Official "Beauty & the Beast" Film Adaptation Thread — Page 38

They showed footage of her singing at a convention I attended a while back singing the Belle reprise, she sounded good from what I'd heard. Kind of similar to Lily James in Cinderella, not a trained belting soprano singer but a nice voice none the less.

perhaps her vocal range is a bit higher. At one point she was heavily rumored for Cosette in the Les Mis film.

Updated On: 10/18/16 at 08:07 PM

uh when was Emma Watson ever rumored for any role in the Les Miz film? i feel like I would distinctly recall that.

also you guys, there's this crazy thing they invented many years ago called autotune; i'm sure if her vocals aren't up to snuff Disney's wonderful music producers will be able to deal with it.

Updated On: 10/19/16 at 11:32 PM

I had heard Cosette too. In regards to the cut songs that is complete BS as Jack Morrisey confirmed recently there are five new songs in the film that have all made the cut. So we get all the songs from the film minus Human Again and an additional five songs. From what I gather there is four in the movie and one in the credits.

A song between Belle and her father, Days in the sun by the Enchanted objects, Forever More by the Beast and a reprise of Beauty and the Beast by Aurda at the end of the film. So that's twelve songs in the entire production.

Updated On: 10/19/16 at 07:55 AM

thirtythirtyninety said: "Still wish they had included Human Again..."

me too. it's one of my favourites songs from the film.

are there any videos on youtube of Emma Watson singing? she must be good at singing or Bill Condon would not have chosen her for the movie...knowing it was going to be a musical and all.

Updated On: 10/19/16 at 12:08 PM

I haven't the time to go through this entire thread but what was the reasoning behind writing 5 new songs to add to the existing 4 or 5 from the original animated film as opposed to adapting the stage musical into a film?

Theater_Nerd said: "What was the reasoning behind writing 5 new songs to add to the existing 4 or 5 from the original animated film as opposed to adapting the stage musical into a film?"

i completely agree with this. the songs from the musical ("no matter what", "maison des lunes", etc...) adds longer scenes for the different characters (maurice, monsieur d'arque, etc...) and makes their backstories a lot more interesting as we do not see maurice nor monsieur d'arque much in the original film. i think NO MATTER WHAT would have been fab for the live action film as it is such a lovely poignant moment between belle and her father and is quite emotional as we see Maurice's softer side showing how much he loves his daughter.

From what I hear the songs are pretty reminiscent of the style of the musical in the film.

Talking with people who had seen a few screenings and such they said Forever More sounded similar to If I can't love her.

Oh for Heaven's sake... like Disney would really take the Perrault route and have a closet of bodies in a PG film. lol. Is it April Fool's? haha!

I think People remember us is the song Alan Menken sang recently at his show. The other additional songs are the song by Audra and a credit song.

I'm VERY GLAD that Audra is singing in the film!!! Cause she is one of the greatest voices on Broadway right now, truth is Bill Condon would've been foolish to NOT make use of her talents!!!

I think it's just literally "Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme, Beauty and the Beast" alongside a choir at the finale of the movie from what I have heard.



Other than that I'm hearing she sings a few solo lines in Days if the Sun as well as solos for the rest of the furniture, the Beast and Belle. Everyone has their own duet section of the song.

Think of "If Only" from Little Mermaid.

Updated On: 10/25/16 at 07:06 PM

Audra doesn't get her own original song as far as I know. Just a few lines to close the film and a bit to sing with Stanley Tucci in Days of the Sun. The only solo numbers are Forever More and Belle (Reprise) all other songs are sang with the ensemble or with supporting characters.

It would have been nice to have a solo for Belle or have "Home" included, it could have been her Anne Hathaway "I dreamed a dream" moment. Sadly there isn't much of a chance of her to shine on her own unless she really raises the bar on the Belle Reprise but it's such a short song that I doubt it will have much of an impact.

I thought principal vocalists get the award too, like Grammys? I guess not. My bad.