Why the Music in Les Misérables (2012) is Worse than you Thought
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Published 2020-06-30
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Sources and Links:
"Beyond the Barricade: Adapting Les Misérables for the Cinema" by Ian Shapiro
I only found this source after going through my music library after going to grad school, well after I'd made this video. Had I had access to it while making this video I naturally would have cited it because it's such an amazing source on the production for this film.
Sorry to Ian Shapiro, and I wish finding academic sources while outside of academia was easier and not behind a paywall
"Beyond the Barricade: Adapting Les Misérables for the Cinema" by Ian Shapiro
Mackintosh's comment on the rights to Les Mis
www.contactmusic.com/les-miserables/news/les-miser…
Fantastic document listing the leitmotifs in Les Mis
www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/11525740/use-of-lei…
Great post about Les Mis being symmetrical
mdn.chanvrerie.net/has-anyone-else-noticed-how-sym…
Russel Crowe on Shazam!
• Shazam! - 26 Nov 1985 (feat. Russell ...
New York Vocal Coaching, an absolutely AMAZING YouTube channel that you should sub to if you're at all interested in Vocal Tech
• Ep. 89 "How To Sing Falsetto & Flageo...
Russel Crowe discussing his audition process
• Russell Crowe on Auditioning
The French version of "Do You Hear The People Sing?"
• À La Volonté Du Peuple - Les Misérabl...
The cast warming up before the 85th Oscars
• Les Misérables 85th Academy Awards re...
Erik Olsson's post about Bernadette Peters and Sunday in the Park with George
twitter.com/erikragnar731/status/12729255658136985…
Hugh Jackman discussing his weight loss
• Interview: Les Miserables star Hugh J...
Anne Hathaway's interview about her singing experience on set
• Les Miserables - Interview with Anne ...
Kevin Lynch's FANTASTIC video about "Bring Him Home" - I cannot recommend his channel enough, he's AMAZING
• Break Down the Score to "Bring Him Ho...
Crowe and Jackman singing live
• The Confrontation live at Joe's Pub -...
Jackman singing live
• Hugh Jackman performs ‘Les Miserables...
For posterity, just in case you don't believe me when I say that musicals are all about speaking - singing - dancing
www.pbs.org/thinktank/transcript1261.html
if I forgot anything please do not hesitate to let me know
I want to be sure that everyone gets properly credited!
All Comments (21)
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In reference to water I once had a voice teacher who said, “If you wanna sing right, you gotta pee white.”
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I love the fact that the pianist is in a cage. Naughty pianists go to piano jail
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Hearing the actors actually singing makes me wish they got a director who respects musicals. We could've had so much!
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As a vocalist and a clarinet player, the fact that anything in this ever happened is horrifying
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If singing for 8 hours a day can ruin your voice box, then playing a stringed instrument for the same amount every day will absolutely shred your wrists. The bass and cello players must have been on fire
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good god i am sick of directors and actors literally almost killing themselves for "authenticity" and the oscars rewarding them for it
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I understand the show is LITERALLY called Les Miserables, but that's doesn't mean EVERYONE INVOLVED HAD TO BE ACTUALLY MISERABLE 😣 So much respect to everyones sacrifice to make this movie, seriously hats off Also I never knew the tearing of the paper was supposed to go with the orchestra beats but that hits SO MUCH HARDER when it does! My god that was exhilarating to see for the first time in this video
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Having the band going so many hours without breaks is terrifying. Ive only ever played lighter instruments (my specialties are flute and violin) and going for a few hours in band practice without breaks kills my muscles. EIGHT HOURS is insane I feel so bad for them especially those with heavier instruments. Their whole bodies would be in serious pain for literal days.
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The clips of the director saying "no one asked him to do it" to hugh jackman saying "he asked me to look unrecognizable" are hilariously next to each other
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I didn't understand how bad this was until he compared it to how bad the orchestra was treated, I play saxophone, and can barely handle one hour of constant play
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Thank you for including that brief clip of Jackman and Crowe singing live together! I appreciate the redemption and proof they're so much better than what ended up in the film.
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Russell Crowe singing as an eighties post punk boy is not something i knew i needed in my life.
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“Compare this-“ Hugh Jackman singing plays “To this-“ YouTube shoving an old spice ad in my face Great timing youtube
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The way Hollywood treats its actors health and weight is DISGUSTING. The reason Jackman was so casual about literally dehydrating himself is probably because he was USED TO DOING IT in work on other movies. Any time you see an actor with razor sharp cut abs—theyre most definitely dangerously dehydrated. The body needs fat and water.
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Hugh Jackman’s “All I did was STEAL SOME BREAD” has lived rent free in my head since I saw this in cinemas.
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Hugh. Hun. Why are you giving a better performance at a god damn karaoke night than in the actual movie
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They made the orchestra play for 10 hours straight?? That could have ruined any of those musicians careers. I feel sorry for the conductor.
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I think Tom Hooper just wanted to make everyone miserables.
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the fact that this train wreck was Redmayne’s first vocal performance and years later he was cast as Emcee in Cabaret and slayed it so hard he won Olivier in Best Actor in Musical for it is mind blowing to me
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Let's talk about how incredibly painful this must have been. This is so sad. Les Mis is a beautiful and heartbreaking musical they didn't have to torture the cast & crew to get this shitty performance.
