Author: Chris Snelgrove Published
When StarCraft: strange new world After its musical debut, it was impossible for most fans of the genre not to associate it with buffy the vampire slayerThe musical masterpiece “Feel Again”. That buffy This episode successfully combines mesmerizing earworm tunes with a brilliant character-driven plot, making it the gold standard for musicals. If we’re being honest, Star Wars the Musical isn’t as good as buffyIn almost every respect except one: “Rhapsody in Warp” prominently featured the entire main cast singing, while “Feeling Again” featured two actors refusing to sing.
buffy’s musical blunder
Long before the “Star Wars” musical aired, buffyNearly all of the main characters in “Once More With Feeling” have their own songs. Buffy impersonates a pop star and sings about existentialism, Giles sings a ballad about the power that stops her, Spike transforms into a rock star and croones about his complicated feelings for the Slayer, and more. However, Hannigan’s Willow doesn’t have any songs of her own. In fact, she only has two musical lines, including the hilariously meta lyric, “I think that line is mostly filler.”
As for why Willow didn’t feature prominently in the musical’s tunes, showrunner Joss Whedon claimed Hannigan “begged me on my knees to let her sing as little as possible.” He complied with that request, which is why Tower Ra performed all the vocals on their totally voodoo romance “Under Your Spell.” Meanwhile, the only principal cast member who doesn’t sing is Michelle Trachtenberg, as she was asked to use her ballet training to perform dance sequences.
A musical masterpiece from StarCraft
As we mentioned before, Star Wars the Musical and buffyThis is true in most respects. The songs aren’t as catchy, the emotional stakes aren’t as high, and certain plot points occasionally fall flat. However, there is one area where StarCraft does excel. buffy Music Department: All principal actors sing. Sure, some voices were stronger than others, but no one quit, which is impressive, especially considering Star Wars has never been a musical and expectations would have been extremely high.
back Star Wars: Strange New Worlds Showrunners Henry Alonso Myers and Akiva Goldsman, who brought us the ambitiously imperfect Subspace, sat down with Variety to talk about They were surprised that the entire cast was singing. “We ended up with a really good cast,” according to Goldsman, who was expecting “a dud in the bunch” who either couldn’t sing or couldn’t sing. Instead, he concluded, it was “as if they’d been secretly coveting the idea of a musical their whole lives,” which made filming the episode that much easier.
Spock sings
It also helps these Star Wars showrunners because they face the opposite problem buffy‘s producer. Instead of finding someone like Hannigan who disliked singing on screen, they discovered that one of their biggest stars was actually a musical maestro. When discussing Spock actor Ethan Peck, Goldsman said, “I didn’t know Ethan could sing until I said, ‘Oh my God, Ethan can sing!'” Interestingly, he noted, his reaction Basically the same tune audiences first watched the famous Vulcan burst into tune: “You’re like, “Wait, Spock is singing now?”
As it stands, the first Star Wars musical isn’t nearly as beloved as Star Wars. buffy’s and for good reason. Ultimately, the songs sung by the Enterprise crew aren’t as catchy or interesting as those sung by Sunnydale’s Scooby Gang. However, strange new world What we can boast is that all the leading actors stood up and sang their hearts out, buffy Preventing two actors from stepping into the spotlight (albeit at their own request). This is something worth singing with emotion again. Even though, as Spock reminds us, these feelings are completely illogical.
Source: Variety Show
