Oh no. Those are the actual actors singing.
Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 2x09 "Subspace Rhapsody"
AuroraBorealis@pawb.social 2 years agoAre those actually all of the actors singing? I thought they just got separate singers
triktrek@startrek.website 2 years ago
catshit_dogfart@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Anybody who went to acting school has some background in music and dance. Obviously not their best talent or else they’d be a singer instead of an actor. I often consider that most people on television can sing, they just don’t.
Sweeny Todd is a good example of this. You know almost the entire cast from something else and had no idea they were capable of doing music all this time. But, a classically trained actor has definitely been in a musical before, we just never knew about it. Alan Rickman wasn’t exactly a vocalist, but he could keep up with one.
ClarkDoom@lemmy.world 2 years ago
I think they are real cuz they included Chapel’s song and the amount of autotune they added probably wouldn’t have happened if they hired a professional singer. Still liked the song, it was just very noticeable.
clobubba@kbin.social 2 years ago
Criticism of the actress's singing ability aside, Chapel's song was my favorite. I loved the sound of it. What is the name for that style/genre so I can find more like it?
NuPNuA@lemm.ee 2 years ago
It was kind of swingy, big band esque I’d say. Not miles away from the lounge stuff in DS9.
sleisl@mander.xyz 2 years ago
Fosse
StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 2 years ago
They also didn’t have a great deal of time to record. They did their studio work over weekends.
For those who weren’t musical theatre performers (Gooding, Chong, Romjin) earlier in their careers, getting a clean run through or even portion of a song would be a difficult challenge. Just the stress of getting it done in a single day or two of sessions would be likely to put them out of tune.
triktrek@startrek.website 2 years ago
Gooding and Chong came from musical theatre though.