Emmy Rossum: dubbed? — Page 3

Well, Dale having a higher range than Emmy certainly wouldn't make a difference if they're singing the same song in the same range.
I also watched the View. It could EASILY be true that they re-recorded Emmy singing at the end of the process and she sounded better. However, if they did that, I can't imagine that they wouldn't have wanted to re-record "Wishing..." and "Think of Me" because they don't sound like the same singer.
Which, John Popa and Marquise, is my point. Feel free to be annoyed by my "assertion" that she was dubbed. Glad I could give you something new to fret over than Idina toothpaste posts.

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One quick thing, it's not about Dale not wanting credit. It's about whether or not they'd want her to have credit. I think, in the case of Minnie Driver, anyone who had heard her sing from her album and whatnot would know she's not an operatic coloratura, so to pretend it's her singing would kind of be ridiculous in the least. To have someone dubbed on one track is a very different matter and very easy to suppress.
Furthermore, anyone watching the View today would have noticed they mention how ALL FOUR leads sang their own parts...and Minnie said nothing.
Of course, I would think a journalist of the caliber of La Walters would have done enough homework to know Minnie only sang on the end credits.

Updated On: 12/25/04 at 01:33 AM

I honestly wouldn't be surprised. I really only like Emmy's voice when she sings the title song, and yes I did notice a difference in the voices. And actually I hope it was someone else singing and Emmy crashes and burns for it, why am I saying that? Because I hate people who get ahead in this world when they are self centered b!tches, I would have A LOT more respect for Emmy if she was a good person. Instead she drives me up the wall. *gets off soapbox*

I've heard her sing some song from "Songcatcher" and the song was mainly in her chest register and it sounded quite a lot like her voice in the POTO title song. I think Emmy has a relatively strong chest register and not so much of an upper one, but that could just be me.

I think it is Emmy singing the entire score.

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I'm not really sure where the animosity towards Emmy from some chatters is coming from. Just because she's a strong young woman who knows what she wants and works hard to get it that makes her a bitch? No wonder its taken so long for women to gain credibility in society with that sort of attitude coming from both men and (especially) other women.

Updated On: 12/25/04 at 04:31 PM

I think when Barbara said, "you sang your own parts", she was referring to the three leads, i doubt she's dumb enough to think that minnie driver is an opera singer.

PR people can be funny. They HAVE put the fact of Minnie's dubbing in the credits and in the soundtrack literature... but that IS different than coming out and admitting it on a nationally successful TV show. When you put it in text, someone has to make the effort to read it. Not saying they're covering anything, but ya know... if they don't ask, why tell?

As for Emmy being dubbed... she DOES sound like Dale at times on the title track, but that doesn't mean anything. There are many vocalists that sound alike. It doesn't make sense that they would dub her for just this ONE song... especially when there are other, WEAKER songs that are much better candidates for dubbing, ("Think of Me" anyone? It IS pretty much the first thing Christine sings, afterall.. why not add more punch to it?). Also as a compliment to Dale, the last note is WAAAY too weak for it to be her voice. That last note has always struck me as weak and airy- two words I would NOT use to describe Dale's voice.

I have come to catagorize Emmy as inconsistant, so it doesn't surprise me at all that her tone is different on pretty much every song. It's like she wasn't quite certain where to place each song in her register, so the overall Christine performance wound up being a plethora of placement.

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Well, I would agree that the case for dubbing isn't strong when you consider how bad "Think of Me" sounds in comparison to the rest of the stuff.
On the other hand, if they went back and re-recorded a much stronger title song and other things, why would they so glaringly miss that song?
Also, it's very common, as noted here before, to have bits and pieces dubbed in Hollywood. Completely uncredited.
Maybe the ultimate problem and the reason I still think she was dubbed in various parts of the show, is because of her inconsistency.
OF course, I think the ultimate hilarity of this entire thing is that both Lloyd-Webber and Schumacher stressed the need to find real singers for this production. Did they?

And since no one else seems to have heard this rumor, there's really no reason to believe it. To the poster who mentioned that Emmy being 'only' in the children's chorus of the Met not making her an opera singer, that's a fairly simplistic statement. Emmy actually performed with the Met for over five years while training there, appearing in probably close to 20 operas, playing various children's roles. It's not like a typical chorus, but to then claim that it doesn't make her an opera singer isn't quite fair. She was there from the age of about 7 til she was around 12 or 13.

Yeah, my chorus performed at the Met. So technically, I have performed at the Met, and therefore...I, um, performed at the Met.

erinrebecca, it all depends on who you talk to. Let's just say not everyone gets that. *shrug* It's not a big deal. By most accounts she's the best singer of the 3 leads, and she definitely deserves credit for what she's done.

ooh, Plum, I disagree. It's not his best work, but I would say Patrick Wilson is the best singer of the three.