A dream come true

With this week’s release of the new live-action Snow White film comes the fulfilment of a lifelong dream for one local musician, Amelie Eiding of 7000apart, who was chosen to be the voice of Snow White in the Swedish version of the film.

Eiding is no stranger to voice acting, although her time as an exchange student in Green Bay and subsequent music career with her high school sweetheart turned music partner and husband Jonathan Kresin have meant occasionally stepping back from the studio over the years.

“I started voice acting when I was 10, thanks to a family friend connection, and I have been doing it ever since,” she said. “When I moved to the US, I kind of lost touch with them a bit and I didn’t do as much, but now that I’ve been back in Sweden, I’ve been able to come into the studio a little bit more often. I still can’t do running TV shows, since I’m always on tour in the US, but they’ve been taking me in for smaller things here and there, both singing and dialogue.”

It was late last year that Eiding got the opportunity to audition for Snow White.

“They called me to this audition and they sent me this trailer and I was like, ‘Oh my gosh. Am I going to be able to do this?’” Eiding recalled. “I got to do the voice test in late December — right before Christmas. And then I waited, and I waited and I waited.”

And during a photoshoot for 7000apart, Eiding got the news that the part was hers.

“I started crying and my heartbeat got really fast,” Eiding said. “I called my mom and I definitely reacted very emotionally.”

Voicing a Disney princess, Eiding said, has been a goal of hers ever since she learned it was a possibility.

“It was a dream,” she said. “It has always been a dream of mine, ever since I understood that voice acting was a thing that you could do and that people voiced princesses for Disney. That’s something that has always been one of the top things on my dream list. But I never really thought that it would happen to me.”

And now that it has, Eiding said she is honored to be the one to bring the music of Snow White to Swedish viewers.

“I got to sing the new original songs by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, who are some of my favorite songwriters of all time,” she said. “That was, I think, the biggest thing that really stuck with me. I got to originate these songs in Swedish. It’s such an honor. I love the music. And then also being able to bring the classics to life, like ‘Whistle While You Work.’ The process was just really amazing. I worked with an amazing team — some of them I’ve known for 20 years since I started voice acting. I just adored the whole process.”

Now that the recording is done and the movie is out, Eiding said she hopes her story inspires others to continue pursuing their own dreams.

“If I can achieve my dream, then you can achieve yours,” she said.

And now that this dream of hers has been achieved, Eiding said she’s looking forward to turning her focus back to 7000apart.

“Doing more music with 7000apart and being able to tour the world with my husband, Jonathan. That’s really the next big thing, for sure,” she said.

7000apart has shows in De Pere at The Porch on Friday, March 21, and in Appleton at The Northland on Saturday, March 29, before the band will head overseas with several shows scheduled in Sweden throughout the spring.

The duo is also currently working on their third album, with a Kickstarter campaign running to raise funds for the production process in lieu of a traditional record label.

Learn more about 7000apart’s upcoming shows and how to support their next album at 7000apart.com.