marciabrady: “We made the voice track first, then they did the animation. It took almost five years-

marciabrady: “We made the voice track first, then they did the animation. It took almost five years- Walt was absolutely meticulous. They have been looking for a Sleeping Beauty for three years when I auditioned. I had had no vocal training at the time and I so much wanted to meet Disney. But they told me I wouldn’t see him because he didn’t want his final selection to be influenced by a personality.” Though liberally adapted from Tchaikovsky’s score, Sleeping Beauty lacks in singable songs. Only one stands out, lifted from the waltz number in the original ballet and equipped with the lyrics Once Upon a Dream. Referring to the film, Costa said, “I don’t like music being fooled around with and made into popular songs.”Costa recalls, “Walt would talk to me on the phone after the recording sessions and he would talk to me about what he expected. He said, ’Don’t have anyone read a line for you. You must pull from your own gifts of colors.’ He believed everybody had a set of colors in their mind’s eye and that is part of their creative imagination. He didn’t believe that anybody should be a copy of another person.” For insight into Aurora, Disney suggested she talk with artist Marc Davis, who was animating the character. “I asked him so many questions,” Costa says. “I watched him at his storyboards and one day I wanted to make Marc Davis laugh. I thought it was a joke when I said, ’Marc, what do you think the air was like back in the forest?’ He said immediately, ‘Caressing.’ It wasn’t a joke to him at all…I do think the film was ahead of its time. It was innovative, and the backgrounds were so exquisite. It is an art piece.” -- source link
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