dan stevens sang evermore in the movie beauty and the beast.
dan stevens sang evermore in the movie beauty and the beast.
who sings evermore in the movie beauty and the beast?
dan stevens
the songwriters determined that the moment beast releases belle and fears that he might have lost her was the only suitable moment in which the character could sing in the film. menken also agreed that the moment beast realizes belle is no longer his prisoner would be a "more satisfying moment" for a musical number. originally entitled "for evermore", "evermore" was written by composer menken and lyricist rice. the last of the three original songs written for the remake, "evermore" was completed considerably late into production after the filmmakers finally agreed that the beast should perform his own. written in spring 2015 in london, england, menken quickly composed its melody before rice contributed lyrics revolving around the beast releasing belle. actor dan stevens, who portrays the beast and performs "evermore", had little singing experience prior to being cast in the film. before "evermore" was written, condon informed stevens that he would be singing a new song in his role as beast. having not sung professionally since childhood, stevens was required to retrain his singing voice, the process of which he found challenging. to prepare for the recording, stevens received extensive vocal coaching from vocal coach ann-marie speed in addition to working closely with menken. stevens first recorded a "guide track" for "evermore" before he and menken revisited the track to modify specific lines and notes. to make the actor sound more "beast-like", sound engineers digitally modified stevens' voice, which menken produced himself. auto-tune was used to make stevens' voice sound lower and heavier. menken continued making minor changes to the song well into production. on recording a new song, stevens said, "the pressure's sort of off — but it's also on — because it doesn't have to sound like it did before, but it should sound good enough to sit alongside the music that's already pretty great." stevens agreed that the song is "a big, romantic, soaring number" about the beast lamenting "i've fallen in love with her, and now she's buggered off, woe is me", while "if i can't love her" is "how am i going to fall in love with her?" replacing "if i can't love her" with "evermore" helped make the songwriters eligible for an academy award nomination for best original song.
evermore (beauty and the beast song)
one of at least nine significant ways in which the remake deviates from its source material, "evermore" is among the film's songs that emphasize the sadness and loneliness of both the beast and belle's situations. occurring approximately two-thirds into the film, the song assumes a role that was originally occupied by the song "if i can't love her" in the broadway musical, identified by fred hawson of "abs-cbn news" as "a grand moving solo" during which the beast sincerely expresses his undying feelings for belle. in "beauty and the beast", "evermore" appears as a solo performed by the beast shortly before "the mob song" as the film approaches its dramatic climax. after the beast and belle (emma watson) share a dance in the castle's ballroom to mrs. potts (emma thompson) singing "beauty and the beast", the couple has a conversation during which the beast learns how much belle actually misses her father, maurice (kevin kline). finally admitting that belle is no longer his prisoner, the character sings "evermore" shortly after he releases the heroine from the castle, insisting that she return to her village and protect maurice from gaston (luke evans). believing that belle has been lost to him forever, the beast is heartbroken by the character's departure and laments his misfortune by performing "evermore", accepting that releasing his former prisoner makes breaking the enchantress' spell more difficult, even impossible. serving as a culmination of both the beast's personal and emotional journeys, tracy goldman of "the" "cornell daily sun" observed that the song "adds more depth to the character" by "highlighting the changes he goes through throughout the movie."
evermore (beauty and the beast song)