“I have to give a lot of love to Associate Professor of Music Nathan Link, who took my then nascent love of bluegrass guitar, gave it a community of like-minded musicians and set me up to go out into the world playing folk songs, or in many instances, folk-arranged pop songs (the very skill which, 10 years later, helped us land the role in Pitch Perfect 3),” he concluded. While at Centre, Hortillosa was heavily involved in music and theater and was a part of Centre Players, Centre Encore and the Kentucky Music Ensemble. “She’s been flying down to Austin to record and play live shows together.” “We’ve decided to start a band called Robin Alice, and I’m currently producing our first album together,” he said. On set, Hortillosa met vocalist and actress Kelley Jakle, and ever since, have been corresponding and co-writing music together. Since filming, Whiskey Shivers has branched out musically and are collaborating with rapper Trinidad James, who was also in the movie. “People ask if Anna Kendrick is as hilarious and tiny in real life as she seems, and the answer is yes.” “The actors were all cool,” he continued.
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Little did we know a movie production is a nonstop 1,000-person team doing their best for months on end to make the 95 minutes you see in theaters. And I can’t fail to mention the army of highly skilled technical people, lighting directors, continuity directors, the producers and sound engineers. “Hair and makeup, costumes, grips, cameras and behind the scenes people. “Everyone was really great at their job, and there were so many jobs going on around us all the time,” he explained. We normally consider ourselves lucky if we get fed at a gig, and this place had a giant catering tent, round the clock snack trucks and hard-working production assistants who would bring us coffee.”īeing on a film set for the first time, the band members were able to see everything that happens behind the scenes and how many people it takes to make a multi-million-dollar production.
“They flew us up from Austin whenever they’d need us. “We filmed the whole thing in Atlanta,” he said. Hortillosa described the experience as absolutely surreal. We recorded the demos, they picked one they liked, and that was it.
They asked us to record several demos of whatever pop covers we could. “She sent the ad and our music videos over to Universal Studios producers, and they liked us. “In 2016, she gets the job directing Pitch Perfect 3, so she messages me saying they need a country band and would we like to be in it,” he continued. We became friends, and I chatted her up about being in Whisky Shivers, and that even though we’re not big, we’d like to one day work with her. “Our friend Nick Garza, who works in advertising in Austin, had worked on a project with her and tagged me in her Facebook post. “A director and choreographer by the name of Trish Sie, known for the OK Go! music videos, as well as the Step-Up films, reposted the article,” he said. In 2014, Hortillosa created a funny Craigslist ad called Eye Candy Lawn Service, which ended up going viral, including a week on the front page of the Austin Reddit.
The award-winning, nationally-touring bluegrass band, from Austin, Texas, was featured in the “riff-off” scene in Pitch Perfect 3, now in theaters. 59.5M subscribers Subscribe 458K 55M views 5 years ago Pitch Perfect 3 - Cheap Thrills: The Bellas nervously jump into their first performance at the USO Show in Spain with a rendition of. But actress Anna Kendrick reportedly refused to pre-record her vocals, telling Collider, "One of the things I was really insistent on was that whenever I'm singing alone in the movie, I'm singing live on set." Whether in a studio or on set, we're shocked by all the actors' impressive musical talents.Centre College alumnus Jeff Hortillosa ’09 and his band Whiskey Shivers had the opportunity of a lifetime to be a part of a multi-million-dollar production.
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With dancing, jumping, plus some splits, it's easy to see why. That being said, ScreenRant describes how some actors chose to pre-record their real voices in a studio for the first Pitch Perfect, rather than sing live on set. In essence, it's clear that Pitch Perfect actors are really singing in the movie - and yeah, we're even bigger fans now. As Astin told the outlet, "what was cool about filming was that everybody had their unique style and personality," explaining how one cast member sang it like an operatic aria, while Astin improvised a high note that landed him a writing credit. In fact, Pitch Perfect actors Anna Camp and Skylar Astin talked to ClevverTV about singing "Since U Been Gone" by Kelly Clarkson live on set.
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