With such a huge swing, I was so curious how the writers were going to pull this off while still keeping it Trek. I'm impressed! And I'm definitely buying the episode album when it drops tomorrow. 😂
I'm positive some autotune was used, however... Akiva Goldsman had this to say in an interview (I'm sure he was being generous, but still):
Celia Rose Gooding, Rebecca Romijn and Christina Chong are all singers, but did you know that the rest of the cast could sing as well?
Goldsman: No! Our composer played with all of them to see what their range was, and we wrote for them. I mean, I didn’t know Ethan could sing until I went, “Holy fuck, Ethan can sing!” Which is, by the way, kind of what happens when you watch the episode. You’re like, “Wait, Spock is singing now?” -- So I think it's fair to say no one was practically tone deaf, and they did have a singing coach.
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I'm positive some autotune was used, however... Akiva Goldsman had this to say in an interview (I'm sure he was being generous, but still):
Celia Rose Gooding, Rebecca Romijn and Christina Chong are all singers, but did you know that the rest of the cast could sing as well?
Goldsman: No! Our composer played with all of them to see what their range was, and we wrote for them. I mean, I didn’t know Ethan could sing until I went, “Holy fuck, Ethan can sing!” Which is, by the way, kind of what happens when you watch the episode. You’re like, “Wait, Spock is singing now?”
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So I think it's fair to say no one was practically tone deaf, and they did have a singing coach.
https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-musical-episode-spock-uhura-singing-1235686681/