#brian hull

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[kaylarcreates]

One of my favorite Youtubers, Brian Hull, came out with this video, and I think this is one of the biggest things people need to hear right now.

[th3p0rtalmaker]

Brian Hull has done it again everyone! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

The man who sang "Let It Go" as 21 iconic Disney/Pixar characters has now brought us "Golden" from Kpop Demon Hunters in 24 famous character voices!!!

(Giving Tigger the line about "Put these patterns all in the past now" hit my heart a lot harder than I expected 🥹)

[jules-has-notes]

collaboration spotlight — This Is Halloween by Peter Hollens & friends

The Nightmare Before Christmas has become a holiday-spanning classic in the decades since its initial release, and a big part of that enduring enjoyment is Danny Elfman's incredibly catchy soundtrack. So it's no surprise that Peter wanted to put his own spin on this rollicking song. With the help of a handful of friends, he put together something joyously silly.

Details:

title: This Is Halloween

performers: Peter Hollens, feat. Brian Hull, Geoff Castellucci, Evynne Hollens, & Anthony Vincent

original performers: cast of The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

written by: Danny Elfman

arranged by: Peter Hollens

release date: 15 October 2021

My favorite bits:

the gentle vocal layering to ease the listener in before the beat drops

the KXVO pumpkin-head dancers appearing when Peter sings ♫ "Pumpkins scream" ♫ 🎃

the visual echos emanating from ♫ "everybody scream" ♫

having an otherwise unrelated Harry Potter cameo just so he can say ♫ "I am the one hiding under your stairs." ♫

Peter's trash can helmet that doesn't actually hide anything 🗑️

Anthony's fantastic metal growl of ♫ "Aren't you scared?" ♫

the spooky whispers echoing ♫ "the wind blowing through your hair" ♫ 🌬️

Geoff's emphatic eye acting as he recites Oogie Boogie's dialogue

the various characters slowly being replaced by more copies of Jack, particularly the ghost segment still being translucent

everyone disolving into chaos and laughter

Trivia:

As seen in the first few seconds of the video, Peter had received many requests for a full cover of this song after including an excerpt of it in his "Epic Halloween Medley" music video two years earlier.

The additional performers not explicitly credited are members of the Once Voice Productions team, who have worked on several of Peter's projects.

Both Geoff and Brian had guested in Peter's "Epic Christmas Movie Medley" video the year before.

Geoff had previously recorded two versions of this song with VoicePlay. The first was on their 2012 Disney album "Once Upon an Ever After", and the second was for their 2018 spooky season music video. He recited Oogie Boogie's lines in both of those renditions, as well.

Brian has also done two covers of this song. The first is comprised of his impressions of Disney villains through the decades, including Oogie Boogie. The second is a collaboration with Danielle Threet featuring their impressions of bad guys' sidekicks from various cartoons, including Jack's trio of mischievous trick-or-treaters.

Peter included this video in a massive Halloween compilation three years later.

[kaylarcreates]

I wanna shout out another person! A youtuber I use to be a moderator for.

Do you like cartoon impressions? go follow Brian Hull!

Brian Hull

Hey folks, I'm Brian Hull, the master of some of your favorite and most loveable cartoon character impressions, and this is where the fun ne

He's a super talented and awesome person! He's also very kind and funny! Go check out his channel!

[jules-has-notes]

collaboration spotlight — Epic Christmas Movie Medley by Peter Hollens

Music is a big part of Christmas season festivities, and holiday movies are no exception. Some existing songs have inspired the creation of films. Others have been written specifically for the movies they're in. Either way, a catchy tune has the power to bring a smile to your face and maybe even sing along. For this feel-good medley, Peter got his family and a couple new friends in on the act.

Details:

title: Epic Christmas Movie Medley (feat. Brian Hull & Geoff Castellucci)

performers: Peter Hollens, Evynne Hollens, Ashland Hollens, Brian Hull, & Geoff Castellucci

original songs / performers: "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" by Burl Ives in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964); [0:33] "White Christmas" by Bing Crosby & Marjorie Reynolds in Holiday Inn (1942); [1:08] "Frosty the Snowman" by Jimmy Durante in Frosty the Snowman (1969); [1:48] "Baby It's Cold Outside" by Esther Williams, Ricardo Montalbán, Betty Garrett, & Red Skelton in Neptune's Daughter (1949); [2:20] "Christmas Time Is Here" by the cast of A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965); [2:45] "The Snow Miser Song" by Dick Shawn & [3:13] "The Heat Miser Song" by George S. Irving in The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974); [3:36] "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" by Thurl Ravenscroft in How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966); [4:29] "Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town" by Fred Astaire in Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town (1970)

written by: "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" by John David Marks; "White Christmas" by Irving Berlin; "Frosty the Snowman" by Walter "Jack" Rollins and Steve Nelson; "Baby It's Cold Outside" by Frank Loesser; "Christmas Time Is Here" by Vince Guaraldi & Lee Mendelson; "The Snow Miser Song" & "The Heat Miser Song" by Maury Laws & Jules Bass; "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" by Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel & Albert Hague; "Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town" by J. Fred Coots & Haven Gillespie

arranged by: Peter Hollens

release date: 18 December 2020

My favorite bits:

introducing all the characters they're playing so folks can identify the movies, even the ones without songs in the medley

Ashland's sweet, clear tone in "Frosty" ⛄

Evynne's lovely crooning on "Baby It's Cold Outside" and her reactions as Peter shoves more and more food into his mouth

Snow Miser Peter and Heat Miser Brian messing with the characters in other sections of the screen ❄🔥

Geoff's luscious bass and Peter's semi-operatic tone in "Grinch"

their bouncy, syncopated take on "Santa Claus"

following ♫ "You better not pout" ♫ with "You'll shoot your eye out!" from A Christmas Story 🤭

reprising all the songs in the build-up to the ending

Peter's adorable fatherly pride in the outro

Trivia:

Because the video title is fairly long, many first-time viewers were surprised by Brian and Geoff's cameos since their names got cut off on the main YouTube page.

Geoff pops up in costume as Max the dog, who the Grinch conscripts into being his reindeer. VoicePlay's jazzier version of "You're A Mean One, Mister Grinch" (in which Layne briefly wore the antler headband) was released a few weeks earlier.

Brian first collaborated with Peter for his "Epic Disney Sidekicks Medley" the year before, and they have made occasional appearances in each other's projects over the years since.

Geoff and Brian both returned the following year to get spooky in Peter's cover of "This Is Halloween" from The Nightmare Before Christmas.

This video was the opening segment in a 25-minute compilation of Peter's holiday songs four years later.

Although they didn't include the song — because it's not from a movie, and also Ashland didn't want to — a commenter did note that it was fortuitous timing that the kiddo had lost his two front teeth before they filmed this.