Cinema’a Disney embraces the musical as a form of art, ‘says composers of Snow White

Known for La La Land: Singing stations (2016), The King of the Show(2017) and Dear Evan Hansen (2021), Benj Pasekand Justin Paulwere chosen to give a new face to the classic songs of Snowwitwhich recently won theaters in a new version live-action starred Rachel Zegler(Hunger Games: The Song of Birds and Serpents) and Gal Gadot(Wonder Woman).

In an interview provided to Rolling Stone Brazilthe duo spoke about the honor of working in the feature: “Disney is one of the only places that really embraces the musical as an art form, both in lively and live-action.”celebrated Pasek. “They have always been committed to telling stories and expressing the emotions of the characters through music. (…) and they continued this legacy for a long time.”

Paul revealed that he grew up watching Disney musicals, which ended up influencing his career, as well as that of Pasek:

“We grew up influenced by the Disney musicals of our time, [como] The little mermaid, Beauty and the Beast And all the Disney Renaissance films in the early 1990s. These were some of the first films we saw and soundtracks we knew all the songs by color “he said.

Besides revisiting the classic, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul also had the hard work of adding new songs to the soundtrack of the live-actionhow ‘Waiting on a Wish’interpreted by Zeglerwhich further increased the fun behind the work, as well as the pressure to equate with the classics:

“It was delicious to start writing ‘Waiting on a wish ‘. There was a lot of joy, but also the challenge, as composers, of creating something that lived alongside the great songs that existed from the animation movie, as ‘Heigh-ho’ E ‘Whistle While You Work ‘these classic songs, which we grow up knowing and loving “explained Paul.

“Our goal was to be as invisible as possible in the writing process. We want the public to believe these lyrics are coming straight from the characters’ mouths, so that you don’t think about those who wrote them.”completed Pasek.

What is the history of live-action of Snowwit?

Based on the fairy tales of the Grimm brothers, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs It was the inaugural animation of Disney, launched in 1937. In history, the Bad queenjealous of the beauty of Snowwittells you to kill her.

However, your plan does not work and the princess ends up living with seven friends in the forest. Determined to get rid of the young woman, the queen poisons and just the passionate kiss of a prince can save her.

Directed from Marc Weeb (The Spectacular Spider-Man), Snowwit still has Andrew Burnap (In the name of heaven) as Jonathana new version of Prince Encantado. Watch the following novelty trailer:

Also read: Trailer for live-action of Snowwit exceeds the 1 million mark of dyslikes on youtube

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