My vote is for Pippin’s song (Edge of Night) in Return of the King when he’s commanded by repulsive, hateful Denethor to sing him a song during dinner while his only living (but dejected and heroic) son Faramir charges into battle to face certain death in an almost hopeless attempt to stave off the enemy and save the city. It is beautiful, haunting, and grievous.
So many options. I've been looking at clips all day.
I narrowed it down to two. The first waa the climatic rendition of Try A Little Tenderness in The Commitments. It was a bold version of a favorite song and just a powerful scene. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKfHC5eY5CI
But the other has a greater significance for the overall movie and that is Ralph Machios performance at the end of Crossroads.
If you haven't seen the movie it's a Devil went down to Georgia scenario with a young blues guitarist, Eugene, dueling with the devil in the form of Steve Vai. Vai seemingly has him beat but then Eugene breaks out Caprice #5 by Paganini and blows everyone away. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqdL36VKbMQ
Guitarist Steve Vai actually recorded all the guitar parts but Machio learned the fingering to pull it off.
Final answer: Crossroads, Caprice #5. Because classical always trumps rock.
Best performance by a character singing a song in a nonmusical?
There are different ways to play this. You can go with the song done with the best craft and artistry, the best sounding song.
Or with a song that contributes best to the story of the film and I'm going with that direction. In "Casablanca" when Victor Lazlo (Paul Henreid) leads the band in a stirring rendition of La Marseillaise in defiance of the Nazis present. My official answer.
(There was a time and place where one couldn't refer openly to Casablanca. I am talking, of course, about Nazi Germany.)
Biopics of bands and musicians will count but you must pick the specific scene. For instance if you say, "Bohemian Rhapsody," you'll need to say, "Rami Malik singing _____ in Bohemian Rhapsody." And others can choose different performances from the same movie.
My vote is for Pippin’s song (Edge of Night) in Return of the King when he’s commanded by repulsive, hateful Denethor to sing him a song during dinner while his only living (but dejected and heroic) son Faramir charges into battle to face certain death in an almost hopeless attempt to stave off the enemy and save the city. It is beautiful, haunting, and grievous.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WskRAEggqkQ
So many options. I've been looking at clips all day.
I narrowed it down to two. The first waa the climatic rendition of Try A Little Tenderness in The Commitments. It was a bold version of a favorite song and just a powerful scene. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKfHC5eY5CI
But the other has a greater significance for the overall movie and that is Ralph Machios performance at the end of Crossroads.
If you haven't seen the movie it's a Devil went down to Georgia scenario with a young blues guitarist, Eugene, dueling with the devil in the form of Steve Vai. Vai seemingly has him beat but then Eugene breaks out Caprice #5 by Paganini and blows everyone away. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqdL36VKbMQ
Guitarist Steve Vai actually recorded all the guitar parts but Machio learned the fingering to pull it off.
Final answer: Crossroads, Caprice #5. Because classical always trumps rock.
Best performance by a character singing a song in a nonmusical?
There are different ways to play this. You can go with the song done with the best craft and artistry, the best sounding song.
Or with a song that contributes best to the story of the film and I'm going with that direction. In "Casablanca" when Victor Lazlo (Paul Henreid) leads the band in a stirring rendition of La Marseillaise in defiance of the Nazis present. My official answer.
(There was a time and place where one couldn't refer openly to Casablanca. I am talking, of course, about Nazi Germany.)
This is, of course, the correct answer.
Great answer!
And with back to back wins Shannon takes the prize. Congratulations, Shannon, you get to choose tomorrow's question.
Sounds like a fun movie! I’ve never heard of it before.
Biopics of bands and musicians will count but you must pick the specific scene. For instance if you say, "Bohemian Rhapsody," you'll need to say, "Rami Malik singing _____ in Bohemian Rhapsody." And others can choose different performances from the same movie.