If there is one contemporary song that has already become one of the most iconic songs of all time, it is the Oscar and Golden Globe song "Shallow" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, released in 2018 and was the main musical theme of the movie "A Star Is Born".
In a recent statement, Mark Ronson, who was in charge of producing the song, revealed that he did not need to further edit Lady Gaga's voice, as the original recording was already perfect.
The producer talked about the creation of "Shallow" during the documentary series "Watch The Sound" that he presents on Apple TV.
Mark Ronson referred to what he considers to be the most powerful instrument in recorded music, the human voice, using Lady Gaga's voice as an example.
"Shallow" is a rare case of a song that I wrote but did not produce. So I was just there during the creation process. "It was a bit cloudy that day or two when we worked on this song," he explained.
"(Lady Gaga) came into the studio and I think she sat at the piano first. He said: ‘I have an idea. And I think he had some chords. As soon as she sang the song in this gently heartbreaking way and her voice, all my hair stood on end. The voice. "There is nothing in the world that sounds like a voice."
Mark Ronson
When asked if she could use Auto-Tune on Lady Gaga's vocals, she replied "it sounds pretty good to me, but we could just try it" and tried to use the tool in "Shallow", which distorted her voice. pop star.
"She doesn't really do much, because her pitch (Lady Gaga's voice) is so good that Auto-Tune has nothing to fix. "You can understand it, it's just a bit boring," he said.
Mark Ronson said it was not necessary to use tricks like auto-tune, although it is a very common tool applied to recordings to perfect certain imperfections, however subtle they may be.
When the software crashed, he joked that Lady Gaga's vocals were very good.
"There is no plugin in the world that can make you do this," he said.
