Did you know there's an unofficial Ace Attorney musical out there? We can't believe we're only just learning about it, because it's been around since 2007. 2007!!!
However, it turns out that it might be the perfect time to find out about Turnabout: An Ace Attorney Musical, because the 90-minute first act of the musical was uploaded to YouTube on the project's 15th anniversary — the 25th November, 2022.
Act One covers the first case of the first Ace Attorney game, in which Larry Butz is acquitted of murdering Cindy Stone, and the second case, in which Maya Fey is acquitted of murdering her sister in a horrifying follow-up to Wright's initial victory. It features songs like "Justice For All", "The Objection Song", and "Redd White And You".
The musical is fully animated using the sprites, backgrounds, and text boxes from the game, but with an original script and soundtrack that draws on the personalities of the characters and events from the game.
Unfortunately, the release of Act One coincided with some bad news — the production company behind a virtual but live-action version of the musical announced that they were in need of funds after separating from their previous management. They are currently raising those funds online, and you can donate to the cause here.
Were you a die-hard Ace Attorney Musical fan back in the day? Tell us in the comments!
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Give me give me give me!
Knew about the project and the songs, but never saw these videos.
The music and songs are perfect honestly, I can't resist going back listening to them time to time.
Wait...Are they still active?! I stopped following cause I heard they had to give up on finishing the project... wonderful to hear they managed to get back to it!
@Fizza @Fizza @Fizza @Fizza AN ACE ATTORNEY MUSICAL!!!!!!
Reminds me of Man on the Internet.
The amount of effort that went into this is insane lol.
Is this the one Matthew Taranto (of Tadpole Treble and Brawl in the Family fame) is involved with?
@BrazillianCara yes! more or less. It's kind of a continuation/adaption of that version with a couple of the original people still helping iirc My brother is heavily involved with it and I'm so proud
Thank you so much for reporting on this Kate! It sounds like everyone involved is freaking out in the best way possible (including my brother)
Yes hello thank you for the article!!
@BakaKnight I had basically that same reaction last year! There's actually been 2 live productions (plus a standalone one act of Turnabout Samurai) since the full OST dropped in 2015. This production is an updated, condensed version of the original Turnabout Musical. And the virtual production coming up (with the GoFundMe linked) is of the original version --thank you so much for linking that btw! The cast discord kinda exploded with excitement.
@BrazillianCara Yep! I was involved with the original production and composed several of its songs. It ran pretty long though, so this version is a tightened-up take that would be much more manageable to perform onstage. Most of my songs are still here in some form though. The new team has done a great job ironing out the original version's wrinkles.
Wow! This is absolutely something I would've tried to get involved with had I known about it a lot sooner. Can't wait to watch
I'm so glad we got a giant fan on this site, I really need to get into my Fandom more! (But there is always this one game I haven't played fully yet! 😂)
@MatthewTaranto @QueerAlpaca @pippin97 hello all of you!!! It's wonderful to see you here in the comments! I'm glad you all liked the piece, and congrats on the release <3
(oh, and Matthew, I loved BITF back in the day, so an extra big thank you for making something ELSE that brought me joy)
@KateGray Thank you! Always so nice hearing from a fan.
@MatthewTaranto Personally, I would prefer if it ran longer if it didn't involve cutting out important parts like the time zone discrepancy in Case 1. Unlike a movie, people are willing to watch a play for over 2 1/2 hours as long as there's an intermission or two.
Hmm, I'm only about halfway through it, but I'm rather disappointed with the songs so far. The songs all sound like they're mere variations on a single, decent but not great, tune; while the singers are OK but not all that great either.
Even for an amateur production, it could do quite a bit better, as the music pales in comparison to "A Very Potter Musical."
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