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This is it: The Music (Live Vocals, Tracklist Discussion) MERGED

VeganMatt said:
What you need to understand is that the press cant just make stuff up. You can just quote someone unless they actually said that. So the guy from Sony must have made that statement otherwise it woudlnt have been in the article.
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The press can and do do that, unfortunatly.
 
VeganMatt said:
Sony spokesman Jim Kennedy says, "In order to fulfil Michael's vision for his fans and his children… the filmmakers had to incorporate some pre-existing materials, including vocals, where the rehearsal footage audio was incomplete and/or inaudible. In addition, usage of master recordings (such as Earth Song) was credited in the end titles."
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I would like to clarify that "incorporate some pre-existing materials, including vocals, where the rehearsal footage audio was incomplete and/or inaudible. " is not equivalent to lip synching or miming. It sounds to me like he sang the songs live but the audio wasn't good enough on the recordings for all of Earth Song so they used old recordings to fill in. Which makes perfect sense since they weren't recording the rehersals planning to make a movie.
 
Personally I thought the Earth Song falsetto on the rig was the only *blatently* obvious case of dubbing - and that was only because I'd heard the unreleased demo... general public would just think it clearly wasn't the album track, which is what they were intending us to think.

There are still a LOT of live vocals, some FULLY LIVE songs (and they sound amazing), so we certainly can't complain.
 
an obvious indicative TDCAU was mimed is background voices wich are all Michael's
 
Really, all you have to do is read the credits at the end of the movie. They credit where recordings are used.
 
MattyJam said:
I really wasn't expecting that much. He sang songs he'd NEVER sang live before:

WBSS - 100% live, no doubt
Speechless - 100% live, no doubt
Jam - 98% mimed, 2% live
TDCAU - mimed
Human Nature - 100% live, no doubt
Smooth Criminal - mimed verses, live bridge and chorus
TWYMMF - live intro, mimed verse and chorus, live ad-libs
IJCSLY - 100% live (probably my favourite)
J5 medley - 100% live (incredible vocals at the end of I'll Be There)
Black or White - 100% live (and sounds awesome)
Beat It - 100% live (his voice sounds so strong on this)
Billie Jean - lip-synched demo, live ad-libs
Earth Song - mostly lip-synched, occasional live lines
MITM - mostly lip-synched, occasional live lines

I can totally see why everyone was raving about the ending of IJCSLY - that was old skool black soul right there. Did anyone else notice how he picked the words apart for some lines? That was so cool.

Even most of Smooth Criminal was live apart from the first verse...

Arty will be delighted.
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I agree...Except I believe...

TWYMMF was 100% live

Jam and SC was 98% live

and TDCAU was half and half

Earth Song was live except for the "What About Us" chorus

Thriller had the least live parts

Any parts that weren't live were the result of editing(so even those part could've been live).

I firmly believe the cinema would've take an over-timed film(they got rules of how long it must be) so they had to settle with less then ideal footage. But come DVD time that shold change!
 
Here's a list of the music credits (link here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1477715/soundtrack ):

"They Don't Care About Us"
Written and Performed by Michael Jackson

"Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
Written and Performed by Michael Jackson

"Speechless"
Written and Performed by Michael Jackson

"Bad"
Written and Performed by Michael Jackson
Original master excerpt courtesy of MJJ Productions/Epic Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment

"Smooth Criminal"
Written and Performed by Michael Jackson
Original master excerpt courtesy of MJJ Productions/Epic Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment

"Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"
Written and Performed by Michael Jackson
Original master excerpt courtesy of MJJ Productions/Epic Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment

"Jam"
Written by Michael Jackson, Rene Moore (as René Moore), Bruce Swedien and Teddy Riley
Performed by Michael Jackson
Original master excerpt courtesy of MJJ Productions/Epic Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment

"HIStory"
Written by Michael Jackson, Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III) and Terry Lewis
Performed by Michael Jackson
Original master excerpt courtesy of MJJ Productions/Epic Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment

"Human Nature"
Written by Steve Porcaro and John Bettis
Performed by Michael Jackson

"Put the Blame on Mame"
Written by Doris Fisher and Allan Roberts
Performed by Rita Hayworth
Courtesy of Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.
Under license from Sony Pictures Music Group

"I Hadn't Anyone Til You"
Written by Ray Noble
Performed by Hadda Brooks
Courtesy of Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.
Under license from Sony Pictures Music Group

"The Way You Make Me Feel"
Written and Performed by Michael Jackson

"I'll Be There"
Written by Hal Davis, Berry Gordy (as Berry Gordy, Jr.), Bob West and Willie Hutch
Performed by Michael Jackson
Original master excerpt Performed by Jackson 5
Courtesy of Motown Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

"I Want You Back"
Written by Freddie Perren, Fonce Mizell (as Alphonso Mizell), Berry Gordy (as Berry Gordy,
Jr.) and Deke Richards
Performed by Michael Jackson

"The Love You Save"
Written by Freddie Perren, Fonce Mizell (as Alphonso Mizell), Berry Gordy (as Berry Gordy,
Jr.) and Deke Richards
Performed by Michael Jackson

"Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)"
Written by Michael Jackson and Randy Jackson
Performed by Michael Jackson

"I Just Can't Stop Loving You"
Written and Performed by Michael Jackson

"Thriller"
Written by Rod Temperton
Performed by Michael Jackson
Featuring rap voiceover by Vincent Price
Original master excerpt courtesy of MJJ Productions/Epic Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment

"Ghosts - Underscore"
Written by Nicholas Pike
Courtesy of Optimum Productions

"Threatened"
Written by Michael Jackson, Rodney Jerkins, Fred Jerkins (as Fred Jerkins III) and LaSean Daniels (as LaShawn Daniels)
Performed by Michael Jackson

"Who Is It"
Written and Performed by Michael Jackson

"Beat It"
Written and Performed by Michael Jackson
Guitar solo by Orianthi (uncredited)

"Black or White"
Written and Performed by Michael Jackson
Rap Lyrics by Bill Bottrell

"Intro"
Composed by Bill Bottrell

"Earth Song"
Written and Performed by Michael Jackson
Original master excerpt courtesy of MJJ Productions/Epic Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment

"Billie Jean"
Written and Performed by Michael Jackson

"Man in the Mirror"
Written by Glen Ballard and Siedah Garrett
Performed by Michael Jackson

"This Is It"
Written by Michael Jackson and Paul Anka (uncredited)
Performed by Michael Jackson
Additional Vocals by The Jacksons
Courtesy of MJJ Productions/Epic Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment

"Heal the World"
Written and Performed by Michael Jackson
Original master excerpt courtesy of MJJ Productions/Epic Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment
 
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I was also very pleasantly surprised there was so much live singing in the movie.

I'm pretty sure many of you have seen those youtube videos that were "secretly" recorded from outside the forum/staples during the rehearsals by some fans. I must say I easpecially love this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utVeYvctbO8&NR=1), The Way You Make Me Feel. This video shows how he's not singing all the parts (since it's just rehearsal), but the parts he does sing, oh boy, he sounds so good. I thinks it's so interesting to hear all these different versions of the songs he rehearsed, not just the one they chose to put into the movie. I would be so happy if they included these other rehearsal versions in the dvd/blu-ray, but bet that's not gonna happen. Anyway, apparently he mostly sang TWYMMF vocals like we hear in this secret video (the slow soul-type intro, some words here and there, and then more live vocals towards the end) and then they added the missing vocals (filled the gaps) later on probably.
 
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