Preview the ROCK OF AGES Film Soundtrack - Page 2

[wally]

Posted: 5/31/12 at 3:54pm

Oy. Someone needs a proofreader. Also he sounds like an ass.

[LALALand]

Posted: 5/31/12 at 4:15pm

Shankman was at the screening I attended. He is a douche. A big pompous douche.

[JP2]

Posted: 6/1/12 at 10:11pm

Longer HQ previews on the films website.

http://rockofagesmovie.warnerbros.com/soundtrack.php

[wally]

Posted: 6/1/12 at 11:05pm

I've never seen/heard Julianne Hough in anything. Is her speaking voice as annoying as her chipmunk singing? It's really awful. Those longer clips make me appreciate the Broadway cast so much more than I already do.

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 6/2/12 at 1:14pm

Listen to previews of her self-titled album from a few years ago. She sounds good singing in a style she is comfortable in; rock music was probably TOO different for her.

[kadu335]

Posted: 6/2/12 at 2:01pm

Someone posted a video in a another thread of her singing some country song and she sound fine on that. I haven't heard the previews yet, but maybe rock doesn't fit her.

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 6/4/12 at 10:01am

https://www.broadwayworld.com/videoplay.php?colid=381229

Preview the full soundtrack before tomorrow's release date...

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 6/4/12 at 12:07pm

As luck would have it, I obtained an advance copy of the film soundtrack and all I can say, this is mind-blowingly impressive. Kudos to the entire cast for flawlessly recreating the flavor of the original songs they are tackling and Tom Cruise definitely prepped enormously for this project and his vocals are fantastic. This is definitely going to get great word-of-mouth. Especially from me.

I'm attending a private advance screening of the film next Monday here in Miami (with a few members of the film's cast), and I'm now excited. Originally, I could take it or leave it. Things definitely changed after I heard the film soundtrack.

[JP2]

Posted: 6/4/12 at 12:13pm

Received a copy this past weekend. Very impressed with Diego, and of course Cruise. Eager to see "I Want To Know What Love Is" on screen.

[rorschach37]

Posted: 6/4/12 at 2:12pm

Their official YouTube channel has a music video up for "Any Way You Want It".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9EukP0QsXU

[darquegk]

Posted: 6/4/12 at 4:09pm

It's hard to say without seeing the movie, but the layer of meta-humor and self-referentiality seems to be gone.

Look at "Can't Fight This Feeling." In the play, it was a clear parody of the Act 2 love ballad, sung by two characters- one an ambiguously-bisexual glam rock wannabe, the other a Woodstock-era relic- who have never even been hinted to love each other, and are never hinted to be again for the rest of the show. The whole thing was done blatantly with tongue in cheek, and a wink to the audience.

Here, it sounds... almost sincere.

[TalkinLoud]

Posted: 6/4/12 at 4:12pm

I agree darquegk. That has been my concern all along with adapting this movie to the screen.

[darquegk]

Posted: 6/4/12 at 4:17pm

I knew it would happen... but will it work?

Rock Of Ages onstage is more of a parody of a jukebox musical than an actual jukebx musical. The characters, mostly Lonnie, complain about how arbitrary the song choices are- "I Wanna Rock" is in the show simply to have a joke about how stupid the song is, etc; they belittle the paint-by-numbers plotting of the average jukebox show and the thin characterization. Even the fact that you are seeing a show that revels in Eighties-era sexism and homophobia, LIVE ON BROADWAY, and Lonnie isn't sure how he feels about this, is a part of the show's appeal.

As a movie, the "you are here, and you paid money to watch this" angle is harder to make part of the atmosphere. It'll still be funny and a little campy in the great Hairspray-movie tradition, but it'll be a completely different animal, for better or worse.

My REAL question is, if it's successful, how long until Lonnie is retconned into having a pseudo-posh British accent onstage? His Chicago accent (most likely inspired by the members of the band Styx) has defined the character thus far, but it'll be like the Sweeney Todd vest-and-hair-stripe effect... a character with no iconic traits gradually picks up a few from the most successful media representation.

[wally]

Posted: 6/4/12 at 4:40pm

I never noticed Lonnie having a Chicago accent, but if they make him sound like Russell Brand? Eww.

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 6/4/12 at 4:48pm

Now I hated Rock of Ages, but part of the thrill was seeing talented performed wail on these songs live. There is something great about these hair band songs being given their due by uber talented performs who sang the s@#t out of these songs.

To hear these songs autotuned and polised like a gem, to me, really negates the entire joy of the piece.

[LALALand]

Posted: 6/4/12 at 4:49pm

darquegk - i have not seen the stage show, but your description of the Lonny character is not at all how it is portrayed in the film. He doesn't break the fourth wall, I don't recall any characters doing this.
It's just a fluffy movie for kids not born or raised in the 80s.

[JP2]

Posted: 6/4/12 at 4:54pm

"Now I hated Rock of Ages, but part of the thrill was seeing talented performed wail on these songs live. There is something great about these hair band songs being given their due by uber talented performs who sang the s@#t out of these songs.

To hear these songs autotuned and polised like a gem, to me, really negates the entire joy of the piece."

In all honestly, the songs seem to have been made to sound like the era. Listen to any hair band song, and they're all over produced as hell. Just an example, Pat Benatar's "Shadows of The Night". Not a single clear/raw vocal in that entire song.

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 6/4/12 at 7:33pm

I agree, the reason I primarily like RoA is because I can hear songs that I love with much, much better vocals. If you remove those great vocals, there isn't a lot left for me.

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 6/4/12 at 10:31pm

I've heard male theatre singers refer to themselves "belting" for some time now. Even if it's just a slang or colloquial term within the community, the word "belt" has been used to describe male singing, especially in contemporary musical theatre. In that case, "belt" would be appropriate here, also "wail" and "scream." And "attempt."