Emmy Rossum: dubbed?

Ok, so, i listened to the soundtrack of the Phantom film. It's very clear that Emmy is singing...mostly.
It's also fairly clear that it's someone else singing during "Phantom of the Opera." I have heard rumors that Dale Kristien was brought in to record that song and it sounds as if she might have been singing during other parts of the movie as well.
Does anyone know anything for sure? IT's clearly not the same voice singing the title song as the majority of the film but I'm wondering if they're just trying to be hush hush about it right now and say it's all Emmy.

And, sidenote: Too bad Minnie Driver can't sing operatic colorature but she's surprisingly excellent singing the end title song.

Minnie Driver released an album this year, so she must have a passable voice. And she's great on Learn to Be Lonely. And I'm sure I saw Emmy say it was all her. She wouldn't lie. Would she?

Updated On: 12/23/04 at 09:21 PM

not relating to minnie.. but just fyi, an album does not mean you have a passable voice..

I too don't notice any difference...
And bwayguy2 - true, true.

I feel like a geezer saying I can't remember exactly, because I just saw the film yesterday, but I think I know what you're talking about. I also noticed a difference in the tone, but I think it could just be that Emmy's singing voice is actually stronger than it seems on film (likely the director's choice to make her more breathy and weak - I mean the girl's sung at the Met, but her voice in the film would likely not even get her in the door!) and the title song is her singing as she really is.

I'll listen to the soundtrack again and see. Sorry if that sounds incoherent. I'm breathing in bleach right now. But if Emmy's voice sounds stronger on "POTO" than the rest of the movie, I'd bet that's her singing "like normal". (Esp since people yesterday said her voice sounded much better on GMA than it does in the movie.)

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Bwaysinger, I know you were being sarcastic about whatever "quantum leap" between the singing in the title song and the rest of the show, and I haven't listened to the soundtrack enough to remember too clearly so you could be right. But I'll also just remind everyone that it says in the 2CD booklet that a lot of the singing was dubbed right before the take was done, so there *is* a chance that Emmy's voice matured and her range improved, and maybe the title song was one of the last scenes to be filmed.

Is there really that much of a notable difference??

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To me there is a notable difference. I thought the title song sounded like Dale Kristien (whom I saw in the role in LA and have seen in many other shows). I even mentioned it sounded like a dubbed singer trying to "Sound younger" to match the rest of Emmy's singing.
By the way, guys, I'm not drubbing Emmy's performance. I also think she sounded much better on the film than what I remember on the soundtrack. Point is, though, there's a great history of dubbing in Hollywood that is hush hush...Marni Nixon dueting with herself on West Side Story, anyone?

Plum, oh, is that what is was? I don't remember - I just remember reading "Emmy Rossum" and "sang" and "the Met" together and figured she was featured there.

Yeah, she might have been dubbed and I'm not surprised they're keeping it hush-hush - the big selling point is having actors who can all sing (save for Minnie) and admitting that Emmy had a little help doesn't sound as good as making the sweeping statement that she did it all on her own.

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If Emmy was dubbed it would have been leaked out by now. Just like in Flasdance with Jennifer Beals and her dance doubles. It wasn't supposed to come out but did like a week before the movie came out. If emmy was dubbed than it would have come out.

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Bwaysinger: It's always different in the range it's in. It's a very VERY low range, if she was dubbed i'll be the first to admit that I'm wrong and I'll apologize, but I personally think it was her. I know it's not an attack on emmy, I just think it was her.

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Um, without someone who was *actually* involved commenting does anyone REALLY have insight into this?

With recording technology being what it is, it seems fairly stupid to bring in another singer to sing one song that the other singer could clearly handle but, again, unless someone who sincerely knows something says otherwise we could all sit here and guess whether or not it's true until we're blue in the face and we'd still be no more correct in our guess than anyone else.

Well, a truer case for better casting, maybe ...

Any idea if she's actually a better singer than she lets on in the movie? Because she's not bad but her voice seems pretty breathy and thin in many parts.

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