Current location:health >>
Back to Black film: Does Marisa Abela sing her own songs in the Amy Winehouse biopic?
health16People have gathered around
IntroductionThe Amy Winehouse biopic Back To Black hit cinemas on Friday with Marisa Abela in the titular role a ...
The Amy Winehouse biopic Back To Black hit cinemas on Friday with Marisa Abela in the titular role and Sam Taylor-Johnson directing.
Amy died in 2011 at the age of 27 from alcohol poisoning. Her second and last album Back To Black was the best-selling UK album of the 21st century for years.
The star's biggest songs feature in the film as well as lesser-known tracks from her debut album Frank.
Amid the film's poor reviews, viewers have been taken aback by Marisa's eerily Amy-like vocals and questioned who was behind the soundtrack.
So is Marisa's voice the one cinemagoers will be hearing?
The Amy Winehouse biopic Back To Black hit cinemas on Friday with Marisa Abela, 27, in the titular role and Sam Taylor-Johnson, 57, directing
Amy (pictured) died in 2011 at the age of 27 from alcohol poisoning. Her second and last album Back To Black was the best-selling UK album of the 21st century for years
In short, the answer is... yes, with Marisa under pressure to take on Amy's unique style.
The film's soundtrack was composed and recorded by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.
The soundtrack features three original recordings from Amy’s debut album, Frank, three songs from her masterpiece Back to Black and a new track, Song for Amy, sung by Cave.
Other songs from artists who were an inspiration to Amy – Billie Holiday, Minnie Riperton, Dinah Washington, etc – also feature.
In a recent interview with RadioTimes.com, Marisa spoke about how she managed to nail Amy's famously unique sound.
'I mean, it's an incredibly distinctive sound, so just nailing that sound was the difficult thing. Because I think that, you know, one of the incredible things about Amy was that she never performed the same song the same way twice.
'So in those moments that are, you know, specific interviews or specific performances, it kind of has to be right, because that's the only time it ever sounded like that. So that was important to me."
She finished: 'But again, it's just another challenge. It's just another, like, way to work.'
Director Sam, 57, revealed that she hadn't always planned to use the chosen actor's vocals instead of Amy's.
Director Sam Taylor-Johnson revealed that she hadn't always planned to use the chosen actor's vocals instead of Amy's
Sam added that Amy's bass guitarist Dale Davis (second from left) and backing singer Ade Omotayo (left) got into the studio with Marisa and she and they agreed Marisa was incredible
Speaking to Empire, she said: 'When we first talked about it, my first question to (Marisa) was, "Can you sing?" And she said: "I can't."
'I was thinking, maybe we’ll use Amy’s voice throughout, and we’ll do it that way. She then went off after that audition – irrespective of whether she knew she’d got the part – and started training her voice.
'Now she sings the entire movie, beginning to end. I mean, it's a huge feat.
Sam added that Amy's bass guitarist Dale Davis and backing singer Ade Omotayo got into the studio with Marisa and she and they agreed Marisa was incredible.
She shared that her performance was so emotional for them that they would just arrive on set when they weren't needed and soak up the atmosphere.
Also starring in the film is Jack O'Connell as Amy's ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil, often attributed for introducing Amy to drugs and alcohol.
Some diehard Amy Winehouse fans have been quick to criticise the vocal ability of Marisa Abela, who is portraying the singer in the film.
The film's music producer is Giles Martin: son of Beatles producer George Martin.
Also starring in the film is Jack O'Connell as Amy's ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil (right), often attributed for introducing Amy to drugs and alcohol
The film's music producer is Giles Martin: son of Beatles producer George Martin. Of choosing to use Marisa's voice he said: 'I think Marisa is fantastic. I'm really proud of the way we did it'
He weighed in on the criticism around choosing Abela’s voice over Amy’s in the final edit, telling virginradio.co.uk. 'The challenge was acceptance.
'I remember really early on, I think Marisa is fantastic. I'm really proud of the way we did it. I think people always go, 'It's not Amy Winehouse singing?' I go, 'Well, it isn't Amy Winehouse singing!'
'I think she gets the emotion across, and that's the challenge, in getting the emotion across, the frailty. I think it's a celebration of Amy, and I think Marisa's done a phenomenal job of that.'
Back To Back is available to watch in cinemas nationwide now
Tags:
Reprint:Friends are welcome to share on the Internet, but please indicate the source of the article when reprinting it.“Stellar Stories news portal”。http://qatar.fidosfortywinks.com/content-13a199981.html
Related articles
Everybody may love Raymond, but Ray Romano loves Peter Boyle
healthNEW YORK (AP) — “Baffling” is how Ray Romano calls the continued success of “Everybody Loves Raymond ...
【health】
Read moreTunisian lawyers call for strike over arrest of their colleague amid crackdown on dissent
healthTUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Hooded police raided Tunisia’s bar association headquarters and arrested a law ...
【health】
Read moreTaylor Wenczkowski scores in 3rd OT, Boston beats Montreal 2
healthLAVAL, Quebec (AP) — Taylor Wenczkowski scored at 11:44 of the third overtime to give Boston a 2-1 v ...
【health】
Read more
Popular articles
- Shohei Ohtani's first walk
- Caitlin Clark the focus of talks about race, double standards in sports
- Former president Trump encourages foul
- Hoist the pirate flag! St. Pauli promoted back to the Bundesliga
- 'Constantly learning' Imanaga off to impressive start with the Chicago Cubs
- Nashville cop is fired after being busted over 'X
Latest articles
Analysis: Larson enters conversation with Verstappen as best drivers in the world
New York City police shoot and kill a man they say would not drop a gun
London's faltering 'night
Kaia Gerber exudes timeless glamour in a strapless minidress as she joins her co
Verona confirms Serie A status for another year after beating Salernitana
Rory McIlroy pulls within shot of Xander Schauffele in Wells Fargo Championship
LINKS
- Netflix will carry live NFL games on Christmas Day for 3 years, including 2 this season
- Umpire Jim Wolf pulled for precautionary reasons after taking foul ball off facemask
- Umpire Jim Wolf pulled for precautionary reasons after taking foul ball off facemask
- Adley Rutschman's 2
- I got stuck at one of the world's northernmost hotels
- Celtic secures third straight league title in Scotland and stays on course for a trophy double
- William Contreras leads the way as Brewers hit 5 homers off Martín Pérez in 10
- Labor laws largely exclude nannies. Some are banding together to protect themselves
- Talor Gooch sees his PGA Championship invitation as evidence sanity may prevail in LIV/PGA split
- Election 2024: Biden using Trump's presidency as campaign strategy