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Post by veu on Dec 8, 2022 8:21:22 GMT -5
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Post by veu on Dec 8, 2022 13:00:43 GMT -5
Source: TwitterSCUTTLE made everyone laugh they asses off & her rap song was đ„
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Post by veu on Dec 26, 2022 6:56:09 GMT -5
Source: Twitter- King Triton's song is sort of like 'Mother knows best' but more demanding, telling Ariel to never go near the surface again.
- Ariel's new song is sung while she is exploring on land. It is played over it so we dont see her singing it. The song is about how much she loves the human world and wants to stay there!
- Prince Eric's new song is sort of his ballad. I heard that Jonah can SING. The message is about him longing for someone to relate to, Ariel.
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Post by veu on Dec 27, 2022 6:31:27 GMT -5
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Post by veu on Dec 27, 2022 6:54:22 GMT -5
Alan Menken reveals in a new interview that another of the new songs has been cut from the film. I wonder which one it could be:
There's four... Well, I think now there's three in the film. There's one that I think we may have lost. But hopefully it'll be on some special DVD.
Here the video:
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Post by veu on Feb 23, 2023 16:12:47 GMT -5
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Post by veu on Mar 13, 2023 13:51:43 GMT -5
Source: www.empireonline.com/movies/news/the-little-mermaid-new-ariel-song-for-the-first-time-rob-marshall-exclusive/The Little Mermaidâs New Ariel Song âFor The First Timeâ Is âAbout Her Experiences The Moment She Hits Landâ, Says Rob Marshall â Exclusive Image
The Little Mermaid (2023) â exclusive
by Ben Travis | Posted50 minutes ago
People: Halle Bailey Lin-Manuel Miranda Rob Marshall Alan Menken
Disneyâs original animated The Little Mermaid features some of the most iconic songs in the studioâs extensive history (âUnder The Seaâ! âPart Of Your Worldâ! âKiss The Girlâ!), from Broadway legends Alan Menken and the late, great Howard Ashman. Which means that delivering new musical numbers for the live-action remake, directed by Chicagoâs Rob Marshall comes with all kinds of pressure. Thankfully, that task has fallen to Menken himself, teaming up with Hamilton genius (and Little Mermaid super-mega-fan) Lin-Manuel Miranda to deliver a handful of fresh tunes, fleshing out the journey of mermaid Ariel as she swaps her fins for feet.
One of those songs is a brand new Ariel number for star Halle Bailey, arriving at a pivotal point in the story â and as Marshall tells Empire, itâs titled âFor The First Timeâ. âItâs about her experiences the moment she hits land,â he reveals. âWe needed to create a number that could almost work as a montage, so we could take her through that experience â coming onto the land, what itâs like to put on shoes, have legs.â And given that thatâs both everything Arielâs dreamed of, but also something daunting and new, the song hopes to capture all of those emotions. âAnybody who has a different experience, itâs wondrous and scary at the same time,â says Marshall.
From the beginning, it was clear to the director that Bailey was the perfect choice to embody this version of Ariel. âThere was an innocence and a purity to [Halle] as well as having fire,â he says. âIt was this strange combination. And, of course, this magnificent voice.â Get ready to hear âFor The First Timeâ when it becomes part of our world this summer. Empire â May 2023 â Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse cover
Read Empireâs full The Little Mermaid story â talking to Rob Marshall about creating a new version of Ariel â in the Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse issue, on sale Thursday 16 March. Become an Empire member now to access the issue in full on launch day, or pre-order the issue online now here. The Little Mermaid comes to UK cinemas from 26 May.
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Post by veu on Mar 15, 2023 14:11:51 GMT -5
Source: collider.com/little-mermaid-new-original-song/'The Little Mermaid's New Original Song Will Celebrate Ariel's First Time on Land BY SHRISHTY PUBLISHED 2 DAYS AGO
The upcoming movie will star Halle Bailey as the titular mermaid and Jonah Hauer-King as Prince Eric.
little-mermaid-social-featureImage via Disney
The first trailer for Disneyâs The Little Mermaid is here and takes fans into the surreal, and thrilling world of Ariel. The feature has been highly anticipated among Disney fans for its needful representation and retelling of the well-known story in contemporary times. Now Empire Magazine has revealed a new look at Halle Baileyâs iteration of the character and an interview with the director, Rob Marshall, which discusses the new song featured in the film.
The new close-up image sees Ariel hopefully looking at something, her costuming is similar to whatâs seen in the trailer, when sheâs on a boat ride with Prince Eric, so presumably a time after sheâs gotten new legs. While the franchise has given fans some memorable numbers like "Under The Sea" and "Part Of Your World," Marshall revealed that the upcoming movie features a new song titled, "For The First Time".
The new song comes from Broadway legends Alan Menken, who teamed up with Hamilton's Lin-Manuel Miranda to add new tunes to the movie fleshing out Arielâs story as she swaps her fins for feet. âItâs about her experiences the moment she hits land,â the director said. âWe needed to create a number that could almost work as a montage, so we could take her through that experience â coming onto the land, what itâs like to put on shoes, have legs.â Given Baileyâs latest rendition of âPart of Your Worldâ is already buzzing among fans, the new number would be another added gem to the movie.
the-little-mermaid-halle-bailey-jonah-hauer-king-social-featureImage via Walt Disney Studios
Marshall elaborates on the theme of the song further, âgiven that thatâs both everything Arielâs dreamed of, but also something daunting and new, the song hopes to capture all of those emotions. âAnybody who has a different experience, itâs wondrous and scary at the same time,â he concludes. He also notes about Haileyâs casting, âThere was an innocence and a purity to [Halle] as well as having fire.â Adding, âIt was this strange combination. And, of course, this magnificent voice.â
Who is Behind The Little Mermaid? Marshall directs from a screenplay by David Magee. The movie features Bailey as the titular mermaid Ariel, Jonah Hauer-King as Eric, Daveed Diggs voices Sebastian, the crab, Javier Bardem as King Triton, Melissa McCarthy as Ursula, along with Jacob Tremblay voicing Flounder, and Awkwafina voicing Scuttle. Noma Dumezweni will play Queen Selina, a new character for the film while Lorena Andrea as Perla, Simone Ashley as Indira, Kajsa Mohammar as Karina, Nathalie Sorrell as Caspia, Karolina Conchet as Mala, and Sienna King as Tameka will play the daughters of Triton and Arielâs sisters â all renamed for the upcoming film.
The Little Mermaid premieres on May 26. You can check out the new image below:
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Post by veu on Mar 31, 2023 12:13:30 GMT -5
New songs: * â Wild Unchartered Watersâ for Prince Eric; * â Scuttlebuttâ for Scuttle & Sebastian; * â Impossible Childâ for King Triton (this song is cut in the movie). Source: www.vanityfair.com/style/2023/03/alan-menken-disney-composer-inspired-a-generation-of-songwritersMusic How Alan Menken, Disneyâs Most Prolific Composer, Inspired a Generation of Songwriters The man behind some of Disneyâs most memorable scores and songs reflects on his influence in film, musical theater, and beyond.
By Leigh Scheps March 31, 2023
As the composer behind The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin, Alan Menken has created some of Disneyâs most recognizable scores and songs. His canon has paved the way for modern-day animated musicals like Frozen and Encanto, and influenced a generation of songwriters working in film, musical theater, and beyond. With lyricist Howard Ashman (Menkenâs collaborator until Ashmanâs death in 1991), Menken was a driving force behind Little Shop of Horrors, which premiered off-off Broadway in 1982, and more than 40 years later is still playing at New Yorkâs Westside Theatre. Hercules, which Disney released in 1997 and Menken worked on with lyricist David Zippel, just wrapped up a regional run in New Jersey, and will move on to premiere in Germany, while Aladdin (which also featured lyrics by Tim Rice, who helped finish Aladdinâs songs following Ashmanâs death) is currently celebrating its ninth anniversary on Broadway at the New Amsterdam Theatre.
Today, at 73 years old, Menken shows no signs of slowing down. Disenchanted, the sequel to Enchanted for which he cowrote the music along with Stephen Schwartz (Wicked), debuted on Disney+ last fall. The fully animated feature Spellbound is expected at the end of the year, and he tells Vanity Fair that thereâs another musical project in the works. But first is the live-action version of The Little Mermaid, starring Halle Bailey as Ariel and premiering in theaters on May 26, a project that led him to work on some new songs with Lin-Manuel Miranda.
âMy niece went to Hunter School and I would hear about this little boy named Lin-Manuel Miranda who loved The Little Mermaid,â he recalls to Vanity Fair. âHe was asking questions about it, wanted me to sign posters, and was just fanatical about it. Then one day that little boy was a writer who had a new show called In the Heights. I thought, Was he the same Lin-Manuel Miranda? And now weâre collaborating! Iâve been amazed watching what heâs become in the world.â
VF recently spoke with Menken about reworking the 1989 filmâs music and the groundwork he laid to catapult the movie-musical-song catalog for new writers like Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Bobby Lopez, Kristen-Anderson Lopez, and Miranda.
Vanity Fair: You had Little Shop of Horrors, Hercules, and Aladdin all playing at the same time in the New York City area. How does it feel to have these shows still so popular and so present?
Alan Menken: I'm used to it. I've been coming back to projects for a long time. It certainly beats the alternative by a lot. So much of what I'm doing is about my illustrious past. But you know, I still have a future and occasionally I'll talk about that in therapy. I'm very happy with what I've done. But then, there's also what's next. The most exciting thing is the new projects, and I am working on new projects.
Spellbound, tell me everything!
I can't tell you that much. Number one because it is an ever-evolving project. This is a very unusual story. It has a very ambitious, central theme. I am not going to talk about the central theme because it's all hidden in a fairy tale which involves a spell. But it's a theme that affects all of us in a contemporary way. I'm collaborating with [lyricist] Glenn Slater on the songs. Chris Montan, who was the head of music and animation at Disney from The Little Mermaid, to Tangled and Frozen is the musical supervisor. For me, it's a great return to work again in animation. Some of the team have never written music before. So there's been a lot of work in trying to make it more of a traditional musical and people pushing me to be more ambitious in a certain way. We are still working on it. We score in the fall. We are recording with the artists who are doing it: Rachel Zegler, Javier Bardem, and Nicole Kidman. I am going to stop there.
Can you believe Aladdin is celebrating nine years on Broadway?
Is it nine now? Wow. I feel old.
What do you think has kept it playing for so long?
It's a good musical. Tom Schumacher is as good as it gets as a theatrical producer. Aladdin is a lot of fun. The infectiousness of numbers and explosion of imagination make it really fun for an audience. You want them to want to be in that room and just have a good time.
When you put it on Broadway, you expanded the song âFriend Like Me.â
We'll add to it until you get the roof off the building. Right now with Hercules, we have âZero To Hero.â We're gonna keep trying to inject as much fun into that as possible and raise the roof.
Turning to The Little Mermaid, the story about Lin-Manuel Miranda is fascinating because he worshipped you as a kid. He always talks about it. So Iâm wondering how the collaboration for this movie actually happened?
What happened was Lin gave a lot of interviews about just that. Sean Bailey, head of film production at the studio, heard or read one of those interviews. He didnât even ask me. He just went to Lin and asked him to work on the movie. I'm used to that. Sometimes I actually find out something of mine is happening in a press release. So this was a case where I heard I'm going to be working with Lin, I guess. We had a great time. He's really smart. He understands theater really well. He understands a lot of things really well. He's got this, as you know, stylistic brilliance that brings in hip hop and rap, and all old musical forms that help. Even though it's a composer, me, and the lyricist, Linâwhen we were in the room, all those influences came to band.
What was the first song that you did and why?
We discussed with Rob Marshall what he wanted. One was the Prince Eric song, called âWild Unchartered Waters.â Then, there was the song for Ariel when she has her legs (doesn't have a voice), and she's singing her thoughts about all the firsts she is noticing for the first time. Then, there was a number called âScuttlebuttâ for Scuttle and Sebastian. It's this harebrained [song for them] trying to figure out what's going on because they hear rumors that the prince has decided to marry. They think it must be Ariel but of course itâs Ursela in the form of Vanessa. It's all this delicious imagination. Linâs lyrics are to die for. We wrote a fourth song called âImpossible Childâ for King Triton. It didnât remain in the film only because dramaturgically we didnât really need it. It was so great to work with Javier Bardem on that song and people will hear it as a DVD outtake, I guess.
What about anything from Broadway?
This is a very interesting thing because it started with Beauty, then Aladdin and now Mermaid. It's not like a wheel that goes from animation through Broadway to film. It goes from animation to Broadway, then from animation to film. It seems like the animators are the Rosetta Stone and each iteration becomes a new adaptation from that starting point. There was a song, âHer Voiceâ for the Broadway show. But Rob really wanted a new song for this moment of waves and all the wildness of what's out there in the ocean. [Ariel] represented that to [Prince Eric]; she being the girl who saved his life. Live action films are really a director's medium. They want to go back to what they saw in the animation and take it fresh from there. That seems to be the pattern and I go along with it. Besides the fact that clearly, everybody wants a new song for the live action film for awards consideration.
Was there anything from the original that you redid, or something about it needed to change?
There are some lyric changes in âKiss the Girlâ because people have gotten very sensitive about the idea that [Prince Eric] would, in any way, force himself on [Ariel]. We have some revisions in âPoor Unfortunate Soulsâ regarding lines that might make young girls somehow feel that they shouldn't speak out of turn, even though Ursula is clearly manipulating Ariel to give up her voice.
Lin has learned from Stephen Sondheim and Jonathan Larson. But he also learned from listening to your songs over the years. What did you learn from working with him?
Each of the songs were a different formula of the two of us together. âWild Unchartered Watersâ was very much in my wheelhouse as a composer with lyrics set to the music. I think it was probably the most intimidating for Lin because he felt like it was really stepping into Howard [Ashmanâs] shoes. For the first time, I took the essence of a piece of music that had been in the underscore of the original Little Mermaid. It was a very lilting feel to the moment. Lin asked to make it more edgy and more a two against three tempo-wise, if you know what that means. So we gave it a lot more edge and then wrote to that which took on this incredible excitement. It's a real combo of the two but he had really influenced the musical field. On âScuttlebutt,â I wrote a piece of music with an implied melody line. Lin took that piece of music and brilliantly rapped over it musically. So there's this whole new creation. There was a great moment when Lin sent an audio file from the bathroom of an Acela Express. Heâs holding the music I wrote and singing to me the idea of what he wants while you hear a rumble of the train in the background. So, it was a very freeform collaboration. One reason people will work a lot is because they're adaptable. I like to be in the room with whoever I'm working with and start from scratch to get the essence of what that collaboration will be.
Itâs interesting because youâre so often associated with Howard Ashman, but you only worked together for a short amount of time. Anytime I watch these renaissance movies (The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin), I wonder what you and Howard would have produced together if he were still here. You would have been like Rodgers and Hammerstein.
Howard wrote Smile with Marvin Hamlisch. He knew he was dying as he was writing that show. It was a beautiful score. Everyone wanted it to be a light, frothy, chorus girl musical but it really was about the dark side of beauty pageants. Within that show, there is a song called âDisneyland.â Marvin had just passed away and I wanted to play the song as part of my performance at D23 that year. I wanted to make it my own as I performed it. So for the first time, I sat in front of a Howard lyric that I had never worked with before and it was a visceral experience. It is shiny on the surface, but there's so much depth in terms of what's being said; the references and the connections. I just lost it. It was so emotional to remember what it was like sitting in front of a Howard Ashman lyric. Howard and I know other shows he wanted to do.
What were they?
We got halfway into a musical about Babe Ruth. We wrote five songs. We took the material and put it aside and moved on to Little Shop instead. Howard really wanted to do a musical based on a Damon Runyon story. The movie was Big Street which people know if they saw Being the Ricardos. It was that movie that Howard wanted to adapt and we couldn't get the rights at the time. I've worked on that a number of times since then, trying to figure out what Howard would have wanted to do.
Going back to all these people you have worked with over the years, with Lin being the newest oneâ
I have another lyricist I am working with at the moment. Nell Benjamin.
Of Legally Blonde, the musical.
Weâve got a new project that I shouldn't be the one to announce but weâre really having a great time.
Who is your protégé?
Who is my protégé?
You got one?
No. I probably have a ton of protĂ©gĂ©s in terms of people who grew up on what I do because I see a lot of people doing the kinds of things that I do. Look at Bobby Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul and Lin-Manuel Miranda. There are so many generational writers now. And people involved in pop, wanting to be in theater now. [For example], I wrote the theme song for Rocky V. Phil Ramone and I went to London and Elton John recorded it. He said to me he really liked The Little Mermaid and he wanted to work in animation. Of course, next came The Lion King. Heâs writing musicals. Sara Bareilles and a lot of other people are finding musical theater to be this great form to work in. I guess, in any way that I've influenced that, I'm proud of that.
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Post by veu on Apr 1, 2023 4:20:14 GMT -5
Source: www.justjaredjr.com/2023/03/31/alan-menken-spills-details-on-new-the-little-mermaid-songs-with-lin-manuel-miranda-changes-to-original-songs/Alan Menken Spills Details on New 'The Little Mermaid' Songs with Lin-Manuel Miranda & Changes to Original Songs Alan Menken is revealing some new details about the new music in the upcoming live action The Little Mermaid!
The composer and songwriter wrote music for the original animated film, and returned to work on the upcoming adaptation.
He also worked with Lin-Manuel Miranda on some new music for the Halle Bailey-starring movie, and recently opened up about those new tunes, one of which includes a rap.
âWe discussed with [director] Rob Marshall what he wanted. One was the Prince Eric (Jonah Hauer-King) song, called âWild Unchartered Waters,ââ Alan told Vanity Fair. âThen, there was the song for Ariel when she has her legs (doesnât have a voice), and sheâs singing her thoughts about all the firsts she is noticing for the first time. Then, there was a number called âScuttlebuttâ for Scuttle (Awkwafina) and Sebastian (Daveed Diggs). Itâs this harebrained [song for them] trying to figure out whatâs going on because they hear rumors that the prince has decided to marry. They think it must be Ariel but of course itâs Ursula (Melissa McCarthy) in the form of Vanessa. Itâs all this delicious imagination. Linâs lyrics are to die for.â
Alan then added there was a fourth song that didnât make the cut, but we may see it as a DVD bonus feature.
âWe wrote a fourth song called âImpossible Childâ for King Triton (Javier Bardem). It didnât remain in the film only because dramaturgically we didnât really need it,â the composer shared. âIt was so great to work with Javier Bardem on that song and people will hear it as a DVD outtake, I guess.â
Alan also noted that there arenât songs from the Broadway version of The Little Mermaid, and they changed some lyrics in a couple of the original songs.
âThere are some lyric changes in âKiss the Girlâ because people have gotten very sensitive about the idea that [Prince Eric] would, in any way, force himself on [Ariel],â he reveals. âWe have some revisions in âPoor Unfortunate Soulsâ regarding lines that might make young girls somehow feel that they shouldnât speak out of turn, even though Ursula is clearly manipulating Ariel to give up her voice.â
Weâre only two months away from the live action The Little Mermaid hitting theaters. Check out a side-by-side of the trailer alongside the original animated trailer!
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Post by veu on Apr 1, 2023 5:08:40 GMT -5
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Post by veu on Apr 1, 2023 5:17:55 GMT -5
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Post by veu on Apr 1, 2023 5:22:41 GMT -5
Source: thedisinsider.com/2023/03/31/alan-menken-speaks-on-live-action-the-little-mermaid-new-songs/Alan Menken Speaks On Live-Action âThe Little Mermaidâ New Songs and Changing The Lyrics Of The Original Songs Alexis Miguel March 31, 2023 3 min read
Disneyâs live-action The Little Mermaid might be one of the most anticipated live-action remakes ever. A couple of weeks ago we got to see the full official trailer for the movie at the Oscars. Now composer Alan Menken speaks on the live-action âLittle Mermaidâ new songs.
Vanity Fair shared today their new interview with composer Alan Menken. He shared some new details on the new songs he and Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote for the new movie. The live-action remake will have three new songs. Lin-Manuel also wrote a fourth song, but they cut it from the film.
The New Songs For The First TIme â Sung by Ariel (Halle Bailey). Wild Unchartered Waters â Sung by Eric (Jonah Hauer-King). Scuttlebutt â Sung by Sebastian and Scuttle (Daveed Diggs and Awkwafina). Impossible Child â Sung by King Triton (Javier Bardem)
Menken shared that he and Lin-Manuel worked first on Wild Unchartered Waters. While discussing with director Rob Marshall he said he wanted a brand new song for Prince Eric and they decided to write a new song instead of reusing Her Voice, a song from the Broadway musical.
"There was a song, âHer Voiceâ for the Broadway show. But Rob really wanted a new song for this moment of waves and all the wildness of whatâs out there in the ocean. [Ariel] represented that to [Prince Eric]; she being the girl who saved his life." â Alan Menken on Ericâs new song
Arielâs new song For The First Time will be all about her experiencing the human world for the first time, and according to Menken itâs about â[her] singing her thoughts about all the firsts she is noticing for the first timeâ. Scuttlebutt itâs a fun song that Sebastian and Scuttle sing after they hear the rumors of Eric getting married and they think itâs with Ariel but itâs actually Vanessa, Ursulaâs human form. We donât have more details on Impossible Child, the fourth song. But hereâs what Menken said about it:
"We wrote a fourth song called âImpossible Childâ for King Triton. It didnât remain in the film only because dramaturgically we didnât really need it. It was so great to work with Javier Bardem on that song and people will hear it as a DVD outtake, I guess." - Alan Menken on King Tritonâs solo song that was cut from the film
Changing The Lyrics But thatâs not it, Alan Menken also revealed that they changed the lyrics to Kiss The Girl and Poor Unfortunate Souls. Hereâs what he said:
"There are some lyric changes in âKiss the Girlâ because people have gotten very sensitive about the idea that [Prince Eric] would, in any way, force himself on [Ariel]. We have some revisions in âPoor Unfortunate Soulsâ regarding lines that might make young girls somehow feel that they shouldnât speak out of turn, even though Ursula is clearly manipulating Ariel to give up her voice. " - Alan Menken after he was asked if he redid or changed the lyrics of the original songs.
The Little Mermaid will feature the original music by Alan Menken (Tangled and 1989âs The Little Mermaid) in addition to four brand new songs co-written by Lin-Manuel Miranda (Encanto).
The film stars Halle Bailey, Jonah Hauer-King (A Dogâs Way Home) as Prince Eric, Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids) as Ursula, Awkwafina (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings) as Scuttle, Daveed Diggs (Snowpiercer) as Sebastian, and Jacob Tremblay (Room) as Flounder. Also set to star is Emily Coates, Jude Akuwudike, Noma Dumezweni, Russell Balogh, and Adrian Christopher.
It will splash to hit theaters on May 26, 2023.
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Post by veu on Apr 4, 2023 11:59:37 GMT -5
Source: www.glamour.com/story/lyrics-in-the-little-mermaid-will-be-updated-to-include-consentAsk the Girl Lyrics in The Little Mermaid Will Be Updated to Include Consent Both âKiss the Girlâ and âPoor Unfortunate Soulsâ will see amended lyrics.
By Laura Hampson April 4, 2023
At this stage it feels as if we have been waiting forever for the live-action version of The Little Mermaid to hit our screens.
Halle Bailey was first announced as Ariel in July 2019, but we didnât get our first teaser trailer of the Disney adaptation until September last year.
Luckily, we only have mere weeks to wait now, as the film is slated for a May 26 release, and weâre starting to find out exactly what changes we can expect to see on the big screenâincluding lyric changes to include consent.
In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, the filmâs composer, Alan Menken, revealed that there would be tweaks to the lyrics of some of our favorite songs, including âKiss the Girlâ and âPoor Unfortunate Souls.â
âThere are some lyric changes in âKiss the Girlâ because people have gotten very sensitive about the idea that [Prince Eric] would, in any way, force himself on [Ariel],â Menken said.
We assume the lyrics he is talking about include the chorus, which goes: âYes, you want her. / Look at her, you know you do. / Possible she wants you too. / There is one way to ask her. / It don't take a word, / Not a single word. / Go on and kiss the girl.â
These lyrics suggest that Prince Eric doesnât need Arielâs verbal consent to kiss her, which of course he does, but thereâs the slight issue of the fact that she cannot speak.
âWe have some revisions in âPoor Unfortunate Soulsâ regarding lines that might make young girls somehow feel that they shouldnât speak out of turn,â Menken added. âEven though Ursula is clearly manipulating Ariel to give up her voice.â
This could reference the lyrics near the end of the song when Ursula sings: âCome on, theyâre not all that impressed with conversation. / True gentlemen avoid it when they can. / But they dote and swoon and fawn / On a lady whoâs withdrawn. / Itâs she who holds her tongue who gets a man.â Eeek.
Both of these songs were written between 1987 and 1989 for the original Little Mermaid soundtrack, making them over three decades out of date, so itâs probably time they had some updating.
Bailey previously revealed that she was recording both new and old songs for the film, so itâs likely we can expect some new numbers on the soundtrack as well. Bring on May already.
This article first appeared on Glamour UK.
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Post by veu on Apr 4, 2023 12:00:31 GMT -5
Source: www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/the-little-mermaid-consentEntertainment The Little Mermaid will have lyric changes to include consent Both âKiss the Girlâ and âPoor Unfortunate Soulsâ will see amended lyrics.
By Laura Hampson 4 April 2023
At this stage it feels as if we have been waiting forever for the live action version of The Little Mermaid to hit our screens.
Halle Bailey was first announced as Ariel in July 2019, but we didnât get our first teaser trailer of the Disney adaptation until September last year.
Luckily, we only have mere weeks to wait now as the film is slated for a 26 May release date, and weâre starting to find out exactly what changes we can expect to see on the big screen - including lyric changes to include consent.
In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, the filmâs composer Alan Menken revealed that there would be tweaks to the lyrics of some of our favourite songs, including âKiss the Girlâ and âPoor Unfortunate Soulsâ.
âThere are some lyric changes in âKiss the Girlâ because people have gotten very sensitive about the idea that [Prince Eric] would, in any way, force himself on [Ariel],â Menken said.
We assume the lyrics he is talking about include the chorus which goes: âYes, you want her / Look at her, you know you do / Possible she wants you too / There is one way to ask her / It don't take a word / Not a single word / Go on and kiss the girl.â
These lyrics suggest that Prince Eric doesnât need Arielâs verbal consent to kiss her, which of course he does, but thereâs the slight issue of the fact that she cannot speak.
âWe have some revisions in âPoor Unfortunate Soulsâ regarding lines that might make young girls somehow feel that they shouldnât speak out of turn,â Menken added. âEven though Ursula is clearly manipulating Ariel to give up her voice.â
This could reference the lyrics near the end of the song when Ursula sings: âCome on, they're not all that impressed with conversation/ True gentlemen avoid it when they can/ But they dote and swoon and fawn/ On a lady who's withdrawn/ It's she who holds her tongue who gets a man.â Eeek.
Both of these songs were written between 1987 and 1989 for the original Little Mermaid soundtrack, making them over three decades out of date, so itâs probably time they had some updating.
Halle previously revealed that she was recording both new and old songs for the film, so itâs likely we can expect some new numbers on the soundtrack as well. Bring on May already.
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Post by veu on Apr 5, 2023 16:01:36 GMT -5
Source: ew.com/movies/the-little-mermaid-first-listen-new-songs-alan-menken-lin-manuel-miranda/?utm_campaign=entertainmentweekly_entertainmentweekly&utm_content=new&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_term=642d718a892d450001fff91dExclusive The Little Mermaid's new songs first listen: Hear snippets of Alan Menken and Lin-Manuel Miranda's music Learn (and hear) more about "For the First Time," "Wild Uncharted Waters," and "Scuttlebutt," three new songs composed for the film.
By Nick Romano April 05, 2023 at 09:00 AM EDT
Alan Menken, the celebrated film composer of the original The Little Mermaid, remembers the first time he heard about Lin-Manuel Miranda â when Broadway's future Hamilton creator was a fourth grader at Hunter College Elementary in New York City.
"It's just one of those bizarre things where there was this little boy named Lin-Manuel Miranda who went to Hunter School with my niece," Menken recounts to EW for our Little Mermaid cover story. "It's so stuck in my head because I've never seen anyone so intentionally interested in a project [of mine]. My sister would tell me all about this little boy and 'he loves the project' and 'he wants to know this' and 'will you sign that?'"
"The takeaway from this story was, I was the most extra little fourth grader at Hunter Elementary School," Miranda says in conversation with Menken. "I begged your niece for an autograph."
Years later, after Menken says he witnessed "the birth of a genius" with Miranda's ascent in the theater space, the pair teamed up to write new songs for The Little Mermaid, Disney's live-action/CG reimagining starring Grammy-nominated Halle Bailey as Ariel. With Menken composing the music and Miranda writing the lyrics, the duo breaks down the three new tunes coming to theaters when the film opens May 26.
"For the First Time"
Jonah Hauer-King as Prince Eric and Halle Bailey as Ariel in 'The Little Mermaid' | CREDIT: GILES KEYTE/DISNEY The first song Menken and Miranda tackled for the new movie was "For the First Time," an additional piece for Ariel. It was based on a melody Menken composed for the 1989 animated Little Mermaid, when Ariel and Prince Eric are touring his kingdom. Menken describes it as "lilting."
Miranda suggested he slow down the tempo and throw on a dancehall beat. "It just gives it this kind of Caribbean island vibe that we were already headed towards," Miranda says. "And then I just immediately gave you some dummy lyrics, but it really took both of us just throwing something down on the paper [and] looking at it together."
The pair tease a bit of the song on the piano, as shown in the exclusive video above. Menken says the musical sequence involves multiple stops as Ariel adjusts to life on land.
"All the clues for what that song could be are actually laid in 'Part of Your World,' which is one of the greatest 'I want' songs of all time that Alan wrote with Howard Ashman," Miranda continues. "She's wondering all these things about what life on land is. One of my favorite lyrics of all time: 'What's a fire and why does it... what's the word? Burn?' We thought [about] the opportunity to actually see her come face to face with the realities of life on land with (1) gravity, (2) fire, (3) clothes, (4) how people on land regard sea creatures, (5) meeting this man that she has had been in love with."
"I couldn't believe that [Ariel] only sang 'Part of Your World' in the original, as well as the Reprise. but it's cool 'cause she's singing more throughout this version," Bailey teases. "I think audiences can expect the new music from this film to be very upbeat, very fun, very lighthearted, as well as very emotional."
"Wild Uncharted Waters"
Jonah Hauer-King, the 27-year-old British actor who plays Prince Eric in The Little Mermaid, gets his own musical number: a power ballad called "Wild Uncharted Waters." It's the song Miranda says he was most intimidated by because it felt like it lived more in the Menken-Ashman wheelhouse than his own.
"All you want to do as a lyricist is earn it and earn your keep inside it," Miranda says.
Director Rob Marshall, producer John DeLuca, and screenwriter David Magee wanted Eric to feel more like a three-dimensional character in their rendition of The Little Mermaid, compared to how he comes across in the animated film. "Wild Uncharted Waters" was one way to explore more of these layers.
"We took our cues from David's script. What he's done with Eric is made him an explorer," Miranda explains. "So, in a lot of ways, he and Ariel have the same restless spirit, but they're just from two different biomes. He wants to see the other edge of that horizon line wherever it may lead him. He's endlessly drawn to the sea and [Ariel's] endlessly drawn to land. So where does that get us?"
The song comes after Ariel carries an unconscious Eric to shore after his ship crashes and sinks during a storm. He doesn't yet know she's a mermaid. He just knows some mystery woman saved his life, and he yearns to find her.
Hauer-King feels audiences will understand Eric more fully from this song. What he wants, the actor says, is "to be his own person and to have his own identity and not just be weighed down by the expectation of being the future king and what his family wants from him," he says.
"Scuttlebutt"
Daveed Diggs, who voices Sebastian in 'The Little Mermaid,' records the song "Scuttlebutt" with the film's lyricist (and his former 'Hamilton' costar) Lin-Manuel Miranda | CREDIT: GILES KEYTE/DISNEY If the title didn't already tip you off, "Scuttlebutt" was inspired by the seagull Scuttle, voiced by Awkwafina. Daveed Diggs, Miranda's former Hamilton costar, voices the crab Sebastian, who also features on this number.
"What I love about Scuttle is, Scuttle will start the sentence this way and goes like..." Miranda starts to say before making zig-zags with his hands. "There are gonna be digressions, but Scuttle's gonna get where Scuttle's gonna get."
"It's so in Lin's wheelhouse," Menken mentions. "If anybody asked me to now perform it, I would have to transform myself just to speak that fast."
According to Miranda, there aren't many melodic patterns to this song, because "there's no patterning in that brain of Scuttle's." Menken calls "Scuttlebutt" a work of "accidental art." He gave Miranda a Caribbean-style melody, which the lyricist then chopped up into his favorite bits, put those in order, and wrote lyrics based on that tune.
It further evolved as Menken and Miranda worked with the actors. "When we were in the studio with Awkwafina and Daveed, we were like, 'Well, we could do like a crazy double-time thing right here at the end because they can do that,'" Miranda recalls thinking. "It would just be an extra little button, a little extra icing on the cake. So I was like, 'Let me think of some things that they could rap really fast.'"
"It's the most deliciously ADHD runaway train of thought," Miranda adds. "There's tangents inside of tangents."
Read more about The Little Mermaid in EW's cover story with Marshall and his cast. The film opens in theaters May 26.
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Post by veu on Apr 10, 2023 14:16:59 GMT -5
Source: www.empireonline.com/movies/news/the-little-mermaid-new-prince-eric-song-exclusive/The Little Mermaidâs New Prince Eric Song Is A âCall-Outâ To Ariel: âTheyâre Both Looking For Adventureâ â Exclusive Image
The Little Mermaid
By Ben Travis | Posted4 Hours Ago
People: Jonah Hauer-King Halle Bailey Lin-Manuel Miranda Rob Marshall Alan Menken
To make The Little Mermaid work, there are many things you need to get right. And perhaps more important than any of the technical challenges â or facing up to the pressure of tackling one of Disneyâs most beloved animated classics â it all comes down to this: audiences really need to feel the connection between adventurous mermaid Ariel, and human seafarer Prince Eric. If the chemistry isnât there, the romantic spark that drives Ariel to make that desperate bargain â to swap her fin for feet, at a terrible price â doesnât make sense. No pressure, then, for Halle Bailey and Jonah Hauer-King, the stars tasked with making that work in Rob Marshallâs live-action reimagining of the 1989 favourite.
Helping to build that connection and characterisation in Marshallâs film is a new number for Eric, âWild Uncharted Watersâ â one of three tunes penned by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Alan Menken to sit alongside the classics. If the original Eric represents a âpart of that worldâ that Arielâs always wanted to explore, Eric 2.0 is more like her equal and opposite â someone born on dry land, whoâs always looking out into the Big Blue. âItâs a call-out to the girl that saved him,â says Hauer-King of his new song. âTheyâre both looking for adventure, to other worlds.â
For Hauer-King and Bailey, the experience of making the film was a massive adventure in itself. But while youâd expect the mermaid portion of the cast to have spent most of the shoot in the giant tanks at Pinewood, Hauer-King claims heâs the one who really faced the way of water. âThe person that got the wettest in this film, by a country mile, was me!â he laughs. âIt came from a smart decision [of Robâs], which is that, as a human, I should be interacting with water as a human would. So, for my stuff â the shipwreck, fights in water â I needed to be wet. Halle and the mermaids canât interact with water as humans, so they were on blue-screen stages.â We bet he wished he was part of that world during the shoot instead.
Read Empireâs full The Little Mermaid feature â talking to Rob Marshall, musical legends Alan Menken and Lin-Manual Miranda, and cast members Halle Bailey, Jonah Hauer-King and Daveed Diggs â in the upcoming June 2023 issue, on sale Thursday 13 April. Become an Empire member now to access the issue in full on launch day, or pre-order a print copy here. The Little Mermaid comes to UK cinemas from 26 May.
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Post by veu on Apr 10, 2023 14:18:45 GMT -5
Source: screenrant.com/little-mermaid-movie-image-ariel-eric-live-action/Ariel & Eric Bond Over Candlelight In New Little Mermaid Remake Image
BY NATHAN GRAHAM-LOWERY PUBLISHED 32 MINUTES AGO
Halle Bailey's Ariel and Jonah Hauer-King's Eric Ariel & Eric bond over candlelight in a new The Little Mermaid remake promotional preview image
Eric and Ariel looking over a table in The LIttle Mermaid 2023 live-action remake
In a new preview image from Disney's upcoming The Little Mermaid live-action remake, Halle Bailey's Ariel and Jonah Hauer-King's Eric bond during a moment lit by candlelight. The upcoming film directed by Rob Marshall is set to arrive in theaters on May 26. The Little Mermaid is a reimagining of the beloved 1989 film that was inspired by the works of Hans Christian Anderson, and will retell the story of the mermaid Ariel, and how her fascination with the world above the ocean will send her on a life-changing adventure.
In a newly released image from The Little Mermaid live-action remake, shared by Empire, Bailey's Ariel and Hauer-King's Eric take focus in one of the film's quieter moments that builds upon the pair's relationship.
In the image above, Ariel and Eric can be seen sat together at a desk, looking over trinkets by candlelight as their romance blossoms. The scene is likely set to take place following the mermaid's meeting and deal with Melissa McCarthy's sea witch Ursula, which saw her acquire legs so that she may see what life is like on land among humans.
The Little Mermaid Remake: What We Knowâââââ
Halle Bailey smiling at Flounder in The Little Mermaid
Joining Bailey, Hauer-King, and McCarthy in Marshall's upcoming reimagining of The Little Mermaid is Javier Bardem, who will portray King Triton, while Lorena Andrea, Simone Ashley, Kasja Mohammar, Nathalie Sorrell, Karolina Conchet, and Sienna King will play Ariel's sisters Perla, Indira, Karina, Caspia, Mala, and Tamika. Meanwhile, Daveed Diggs, Jacob Tremblay, and Awkwafina will voice Ariel's animal friends Sebastian, Flounder, and Scuttle. Noma Dumezweni will portray Eric's mother, Queen Selina, a new character to the film, while Art Malik will take on the role of the butler, Grimsby.
Alongside new characters like Queen Selina, 2023's The Little Mermaid will feature a number of new updates that bring the story into a modern filmmaking lens. Certain original Little Mermaid songs feature new lyrics that have been chosen to reflect modern ideals, with composer Alan Menken naming "Poor Unfortunate Souls" and "Kiss the Girl" as songs that have been adjusted. A new song performed by Bailey named "For the First Time" will also be feature, taking place during a scene that explores Ariel's first steps on the surface world.
The Little Mermaid is the latest beloved Disney story to receive a live-action reimagining for a new generation. And with the original film having received widespread acclaim from critics, audiences, and award ceremonies, the upcoming remake has a large legacy to live up to. Despite this, the newly released image of Ariel and Eric's candlelit moment shows that the film will fully explore the character's budding relationship in a way that gives it proper focus and development.
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Post by veu on Apr 11, 2023 12:37:37 GMT -5
Source: movieweb.com/new-the-little-mermaid-image-details-of-new-song-sung-by-prince-eric-revealed/The Little Mermaid: New Ariel Image & Details of New Song Sung by Prince Eric Revealed By Jonathan Fuge Published 3 hours ago
The Little Mermaid will feature several new songs alongside the beloved classics.
Halle Bailey in The Littler Mermaid Walt Disney Studios
Details of a new song that will be featured in next monthâs live action remake of the Disney classic The Little Mermaid have now been revealed. Coming courtesy of Empire, who have also unveiled a new image of Halle Bailey as Ariel and Jonah Hauer-King as Eric, the new song is titled âWild Uncharted Watersâ and finds Prince Eric calling out the sea in the same way Ariel calls out to the world above. See what Hauer-King had to say on the new number below...
âItâs a call-out to the girl that saved him. Theyâre both looking for adventure, to other worlds.â
Directed by Oscar nominee Rob Marshall (Chicago, Mary Poppins Returns) with a screenplay by two-time Oscar nominee David Magee (Life of Pi, Finding Neverland), The Little Mermaid will feature music by Academy Award winner Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin) with lyrics by Howard Ashman, and new lyrics to new songs by three-time Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda.
The newest image from The Little Mermaid meanwhile finds Hauer-King and Bailey in a warm, intimate setting as Eric and Ariel fall in love over their shared sense of adventure and search for a place where they truly belong.
Halle Bailey and Jonah Hauer-King in The Little Mermaid Walt Disney Pictures
The Little Mermaid is a retelling of the beloved story of Ariel, a beautiful and spirited young mermaid with a thirst for adventure. The youngest of King Tritonâs daughters and the most defiant, Ariel longs to find out more about the world beyond the sea and, while visiting the surface, falls for the dashing Prince Eric. While mermaids are forbidden to interact with humans, Ariel must follow her heart. She makes a deal with the evil sea witch, Ursula, which gives her a chance to experience life on land but ultimately places her life â and her fatherâs crown â in jeopardy.
The Little Mermaid Remake Will Change Certain Lyrics
Prince Eric and Ariel The Little Mermaid Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Alongside the new songs, The Little Mermaid will make changes to certain lyrics that show up in the old ones. Composer Alan Menken recently revealed the reasons behind these changes, which will better reflect the more modern outlook. "There are some lyric changes in âKiss the Girlâ because people have gotten very sensitive about the idea that [Prince Eric] would, in any way, force himself on [Ariel],â Menken explained. âWe have some revisions in âPoor Unfortunate Soulsâ regarding lines that might make young girls somehow feel that they shouldn't speak out of turn, even though Ursula is clearly manipulating Ariel to give up her voice."
The Little Mermaid stars singer and actress Halle Bailey (grown-ish) as Ariel; Jonah Hauer-King (A Dogâs Way Home) as Prince Eric; Tony Award winner Daveed Diggs (Hamilton) as the voice of Sebastian; Awkwafina (Raya and the Last Dragon) as the voice of Scuttle; Jacob Tremblay (Luca) as the voice of Flounder; Noma Dumezweni (Mary Poppins Returns) as Queen Selina; Art Malik (Homeland) as Sir Grimsby; with Oscar winner Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men) as King Triton; and two-time Academy Award nominee Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Bridesmaids) as Ursula.
The Little Mermaid is scheduled to be released theatrically in the United States on May 26, 2023.
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Post by veu on May 3, 2023 4:15:56 GMT -5
Source: thedirect.com/article/the-little-mermaid-remake-controversial-lyric-changes-explainedThe Little Mermaid Remake's Controversial Lyric Changes Explained by Director
Little Mermaid Animation vs live-action movies
By Klein Felt Posted: May 03, 2023
The director of the upcoming The Little Mermaid reboot has revealed why the creative team made some pretty major changes to the original animated source text.
Disney's latest live-action remake is looming close on the horizon as director Rob Marshall brings this classic story to life for a whole new generation of fans.
The movie is already expected not to be a one-for-one retelling of the 1989 original, sporting a reported runtime that is nearly an hour longer than the film it is remaking.
It has already been hinted that some major changes are set to hit the screen in this Halle Bailey-starring remake, with the big-screen blockbuster being teased as "much bigger" than the animated classic.
Why The Little Mermaid's Lyrics Are Changing
The Little Mermaid Kiss the Girl Disney
Speaking to Disney in a recent press release for The Little Mermaid remake, director Rob Marshall shared why some musical changes - which some fans have found to be controversial - were made to the upcoming film.
In a deviation from the source material, the live-action remake will feature some altered lyrics to the classic "Kiss the Girl" musical number. Marshall noted that these changes are because "the culture and sensitivities have changed over the last 34 years" and they need to be "respectful to those changes:"
âWe asked Lin-Manuel to make some slight adjustments to the original lyrics for 'Kiss the Girl,' because itâs important to remember that the culture and sensitivities have changed over the last 34 years, and itâs vital that we are respectful to those changes.â
These new "Kiss the Girl" lyrics will do away with the character of Prince Eric forcing himself upon Ariel in the film to include consent and reflect more modern social attitudes.
The original lyrics sung by Samuel E. Wright's animated crab Sebastian, saw the charismatic crustacean sing:
"Yes, you want her. Look at her, you know you do. Possible she wants you, too. There is one way to ask her. It donât take a word. Not a single word. Go on and kiss the girl.â
The original films composer (and collaborator with Lin Manuel Miranda on the remake) recently told Vanity Fair (via CNN) that "people have gotten very sensitive about the idea that [Prince Eric] would, in any way, force himself on [Ariel],â so a rewrite was a must.
Additional changes are also being made to Melissa McCarthy's version of "Poor Unfortunate Souls," doing away with lyrics like, "Itâs she who holds her tongue who gets a man.â
The production brief also detailed three new musical numbers set to make an appearance in the upcoming film. These songs include a Prince Eric-focused number titled "Wild Uncharted Waters," "For the First Time" which details Ariels first time experiences being on land, and "The Scuttlebutt" performed by Akwafina's Scuttle the Gull and Daveed Diggs's Sebastian.
Marshall's Little Mermaid will also sport an additional reprise of Ariel's show-stopper "Part of Your World."
Why Update a Certified Disney Classic?
While every Disney live-action remake has made small changes here and there, nothing of this magnitude has come to pass for the Hollywood giant.
However, the world in which Rob Marshall's Little Mermaid is being released is not the same one the 1989 animated original was.
So, it should be celebrated that the upcoming film's creative team is not just hitting cut and paste on what originally worked, and is really thinking about what they can to do modernize a certified classic.
Do these lyrical changes ultimately change the narrative of The Little Mermaid? No, they do not. The story still remains intact and these rewrites are not hurting anyone.
And with all the positive buzz around the film out of test screenings, it seems like these changes do not detract from the overall experience of the film.
You can watch Disney's official lyric video for the original Little Mermaid's "Kiss the Girl" below:
The Little Mermaid comes to theaters on Friday, May 26.
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