And I also love the sub-bass effect during the part where the music reaches its tempo low (the part where the Genie says “You can do this”). “Prince Ali”: Right at the beginning – They didn’t just repeat the fanfare, but set it a few notes higher the second time.That’s what I call musical energy!! I also think the hi-hats are really cool in the second verse, and – my personal highlight – the french horns playing a short, but majestic counterpoint at the word “sights” as Jasmine sings “unbelievable sights” (second verse). “A Whole New World”: Listen to the sound as the chorus kicks in for the first time.I want to point out a few moments that I personally find totally awesome: This might mean that they were very aware of the importance of orchestration and gave the guy the credit he deserves. When did you last see an orchestrator’s name in the main credits? Right, probably never. Btw, the orchestrations are not by Alan Menken, but by some other guy whose name I didn’t catch, but the interesting thing is that he’s mentioned in the main credits. ![]() ![]() That’s a difficult thing to do, and I’m deeply in awe before the skills of orchestrator and sound engineer. The mix is crystal clear, the frequencies are balanced like in a pop song, there’s subtle reverb with the vocals, it’s top-notch!!īut there’s not only a technical improvement, but also a musical one: There was obviously a clear commitment to making the old material stand by today’s standards. I can’t believe what’s being done with the violins as they swirl across the octaves, there’s bells, exotic string instruments, there’s drumsets, pounding drums, sub-bass elements – this is a masterpiece in orchestration and it can’t be discussed apart from sound quality and mixing. I’m trying to not get ecstatic about this, but if you compare the orchestrations with the original, there’s just so much more going on in the 2019 version. ![]() This doesn’t apply to the lyrics which I think are quite good and carry an important message. It could as well have been from BATB, perhaps replacing the not-in-the-remake-included “Is this home?”. While the other songs for obvious reasons are linked to each other, this one doesn’t really shout “I’m from Aladdin, the oriental tale about a princess and a thief”. It fits into the existing material better, but at the same time it’s kind of generic. I’ll make it short: The song’s way better than the additional song that Menken composed for Beauty and the Beast (BATB). Well, now we’re at the “Speechless” song. It wouldn’t have added to the scene or the character, and maybe the actor would just have ruined it. I also think it was wise to not include the “Prince Ali Reprise” sung by Jafar in the remake. They actually believed in it and didn’t just include it to attract audiences of my age. It shows that the producers were confident about the quality of the original material. In fact, they even extended the original material (a new verse of “Arabian Nights” and two reprises of “One Jump Ahead”) which I found very satisfying. I’m very grateful that they kept all the material in. ![]() Will Smith imo balanced musicality and character better, improvising and shouting where it was needed, but also keeping in tune and rhythm for the most parts. RW did a tremendous job back then, he gave the Genie character and he expressed so much with his voice, but I also thought his over-the-top-performance came at the price of musical perfection. No need to nitpick about him.Īs far as the Genie is concerned: I’ll just say it without thinking about how many hate-mails it will get me: I think Will Smith’s vocals are superior to Robin Williams’. Mena Massoud is obviously not as good a singer as Brad Kane, but to my ears he sounds quite as charming and lively. It’s not that I don’t like it, but her voice doesn’t capture me emotionally. Though she’s technically very clean and precise, I can’t help feeling that her voice at times seems somewhat “cold”, devoid of vibrato and emotion, especially in “A Whole New World”. I think we agree that Naomi Scott is a great singer and she handles the song “Speechless” which is very difficult to sing, very well. I’ll also point out where it imo fails to keep up with the original. I’ll tell you why I think – despite being an absolute fan of the original – that 2019’s Aladdin music and score are superior. This is my personal observations of music and score of 2019’s Aladdin in comparison with the 1993 version.
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