According to Variety...
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117936991?categoryid=15&cs=1&s=h&p=0
Well, at least some people are still optimistic about the future of the movie musical....
Broadway Star Joined: 7/13/05
I really like Beyoncé, but I really don't know how to take this news...I guess I have mixed feelings.
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/11/05
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Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/05
And I'd heard Krieger was writing some new songs, too. Are they going to use any of the songs from the stage show at this point (besides "And I Am Telling You", of course)?
Wow...looks like they're doing EVERYTHING they can to make sure Beyonce's name is all over this thing...good move.
Now is the song going to be just used for the credits or in the actual film
Nooooooooooooooooooooo!
What greenegirl87 said.
She's evil. Evil.
In all fairness, they should let Miss Hudson write the song since she is playing Effie,...LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/05
Huh?
I seriously hope it's one of those "played during the credits songs" that they're only including for Oscar eligibility. Her style of songs are just so drastically different than the music already existing in Dreamgirls.
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/10/05
Dolly Parton ruined the score of the film version of "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" because she was allowed to write her own songs for the film. Her songs were substituted for the originals and that was not a good thing!
Understudy Joined: 2/23/04
and look what cam eout of that "debacle"...
maybe one of the most famous songs ever written, "(and I) Will Always Love You".
True the movie sucked, but good does come from bad folks...
I'm excited for the movie.
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
I won't say a thing for or against until I actually hear the songs. Sure "bootylicious" doesn't exactly fit w/in the film, but maybe she'll change her style?
"Oooo boy you lookin' like you like whatchyou see. Won'tchyou come ovah and check up on it I'mma letchyou work up on it..."
Genius. I for one am so excited.
End Sarcasm.
oh wow hear we go with the haters.....
might i remind you that Beyonce is one of the only women to recieve the ASCAP Award for Songwriter of the year this organization's members include all the wonderful musical theater songwriters we know and love. including henry kreiger. so please give it a rest. like it or not she's the biggest name attached to this project. if you doubt Ms. Knowles songwriting skills, listen to the following songs:
Say My Name- listen to the lyrics. theyre utterly remarkable the way she puts them together.
Stand Up for Love- With David Foster nuff said
Dangerously In Love- one of the most beautiful songs written in the last decade i think
Speechless- her best damn song
"I Will Always Love You" wasn't written for the film of WHOREHOUSE. Parton had a hit with it years earlier with Porter Wagner.
Beyonce is a bigger name than Jamie Foxx or Eddie Murphy??? I don't think so...
My confidence in Bill Condon is being tested....
So there goes my faith in the movie. I hate Beyonce's style of songwriting. The majority of her songs consist of the generic R&B formula, "let's sample something from the 70's/80's and brag about my ego to men/women". Why not just make her rewrite the songs in her own way?? I'm sure she'll add God-Knows how many syllables to every damn song the same way Whitney Houston added 50 notes to "I Will Always Love You".
Say My Name- listen to the lyrics. theyre utterly remarkable the way she puts them together.
Stand Up for Love- With David Foster nuff said
Dangerously In Love- one of the most beautiful songs written in the last decade i think
Speechless- her best damn song
--- While those are great songs, and I think Beyonce is very talented. Those songs and her other songs are NOT of the Broadway caliber. Has she ever actually written MUSIC? Yes, she writes lyrics. But what about notes and melodies? Most of her songs are usually co-written, and we know what that sometimes means.
I just hope that if this is true that the songs actually fit into the context of the movie and aren't just songs that are obviously there to showcase her.
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