How were the voice actors for Sam and Max chosen?
Before I start, this topic isn't about how the old lucasart voice actors are superior to the Telltale ones (I am satisfy with the new voices), but rather I am curious on how you chose the voices for the telltale games.
What I mean is when you had ppl auditioned the roles of our favorite canine and rabbit thingy, did you tell them to play Sam like Humphrey Bogard or did you use samples of the the hit the road game for them to mimic? I am curious on the process since you guys, Steve, or the voice director can choose a different sounding voice if you wanted to; like how the cartoon show voice for Sam sounds completey different the Hit the Road and the telltale s&m games.
What I mean is when you had ppl auditioned the roles of our favorite canine and rabbit thingy, did you tell them to play Sam like Humphrey Bogard or did you use samples of the the hit the road game for them to mimic? I am curious on the process since you guys, Steve, or the voice director can choose a different sounding voice if you wanted to; like how the cartoon show voice for Sam sounds completey different the Hit the Road and the telltale s&m games.
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I think I may cry myself to sleep now.
I guess I worded it wrong, but how they get Sam and Max sound similar to the original as oppose to sounding something else like the tv series? I am either thinking they played a sampe for them to mimic or the director told them to do an impression of some famous icon like Humphrey Bogard.
That reminded me of the Futurama episode where Kif (sp?) gets pregnant and they have to figure out who contributed the DNA.
Not me. I was first.
In the case of newly created characters, we typically write up a brief summary of the character's personality, as well as some possible similar voices. For some, we have a fairly specific idea of the voice in mind. For example, Mr. Featherly the chicken actor was supposed to be reminiscent of Don Knotts on-camera, and someone like Patrick Stewart off.
Is it just me, or did the voice actor for the 'bug' change in episode 4? I'm sure the credits showed a different name...
No, actually it was 4 darts, 1 knife and 1 ax. They throw it all in one shot, just like Sam did in the original version.
The bug's voice actor operates under many names.
The old actors are also doing quite well for themselves. From what I read, Nick "Max" Jameson got Lucas-related work with Senator Palpatine in the SW cartoons.
Bill "Sam" Farmer is still working in the games voice-over industry with recent classics such as "Destroy all humans!", and as a double-sider, he also has the roles of Goofy and Pluto to look after for any future Disney projects, which includes the Kingdom Hearts games.
Besides, aside from both the actors gaining 14 years since Hit The Road now, they'd still sound different even if they got the part, despite their training. The human voice is always subtly changing, even if only slightly. It's why singers and voice actors always practice to keep "in shape".
They weren't chosen, but were instead grown in a vat for this one job and summarily disposed of for being hacks.