Official "Beauty & the Beast" Film Adaptation Thread- Page 52

[RW3]

Posted: 2/2/17 at 1:08pm

gypsy101 said: "huh, i'm not seeing the preorder on my itunes


According to some Twitter posts I saw, the song won't be available in the US until 11 pm despite being downloable in other countries.

 

[RW3]

Posted: 2/2/17 at 1:29pm

For those who can't wait until tonight: https://www.broadwayworld.com/videoplay/FIRST-LISTEN-Ariana-Grande-John-Legend-Perform-BEAUTY-AND-THE-BEAST-Title-Track-20170202

[Mr. Nowack]

Posted: 2/2/17 at 9:36pm

I wonder if the Overture track is only for the soundtrack. I can't see them having a four minute titles sequence before the prologue even starts.

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Posted: 2/2/17 at 9:55pm

Agreed! How long is the beginning going to be? I hope that it's based on the Broadway overture

[Tag]

Posted: 2/4/17 at 2:08am

So here's a working version of the title track with Grande & Legend.  Who orchestrated this?!  It sounds like a karaoke track!

[westendfanatic]

Posted: 2/4/17 at 8:13am

new video released of a quick BTS look at the film by "Movie Surfers" and it looks awesome...

LINK = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLDv5RjeyjQ

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Posted: 2/14/17 at 8:57am

Here's a clip of GASTON:

https://twitter.com/GMA/status/831498562991222784

Luke and Josh's voices are perfect, but damn are the orchestrations messy! They're all over the place and I don't know which one to focus on. Plus, it drowns out the singing.

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 2/14/17 at 9:32am

It's probably just that clip. I'm sure it sounds better in a theatre with that sound system. 

[jonahke]

Posted: 2/14/17 at 4:05pm

Josh Groan released a 30s preview of his version of 'Evermore' and I think it sounds really great! So curious for Dan's version. https://soundcloud.com/joshgroban/evermore-30-second-teaser/s-1uuNw

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Posted: 2/14/17 at 4:16pm

Gorgeous song! I can't wait to hear Dan's version

[Ado Annie D'Ysquith]

Posted: 2/14/17 at 4:56pm

Speaking as the self-appointed Diz collector of the BWW boards, there is SO much merchandise for this movie. Dolls and figures and lithographs and pins and accessories...all aboard the hype train!!

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Posted: 2/15/17 at 7:41am

Here's a clip of Emma singing Belle. Watch it before it's deleted

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI-ECBg5-BY

[Theatre Fan3]

Posted: 2/15/17 at 4:35pm

Too late ... it's already gone.

[GreatBroadwayFan]

Posted: 2/15/17 at 5:18pm

Here's a Featurette with some interviews with the cast, new footage and behind the scenes shenanigans!

https://youtu.be/2tumOP_UEFY?list=FLS4WQyPBgatuUMF-7rlbkLw

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 2/15/17 at 7:01pm

This looks so aggressively generic. 

[Ado Annie D'Ysquith]

Posted: 2/17/17 at 8:49am

Sounds like an oxymoron...jumbo shrimp. Pretty ugly. Aggressively generic.

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Posted: 2/17/17 at 9:32am

Here's our first listen to "Days in the Sun." Holy crap! It's GORGEOUS! And a shout out to "A Change in Me" is in there too

https://twitter.com/BriefTake/status/832385895957409792

And Emma Thompson's "Beauty and the Beast." It's lovely, but Emma is honestly missing the warmth that Angela had in her voice

https://twitter.com/BriefTake/status/832386808906448897

Updated On: 2/17/17 at 09:32 AM

[finebydesign]

Posted: 2/17/17 at 11:57am

Gosh, I heard Evermore and How Does a Moment last forever and thought they were ok... Days in the Sun does sound gorgeous.  It sounds like a CLASSIC Disney song (ala When You Wish Upon a Star) .  More Menken/Rice please!

[westendfanatic]

Posted: 2/17/17 at 1:21pm

so far, I am LOVING what i am seeing from the film...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow78zp30ioE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCOVkjPoBqM

including the recent "DAYS IN THE SUN" song...

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/FIRST-LISTEN-New-BEAUTY-AND-THE-BEAST-Song-Days-in-the-Sun-Emma-Thompson-Performs-Title-Song-20170217

i think Emma sounds great considering she was very nervous to sing for the film. but i totally agree, Emma Thompson does not have the warmth and sweetness that Angela Lansbury had when singing the iconic song. i think she puts the cockney accent on too much for this song. when speaking in the film (from the teaser videos we have seen so far with the enchanted objects), she sounds lovely.

i did have my doubts about Ewan McGregor being cast as Lumiere, but i have totally overlooked that now the more i see. 

i have just finished reading the novelization of the live action film...

https://www.amazon.com/Beauty-Novelization-Disney-Elizabeth-Rudnick/dp/1484781007/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1487355572&sr=8-1&keywords=Beauty+and+the+Beast+Novelization+%28Disney%29

and i tell you what....us fans are in for a real treat. it is going to be amazing. i was smiling (and nearly crying!) from start to finish.

new TV Spot out...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDlan5M2jS4

....SO INTENSE!!!!

Updated On: 2/17/17 at 01:21 PM

[Plannietink08]

Posted: 2/20/17 at 3:25pm

Emma Watson singing the first part of 'Belle'

[westendfanatic]

Posted: 2/20/17 at 4:25pm

Plannietink08 said: "Emma Watson singing the first part of 'Belle'"

it looks amazing so far. I can't wait to see Luke as Gaston singing this song. he's gonna steal the scene. hope we get to see more clips over the next couple of weeks building up to the big world-wide release on March 17th.

A new tv spot was posted today...

LINK = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0bW1nDAdgQ

[RockStarNYC]

Posted: 2/20/17 at 5:59pm

I have considered myself very skeptical of this film at the start. That being said, the more I have seen, I consider myself cautiously optimistic about this film. There really remains 2 big concerns about this film and it revolves around the same character: the Beast. Despite everything, we do not know how well Dan Stevens can sing. I would love to go wityh the logic that surely there was plenty of competition for the role, including those that can sing but I've also heard Condon zeroed on him long before they knew. I am also curious about "Evermore.." Die hard BATB fans KNOW what song this replaces. The question is does the song justify the replacement. Not really rushing to judgement based on a 30 second clip sung by Josh Groban, a singer that makes OK songs beautiful and classic standards timeless.

[Tag]

Posted: 2/20/17 at 6:15pm

^Does it really matter if he can sing, if he has the most unrelatable, completely missed the mark, CGI face?  Not to mention your Belle can't sing the score, why should the Beast?

[RockStarNYC]

Posted: 2/20/17 at 6:20pm

By my judgement, Emma has a rather nice singing voice. I also have no problem with the CG as, according to an article I read in EW, they reasreaslly did some unique work in ensuring the Beast is able to emote.

[rattleNwoolypenguin]

Posted: 2/20/17 at 7:36pm

Emma is so auto tuned into oblivion it's really too bad.

She probably wasn't even that bad but it's such a typical thing for Disney to have this "princess perfect pitch" representation of Belle. Like bad Glee auto tune.

You can criticize Russell Crowe in Les Mis all you want but at least you could tell it was him. This is distracting. 

I'm predicting this to be one of those charming and certainly watchable but flawed and awkward movie musical adaptations. Like the Rent movie.