Why is there no song in the live version of Cinderella?

No “Bibidi Bobidi Bou” in Kenneth Branagh's film… Well, only in the end credits.

“Blah blah blah, all day long, it never stops…”. And yet, in the cartoon adaptation Cinderella In live action, there is no real musical part.

It is not a question of law, since both productions are Disney, nor a choice of the director. Kenneth Branagh. It's simply the screenwriter Chris Weitzwho is not very comfortable with the genre, as he explained in March 2015 when teasing the release of this blockbuster led by Lilly James, Helena Bonham Carter and Cate Blanchett. We are sharing his comments again to wait until the rebroadcast of the film, at 9:10 p.m. on W9.

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“We have multiplied the references to the cult film of 1950Weitz told Cinemablend. It ranges from little nods to general ideas, but I couldn't seem to includee “Bibidi Bobidi Bou”. I tried because I think this part is cool. I have nothing against him, but it just didn't happen, that's all. (…) Generally speaking, I have trouble writing singing parts. It's not my thing. It's great in an animated film, and that's partly why there are so many of them in Disney, but it bothers me live. I find that it distracts the audience, it takes them out of the plot.”

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Lily James And Helena Bonham-Carter do not sing in this version of Cinderella…except in the end credits. Because if Chris Weitz did not want to include singing parts in the film, despite its multiple winks to the original cartoon, the composer did make reference to it in his music.

Patrick Doyle (Harry Potter, Thor, Rise of the Planet of the Apes) composed the entire soundtrack for the 2015 film with the original scores in mind. And he paid particular homage to the work of Paul J. Smith, Oliver Wallace, Mack David, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston in the end credits, via a piece written by himself, Kenneth Branagh and Tommy Danvers and sung by Sonna Rele, titled “Strong”. Right after, we find the famous original titles. “A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes” And “The Magic Song”performed by the film's stars Lily James and Helena Bonham Carter.

Offering an essential Disney animated classic in this way within the end credits is not unique to Cinderella: for MaleficentLana Del Rey has re-recorded a superb version of“Once Upon a Dream” to close the blockbuster, and to The jungle Bookby Jon Favreau, it was Scarlett Johansson who took part in the exercise, offering an equally captivating remix of “Trust in Me”.

Here is the playlist of the Cinderella from 2015:

1. A Golden Childhood
2. The Great Secret
3. A New Family
4. Life And Laughter
5. The First Branch
6. Nice And Airy
7. Orphaned
8. The Stag
9. Rich Beyond Reason
10. Fairy Godmother
11. Pumpkins And Mice
12. You Shall Go
13. Royal Waltz
14. Who Is She
15. The Waltz of Love
16. The Champagne Waltz
17. The Military Polka
18. The Paris Polka
19. A Secret Garden
20. The Midnight Polka
21. Choose That One
22. Pumpkin Pursuit
23. The Slipper
24. Shattered Dreams
25. Searching The Kingdom
26. Ella And Kit
27. Courage And Kindness
28. Strong – Sonna Rele
29. A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes – Lily James
30. Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo (The Magic Song) – Helena Bonham Carter

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