Yeah, wasn't sure how to title this one. Basically, I'm gonna go over the voices of the princesses and why they're top. You can expect some information too including voice actresses.
And yes, if you know/tolerate me, you can expect another thing from me that I'm sure ticks people off, but this is my opinion so...
...I don't think I have to explain myself with that one.
Favorite Princess Voice
10. Snow White
God her voice annoys me. I give serious credit to Adriana Caselotti for being an operatic singer by 17 years old (the same age she was when casted) but for today's standards, it's annoying. It's way too high pitched both singing and speaking and it makes her sound more and more immature than her teenage age. Plus, how many girls have you heard trying to match her voice but fail horribly? Yeah, imagine a headache like that from a few girls in a choir class. I wish it was more mature sounding, but I don't think Disney wanted a mature voice for the 'little princess'. Even as she aged, Caselotti's voice still remained as high pitched and annoying. Think about this: have you heard anything else from Snow White's original voice? Can't think of anything? Well that's because Caselotti bascially sold her voice to Disney and never had a career afterwards. In the end, she doesn't get a career and we get stuck with a high pitched princess.
Hey fun fact for you movie lovers: Walt Disney is credited for being the inspiration for Wizard of Oz due to the sucess of Snow White. AND during the song 'If I Only Had a Heart', you can hear Adriana Caselotti, the voice of Snow White, sing the line "Where for art thou, Romeo?". Cool huh?
9. Aurora
Sorry, I'm not really a fan of the operatic voices. And what sorta irks me is that Aurora's speaking voice is all innocent and high, but when she starts singing she suddenly turns into this opera diva with a seductive voice. I'll admit, I do like to sing, but I can't hit high notes and hearing Aurora (and even Snow White) made me feel worse about my alto voice. Much like Snow, girls in my choir tried to emulate Aurora to slightly better results, but still...don't try to mimic the original. Unlike Adriana Caselotti, the voice of 3 names (inside joke from two previous articles), Mary Costa, was able to have a sucessful operatic career and last I heard, she still does opera stuff. Her voice today has aged, yes, but I think Mary doesn't talk like speaking or singing Aurora. She just uses the normal voice that I would have liked to heard in the movie. If none of you think that, it must be me. I'm not gonna lie, I've had major ear issues since a double ear infection and my hearing's been so-so, so don't be afraid to admit your opinion on Mary Costa's voice.
8. Pocahontas
She upped one, way to go! I really appreciated the fact that they hired Native American actress Irene Bedard to voice the Native American princes, but I would have loved to hear her sing. Then again, I don't think any of the Native American voice actors in that movie do their own singing. Again, correct me if I'm wrong. Judy Kuhn is a great singer, but I don't think Judy's voice was a good fit for Pocahontas. Boo me all you want, but that's my viewpoint on it. I don't really care for Pocahontas in general, but at least it hasn't been last in anything thus far.
7. Mulan
Again, appreciate that Ming Na, an Asian, is voicing the Asian Heroine (Mulan's technically not a princess folks). Lea Salonga is from the Phillipines (so she's technically Asian too) and has a spectacular voice that worked for Mulan considering Mulan sang all the songs. When princess' singing voices are dubbed, you gotta make it work. This one did work from what I can recall (I've only seen Mulan like one time the whole way through). But Mulan's still kinda low because her voice was partly a fake man voice during the course of the movie too.
6. Belle
Paige O'Hara, what can I say? I can say she was at her peak in 1991 when Beauty and the Beast was released and her voice was a good fit for Belle. Then we reached a new decade. Oh Paige. You can tell her voice has aged, and not well. If you're not listening to aging Belle via Paige, you probably heard her second voice actress in House of Mouse during the Christmas song Jodi Benson, aka Ariel. This is why Belle has dropped out of the top 5. If it's not an aging Paige, it's the little mermaid.
Seriously, listen to the Disney Princess song "If You Can Dream", you can tell time has not been kind to Paige O'Hara's voice.
5. Rapunzel
When it was first announced Disney was making Rapunzel (before the title change), the original voice was going to be Kristin Chenoweth. I fangirled. I am a huge fan of Kristin Chenoweth whether it be Wicked, Pushing Daisies, anything she's in, I am a fan. Then it was announced Mandy Moore would be Rapunzel. I was slightly dismayed, but still okay because I'll admit, I was a fan of Mandy Moore. I grew up listening to her teeny bopper music, and she had done something Disney related prior to Tangled- Princess Diaries if you're interested. She did do speaking and singing, and it was pretty good. While I'd rather have had Kristin Chenoweth, Mandy Moore was still pretty good.
4. Jasmine
Fun fact, Linda Larkin was told she had to lower her voice. Linda is a high pitched speaker, but she still made a good Jasmine (whether anyone feels Jasmine needed a middle eastern voice or not). You can tell her voice switched in and out on occasion in anything Aladdin related she's done. Linda Larkin was the speaking voice, however; and there have been not one, but TWO different singing voices for Jas. The first one being Mulan's singing voice Lea Salonga. Lea's voice was absoultely perfect for the one song Jasmine sang in the original movie. But Lea did not return for the sequels. Granted she did do Jasmine's singing voice in Enchanted Tales and "If You Can Dream", but not for Return of Jafar of King of Thieves. No, that voice was dubbed by Liz Callaway. Liz is no stranger to dubbing singing voices: she dubbed the singing voices for Kiara in Lion King 2, Odette in the first Swan Princess, and most famously Anastasia in Anastasia. So she was chosen to be the new Jasmine singing dub. And honestly, she was pretty good. I love Liz's singing voice and seeing as though they couldn't get Lea, Liz did a good job as the back up option- thank God that Brad Kane was able to still dub Aladdin's singing voice. Sure I wish Jasmine's voice was consistent, but you gotta give credit for Linda Larkin for doing the speaking voice of Jasmine for anything and everything Jasmine related.
Fun Fact: Liz Callway's sister Ann sang the theme song to the show "The Nanny". Weird, eh?
3. Tiana
Again, they got an African-American to voice the African-American, way to go. Anika Noni Rose is best known for co-starring alongside Beyonce and Jennifer Hudson in Dreamgirls, and she beat out celebs like Alicia Keys, Tyra Banks, and even co-star Jennifer Hudson. Anika has the perfect voice for Tiana both singing and speaking. I love that her voice wasn't too high, but it wasn't that low either. It was just right.
2. Ariel
Everything was about the voice for this one. Jodi Benson landed the role of Ariel thanks to her working with the movie's songwriter Howard Ashman in the show Smile. Since landing the role of Ariel- both singing and speaking- Jodi has been the only voice for the princess. And that's good because Ariel's been in practically anything Disney what with the Little Mermaid show, Kingdom Hearts, House of Mouse, anything to bring the Disney princesses together, heck Jodi's even voiced Belle. I do like Ariel's voice, I'll admit (I liked it more when she didn't talk though 'cause the character was annyoing). Her voice, like Anika Noni Rose's for Tiana, was just right for Ariel.
1. Cinderella
Groan all you want, but this is my opinion!
I stated I loved practically everything about Cinderella and her voice is no exception. Ilene Woods (who I'm peeved DID NOT get recogintion at the Oscars in Memoriam) didn't even audtion for the voice. Some friends of hers were songwriters for the movie and they asked her to do a demonstration for how actresses should audtion. Well once Mr. Disney himself heard her voice, he hired her for both singing and speaking. And what a great move that was. I don't have much to say that I haven't said already. It wasn't too high, it wasn't that low, to use a different term, it was mezzo-soprano and it was perfect. Her voice conveyed any emotion for Cinderella give whatever circumstance the character was in and it was just perfect. As for Jennifer Hale, the current voice of Cinderella, she's doing pretty well too. I don't like her as much as I love Ilene, but she's a good Cinderella too.
So don't sue me for my opinion. And I will say, don't expect to see Cinderella first for everything.
To compensate for any inconvience, here are images of the voice actresses that I have mentioned above. No captions this time due to me having a massive headache for the past few days and not wanting to think.
And yes, all that info on voice actresses is from memory. So if there's anything wrong, feel free to correct me. Also, I know I neglected current voices for Snow White and Sleeping Beauty but that's because there hasn't been a definitive current voice since the original actress passed or retired. That, or I couldn't find any decent pics.
And yes, if you know/tolerate me, you can expect another thing from me that I'm sure ticks people off, but this is my opinion so...
...I don't think I have to explain myself with that one.
Favorite Princess Voice
10. Snow White
God her voice annoys me. I give serious credit to Adriana Caselotti for being an operatic singer by 17 years old (the same age she was when casted) but for today's standards, it's annoying. It's way too high pitched both singing and speaking and it makes her sound more and more immature than her teenage age. Plus, how many girls have you heard trying to match her voice but fail horribly? Yeah, imagine a headache like that from a few girls in a choir class. I wish it was more mature sounding, but I don't think Disney wanted a mature voice for the 'little princess'. Even as she aged, Caselotti's voice still remained as high pitched and annoying. Think about this: have you heard anything else from Snow White's original voice? Can't think of anything? Well that's because Caselotti bascially sold her voice to Disney and never had a career afterwards. In the end, she doesn't get a career and we get stuck with a high pitched princess.
Hey fun fact for you movie lovers: Walt Disney is credited for being the inspiration for Wizard of Oz due to the sucess of Snow White. AND during the song 'If I Only Had a Heart', you can hear Adriana Caselotti, the voice of Snow White, sing the line "Where for art thou, Romeo?". Cool huh?
9. Aurora
Sorry, I'm not really a fan of the operatic voices. And what sorta irks me is that Aurora's speaking voice is all innocent and high, but when she starts singing she suddenly turns into this opera diva with a seductive voice. I'll admit, I do like to sing, but I can't hit high notes and hearing Aurora (and even Snow White) made me feel worse about my alto voice. Much like Snow, girls in my choir tried to emulate Aurora to slightly better results, but still...don't try to mimic the original. Unlike Adriana Caselotti, the voice of 3 names (inside joke from two previous articles), Mary Costa, was able to have a sucessful operatic career and last I heard, she still does opera stuff. Her voice today has aged, yes, but I think Mary doesn't talk like speaking or singing Aurora. She just uses the normal voice that I would have liked to heard in the movie. If none of you think that, it must be me. I'm not gonna lie, I've had major ear issues since a double ear infection and my hearing's been so-so, so don't be afraid to admit your opinion on Mary Costa's voice.
8. Pocahontas
She upped one, way to go! I really appreciated the fact that they hired Native American actress Irene Bedard to voice the Native American princes, but I would have loved to hear her sing. Then again, I don't think any of the Native American voice actors in that movie do their own singing. Again, correct me if I'm wrong. Judy Kuhn is a great singer, but I don't think Judy's voice was a good fit for Pocahontas. Boo me all you want, but that's my viewpoint on it. I don't really care for Pocahontas in general, but at least it hasn't been last in anything thus far.
7. Mulan
Again, appreciate that Ming Na, an Asian, is voicing the Asian Heroine (Mulan's technically not a princess folks). Lea Salonga is from the Phillipines (so she's technically Asian too) and has a spectacular voice that worked for Mulan considering Mulan sang all the songs. When princess' singing voices are dubbed, you gotta make it work. This one did work from what I can recall (I've only seen Mulan like one time the whole way through). But Mulan's still kinda low because her voice was partly a fake man voice during the course of the movie too.
6. Belle
Paige O'Hara, what can I say? I can say she was at her peak in 1991 when Beauty and the Beast was released and her voice was a good fit for Belle. Then we reached a new decade. Oh Paige. You can tell her voice has aged, and not well. If you're not listening to aging Belle via Paige, you probably heard her second voice actress in House of Mouse during the Christmas song Jodi Benson, aka Ariel. This is why Belle has dropped out of the top 5. If it's not an aging Paige, it's the little mermaid.
Seriously, listen to the Disney Princess song "If You Can Dream", you can tell time has not been kind to Paige O'Hara's voice.
5. Rapunzel
When it was first announced Disney was making Rapunzel (before the title change), the original voice was going to be Kristin Chenoweth. I fangirled. I am a huge fan of Kristin Chenoweth whether it be Wicked, Pushing Daisies, anything she's in, I am a fan. Then it was announced Mandy Moore would be Rapunzel. I was slightly dismayed, but still okay because I'll admit, I was a fan of Mandy Moore. I grew up listening to her teeny bopper music, and she had done something Disney related prior to Tangled- Princess Diaries if you're interested. She did do speaking and singing, and it was pretty good. While I'd rather have had Kristin Chenoweth, Mandy Moore was still pretty good.
4. Jasmine
Fun fact, Linda Larkin was told she had to lower her voice. Linda is a high pitched speaker, but she still made a good Jasmine (whether anyone feels Jasmine needed a middle eastern voice or not). You can tell her voice switched in and out on occasion in anything Aladdin related she's done. Linda Larkin was the speaking voice, however; and there have been not one, but TWO different singing voices for Jas. The first one being Mulan's singing voice Lea Salonga. Lea's voice was absoultely perfect for the one song Jasmine sang in the original movie. But Lea did not return for the sequels. Granted she did do Jasmine's singing voice in Enchanted Tales and "If You Can Dream", but not for Return of Jafar of King of Thieves. No, that voice was dubbed by Liz Callaway. Liz is no stranger to dubbing singing voices: she dubbed the singing voices for Kiara in Lion King 2, Odette in the first Swan Princess, and most famously Anastasia in Anastasia. So she was chosen to be the new Jasmine singing dub. And honestly, she was pretty good. I love Liz's singing voice and seeing as though they couldn't get Lea, Liz did a good job as the back up option- thank God that Brad Kane was able to still dub Aladdin's singing voice. Sure I wish Jasmine's voice was consistent, but you gotta give credit for Linda Larkin for doing the speaking voice of Jasmine for anything and everything Jasmine related.
Fun Fact: Liz Callway's sister Ann sang the theme song to the show "The Nanny". Weird, eh?
3. Tiana
Again, they got an African-American to voice the African-American, way to go. Anika Noni Rose is best known for co-starring alongside Beyonce and Jennifer Hudson in Dreamgirls, and she beat out celebs like Alicia Keys, Tyra Banks, and even co-star Jennifer Hudson. Anika has the perfect voice for Tiana both singing and speaking. I love that her voice wasn't too high, but it wasn't that low either. It was just right.
2. Ariel
Everything was about the voice for this one. Jodi Benson landed the role of Ariel thanks to her working with the movie's songwriter Howard Ashman in the show Smile. Since landing the role of Ariel- both singing and speaking- Jodi has been the only voice for the princess. And that's good because Ariel's been in practically anything Disney what with the Little Mermaid show, Kingdom Hearts, House of Mouse, anything to bring the Disney princesses together, heck Jodi's even voiced Belle. I do like Ariel's voice, I'll admit (I liked it more when she didn't talk though 'cause the character was annyoing). Her voice, like Anika Noni Rose's for Tiana, was just right for Ariel.
1. Cinderella
Groan all you want, but this is my opinion!
I stated I loved practically everything about Cinderella and her voice is no exception. Ilene Woods (who I'm peeved DID NOT get recogintion at the Oscars in Memoriam) didn't even audtion for the voice. Some friends of hers were songwriters for the movie and they asked her to do a demonstration for how actresses should audtion. Well once Mr. Disney himself heard her voice, he hired her for both singing and speaking. And what a great move that was. I don't have much to say that I haven't said already. It wasn't too high, it wasn't that low, to use a different term, it was mezzo-soprano and it was perfect. Her voice conveyed any emotion for Cinderella give whatever circumstance the character was in and it was just perfect. As for Jennifer Hale, the current voice of Cinderella, she's doing pretty well too. I don't like her as much as I love Ilene, but she's a good Cinderella too.
So don't sue me for my opinion. And I will say, don't expect to see Cinderella first for everything.
To compensate for any inconvience, here are images of the voice actresses that I have mentioned above. No captions this time due to me having a massive headache for the past few days and not wanting to think.
And yes, all that info on voice actresses is from memory. So if there's anything wrong, feel free to correct me. Also, I know I neglected current voices for Snow White and Sleeping Beauty but that's because there hasn't been a definitive current voice since the original actress passed or retired. That, or I couldn't find any decent pics.
Adriana Caselotti: Snow White
Judy Kuhn: Pocahontas- singing voice
Irene Bedard: Pocahontas- speaking voice
Ming Na: Mulan- speaking voice
Lea Salonga: Mulan & Jasmine- singing voice
Paige O'Hara: Belle
Mandy Moore: Rapunzel
Liz Callaway: Jasmine- sequel singing voice
Linda Larkin: Jasmine- speaking voice
Anika Noni Rose: Tiana
Jodi Benson: Ariel
Jennifer Hale: Cinderella- current voice
Ilene Woods: Cinderella- original voice
Team Moana?
The other favourite poster!
They Should Make It!
Since Don Bluth had done it back in 1997, Disney should do it. In this version, they would make her mother Alexandra Fyodorovna along with Rasputin the main antagonists with the latter brainwashing the latter, prompting mother and daughter to be estranged or however the relationship should be. It wasn't until the final scene that Alexandra came to her senses!
They Should Not Make It!
I personally think that should not make it, because if they make Rasputin as the bad guy again. The story will be so familiar with the 1997 version! Unless they change the story and choose a brand new antagonists for the film.
An Imperial Moment
So, what do you think? Should Disney really make it or not?
Paris & Moscow
Christine and Erik, we meet again.
Snow white was like cinderella almost. cinderella and snow white both had to do all the chores. 1 difrince, snow white was born a princcess and cinderella was not. any way, snow white is 1 most famouse like ariel, cinderella (aready menchend her!), belle, etc........ It turns out that snow white is the youngest and has the shourtest hair, but her hair is not the only one black! Jasmine!
Here is a contest i did with my self the one day-
1) Who has black hair=snow white and jassmine. so who has magic carpit=JASSMINE!
2) who has blound hair=cinderella, arora,repunzle,elsa
who is my 1rst fav out of blound? REPUNZLE!!!!!!
3)who has red hair(this should be easy!)= ariel
and the answer is ARIEL!
4)who has orange/bown/red hair=anna, mrieda
none
the winners!
JASSMINE!
REPUNZLE!
ARIEL!
try it your self!
the end:D
Here is a contest i did with my self the one day-
1) Who has black hair=snow white and jassmine. so who has magic carpit=JASSMINE!
2) who has blound hair=cinderella, arora,repunzle,elsa
who is my 1rst fav out of blound? REPUNZLE!!!!!!
3)who has red hair(this should be easy!)= ariel
and the answer is ARIEL!
4)who has orange/bown/red hair=anna, mrieda
none
the winners!
JASSMINE!
REPUNZLE!
ARIEL!
try it your self!
the end:D
This is my opinion only. But I believe the reasons that Evil Queen from Snow White and Lady Treamine from Cinderella mistreat the titular characters is different from the in-story explanation.
Evil Queen used the fact Snow was pretty as an excuse to get rid of an heir to the throne which I presumable that the Queen was ruling for Snow.
Lady Treamine's daughters might be older by a few months in the animated Disney movie. And back in those days older daughters were suppose to marry before younger ones.
I don't really have a reason for Edward's step-mother, Narcissa. But I assume that the Kingdom is suppose to be run mostly by a Queen?
Evil Queen used the fact Snow was pretty as an excuse to get rid of an heir to the throne which I presumable that the Queen was ruling for Snow.
Lady Treamine's daughters might be older by a few months in the animated Disney movie. And back in those days older daughters were suppose to marry before younger ones.
I don't really have a reason for Edward's step-mother, Narcissa. But I assume that the Kingdom is suppose to be run mostly by a Queen?
So cute!
