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Who is the main character of "Aladdin"?
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[quote="AladdinsGenie"]"a Middle Eastern Spider-Man" :lol: :lol: :lol: You know, I'd go ahead and give it to Friend Like Me as well, if only because renditions of it from the original to stage versions to the Live Action movie are consistently solid. Everyone seems to be on the same page that it's meant to be a fun song so you can go as wild and crazy with it as you like, whereas everyone always takes liberties with the other songs that can be hit or miss depending on your interpretation (like AWNW as more of a slow intimate ballad between two people falling in love or one that's trying to capture the feeling of the initial rush of falling in love with someone for the first time). Also, I won't take this "The Kiss" erasure on my watch. Alan Menken was savage for those violins :lol:[/quote]
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Hussar_303
Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2019 9:24 am
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Yes, I sadly think that it's both nostalgia goggles doing their job and the fact that we formed our taste in another day and time!
Meesh
Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2019 8:56 am
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I'm sure nostalgia plays a part in that too
Hussar_303
Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2019 6:56 am
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Yes, change isn't necessarily bad, I do like some covers/remakes more than the original songs... But when I'm done reviewing some
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to conduct a market analysis or other kind of task I have at work, the 1992 OST soothes me while the 2019 one doesn't.
Meesh
Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2019 5:43 pm
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Edward Falcon wrote:
Meesh wrote:
I looooove "The Kiss." I was actively disappointed when the violins were replaced by horns in 2019 and when they didn't take that high note. And I'm a horn player, so that's saying something
I didn’t know that.
I've linked to the specific times the theme happens in the scenes:
1992:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW3j4AyIsPg&t=1m16s
2019:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLzK5gyHB2A&t=0m45s
*Says in snootiest voice*
As a composer
, I try to avoid playing a melody twice in the exact same way consecutively. In 1992, the violinist plays the second line differently from the first, which I find more musical and romantic. In 2019, the line plays twice exactly the same. Also, I don't mind using horns instead of violin per se. Different=/=bad. But I think a solo horn player would have been tonally more appropriate than multiple horns playing together. Solo instruments are better at creating intimacy. It's also not the most emotive key for horns.
I do like that they play around with timing. The theme comes in as Al/Jas withdraw in 2019, as opposed to 1992 using it to build up to the kiss. Makes the moment more sweet-romantic than sweeping-romantic. Both are nice
Edward Falcon
Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2019 2:04 pm
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Meesh wrote:
I looooove "The Kiss." I was actively disappointed when the violins were replaced by horns in 2019 and when they didn't take that high note. And I'm a horn player, so that's saying something
I didn’t know that.
Hussar_303
Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2019 10:16 am
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Come on, they rapped Friend like Me and didn't put Arabian Nights on top? I know, it's just my tastes and not anyone else's, but... well, the point of such discussions is to give your own opinion, isn't it?
And my opinion is that Arabian Nights is by far the best Aladdin song and that Friend like Me shouldn't have been touched.
Meesh
Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2019 10:21 am
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I looooove "The Kiss." I was actively disappointed when the violins were replaced by horns in 2019 and when they didn't take that high note. And I'm a horn player, so that's saying something
AladdinsGenie
Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2019 3:43 am
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"a Middle Eastern Spider-Man"
You know, I'd go ahead and give it to Friend Like Me as well, if only because renditions of it from the original to stage versions to the Live Action movie are consistently solid. Everyone seems to be on the same page that it's meant to be a fun song so you can go as wild and crazy with it as you like, whereas everyone always takes liberties with the other songs that can be hit or miss depending on your interpretation (like AWNW as more of a slow intimate ballad between two people falling in love or one that's trying to capture the feeling of the initial rush of falling in love with someone for the first time).
Also, I won't take this "The Kiss" erasure on my watch. Alan Menken was savage for those violins
Meesh
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2019 10:59 pm
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Interesting!!
Robo4900
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2019 5:35 pm
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Personally, I'd put Whole New World in last place. It's a great song, but I've always loved the others more.
Friend Like Me's definitely my favourite, then Prince Ali and Arabian Nights are probably about even for second place.
Though if we're counting cut songs, High Adventure takes the #2 spot.
Edward Falcon
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2019 4:47 pm
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Meesh wrote:
Noooo lol what
It's cool to see some of the score themes get props though! "To Be Free" is part of why I wanted to study film score!
YouTube personality Todd in the Shadows made a video many years ago ranking the songs from 1992. I can't find it anymore, likely because there was a big falling out with his production company years back. But he put AWNW at #1 and every version that isn't the in-movie version in last place. I think of it often
AWNW, the version played during the film would be at the top of my list as well. With the exception of the Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle version, and the version from the broadway adaptation, all the versions other than those and the original are garbage.
Meesh
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2019 11:14 am
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Noooo lol what
It's cool to see some of the score themes get props though! "To Be Free" is part of why I wanted to study film score!
YouTube personality Todd in the Shadows made a video many years ago ranking the songs from 1992. I can't find it anymore, likely because there was a big falling out with his production company years back. But he put AWNW at #1 and every version that isn't the in-movie version in last place. I think of it often
Edward Falcon
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2019 11:05 am
Post subject: 10 Aladdin songs ranked by Screenrant
On Facebook, I stumbled upon this list featuring 10 Aladdin songs ranked from best to worst. The songs on the list are only from the original 1992 film and the 2019 live action remake, and doesn’t have any songs from RoJ or KoT. And are they kidding me with the choice they picked for #2?!
https://screenrant.com/aladdin-songs-ranked-top-ten/
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