him complete freedom to do whatever he wants and actually let's him be involved with the story-making people.
Who are doing the lyrics? I really hope Glen Slater stays away from this movie.. I didn't enjoy his lyrics for Tangled and Galavant. :S
Well said.
I find Menken's earliest work superior to his later work. Not only because of nostalgic reasons, but because it was simply better. His work for "Enchanted" was just okay ("That's How You Know" was the best song) and I'm tired of repeating my thoughts on his music on "Tangled". As with you, I hope he get's his chance to execute his ideas.
Yes, this may sound contradicting, considering that I recently proclaimed my relief about him doing the score. But let's hope he'll get the chance to do something really great again.
Re: Musker & Clements' Moana
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2015 1:49 pm
by Disney's Divinity
The only Menken soundtrack I'm not keen on is Tangled, but I'm hardly going to judge him there considering the directors clearly were opposed to the film being a musical at all. Besides that, my only disappointments have been a couple of lackluster songs in recent Broadway adaptations (although there have been an equal amount of good additions, imo; "Diamond in the Rough," many for TLM's musical including some that were cut, and new songs for an overseas Hunchback show that have received a lot of praise). I'd still take Menken over the other options we know of, even the Lopezes.
