My wife and I thought that the orchastra drowned out the vocals. Would have thought that sort of thing would have been worked out in rehearsals and sound checks.
Since I have zero artistic talent, I probably should not criticize anyone who does.........(but if I don’t care for something, I turn it off.)
I’m not saying this was a bad performance, and of course since it was a stage show that was filmed live, this is like comparing apples and oranges.
My comment simply meant that of the 2, I loved the movie with Julie Andrews—this one did not appeal to me so much.
But, hey—that’s why my TV comes equipped with an off button—right?
On occasions, to some degree, yes, I would have to agree. However, I mix live sound and it is, at least for me, extraordinarily difficult to get the balance exactly right between, say, an orchestra and the vocalists for a recording while it is happening, even with extensive rehearsals and sound checks, so perhaps I am a little more tolerant than I should be. But that is why re-mixing is done. I don't know exactly how this production was done, but if the recording mix was different from the room mix, and even if there were a separate sound engineer just mixing the recording in real time it is still very difficult to get it exactly right live, especially wearing headphones as opposed to using studio monitors.
My wife was watching in the other room while I was doing something else on the computer (probably on FreeRepublic) and I didn't even realize that it was a live show. I was absent-mindedly humming along with the tunes. I thought the performances and mix generally were excellent I and I give them a lot of credit for the quality they did manage to achieve.
Cordially,