What is it with sound that so many people are utterly clueless about? You can fool most people, placing a midi orchestra in place of the real deal and most would never know or even suspect. You got a well known actress belt a line and "Omg, it actually sounds good! So it must be a Broadway singer!!!"
I am relieved that more than a handful of you consider the natural tendency we have all experienced of subconsciously mimicking a singer on a recording. I agree that that's the case here.
It just seems like so much trouble to dub when Streep is more than competent to pull it off on her own. I don't agree that she sounded awful in Mamma Mia. She sounded rough and throaty in some parts but she also sounds like that as the Witch in Into the Woods. And Streep's voice has sounded beautiful many times before and she does have a vibrato. I don't know what y'all smoking but I'd like some pleaaaaaaaaase.
Recreation of original John Cameron orchestration to "On My Own" by yours truly. Click player below to hear.