"Here is Audrey's own vocal track, which I synched up to the completed film. Audrey sang only one line in the released film: "Sleep, sleep, I couldn't sleep tonight..."
Everything else was replaced by Marni Nixon, as were the other songs (except for the opening of "Just You Wait")..
To be fair, this is a rehearsal track that was never intended to be used. You can see that Audrey is actually singing to Marni's track, as Marni holds certain notes longer than Audrey does.
Marni competed against other singers, including Lita Tovey, Felicity Page, Julie Sutton, Mariette Midgeley, Gaynor Rees, and Evelyn Sharpe, in a blinded test run by George Cukor, Andre Previn and Bobby Tucker. When they couldn't decide, Rudy Fehr (head of post-production) said, "In my opinion, there's just one girl who is perfect for this part and that's Marni Nixon."
When Audrey heard that almost all her singing was to be replaced, she stormed off the set. The next day she came back and apologized for her "wicked behavior."
(The maids did not record with Audrey, so I took them from the final track, after stripping out Marni's voice.)" --> made by marknyc5
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Everything else was replaced by Marni Nixon, as were the other songs (except for the opening of "Just You Wait")..
To be fair, this is a rehearsal track that was never intended to be used. You can see that Audrey is actually singing to Marni's track, as Marni holds certain notes longer than Audrey does.
Marni competed against other singers, including Lita Tovey, Felicity Page, Julie Sutton, Mariette Midgeley, Gaynor Rees, and Evelyn Sharpe, in a blinded test run by George Cukor, Andre Previn and Bobby Tucker. When they couldn't decide, Rudy Fehr (head of post-production) said, "In my opinion, there's just one girl who is perfect for this part and that's Marni Nixon."
When Audrey heard that almost all her singing was to be replaced, she stormed off the set. The next day she came back and apologized for her "wicked behavior."
(The maids did not record with Audrey, so I took them from the final track, after stripping out Marni's voice.)" --> made by marknyc5
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