Audition Masterpost and Song Info (2/2)
Part 1
Right at the end of the week, here's Part 2 of the information I promised. This talks about the styles of various songs of the roles, again to give more information before the audition form comes out.
Note: there's a chart I made of voice types I imagine different characters to have under a cut below. Please read the notes above it before looking at it, though!
General info:
More major (ie Wither), serious, or Watcher-centric events will be in a similar style to the first song, Middle of Nowhere (which is already on Youtube). A lot of the other songs focusing on delving into the lives of players will be in a more folky style.
Excerpts of people's songs, when necessary, will be posted in the coming days!
The deadline for the first round of auditions is 00:00 UTC on the 20th November. People who are in contention for parts will be notified about further processes after this date.
Part-specific info:
The three main parts are Martyn, Scott and Grian, in this order. Information about styles of their songs is listed below:
Martyn – you can actually hear an excerpt of his first song here – he'll sing in a similar style for more than just this. In general I've been inspired by a lot of Oh Hellos music (eg Where Is Your Rider). When focusing on the Shadow Alliance and Watcher lore side of things though, songs will be more in the style of Middle of Nowhere. I can post an excerpt of another of his songs if necessary (In Spring We Met).
Scott – his songs are generally quite regal and collected – though it doesn't necessarily embody the second aspect of it, you may find that Honour Bound from the Death Note musical has quite a similar atmosphere. I will be posting some excerpts from his songs played on the piano (not necessarily in the key they'll be in).
Grian – I haven’t found a specific song for him, but his style and songs are VERY clear, sharp, and punctuated – definitely more on the modern musical theatre end of things. A lot of the later ones are more angry (slightly unhinged, though not nearly as much as Joel, ie When Will You Learn. The others are quite charismatic (ie telling tales because he Watches things, acting as a leading figure to the Southlands, trying to get people to gather wither skulls eyc). If necessary, I can send recordings of me improvising/trying to figure out some of his songs. I'll also be posting a wordless excerpt with live singing of some of his part in the third song, which he shares with Bdubs, to get across some of the stylistic differences I have for them right now. Note that Watcher!Grian is canon to this, as we're following Martyn's lore.
Throughout the musical, we'll be dwelling on the Southlands and the Shadow Alliance quite a lot, and as such the information in this paragraph applies to BigB, Lizzie, Ren, Impulse, Mumbo and Jimmy. The songs of the Shadow Alliance are quite similar in style to Middle of Nowhere, whereas a lot of the Southlands songs are more similar to (though not exactly the same as) the excerpt of the Martyn song I linked and posted. I will be posting a piano excerpt of 'A(ha)lliances' as well.
(Note that with Ren in particular, I imagine the atmosphere of a lot of his lines to be similar to that of Hellfire from the Hunchback of Notre Dame (though obviously... without the same message).)
Other roles with either solo parts or large roles in duets consist of Pearl, Tango, Bdubs, Scar, Joel, Jimmy and Cleo. Song information for these roles is below:
Pearl – livelier and more chaotic than Scott, but they share quite a few of their songs together. However, her solo – as well as letting her be more unhinged – is somewhat dance-like (she’s killing people on a dance floor after all — it's more modern as opposed to things like waltzing, but it isn’t 'dance music’). Again, I'll send excerpts of me working things out in that style if necessary.
Tango – very showman-like, quite jazzy (think the music of his intro). An excerpt of You Bet Your Life, his solo, has been made and will be posted shortly.
Bdubs – similar to Tango, an excerpt of his song will be posted – it's in a similar style but not as jazzy. I imagine him to be quite loud and vocally powerful.
Scar – I imagine his parts as having an atmosphere quite similar to Jack’s Lament from The Nightmare before Christmas – and to a lot of Jack's songs, actually.
Joel – VERY unhinged. Though I don't imagine the voices being too similar, I imagine the atmosphere of his parts being quite similar to The World Has Gone Insane from the 1994 concept version of Jekyll and Hyde the musical.
Jimmy – this isn't set in stone, but I imagine his song (about being worried about dying first again) being quite similar to the atmosphere of the first 35 seconds of Waiting In The Wings (Reprise) from Tangled: The Series
Cleo – their solo is Die For Me, so you can rewatch the scene to get the atmosphere (her episode 5 – not sure about the exact timestamp). Again, I'll try to send excerpts of me working out things in that style, but note that I don’t have it pinned down as much the others.
Voice chart
Notes about the chart before you see it:
THIS IS NOT SET IN STONE. This is what the characters sound like in my head right now, with no reference points. Though it may stay like this, it can and probably will change based on who I hear – this has already happened with one character! So don't be afraid
Range-wise – I did put higher and lower there. HOWEVER, I can adjust the range as needed for each part. This is more to do with your voice sounding deeper or higher as opposed to actually being lower or higher – I can demonstrate this in a recording if necessary.
These are rough placements! Even if things do stay like this, there's a range of values each voice could be placed at – imagine a wide circle around every name.
In general, remember that though I have some ideas, I have not written most of it – I'm continuously working on it. There's always a possibility that things will change (although if you get a part
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Ik this’ll prolly never happened but I wish Owen could’ve interacted with the reboot contestants or at least interacted with Priya when he was in that one episode. Like imagine the potential and undermined dynamics right there.
(Headcanons & ideas down below ⬇️)
It’s heavily hinted that Priya idolizes Owen and he must’ve been a big inspo for her to win td; she sees him as this sort of role model (and possibly a parental figure).
Owen holds representation of being a team player and has clearly shown that anyone can win total drama by playing fair and square which is what Priya has done since the beginning. I’d say if they were to ever meet, Priya would suddenly geek out and constantly stare at him with starry puppy eyes (he’s a bit creeped out by it but at the same time happy that he actually has someone who admires him).
Priya, like the enthusiast she is, would bombard Owen with THOUSANDS of questions about being a former td contestant, including his personal life. Like, “How did you win total drama island?” “Why did you auditioned for total drama?” “What were the hardest challenges for you?” “How’s Noah doing?” “What was it like being on teams with the others?” “Are you and Izzy still together?” “Are you and Izzy married?” “Are you and Noah married-“ Yeahhhh Owen has to slow her down before she explodes lol.
But in other words, yeah he answered all of Priya’s questions and even ask her questions too.
He would also teach Priya that while it is good she plays the game correctly, she also has to make sure she has a fun time while doing it. And explain that’s how he basically won tdi, having fun.
(At one point Priya, blurted out “would you adopt me” and Owen says “What?” “What?”). I think that’d be so funny.
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It blows my mind that Noeul essentially pulled a y/n moment with Boss.
Like he went to the casting for LITA, y'know just for the giggles because what could he lose right? He has a ticket back to Korea and a life there he could fall back into.
So he went to the casting and NOTICED Boss at the corner of the room on his phone. DECIDED to approach the loner, tell him that its lunchtime and there's food somewhere for the auditionees and if he has insta so he could follow him there. They probably exchanged numbers too, WELL BEFORE THEY WERE EVEN CONSIDERED TO PLAY RAIN AND PHAYU.
Noeul took the audition without much expectations (i presume) since HE HAS A FLIGHT BACK TO KOREA ANYWAYS, saw Boss and decided to be the social butterfly that he is and made friends.
I feel slightly unhinged because IF THIS ISNT A PERFECT MEET-CUTE, idk what is.
Also, have you seen Boss and Noeul's casting videos??? Its adorable. Theyre so shy around each other. You can really tell that they havent had each other's tongue down their throats yet. 🤭
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