Why the Music in Cats (2019) is Worse than you Thought


In this video I freak out about Cats holding hands

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Sources:

The article penned by the audio leads on Cats
I cannot overstate how much of a fascinating read this is, you owe it to yourself to read it!

CATS Part 2

Part 1 of the above article with some interesting insights to the film industry
(I liked the part where they lucked out with the forehead-mounted mics not interfering with the dancers’ somersaults)

Mixing Live Singing Vocals on Cats

Luciano Berio’s Sequenza III performed by Laura Catrani (I love this performance!)

https://catsmusical.fandom.com/wiki/The_Old_Gumbie_Cat
because of course Cats has it’s own wiki

The Toronto Star article about the Orchestra having to work up to 2 months before the film released
https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2019/11/19/dont-judge-cats-film-by-its-trailer-says-canadian-music-producer-greg-wells.html

John Cage’s Water Walk

The Greenport Peter Pan Fiasco

Maria Joao Pires prepared a different Mozart concerto to the one that was performed

The same thing happened to pianist Tianxu An in the finals of a Tchaikovsky Competition in 2019

Ryan Chen breaks a string during a performance (and the concertmaster doesn’t flinch when he has to swap violins like a pro)

The metal pole modern dance thing that we’ve all seen a million times

If I’ve missed anything please let me know
Seriously, if I’ve used a clip from your video in this video and I haven’t put it here please contact me!