A friend of mine, Emmanuel Dahl, who has done a great deal of dubbings (French singing voice of Hercules, Kovu, Flynn Rider...), spoke of me to Georges Costa who worked at Dubbing Brothers (French dubbing studio). The latter called me to audition.
It was the song "Once Upon A December" (Loin du Froid de Décembre in French), on the final part of the song because the note is long and the vocal gap isn't easy. |
- How did the preparation of the songs and the recordings go?Of course we have the score in advance and more or less the lyrics because the latter sometimes change with the image. Thus, I could enjoy the voice of the original singer (Liz Callaway) !! During the recording, I was also rehearsing for a show which was going to be played in Bobino (famous Musical Hall in Paris), and I had only three hours available in the morning during two days. It was short, it was early... but it was fabulous !!!
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I didn't meet the other performers. But one day, I went searching for some papers at Dubbing Brothers, and Georges Costa told me to follow him in the studios... I did, and up there I saw at work an extraordinary man !! A cigarette in the hand and a drink in the other, he was singing, talking, and there I was thinking "I know this voice !!" The man was following up jumps of voice with ease that I had my mind blown !! It was Richard Darbois! Who, among others, was the voice of Rasputin !! Awesome !!! (Richard Darbois is also the French voice of the Genie in Aladdin, Shan-Yu, Buzz Lightyear...)
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