Bryan Cranston (6,082 views)

[EddieCheivz]

Vocal Range: B1-E5
Voice Type: Baritone (if he actually belongs to some vocal register)
Years Active: 1980-Present
Nationality: Northamerican

Bryan Cranston is a very famous actor and producer for TV and cinema, being very famous for plays characters as "Walter White" (Heisenberg) from "Breaking Bad", or "Hal" father of Malcolm from "Malcolm in the Middle", for say some of his most recognizables ones. Looks like he has some of vocal ability, he's known for got a relaxing low voice as well, pretty quiet and calm.
PD: Really looks like he sang all that parts from that episode from Malcolm called  “Dewey's Opera”, so i stand on this way until see contundent points to refute it.

Significant High Notes:

E5 ("Dewey's Opera” Lois & Hal vision)
G♯4 (“Bryan Cranston Song” Saturday Night Live)
G4 ("I Can't Be Your Boy (Cuz I'm a Grown Man)" The Late Late Show with James Corden)
F♯4 (“I Can't Be Your Boy (Cuz I'm a Grown Man)" The Late Late Show with James Corden)
F4 (“Bryan Cranston Song” Saturday Night Live)
E4 (“Bryan Cranston Song” Saturday Night Live, “Dewey's Opera” Dewey's vision, “Dewey's Opera” Lois & Hal vision, “I Can't Be Your Boy (Cuz I'm a Grown Man)" The Late Late Show with James Corden, "On the Street Where You Live" public performance, “Random interview”)
E♭4 ("On the Street Where You Live" public performance, “Singing on 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards”)
D4 (“Dewey's Opera” Dewey's vision, “Dewey's Opera” Lois & Hal vision, “Singing on 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards”)

Significant Low Notes:

C♯3 (“The Bjelland Brothers” Saturday Night Live, “Bryan Cranston Song” Saturday Night Live, “Singing on Breaking Bad Behind scenes” 4th season)
B2 (“Bryan Cranston's Super Sweet 60”, “Dewey's Opera” Lois & Hal vision, "You're No Good" The Kelly Clarkson Show)
A2 (“Dewey's Opera” Dewey's vision, "I Can't Be Your Boy (Cuz I'm a Grown Man)" The Late Late Show with James Corden, "You're No Good" The Kelly Clarkson Show)
G♯2 (“A Horse With No Name" (on the shower) Breaking Bad S3E2)
G2 (“Dewey's Opera” Dewey's vision, “Dewey's Opera” Lois & Hal vision, "I Can't Be Your Boy (Cuz I'm a Grown Man)" The Late Late Show with James Corden)
F♯2 (“The Bjelland Brothers” Saturday Night Live, “Dewey's Opera” Dewey's vision, “A Horse With No Name" (driving) Breaking Bad S3E2, “Sound of Silence” The Late Late Show with James Corden)
F2 ("It's Your Thing" Malcolm in the Middle S1E1)
E2 (“Hats with Bryan Cranston”, “A Horse With No Name" (driving) Breaking Bad S3E2, “Singing on Breaking Bad Behind scenes” 4th season, “Sound of Silence” The Late Late Show with James Corden)
D2 (“A Horse With No Name" (on the shower) Breaking Bad S3E2, "Tampico Furniture Commercial" Breaking Bad S1E3)
C♯2 ("Humming during call with Aaron Paul" Instagram live video)
C2 (“Hats with Bryan Cranston” 0:30 & 0:37, "Humming on the shower" Breaking Bad S3E2)
B1 ("Tampico Furniture Commercial" Breaking Bad S1E3)

SPOILER: Click to show

{QUESTIONABLE NOTES}
E2 ("I Can't Be Your Boy (Cuz I'm a Grown Man)" The Late Late Show with James Corden (5)
B1 (“A Horse With No Name" Breaking Bad S3E2 (5)
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.

*Underlines marks notes sung in backing vocals/harmonies
*Italics marks non melodic/sung notes.
*Blue marks soft falsetto notes.
*Gray marks growl notes.
*Boldface marks noteworthy singer's capabalities.

[Osmosis]

That G2 was great, never new he sang because I have only ever seen him in Breaking Bad and a few films here and there.

[Macca]

There is No Way That E5 Is Him

[Platypus]

B1

Singing from the 3rd episode of Breaking Bad.

[fallenalien]

Jun 15, 2022 8:48:49 GMT Macca said:

There is No Way That E5 Is Him

There is a way.

[clem]

Doesn't seem super unlikely to me either. E5 in falsetto isn't crazy high, and a lot of actors have had a bit of voice coaching at some point.

[Steingrim]

Jun 15, 2022 13:35:38 GMT clem said:

Doesn't seem super unlikely to me either. E5 in falsetto isn't crazy high, and a lot of actors have had a bit of voice coaching at some point.

If Castellucci can do a falsetto A5 in his sleep then there's a fair chance that some baritone can do an E5 - even without any training. The sync between video and sound is off in the video, that makes it look like it isn't him.

[Platypus]

malcolminthemiddle.tktv.net/Episodes6/11.html

Apperently, Cranston did sing his own parts for that episode. It's not too unbelievable either, since there are a fair bit of post-prodution artifacts on some parts of the song.

[Macca]

what i mean that the E5 is not him is because that falsetto is too soft to be him i imagine his falsetto to be stronger

[Osmosis]

Since the "Dewey's Opera" has two different E4s you're counting I think it would be better to have the one note, then subscript the two versions instead of having "Dewey's Opera" listed twice.

[kaji]

Jun 15, 2022 15:50:32 GMT Macca said:

what i mean that the E5 is not him is because that falsetto is too soft to be him i imagine his falsetto to be stronger

There is many different ways to coordinate head voice. It is not a stretch that he'd be able to make it soft like this. Especially at a pitch like E5 which while high, is not ridiculously high (in M2). 

[rootyrootz]

It's not that he couldn't hit E5 (I'm certain he could) but I do feel like the E5 just doesn't have the right timbre, it distinctly sounds like a female voice to me

[EddieCheivz]

Nahh, at least in any case you can only say is not his timbre, but say it sounds like female is some stretch. And say is not his timbre is a bit wrong as well, cause is not like he only can sound on one just way on his singing. There are many posible ways to get an softer sound with the enough experience and vocal trainging, even being a bass. I'd agree with kaji for example when he says E5 is a very good point for a male to pull up his falsetto register and for the force of the shoot could create a better projected note, making a good sound on it at the same time is not so high for cannot show that control or "tenderness" on his falsetto.

Aside that he got some high ability as well, but is not visible on this thread cause obviously are not countables, here for example you got him screaming topping until B♭5 (tell me, is this Bryan regular "timbre"?):


Here for example we can see him imitating Kevin Hart and doing some black and rough C♯5s: (he do not sound on only one way)



ADDITIONAL NOTE FOR Platypus :
BTW how can you achieve that Breaking Bad fragment so easily? I mean, loool Do you think you can do something similar with a "Malcolm" episode? I can remember literally on first episode from first season, just after the opening Lois is shaving chest to Hal and she is singing a song and after Lois, Bryan sings one verse, remember some kinda low.
I can only find it dubbed on my language on Internet and i have not Netflix or something since much time.

[Brenda]

Jun 16, 2022 2:12:01 GMT EddieCheivz said:

ADDITIONAL NOTE FOR Platypus :
BTW how can you achieve that Breaking Bad fragment so easily? I mean, loool Do you think you can do something similar with a "Malcolm" episode? I can remember literally on first episode from first season, just after the opening Lois is shaving chest to Hal and she is singing a song and after Lois, Bryan sings one verse, remember some kinda low.
I can only find it dubbed on my language on Internet and i have not Netflix or something since much time.

I can help.

www.4shared.com/mp3/to9kxiHkiq/its_your_thing.html?

Song "It's Your Thing" by The Isley Brothers, note sounds like an F2 to me.

[Steingrim]

Jun 16, 2022 0:49:55 GMT rootyrootz said:

It's not that he couldn't hit E5 (I'm certain he could) but I do feel like the E5 just doesn't have the right timbre, it distinctly sounds like a female voice to me

Here's a low bass singing octave 5 falsetto notes. Sounds like a female voice to me. He takes it up to A5 too.

[kaji]

Ivan Rebroff's voice teacher has classified him as a bass-baritone (I have also seen one interview list the Italian term dramatic baritone for him).

[Steingrim]

Jun 16, 2022 18:20:02 GMT kaji said:

Ivan Rebroff's voice teacher has classified him as a bass-baritone (I have also seen one interview list the Italian term dramatic baritone for him).

He's very rangey, just like Castellucci is. By timbre they sound like basses to me, just not quite as bassey as Kurt Moll. Basses seem to be referred to as bass-baritones if they can sing higher than the default bass range (E2-E4) in a useful way.  

Ivan Rebroff has an impressive falsetto range, it's not merely extensive like it is with Castellucci. There isn't that much timbre left with non-mixed falsetto. Maybe that is part of why it is commonly called falsetto, as in false. So it's difficult to judge falsetto notes by timbre. Rebroff's E5s in the video are quite soft too. The softness departs towards the top of his range though.

[kaji]

Jun 16, 2022 18:43:41 GMT Steingrim said:

Jun 16, 2022 18:20:02 GMT kaji said:

Ivan Rebroff's voice teacher has classified him as a bass-baritone (I have also seen one interview list the Italian term dramatic baritone for him).

He's very rangey, just like Castellucci is. By timbre they sound like basses to me, just not quite as bassey as Kurt Moll. Basses seem to be referred to as bass-baritones if they can sing higher than the default bass range (E2-E4) in a useful way.  

Ivan Rebroff has an impressive falsetto range, it's not merely extensive like it is with Castellucci. There isn't that much timbre left with non-mixed falsetto. Maybe that is part of why it is commonly called falsetto, as in false. So it's difficult to judge falsetto notes by timbre. Rebroff's E5s in the video are quite soft too. The softness departs towards the top of his range though.

Ivan has recorded quite a bit of classical repertoire and he sounds distinctly baritonal in much of it. If you listen to his unmiked material live (it exists), the way his voice carries in the lower and the middle registers is also indicative of a baritone. 

Geoff admits he is not a natural bass either. 

[Steingrim]

Jun 16, 2022 20:21:06 GMT kaji said:

Jun 16, 2022 18:43:41 GMT Steingrim said:

He's very rangey, just like Castellucci is. By timbre they sound like basses to me, just not quite as bassey as Kurt Moll. Basses seem to be referred to as bass-baritones if they can sing higher than the default bass range (E2-E4) in a useful way.  

Ivan Rebroff has an impressive falsetto range, it's not merely extensive like it is with Castellucci. There isn't that much timbre left with non-mixed falsetto. Maybe that is part of why it is commonly called falsetto, as in false. So it's difficult to judge falsetto notes by timbre. Rebroff's E5s in the video are quite soft too. The softness departs towards the top of his range though.

Ivan has recorded quite a bit of classical repertoire and he sounds distinctly baritonal in much of it. If you listen to his unmiked material live (it exists), the way his voice carries in the lower and the middle registers is also indicative of a baritone. 

Geoff admits he is not a natural bass either. 

I saw the video where Castellucci talks about that. He mentioned how he loses power below C#2 or D2, meaning that he isn't a natural low bass even though he can easily reach and project A1 or G#1 on any given day. How many singers are natural basses in that sense ? Extremely few. The problem with that is that now "everyone" is a baritone, even though their useful ranges may vary enormously.

[kaji]

Jun 16, 2022 21:01:25 GMT Steingrim said:

Jun 16, 2022 20:21:06 GMT kaji said:

Ivan has recorded quite a bit of classical repertoire and he sounds distinctly baritonal in much of it. If you listen to his unmiked material live (it exists), the way his voice carries in the lower and the middle registers is also indicative of a baritone. 

Geoff admits he is not a natural bass either. 

I saw the video where Castellucci talks about that. He mentioned how he loses power below C#2 or D2, meaning that he isn't a natural low bass even though he can easily reach and project A1 or G#1 on any given day. How many singers are natural basses in that sense ? Extremely few. The problem with that is that now "everyone" is a baritone, even though their useful ranges may vary enormously.

That's exactly the point. Natural basses (and contraltos) are very rare. There's a difference in singing bass, and being a bass. 

[Steingrim]

Jun 16, 2022 22:51:11 GMT kaji said:

Jun 16, 2022 21:01:25 GMT Steingrim said:

I saw the video where Castellucci talks about that. He mentioned how he loses power below C#2 or D2, meaning that he isn't a natural low bass even though he can easily reach and project A1 or G#1 on any given day. How many singers are natural basses in that sense ? Extremely few. The problem with that is that now "everyone" is a baritone, even though their useful ranges may vary enormously.

That's exactly the point. Natural basses (and contraltos) are very rare. There's a difference in singing bass, and being a bass. 

Several hundred years ago the designations for opera singers were simply bass and tenor. Baritone was introduced later. At the same time, the halls got larger and especially the orchestras. The demand on volume towards the bottom of the range increased a lot. Fewer singers were able to be heard below the bass cleft, below G2. Now that required a rarity called "the natural bass", and that is the one needed for singing bass in an opera. Even among operatic basses, the ability to sing the lowest notes with good volume, varies a lot. Comparing Osmin's low D across basses reveals that. Castellucci finds singing bass in large choirs taxing and they probably want him to boom low Cs without a microphone, which he cannot. Glenn Miller has no problem singing low C at 100 decibels : youtu.be/UCYVh3mX1S4?t=102 The true basso profundo voice is like one in a million though.

What happens when someone gives them a microphone ? Now singing before hundreds or even thousands of people becomes possible for singers with less than an enormous voice across their entire range. The number of potential singers, especially potential bass singers, just became much higher. Some of them may in fact have better voices than the rare natural bass has, just in other areas.

If one's best two octaves on a microphone are C2-C4 then I'd call that a bass singer. Mine are probably G2-G4 som I'm not really. I'm bass capable, but that is more of an ability than a natural domain.

[rebaru]

ok but he's not an opera singer (!)

[Steingrim]

Jun 23, 2022 17:53:15 GMT rebaru said:

ok but he's not an opera singer (!)

Bryan Cranston ? The OP suggests that he is a baritone, if anything. Some singer.

[misanthropicsquid]

Jesse?, Huh Mr White, Listen Jesse (Enter The Heisenrange) Jesse Shocked In Amazement

[EddieCheivz]

Does anyone know song name??
EDIT: Is just an improvisation, no? lool

Also that C♯3 section still working? or can we say it goodbye?