Do they still use tiger roars in the 2019 "Lion King" movie?
In the original Lion King movie, the lion's roars (or at least Mufasa's) was not actually a lion's roar; it was a combination of other sounds. From the wikia:
The roar that Mufasa roars offscreen before saving Simba and Nala from the hyenas isn't actually a real lion's roar, but the combination of a grizzly's roar, a tiger's roar and F-16 Flyby[sic]1 Falcon.
This was due to the fact that a lion's roar was not actually as "powerful" as they wanted it to be, in the original movie.
Is this still the case in the 2019 remake?
1The actual name of the aircraft is the "Fighting Falcon".
Best Answer
It's not a lion's roar for sure and the F-35 was involved. For detail take the word of God from the Hollywood Reporter:
Did you use other archival elements from the animated movie?
There's a moment where Simba roars and we think, "My God, how did he make that sound?" and we come to discover it's Mufasa. And Jon said, "In that scene, I think they used some things other than lion vocals to get that intensity to the roar" and [supervising sound editor Frank Eulner and I] said, "Okay, we better get those elements." They had actually used an F-14 (aircraft) as a component and a number of other things. So, I took that and I thought, "Okay cool, I can use that. I'll put it in, but let me embellish it and see if we can make it even cooler." And so I used an F-35 and some other elements, and that roar became a big climatic moment that borrows from the original track and also is kind of glorified by other elements as well, some of which are not lion, and that's the only case where I did that. I was very careful that we used lion recordings in every other moment of the film.
Also from MPAA:
Boyes says. “Jon wanted to reference the original film so the Mufasa roar you hear is the same but we included additional elements as it’s meant to be one of the strongest roars in the film.”
There are no specific words about using a tiger's roar but it suggests they did it same as the animated version with some addition.
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Did they use tiger roars in The Lion King?
The lions roaring in the original film weren't lions at all. Real lions don't actually have a very ferocious roar. So instead the movie makers used tiger roars in some scenes. But many of the best roars came from this guy, Frank Welker with the help of his trash can.Why do they use tiger roars for lions in movies?
The roar is "actually that of a tiger," says Mangini. "Lions don't make that kind of ferocious noises, and the logo needed to be ferocious and majestic." So you're actually hearing a tiger roar every time you settle in to enjoy a fine film from MGM's 007 or Barbershop or Gnomeo & Juliet franchises.Does the lion still roar loudly?
The lion has the loudest roar of all the big cats. It's so loud it can reach 114 decibels (at a distance of around one metre) and can be heard from as far away as five miles. This volume is all to do with the shape of the cat's larynx.The Lion King Full Movie in Hindi || Hollywood Movie Full HD 1080p
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