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Cinema Italiano is different than what we have heard, orchestrations wise!!!

That's because what's been leaked to the internet first was the radio/club friendly remix.

Judi Dench's Folies Bergere isn't very good.

So far for me: Cruz, Day Lewis, Ferguson, Kidman and Cotillard do the material justice.

Kidman and Dench not so much.

Am a little sad that Cinema Italiano is thinned out, but it's the first time I can hear all the lyrics clearly, so.

As opposed, Marquise to the full and lustrous musical instrustment of Lilliane Montevecci?

After listening to the entire soundtrack, these are my impressions.

Overture: Sounds great, and looks like it should be visually stunning.

Day-Lewis: 'Guido's Song' is actually one of my favorite tracks. He actually has some vocal ability, and it shows. 'I Can't Make this Movie' works fine.

Cotillard: A vocal standout. She gets the two contrasting pieces to work with, so it helps. 'My Husband Makes Movies' is one of the best tracks.

Cruz: Sings 'A Call from the Vatican' with the right amount of sexiness and vocals. While much of the song is mostly faking the vocals, the end and the final note are fantastic.

Dench: The first half of "Follies Bergere' was PAINFUL. Once the tempo picked up, the song got better. We'll see how it works on film.

Kidman: Actually, I rather enjoy her 'Unusual Way'. The lowered key really works well for her, and she is able to sing it with raw emotion. Another one of my favorite tracks.

Hudson: The actual soundtrack version works better for Hudson, mainly because she does not sound horribly auto-tuned in some sections as she did in the perviously leaked version. Fun song, and she actually has a very good voice.

Fergie: Best vocal on the soundtrack, but I think we all knew that.

Loren: Well, that was different. If it wasn't Loren, I think people would hate that song.

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The version of "Cinema Italiano" heard on the site now is the film soundtrack version. The version released earlier (and included on the site before) is the Ron Fair Remix which will also be included on the soundtrack.

Personally, I love Dench. I can't wait to see her perform it.

And they definitely handled Cruz not being a great singer incredibly well. It sounds like she's having a ball with the song too.

Very excited.

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Does anyone know at what point in Cinema Italiano Hudson sings the high E?

I believe she mixes a high G in the middle, and belts a D at the end.

None has been announced but it wouldn't surprise me if one is eventually released sometime in early 2010.

I think all of the vocal performances sound terrific, especially for film. Yeah, there's a lot of "auto-tuning" going on (from what I can tell), but I'd rather hear that than a sour note any day. And it's a movie, so everything is mixed, edited, remixed, and "finished." That's the medium. But the end results are impressive all around.

This really makes me wish that Daniel Day-Lewis had played Sweeney Todd in the movie. Wow, he would have been brilliant!

Judi Dench gets no help from a strange orchestration of Folies Bergeres, which sounds like some sort of esoteric, dream/delirium until it finally kicks into gear in the last two choruses. Maybe it works better with the visual, but she seems almost sabotaged here by a meandering, odd musical arrangement.

Same thing with Kate Hudson, although her song fares a lot better than Judi's. The remix has a much stronger approach to the song than the one in the film, though.

It's unfortunate that these two songs suffer from poor orchestrations and uneven interpretations, when just about everything else is so solid musically. I love the Overture and Finale, and pretty much all other orchestrations presented here.

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Updated On: 12/12/09 at 03:43 PM

For those of you interested and that haven't done so already go ahead and grab BE ITALIAN from the film's official website as the version you will be getting on the soundtrack CD will be an edited version.

I agree that Fergie's is the best of all the recordings of Be Italian, ray. And the best vocal performance in this movie.

And while I'm still partial to Karen Akers' rendition of "My Husband Makes Movies," simply because of the haunting way she sings, "long ago ...", I never thought anyone would grab me quite the same way singing it.

But Marion Cotillard has done it. A beautiful vocal performance, and I love her voice, even if it isn't showy. There is a world of truth in every note. And I much prefer singers who can communicate emotion (the way she can) to singers with better voices who have no ability to "act" and deliver a song.

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I cannot wait to see "A Call from The Vatican" on screen. Yeah that teaser being shown about is not enough. Penelope does sound like she is having fun.

I too wish "Cinema Italiano" still stayed in the club remix. Kate, who does a good job, also sounds like she is having a blast. Sacrilege to say I want her as Lola in Damn Yankees?

I think DDL in his vocals will work better once you see him in action. "Guido's Song" especially since he is moving all over the place. He does have ability and yet I should not be surprised but I am.

Cotillard, I love her the most. So different in both songs in terms of style but you can hear Luisa's melancholy in both.

Dame Judi, like somebody said before she could do anything and I would like it. Again I want to see how the song works on screen. I will also lend that to Nicole's "Unusual Way" but it was definitely not her best vocal.