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Why the Music in Cats (2019) is Worse than you Thought (Patreon)

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2021-01-01 02:22:20

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It's finally here!

And like Cinderella, I barely got this out before the end of the year (the YouTube content ID system had some opinions about this video)

And my god I could make another video just as long with everything I cut out of this one.

Like if you guys read the articles by the audio heads (link in the description) they talk about how for Cats they had TWO (2!) pianists, each in their own PORTABLE STUDIO that they would MOVE TO THE DIFFERENT SETS to accompany the specific performers that they practiced with.

It's insane!
Hands down, this is one of the most absurd behind-the-scenes I've ever seen/heard about a film, let alone a movie musical.

And I just want to extend another very big thank you to you all for letting me take a month off to make you a bigger, longer, and hopefully better video.

Like always.

Thank you all for your continued support

I literally could not do this without you

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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Why the Music in Cats (2019) is Worse than you Thought

In this video I freak out about Cats holding hands Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sideways440 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/sideways440 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Sideways440 Sources: The article penned by the audio leads on Cats I cannot overstate how much of a fascinating read this is, you owe it to yourself to read it! https://www.local695.com/magazine/cats-part-2/ Part 1 of the above article with some interesting insights to the film industry (I liked the part where they lucked out with the forehead-mounted mics not interfering with the dancers' somersaults) https://www.local695.com/magazine/mixing-live-singing-vocals-on-cats/ Luciano Berio's Sequenza III performed by Laura Catrani (I love this performance!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0TTd2roL6s https://catsmusical.fandom.com/wiki/The_Old_Gumbie_Cat because of course Cats has it's own wiki The Toronto Star article about the Orchestra having to work up to 2 months before the film released https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2019/11/19/dont-judge-cats-film-by-its-trailer-says-canadian-music-producer-greg-wells.html John Cage's Water Walk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXOIkT1-QWY The Greenport Peter Pan Fiasco https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_kx3byv8ow Maria Joao Pires prepared a different Mozart concerto to the one that was performed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS64pb0XnbI The same thing happened to pianist Tianxu An in the finals of a Tchaikovsky Competition in 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOUSFNgEy7c Ryan Chen breaks a string during a performance (and the concertmaster doesn't flinch when he has to swap violins like a pro) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=686xoeQAVA4 The metal pole modern dance thing that we've all seen a million times https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UueJK_HGn2o If I've missed anything please let me know Seriously, if I've used a clip from your video in this video and I haven't put it here please contact me!