Actress Emma Watson says the music in 'Beauty and the Beast', a live-action adaptation of
the studios animated classic, features music which is magical. "I love
that the music has this kind of classical, theatrical feeling to it yet
still seems somewhat modern," Watson said in a statement.
"It rides that perfect line where it's not pop music and not stage
music...it's kind of that perfect sweet spot in the middle, and it's
just really magical," she added.
Releasing on March 17, 'Beauty and the Beast' features an ensemble cast including Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Kevin Kline, Josh Gad, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci with Ian McKellen and Emma Thompson.
In addition to building upon the story from the animated classic, director Bill Condon
believed that, musically, the story could move in a slightly more
realistic direction, either by finding interesting variations on the
existing songs or with the addition of new songs.
"At the end of a song, you should feel as though you've arrived
somewhere different from where you started... Otherwise it feels like
the story just stops," Cordon said.
The film's makers have thus given importance to the songs -- be it the
opening number 'Belle', the duet 'Something There', the 'Beauty and the
Beast' or the showstopper 'Be Our Guest'.
The actors always had mics, even when singing to playback. The human
characters recorded their vocals and dialogue leading into the musical
numbers prior to principal photography. The characters were pre-recorded
and their recordings used as a guide track when shooting.
Then in post-production, once the visual effects were completed, they
recorded their tracks to match the exuberance on the screen.
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