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"Michael", a biopic about Michael Jackson, is officially happening.

I’d love for them to use the classical music mj was making in 2009 as the score for the film.

“Michael played the CD. It was very pretty music. He said, ‘But a section is missing.’ He played a second piece. And he said, ‘But a section is missing, too. But I can hum it to you.’ I sat at the piano and Michael hummed the missing part of one of the pieces. I had taken a little digital recorder with me and asked if I could record him. He was in perfect pitch. I tried to figure out chords to go with it as he hummed. He said, ‘Your instincts are totally right about the chords.’”

DMF about the music “I laid the music all out on my computer and started on the orchestrations. Finally, a week before Michael died, his manager, Frank Dileo, called and asked me for an email with the budget and an electronic mock-up of the music, the costs of orchestration.”
 
zinniabooklover said:
Jumping in bc, good question. J5 and Jacksons shows were in theatres so that's easy. Most of the Victory tour stuff I've seen has been indoors. Maybe they would just green screen the solo shows? They'll probably use CGI for the audience anyway bc it's cheaper. I mean, you really couldn't recruit 60,000 extras!

For indoors stuff I was just thinking of Hayvenhurst, recording studios, mtgs at the record company etc etc. Michael's live shows? That's harder to imagine. It was probably easy for the Elvis biopic bc his shows were indoors, afaik. I didn't see Bohemian Rhapsody. What did they do for the Live Aid scenes? :unsure:
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Found this quote online...

"Cameras were hoisted on cranes and throughout the audience of 2,000 extras, who were multiplied with CGI to replicate the 70,000 concertgoers who packed the stadium for the benefit."
 
knigofpop said:
Found this quote online...

"Cameras were hoisted on cranes and throughout the audience of 2,000 extras, who were multiplied with CGI to replicate the 70,000 concertgoers who packed the stadium for the benefit."
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Mystery solved!
 
variety.com

How ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Recreated 1985’s Live Aid

One of Queen’s biggest performances, at 1985's Live Aid, proved an equally enormous task to recreate for the movie 'Bohemian Rhapsody.'
variety.com variety.com

"Sigel and his team had one pre-shoot day to do all the aerial work for the crowd scenes and stadium wide shots, “using a combination of cranes and then CGI for the crowd shots,” he explains. “And then we shot for a whole week, recreating Queen’s performance, which everyone said was so tight and powerful [and] that they also stole the entire Live Aid show.”

All the actors sang live to pre-recorded tracks assembled by music supervisor Becky Bentham. “That way, we got all the correct facial movements, which you can’t really fake,” says Sigel. “We recorded live, and then in post, some of that got mixed with the original band recordings to create the final tracks.”
 
I'm surprised we haven't heard from any of the extras in the film, like 'concert goers'. NDAs I guess?
 
Inthestudiowithmj said:
I’d love for them to use the classical music mj was making in 2009 as the score for the film.

“Michael played the CD. It was very pretty music. He said, ‘But a section is missing.’ He played a second piece. And he said, ‘But a section is missing, too. But I can hum it to you.’ I sat at the piano and Michael hummed the missing part of one of the pieces. I had taken a little digital recorder with me and asked if I could record him. He was in perfect pitch. I tried to figure out chords to go with it as he hummed. He said, ‘Your instincts are totally right about the chords.’”

DMF about the music “I laid the music all out on my computer and started on the orchestrations. Finally, a week before Michael died, his manager, Frank Dileo, called and asked me for an email with the budget and an electronic mock-up of the music, the costs of orchestration.”
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Those songs are described as sounding like film scores. They would be absolutely PERFECT for this movie.
"Frank described it as closer to film score music, but was impressed with Michael's knowledge of the genre. Michael once revealed that classical music was his 'first love'...

While Frank sat at the piano Michael played him two incomplete demos he had written, humming the missing parts. He was anxious to get the pieces orchestrated and record them with a large orchestra. "I asked if he could have someone to call me to discuss the budget and he said he would take care of it," Frank said. Frank suggested they record the music in London, an idea which Michael liked.

In the meantime, Frank laid the music out on his computer and started the orchestrations, and later received a call from Michael's camp asking for a budget. "The pieces sound like pretty film score music, with very traditional harmony, and definitely very strong melodies," Frank said. Of course, the project would never come to fruition."
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Does anyone else not see this thread anymore on Michael Jackson News And Discussion section? It doesn't show up for me.
 
Blues_Away2023 said:
Yup, I'm sticking by my thoughts that this film will not go past 93 and if it does, it will skip to 2009 for his death.

I know they have said that they will cover it all but I just can't see it personally.
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Regarding this, we have only seen outdoor sets for filming and some pivotal moments are missing that I would expect to see... Court arrival 2005, on the car, the fans celebrating etc.
 
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Filming is now finished.
 
Blues_Away2023 said:
Yup, I'm sticking by my thoughts that this film will not go past 93 and if it does, it will skip to 2009 for his death.

I know they have said that they will cover it all but I just can't see it personally.
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There is 99.9% of this film that we know absolutely nothing about until it is revealed. I wouldn’t jump to conclusions based on 0.1%.
This is a massive scale motion picture.
 
knigofpop said:
A little off topic but it's in Caroll Avenue, Los Angeles. In fact, if you search "Thriller House" in Google maps, it'll come up 😉

@mjfanatic777 Is the house still damaged to the front? Like fire damage? It was in 2018.
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Wow, I did not realise it was that well known!! Thank you!!

@mjfanatic777 said:
yea you just need to know what it looks like. LA, Cali
here's the address:
1345 Carroll Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90026
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Thank you too!!

@mjfanatic777 said:
@Billie Jean 78 you gotta go to the US to see it homie
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You know... I have this on my bucket list... going to the USA and making a little MJ tour so to speak. The Thriller house... The entrance to Neverland... If possible I would add Gary Indiana to the trip too.

And sorry for going off topic!!!
 
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