Letting the actor sing is a huge mistake

Agreed. When I heard that version of Rocketman I was like - hooooleee shit. This guy can NOT sing like Elton John at all. However, I love that arrangement. I'd like to hear Elton's original voice set to that new arrangement of Rocketman.

I always find it odd when they make these films about singers. I want to hear the actual voice, I don't care if they lip synch it. Although in the film about Joy Division "Control" I did notice the guy playing the singer had a better voice than the original but that is rare.

Yes well most of the songs are sung by the friends and family in the movie as it is a musical similar to mama Mia and stuff like that,Elton only sings about 20% of the songs himself and only during story relivevent moments

I actually wonder why they did that. The actor really mimicked Elton's phrasing closely, so closely that at times I forgot I wasn't listening to the original recording. So... why have the actor sing, if he's going to sing it Elton's way? If you do that, what you've got is songs that sound almost exactly like the original, only not quite as good!

This isn't a big deal, not like it would have been in "Bohemian Rhaphsody". Face it, Elton had a fairly ordinary voice, although not as ordinary as Edgerton's. Freddie Mercury's voice and style were unique, if they'd let an actor try to mimic his singing, there would have been hell to pay.

Yep. I was willing to go see the show until I gave the soundtrack a quick listen... The singer sucked ass. Some of the arrangements were nice changes to the original, but the vocals of the actor were garbage. If they weren't going to have Elton's voice a damn good impersonator sing those songs then they might as well have just skipped pretending it was about Elton John and made it more like Moulin Rouge. Most humorous part of the whole thing, is Elton has been doing interview yammering about how great the singing is and occasionally dissing Bohemian Rhapsody because Malik was lip syncing... This is clearly a case where lip syncing was warranted.

I'm glad that they had the actors sing. I really liked all of the actors singing.

I'd suggest seeing the movie before forming your opinion. If you still feel the same way, fine.

I'll admit i had the same feeling but i saw it anyway. I'll say that in the movie, there are a lot of places where in the drama of the moment he is feeling out the song as it comes to him and he sings in a weak voice that strains on the high notes. But when the film breaks into full production numbers or performance pieces he lets loose and rocks it sounds great.

It was a creative decision, inspired by Elton John, to not user recordings out to have an actor try to sound exactly like him. Rather, he wanted a real performance by the v actor. He coached Taren to feel free to interpret and sing his own voice but to work on getting the feel and energy.

I thought it worked well. I can always listen to original recordings if i want to hear Elton John.

And just think, if the movie versions are a hit, Elton and Bernie could get new song writer Grammies!

It's funny because Taron Egerton's singing sounds fantastic in certain songs during the film, and other songs... um, not so fantastic, in my opinion. I think he sounds phenomenal in "Your Song" and "Take Me to the Pilot", for example. But I agree, "Tiny Dancer" definitely wasn't his strong suit. There's a few other times where I cringed at his singing during the movie - can't recall what the songs were though. Still love the film though, even if his singing voice was a little inconsistent.