Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Once More, with Feeling
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Music CD Cover Edition: Music CD Audio: English (Original Language) Format: Soundtrack CD Release Date: 2002-09-24 Music Label: Rounder / Umgd Soundtracks:
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Free Music Notes for Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Once More, with Feeling Album
Free Music Review: I've tried...really
Hit: 2 Stars
I like Buffy. A lot. Joss Whedon is a wonderful, talented writer, and the musical gives him a chance to show off his skills. It's far from original--Whedon is cribbing from Sondheim and Bernstein and just about every other name in contemporary musical theatre. But that's not really a bad thing. This isn't Broadway. It's commercial television. By TV standards, it's quite good. And, given the time, budget, etc. Whedon might actually put out a real piece of musical brilliance someday--he's certainly off to a good start.
HOWEVER, this CD is just bad. It's painful to listen to. It was nice having the actors sing their own parts during the actual episode. But, let's be honest: Anthony Stewart Head can sing reasonably well. Amber Benson has a surprisingly beautiful voice, and her song is by far my favorite. As for the rest of the cast--mondo points for effort--but they're nowhere near CD quality.
Sarah Michelle Gellar just sounds untrained. Alyson Hannigan is, as usual, oh-so-cute in the episode, but she can't sing--not even a little. Even her few lines on the CD are headache inducing. The rest of the cast do their best. James Marsters does a good enough job but falls horribly flat on some lines (in all fairness, I think it has more to do with problems in Whedon's score that Marster's voice, but the result is bad regardless). As for Nicholas Brendan and Emma Caufield, they're fun, they're quirky, they're just not that good.
Watch the episode again and again. Enjoy the extras on the DVD. Memorize the songs and sing them in the shower every morning. Just put the CD back on the shelf where it belongs.