Is it over for lip synced musical films?

[SoldierofLove]

I've always hated lip synced musical films but still enjoyed them because that's the standard.
 

While there have been some movies with a bit of live singing mixed in, and the love it or hate it all live singing Les Misérables, none have been able to capture the magic of live singing that Wicked has because the leads can actually sing well. 

 

I watched Wonka today and just could not get into the musical numbers because they felt so fake. 

 

I'm not expecting the genre to change but it would be nice if Wicked causes a shift to more live singing. 
 

That's all 

[Sheep]

I think the talent level of the leads is the more important thing here.

Edited 8 hours ago by Sheep

[Joaco95]

For Wicked was just PR

they did sing live on their scenes but they jus put the studio recording in post production 

[Just a Gay on ATRL]

I think the era of casting actors who are not trained and/or talented singers as leads in musicals is hopefully over.  The whole point of a musical (imo) is I want to be dazzled, wow'ed and surprised. One of the main ways to do that is just jaw dropping and almost dream-like musical numbers full of belts, high notes, harmonies, etc. basically displays of exceeding talent that the cast of wicked did
 

Hollywood has been too focused on the visuals, names on face value, and everything BUT the whole point of musicals for too long. At the end of the day I am watching FOR the music: vocals, orchestra, arrangements, just all around musical talent. Everything else is just cherry on top to me
 

I don't want to watch a musical to watch Russell Crowe mumble as a French general or Timothee half-heartedly sing about the Willy Wonka experience

[Saintlor]

I hated how wicked wasn't live.

 

the leads can both sing so why not make it live?

 

the marketing led us to believe the music was live too 

[BrokenMachine]

25 minutes ago, Joaco95 said:

For Wicked was just PR

they did sing live on their scenes but they jus put the studio recording in post production 

Kinda this. I believe they still took the voice recordings they did in the scenes, but the post-production makes it impossible for me to call it 'live', since it's a blatant studio version

[ChooseyLover]

Do they sing live in Wicked? My curiosity is through the roof now.  I thought all musical films were lipsynced but I only watched two or three.

[Onyxmage]

no. Especially when they need to do tons of takes for musical numbers. 

[Dula Peep]

#thank you Gaga

[BrokenMachine]

3 minutes ago, ChooseyLover said:

Do they sing live in Wicked? My curiosity is through the roof now.  I thought all musical films were lipsynced but I only watched two or three.

They said they turned the filming studios into 'recording studios' too. So, just in the way they filmed the talking voices, they also recorded the singing voices, but there was obvious post-production given to the singing voices, and there were too many takes, so the result sounds very 'studio version'. 

 

These are some BTS:

 

[Shimenawa]

Old news. A Star Is Born was all live

[SoldierofLove]

56 minutes ago, Joaco95 said:

For Wicked was just PR

they did sing live on their scenes but they jus put the studio recording in post production 

 

28 minutes ago, BrokenMachine said:

Kinda this. I believe they still took the voice recordings they did in the scenes, but the post-production makes it impossible for me to call it 'live', since it's a blatant studio version

 

19 minutes ago, BrokenMachine said:

They said they turned the filming studios into 'recording studios' too. So, just in the way they filmed the talking voices, they also recorded the singing voices, but there was obvious post-production given to the singing voices, and there were too many takes, so the result sounds very 'studio version'. 

 

These are some BTS:

 

Oh  I've been bamboozled?? 

[Vixen Eyes]

5 minutes ago, SoldierofLove said:

 

 

Oh  I've been bamboozled?? 

i didnt know this either

[Tusk]

The leads were singing live but the dancers were lip synching to tracks that were recorded by former Wicked Broadway performers. 

[commander]

I think the vocals we hear were recorded live in the shooting. I suppose they just took the best parts and compiled it into a final version but there was no studio recording session per se it's my understanding. Regardless, Ariana and Cynthia have definitely set a new standard for musicals in cinema.

[Cain]

I watched Emilia Pérez recently and that was the best musical movie I've seen, the singing actually added to the story and it was done in a non cringey way, very good

[Alaska.]

This thread reminds me of when I read the Glee cast sang their covers live, so I believed those were their raw vocals for the longest time