[JSS] 27- Trial By Pilate

[@TheLKMproject]

I love this version because Alexander shows so much emotion and regret in his choice to kill Jesus!

[@TheLKMproject]

+ironfire98 the guy who plays him

[@David13579]

He really grew on me, his emotion shows he doesn’t have any interest in sentencing a “mad man” to death He flogs him, but for his sake, his position. He crucified JC

[@malzo2154]

Hes shit compared to the pilate from the 2000 film

[@xo_sophie_xo1972]

Gio Art that pilate scares me, too dramatic. over exaggerating isn’t acting.

[@thetimeshadow6769]

I think Alexander Hanson is really good, but I don’t think there will EVER be one better than Barry Dennen. The way Barry Dennen mocks Jesus with the way he says silly words is brilliant. The point is that Pilate didn’t want to have Jesus killed. Thats why there are lines like: ‘He’s done no wrong’ and ‘I need a crime.

[@MaestraWashu]

This is the most intense scene in the arena tour show imo. The villains, Pontius Pilate included, have largely been played for comedy camp up til now, but in this scene Alexander Hanson is playing Pilate with deadly seriousness. The crowd calling for Jesus's death, and the guitar riff from "Heaven on Their Minds" playing during the 39 lashes while the blood spatter on the video screen grows and grows until it's almost a complete wash of red...it was literally breathtaking the first time I watched it.

[@zod1123]

Brought to this play by Tim, stayed for Tim... came back over and over again for Alexander Hanson

[@geniehossain3738]

Literally same

[@beanvillus]

I really like Pilate's tone when he says "you're a fool Jesus Christ - How can I help you?" because it's a certain kind of emotion I can't really express in words. He's schocked, he's scared of this truth, he's denying it, like "No, this cannot be! There must be a way... I can't - How can I help you? How can you possibly be so quiet when you will be killed?!" He doesn't understand, he's desperate, panicking, he doesn't know what to do and just can't understand how Jesus can be so calm. It's so many emotions and such a change of tone in a few seconds, at this part his despair really comes through for the first time. It has been there before, but now you can see it clearly, he doesn't want this. So yeah, that's why I find this so cool.

[@Lighting_Desk]

The guitar riff while jebus get whipped is the best part in my opinion of the score. The build is intense!

[@kasendoel3353]

It's from heaven in their minds

[@michaelwilliamybarra2409]

@@kasendoel3353 It's also in the overture(which is basically, in of itself, an instrumental summary of this number to the symphonic opening of the title song), which I feel not only sets up visually the world we are in for the rest of the show, but also could be interpreted as looking through a window into Judas's mind before pulling back outside suddenly(by the abrupt ending of the title song opening) as Judas stops to see the chorus vocalizing the "On Thursday Night" melody he himself later sings at the end of "Damned for All Time/Blood Money", which is then followed by the "Well done/So Long Judas" chords being played by the strings at the end. That would make this guitar solo appearing in "Heaven on Their Minds" almost like Judas is having a near accurate vision of whats to come, but without the context needed for it to make sense of HOW this would happen(like how in the Disney Channel show "That's so Raven", when Raven has her sidekick visions, they’re sometimes shown so out of context that Raven doesn't realize till later in the episode how they will actually play out) until it is too late. For it to appear again in G minor when Judas hangs himself is pretty much him envisioning how he will end his own life knowing how damned he pretty much is by that point. For this matter, I consider calling this guitar solo the "Torture" Leitmotif, as it appears whenever things have become(or are yet/set to become) the most grim and brutal mentally(Judas's prediction and meltdown) or physically(Jesus being whipped here) in the story. It only appears in the Overture/Trial and in Heaven as the catalyst needed to set into motion what happens for the rest of the plot till it appears again now, with OUR full understanding of what's to happen WITH context in tact! (It’s second to last appearance in Judas’s Death can also be seen, of course, as Judas starting to realize the true and uncontainable extent of his visions in his most vulnerable moment) What do you guys think? :)

[@silk1311]

Lol jebus

[@crikeykiosk7120]

1:00 omgosh ben has such an amazing voice! I love this bit of music

[@kdeggraham895]

Me too!

[@Настасья-о5х]

OMG this counting part... Sometimes you just wait for it to finish but Alexander puts so much meaning and changing emotions in this! So great to listen and watch

[@benkenobi5128]

I love how much emotion they put in pilate a voice instead of making him sound like a robot

[@bug7266]

0:46 that guitar riff... 😳😳😳

[@thetimeshadow6769]

This Is Brilliant! I flipping love this song! SO Underrated! THIS IS MY FAVOURITE SONG IN THE WHOLE SHOW!

[@DMCMT01]

Best Pilate going if you ask me

[@thatssofetch3481]

Absolutely

[@malzo2154]

See a doctor and get well soon

[@adamjparsons82]

100%

[@thetimeshadow6769]

My 2nd favourite. He could have been my favourite if it weren’t for Barry Dennen

[@gemmaleighton3308]

One of my favourite songs from JCS thanks for uploading all the songs from this amazing musical

[@emilysamanthataylor]

honestly what a performance

[@tommartin2060]

Hands down best Pilate EVER!!!!

[@ogaoms8985]

Honestly 39 lashes is the only part of the musical that I can't listen to. I get shivers down my spine everytime and eventually skip. It just hurts so badly, but that only means it did its job... 🤕😬😣

[@retrogamingbrothersinc4576]

This play is sooooo good

[@kdeggraham895]

5:54 to the end is my favourite part!

[@heather7864]

Fave fave fave fave

[@kdeggraham895]

Best version in my opinion!!

[@ZgermanGuy.]

was I the only one who thought the guy that played Pilate kind of looked like david hasselhof?

[@minecraftdoctorwhoadventur6159]

I thought he kind of looked like bradley walsh

[@kdeggraham895]

@@minecraftdoctorwhoadventur6159 OMG me too! From The Chase!!!

[@Redruby2600]

I LOVE from 5:55 on. Maaaan !!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@FrainBreezeMusic]

+Red Ruby you heard the 1973 version?

[@tankmaster1018]

+FrainBreezeMusic | Music Promotion Hey man not have seen it but I have hundreds of times... And this is WAY better man. I mean I love the original version but the Pilate in that version just basically screamed the last section without hitting any of the notes. I mean it was emotional and powerful as hell but NOWHERE near as musically impressive as this version. I mean this Pilate both nailed the screaming regret of those lines and hit all of the notes!

[@localboys7449]

tankmaster1018 This is autotuned lol

[@lukedabford1825]

FrainBreezeMusic | Music Promotion How about the original 1972 album?

[@thatssofetch3481]

Arjun pretty sure this song wasn’t, only Judas/Tim Minchin was.

[@crikeykiosk7120]

The way tim designed this is genius

[@avasanbas1966]

Laurence Connor directed it not Tim

[@michaelwilliamybarra2409]

Which "tim" are you talking about? Minchin, Rice, etc.?

[@michaelsurname609]

I really want to find rock music with this level of vocal emotion. Everywhere I look I get boring growling metal or milktoast pop ballads.

[@One_Flew_West]

Dan Vasc is pretty good for emotion.

[@sailorsally]

5:55

[@TubaMaverick]

SallyandJohnny if you see the DVD of this, Pilate is spitting all over the place

[@unclearimage]

What's being said in the background at 1:54, sounds like a parrot trying to talk.

[@michellemuir2249]

The ensemble are saying “We need him crucified it’s all you have to do.”

[@unclearimage]

@@michellemuir2249 No, I hear the chorus- I mean the barely audible voice underneath it all.

[@billywright4483]

Trial by Pilate

[@kdeggraham895]

Yup!

[@octavianusLeEmperorid6os]

I find this song a very good rendition although I have a slight problem with it. Jesus isn't supposed to grunt when he is whipped, which is why Pilate asked why he was so silent. I think this is the only one where Jesus expresses his pain as he is flogged.

[@FoxyThePirate1983]

IS BEN FOSTER

[@catharmony2220]

:o

[@malzo2154]

1:13 that autotune nearly made me cry. How can people say this is the best version when its riddled with autotune

[@Orion3101]

I personally enjoy it despite the autotune, but if you don’t like it then nobody’s forcing you to watch it

[@kdeggraham895]

@@Orion3101yes, i agree

[@ZombishTurkey]

it was so much better live. they added the autotune later on.

[@ZombishTurkey]

just noticed that it says "by the sackful" and not "By the siphon"