Tom Cruise wasn't singing; it wasn't his voice unless heavily processed - Rock of Ages (2012) Discussion

[–] ispamforfood 11 years ago

I heard it was his voice, i don't doubt that it was heavily auto tuned.

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[–] cabroner 11 years ago

According to IMDb, he underwent 4 1/2 months of vocal training to prepare for this role. I also read somewhere that he was spending up to five hours a day singing. Tom is a very good actor and it's pretty clear that he worked his ass off to embrace the persona of a rock star. All this work and someone decided to auto-tune his voice to the point where it was borderline comical. Sad.

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[–] dmark118 10 years ago

It cracks me up when people get all high and mighty and say do some research noob! Any idiot can google an article with quotes from the producers/people who helped out on the movie who say Cruise is a great singer. Because everyone in Hollywood always tells the truth...

Watch these two clips and tell me the guy from the first clip is the same guy hitting those amazing notes in the second one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSgMrrf5QzQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPeY1zD9CE0

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[–] madduxcyyoung4 11 years ago

I found the article:

http://music.yahoo.com/news/def-leppard-talk-tom-cruise-rock-ages-145525111.html

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[–] spasek 11 years ago

It was his voice. Do some research before posting ignorant threads.

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[–] hitchcock_blonde 11 years ago

What spasek said. Definately Tom's voice. I've been watching him since the early 80s, I am very familiar with his voice.

Can you hear me?....They did this

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[–] zekk4hire 11 years ago

I have serious doubts it's Brand's voice though, I know brits tend to lose the accent when they sing, but it was nothing like his speaking voice at all.

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[–] badgirldesigns_biz 11 years ago

Russell Brand has done a lot of singing. I am sure he is singing his songs in this movie as well.

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[–] Sir_Hugo_Rune 10 years ago

brits don't lose an accent when they sing, they add an american accent.

His anus is soaking wet- Walter Bishop - Fringe

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[–] Gourry Gabriev 11 years ago

It was him, in an interview Tom Cruse said the day they shot the scene where he sang Wanted Dead or Alive, John Bonjovi & Ritchie Sambora were on the set and he was nervous as hell to sing the song in front of them.

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[–] ZombieJesus92 11 years ago

Yes, it's his voice. Remember him singing in Top Gun? Tom Cruise's performance is by far the best thing about this movie.

Russel Brand also sang in Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Get Him to the Greek.

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[–] HowYaLikeDemApplesWill 11 years ago

Yeah, I remember him singing in Top Gun.....and Jerry McGuire...both were hideous. Are you somehow implying because he sang in those movies, he was good in this one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa98yttfhMY

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[–] I_Like_Turtle_s 11 years ago

Cruise is pretty dedicated to his craft and he actually trained for hours every day for 6 months to get his voice right for the role. Obviously some auto tune was used but he really did sing here and imo knocked it out of the park.

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[–] captinska_1999 11 years ago

He sounds better than this "profesional" singer ...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHBdUMLDJ6s

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[–] tvandfilmbuff 10 years ago

I thought he knocked it out of the park too. Great performance.

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[–] tiger86-2 11 years ago

It wasn't "Wanted Dead or Alive", it was "Pour Some Sugar on Me", and Joe Elliot said that. And he also said Tom Cruise sang the song very well.

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[–] madduxcyyoung4 11 years ago

It was him singing. Of course they messed with it with the machines they have...just like they do for everyone else that sings in a studio.

I remember when this movie came out, I read an article where Joe Elliott and I think it was Rick Savage(not 100% sure but there was another memmber of Def Leppard) went to hear Tom Cruise sing Pour Some Sugar On Me and give him any pointers he may need. They talked about how they walked in, listened to him sing, and said he didn't need any help, that he nailed it.

In the movie, well during the credits I guess...I think he actually sings Paradise City the best. Just my personal opinion.

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[–] pakugirl 11 years ago

It was his voice noobs.
He sang in a lot of his movies incl top gun and he always does sound the same.

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[–] jharmon64 11 years ago

IT was his voice and he nailed it.

He was great.

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[–] Cobra1986 10 years ago

it was his voice, but you can tell it was heavily doctored. It's almost like they tuned his voice higher in certain parts. Some of the notes, there was no way he was hitting them and it's obvious studio magic made it possible.

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[–] madmax17 10 years ago

Tom is a rock star, it sounded great.

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