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LoglineAn accident with an experimental quantum probability field causes everyone on the USS Enterprise to break uncontrollably into song, but the real danger is that the field is expanding and beginning to impact other ships—allies and enemies alike.


Written by Dana Horgan & Bill Wolkoff

Directed by Dermott Downs

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[–] AuroraBorealis@pawb.social 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Are those actually all of the actors singing? I thought they just got separate singers

[–] ClarkDoom@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think they are real cuz they included Chapel’s song and the amount of autotune they added probably wouldn’t have happened if they hired a professional singer. Still liked the song, it was just very noticeable.

[–] clobubba@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Criticism of the actress's singing ability aside, Chapel's song was my favorite. I loved the sound of it. What is the name for that style/genre so I can find more like it?

[–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

It was kind of swingy, big band esque I'd say. Not miles away from the lounge stuff in DS9.

[–] StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They also didn’t have a great deal of time to record. They did their studio work over weekends.

For those who weren’t musical theatre performers (Gooding, Chong, Romjin) earlier in their careers, getting a clean run through or even portion of a song would be a difficult challenge. Just the stress of getting it done in a single day or two of sessions would be likely to put them out of tune.

[–] triktrek@startrek.website 7 points 1 year ago

Gooding and Chong came from musical theatre though.

[–] triktrek@startrek.website 6 points 1 year ago

Oh no. Those are the actual actors singing.

[–] catshit_dogfart@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Anybody who went to acting school has some background in music and dance. Obviously not their best talent or else they'd be a singer instead of an actor. I often consider that most people on television can sing and absolutely knows how to dance, we just never see them do it.

Sweeny Todd is a good example of this. You know almost the entire cast from something else and had no idea they were capable of doing music all this time. But, a classically trained actor has definitely been in a musical before, we just never knew about it. Alan Rickman wasn't exactly a vocalist, but he could keep up with one.