okay, so, I did a little lazy wikipedia-ing on this, and. holy shit. Â
âMenken originally composed a âsoaringâ ballad entitled âI Canât Believe My Heartâ for Meg to sing in the film,[2] which he had intended to serve as a solo that conveys the heroine falling in love with Hercules.[3][4] However, Megâs supervising animator Ken Duncan disagreed with Menkenâs song because he believed the character was âtoo toughâ and âhardened by lifeâ to perform such a soft ballad.[2] The writers agreed that Meg âwasnât a ballad kind of girl.â[5] Therefore, Menken was prompted to write âI Wonât Say (Iâm in Love)â, the style of which he based on some of the girl group songs he had written for his stage musical Little Shop of Horrors â
Which was, of course, inspired by THIS
So basically, the song is the fucking Supremes by way of Broadway SET IN ANCIENT GREECE WITH STRAIGHT UP MAGICAL BACKUP SINGERS FFS
Oh, and, speaking of which: the Muses were played by, like, Legit Broadway Professionals, and Susan Egan who played Meg was apparently super humbled working with them and was basically just going as hard as she could in order to keep up, lmao. Â
âFamiliar with singers Cheryl Freeman, Lillias White, Vaneese Y. Thomas, LaChanze and Roz Ryanâs Broadway work, Egan felt intimated by their powerful voices and riffing abilities.[7] Egan recalled, âAlan would say, âOkay Lillias (White), just do a riff over there and LaChanze, you do a little something over here and Susan, just at the end, get from this note to this note and just do a riff.â I raise my hand and Iâm like, âUmm, can you plunk it out on the piano?â He looks at me like, âAre you kidding?ââ[7] While it took Egan half an hour to solidify only one of her riffs, the other singers recorded multiple takes of theirs within that same time; Egan was greatly humbled by the experience.â
So, uh, yeah. Thatâs a basic rundown of some of the reasosn why âwonât say Iâm in loveâ goes so fucking hard, lol. Â
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