The Official WALL-E the Musical Blog

The home of the idea for a WALL-E musical, concieved by Hailey (aka Jezabat and @iamannettecresselion) and other fans of the film (aka the Axiom Stage Crew).

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Welcome!

Welcome to the official Tumblr blog for WALL-E the Musical! I’m Hailey, and this is where we will post all things related to this idea! 

As of right now, though, that’s what it is- just an idea. Things here will be constantly tweaked, polished, revised and updated as we expand upon it. (How are you supposed to audition for something that doesn’t even have a plan yet?)

The Axiom Stage Crew currently consists of @iamannettecresselion​, @cosmo-naute​ and @ohthewhomanity​. We are working on the script and the list of songs. If you would like to help us expand upon this idea, we will greatly appreciate that! If you have experience with lyrics or script writing, or you have an idea for how the musical would look or be, let us know! We’re all ears, eyes and lenses. We’ll let you join the crew if you’d like, but you need to tell us how you want to help.

Please note that you need to be willing to cooperate with us. Don’t make this unfair for everyone, make it all about you, or do anything that doesn’t make us count you as a decent human being. If you act like this, we’ll kick you out of the crew, and you’ll be blocked from the blog. 

If you have any further questions, just consult the computer in the ask box. Hope to see you with us real soon!  

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Happy New Year!

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Does anyone think it’s a good idea to be doing this? Anyone at all?

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As of right now, this idea is going nowhere.

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I’ve been thinking...

A direction I want to take when writing the musical numbers is that I want us to write the lyrics like we’d write poetry. 

What I mean is, I want to use the wording in a way that doesn’t directly tell the audience what’s going on. I want the usage of words to do the whole “show, don’t tell” thing. 

For example, let’s think about WALL-E’s “I Want” song that he’d sing towards the beginning of the show. The song that sets up his character. I’m calling it Too Much Trash, as you know. I don’t want WALL-E to directly state that he’s lonely, his life sucks, and he wants so much more.

 “I’d rather be somewhere else/something more.” ❌

“I look at the stars every night...” ✔️

What I want to do for the songs is try doing something like that. I want WALL-E to describe the stars or the city or something, and I want it to be where you can compare his descriptions of stuff to what his life is like and how he’s longing for something more in life than his directive. I don’t know. But he doesn’t tell you that stuff. He shows you his emotions and motivations. See what I’m saying here? 

Also, what I want is for the lyrics and the music to match up with what the characters are supposed to be feeling. Like, for example, when the ensemble sings the Buy n’ Large jingle, they’re acting all happy, so the music sounds all upbeat and cheery. And the words to the jingle, as well as they way they sing it, are all like, “We’re so happy! We’ll make you happy! Buy our products!” Another example is that, when EVE sings her love ballad, the music is meant to sound emotional and sort of sad, and the words she sings convey her emotional feelings. But she doesn’t directly tell you how she feels. She shows you with her words.

Another thing I want is that you only hear the robot characters sing. The entire show, you only hear their actors’ voices when they’re singing the musical numbers. They don’t speak. With this show, I also want there to be a big emphasis on body language. Because they don’t speak, the actors for the robot characters will need to be able to communicate with facial expressions and body movements. It’s sorta like pantomime. 

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If you like something on this blog and you want people to see it, PLEASE REBLOG IT! 

That’s how people will see it.

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Lyric ideas for Too Much Trash:

WALL-E: (sung) Of this odious situation, the humans are unaware

Whilst I’ve slaved away, they’ve been having fun up there

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Some lyric ideas for We Cannot Go Home:

AUTO: (sung) You wish to go to a place where you know life can’t thrive.

But up here on this starliner, you will survive.

The Captain: (spoken) But that’s the thing! I don’t want to “survive!” I want to live! I want to live with the land and help it heal! It won’t heal unless we go back.

AUTO: (spoken) Listen to yourself, sir. 

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Does anybody think we should shorten the song list?

Also, I was considering changing the name EVE’s Ballad to New Directive. That’s a lyric I think would be in the song.

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https://youtu.be/StrkepEO9iw

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My melody idea for a part of Too Much Trash.

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As of right now, we need writers and lyricists to help us expand on the idea, but who would want to be our production manager?

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Unrelated to the musical, but happy 13th anniversary, everyone!

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Attention, viewers:

As a reminder, NONE of what has been posted so far is official. It’s all just ideas, imagines and thoughts. Nothing is set in stone. We don’t even know if this is going to be a real show or not.

This is why we are allowing you to come up with your own ideas. What do YOU imagine a WALL-E musical would look like? Do YOU have any ideas for a song that the characters would sing? Do YOU have any suggestions for the script?

Anyone who wants to join the crew is welcome. The ask box and submission box are open wide. If you come up with anything, don’t be afraid to share it with us. We’d love to see what you create.

As of right now, this is only an idea and nothing more, so the possibilities are infinite, just like the wide stretches of space.

Thank you.

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I think it would be a pretty good idea if we worked with eco-friendly materials for costumes and our sets. This IS a musical based on a movie that promotes keeping the planet clean.

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Me, working on my pre-show speech and practicing it:

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What if, before the show, there was a spotlight shining on the curtain with the Buy n’ Large logo, and below it, it said Company Players? (like, these are BnL’s company players performing?)

Kinda like this, but they put something on the light to form an image of the BnL logo and the words “company players” in some futuristic font. I can’t describe it.

And when the show ends, the BnL spotlight on the curtains isn’t there anymore ‘cause they’re putting their consumerist ways behind them.