The Sam Fedt version of Don't Cry For Me is growing on me now must admit. Not perfect, but nice to have some new Whitney music.
Whitney Houston
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New unreleased song from the soundtrack and I'm loving it. This is so sensual, it wouldn't sound out of place on I'm Your Baby Tonight. It reminds me of the b-side Feels So Good
So thrilled we got this out of the film. I loved this era for her, and the track fits right on I'm Your Baby Tonight.
Are there any other era-specific unreleased tracks on this soundtrack?
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If I Told You That deserved more remixes than it got, especially the George Michael duet version.
I prefer the solo Whitney version
Truly do love this. Her vocals from this era, were outta this world.
I'd like it better as a duet if it had been done as a duet... instead it's similar to the Brian McKnight version of Mariah's Whenever You Call. George and Brian's vocals are just cut and pasted in.
I'm actually loving a lot of the new mixes. The soundtrack is a really good listen.
I wasn't too sure about the Lucky Daye song at first but I'm vibing tho, not a patch on the original song tho
The more I listen to the new remixes, the more I like. Less said about I Love The Lord though.
The battle of the adlibs that is the duet version is legendary though.
I love it. It's like seeing the video for the first time in places.
The film looks like it's going to be car crash but I've actually really been enjoying the soundtrack? I like how beefy the tracklisting is and from the new remixes to obscure and (genuinely really enjoyable) unreleased tracks like Moment of Truth and Far Enough, I've been getting a lot of use out of it.
The aforementioned Moto Blanco and SG Lewis mixes are probably my favorite but one unexpected highlight has been this afrobeat remix of It's Not Right. It's probably not the sort of thing most of Whitney's fanbase would be into but I feel like it really works and further highlights how flexible Darkchild's original composition was.
The aforementioned Moto Blanco and SG Lewis mixes are probably my favorite but one unexpected highlight has been this afrobeat remix of It's Not Right. It's probably not the sort of thing most of Whitney's fanbase would be into but I feel like it really works and further highlights how flexible Darkchild's original composition was.
Theres still a couple of scenes where the “special effects” look worse than ever. Around 3:45 and 3:53 for example. I would prefer they removed them.
Then again, when they did that with the Roxette Joyride video and re-edited bits that couldn’t be improved, I found myself feeling cheated of original scenes.
Still forever her greatest moment. Timeless.
Mvnl
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Yeah it's a bit of a no-win situation. With Steps' recent remasters some bits were completely reanimated and it kinda annoyed me, but here it does not look right either and I was like 'you couldn't have just drawn a bunch of dancing shoes... or left them out?'
Have to say I was pleasantly surprised by the movie. It immediately addresses the fact that Whitney was massively in love with Robyn, how toxic her family was on that aspect and how that was the beginning of Whitney sacrificing who she was in favor of what other people expected her to be. Her dad and mom really come across as awful.
Also happy that they used Whitney’s actual vocals for the most part. Really good decision.
My main gripe with the movie would have to be that it feels very by the numbers and that it spans 29 years. You never really have the time to delve deeper into certain parts of her life and they feel a bit rushed.
Still enjoyed it overall though.
Also happy that they used Whitney’s actual vocals for the most part. Really good decision.
My main gripe with the movie would have to be that it feels very by the numbers and that it spans 29 years. You never really have the time to delve deeper into certain parts of her life and they feel a bit rushed.
Still enjoyed it overall though.