Questions tagged [musical]
A film or television show which features the characters singing as a means of conveying the story, their emotions or as comedy.
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Why were two songs cut in the 2001 musical Roméo et Juliette: de la Haine à l'Amour? [closed]
I enjoyed the DVD recording of the 2001 French musical Roméo et Juliette: de la Haine à l'Amour (IMDb). When I later looked for its Original Recordings album, I noticed two additional songs La folie ...
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When the singing voice is also the regular voice
In animated musicals (or animated films with some singing but not to the point of being a musical eg Wreck-It Ralph 2: Ralph Breaks The Internet), sometimes the singing voice of a character is going ...
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How the audience does not notice voice difference when "singing-voice" dubbing? [closed]
How the audience does not notice voice difference when professional singer, with totally different voice, performs musical number and then lip synchronized to the actual actor?
For example, Marnie ...
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How did they create the soundtracks for old cartoons?
Take, for example, this episode from Tom & Jerry.
Every movement/expression/feeling the characters display is included on the background music, which is a different thing than the usual sound ...
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50s or 60s musical film interesting dance sequence with instruments under the floor
This film made a big impression on me and my dad and I watched it together when I was a kid. He has since died and I want to re-watch the movie.
I can't remember many other details, but I remember ...
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Why are most of the Disney Princess movies musicals?
What makes the format of a musical well suited for the Disney princess movies? Is this simply a case of repeating a template that was started with Snow White, or is there some specific artistic/...
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What was the first full-length film that was a musical?
What was the first full-length film that was a musical? I presume it would have to be after talkies became a thing.
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Why Did Tim Burton cut the Ballad from Sweeney Todd?
So, I've been thinking a lot about Tim Burton's movie adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's stage musical, Sweeney Todd. (Or, rather, I was recently reminded of a question that I had when it first came out,...
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Cover Girl and a Hollywood-Bollywood Connection
I recently saw the 1944 Hollywood musical film Cover Girl staring Rita Hayworth. I was shocked by how similar it was to a typical Bollywood movie;
The plot was very simple; it went like this:
The ...
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Why do kids shows have so many musical numbers
.....or why do shows for adults lack musical numbers?
In watching TV with my nieces on Nickelodeon and Disney it seems that musical numbers are not uncommon. In contrast, except for shows dedicated ...
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How much is scripted/choreographed in Grease?
There are many little things in the movie Grease that make me wonder what was choreographed, what was accidental, what was just left in to avoid doing a re-take, or what was left up to the performers ...
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Identify history of rock animated film
I'm trying to remember the name of an animated film, starred by a female character, who lives through the history of rock. The film contains dozens of song from different decades.
The character has ...
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What movie has characters singing about the Ed Sullivan Show?
A long time ago, I saw parts of a very strange movie on TV. It appeared to either be in or take place in the same era as films like Singin' In The Rain, and like that film it too was a musical. I ...
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10yr old orphan plays music on stage to reunite his parents, pretty famous movie
This one movie where the poor guy falls for the rich girl, have a relationship, but the girls father takes her away after learning she is pregnant. The baby is dumped in an orphanage who grows up ...
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History of the music video?
Obviously in the United States, the music video was spectacularly thrust into prominence in the early 1980's (1981 IIRC) with the inaugural episode of Music Television (Now MTV), which originally ...
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