2719 HYPERION : The Soundtracks of Our Memories

Brilliant! I have that very Music of Walt Disney's...

2007-08-13T09:16:00.000-04:00

Brilliant! I have that very Music of Walt Disney's Magic Kingdom and Epcot CD and it's positively irreplacable. Of course, I originally had it on cassette tapes because practically no one had CD players when I first picked up that gem in like 1989. It's my favorite of the theme park albums. I wish some of those attractions were still around to enjoy, but at least we still have the music. Thanks so much for your great post. It really took me back.

You can listen to "A Day At Disneyland" with Walt ...

2007-08-10T13:35:00.000-04:00

You can listen to "A Day At Disneyland" with Walt Disney And the voice of Cliff Edwards as Jiminy Cricket at Sorcerer's Workshop.org, just go to the "1958" link.

http://sorcerersworkshop.org/1958welcome.shtml

You will also find many other audio treasures, spiels, and scripts from vintage and vanished attractions as well.

I liberally dip into my Disney theme park MP3's at...

2007-08-06T22:39:00.000-04:00

I liberally dip into my Disney theme park MP3's at work to "find a happy place" in the midst of the mahem of a deadline oriented job. Really makes a difference!

Also on the weekends when we are out and about we crank up Spaceship Earth and El Rio del Tiempo soundtracks and with enough imagination you could ALMOST be back at the parks.

Thanks for the great post!

"Thanks everyone for all the great comments. It se...

2007-08-06T22:24:00.000-04:00

"Thanks everyone for all the great comments. It seems that music is truly one of the great shared passions of Disney fans."

Absolutely...and not only those fans who spend hours each week posting online about the parks. Perhaps because much of the music is so subliminal yet so integral to the Disney experience, even casual fans of the parks grow a strong attachment to it--whether they know it or not. It never ceases to amaze me that I can play or hum one of the lesser-known park tunes around a casual fan and almost instantly watch them light up in recognition. You can just tell it's taking them right back to the same place it takes you. That's pretty powerful.

Thanks everyone for all the great comments. It se...

2007-08-06T20:12:00.000-04:00

Thanks everyone for all the great comments. It seems that music is truly one of the great shared passions of Disney fans.

I love reading your blog and love it when you and ...

2007-08-06T20:07:00.000-04:00

I love reading your blog and love it when you and Lou get into a good conversation about the parks,
I don't ussually talk about the site but I know many people are looking for theme park music. I am a moderator, screen name eatmon74, over at uabmagic.com we are a free site that streams Disney theme park music. We would love to have everyone check us out.
Again I love your blog Jeff.
Jason

From pbousquet@gmail.comJeff,Great post as usual. ...

2007-08-06T16:49:00.000-04:00

From pbousquet@gmail.com

Jeff,

Great post as usual. I always have to prepare myself for reading your posts since it usually results in me scrambling to find out more or in this case, searching all over the internet for the music you mentioned. So far, no luck with the ones you mentioned, but I will keep looking.

One locale on the net which should find the time to make these titles available is the iTunes Store. I hope someone there can tweak Disney into making this happen. While looking at the iTunes store, I did find a neat title called "Walt Disney Takes You to Disneyland" which was available for download for a bargain price of $4.99. (Compare this with CD prices that range from $20 to $30 at some Disney related online stores). Here is a summary of the title:

Main Street U.S.A.
Disneyland Theme - Walt Disney Narration
Meet Me Down on Main Street - Player Piano, Orchestrion, Marching Band, Calliope

Adventureland
Overture - Walt Disney Narration
Adventureland Boat Ride - Orchids in the Jungle | Monkeys and Hippos | Distant Drums | The River and the Rapids | Tribal Dances | Finale

Frontierland
Overture - Walt Disney Narration
Covered Wagon Ride "Westward Ho The Wagons" - "Old Betsy"
Golden Horseshoe - "Slue Foot's Hoe Down"
River Boat Ride - "Farewell"
Finale - "Balad of Davy Crockett"

Tomorrowland
Overture - Walt Disney Narration
The World of Tomorrow
Count Down and Blast Off
Outer Space
A Meteorite Strikes
The Other Side of the Moon and Back
Next Target - Mars

Fantasyland
Overture - Walt Disney Narration
King Arthur Carousel
Snow White Ride - "Whistle While You Work" - "Heigh Ho"
Peter Pan Rde - "You Can Fly"
Storybook Land - "Alice in Wonderland"
Finale - "When You Wish Upon A Star"

P.S. While you and Lou where discussing the queue at Jungle Cruise on the DSI of Show 24, my family and I were at the parks and I was making a nusance of myself by reading and observing as much detail as possbile in that queue and many others, and I have the pictures to prove it!!

Paul B.

Good to know someone else out there feels this pas...

2007-08-06T14:05:00.000-04:00

Good to know someone else out there feels this passionate about WDW music.

Jeff,This is the very reason I was inspired to wri...

2007-08-06T11:56:00.000-04:00

Jeff,

This is the very reason I was inspired to write my Disney Magic Falling on Deaf Ears blog post.

I was told by Lou to keep an ear out for the episode on the WDW Radio Show where you talked about park music. I am, sadly, quite behind on my podcast listening (I can blame my wife and co-blogger Enchanted Rose for this because she gets upset if I listen to the episodes before her).

I hope to be getting to this episode soon.

I like your tag "The Soundtracks of our Memories". It sums up the final part of my blog entry very well

Jeff, nice way to capture the appeal of theme park...

2007-08-06T11:45:00.000-04:00

Jeff, nice way to capture the appeal of theme park music.

I agree, Jeff.I first noticed the all-inclusivenes...

2007-08-06T10:48:00.000-04:00

I agree, Jeff.

I first noticed the all-inclusiveness of the music at WDW while watching a home video from 1997. We were waiting to catch the ferry at the Magic Kingdom and I was just taping the surroundings.

It wasn't until we watched the tape that we realized that there was music playing.

And now we notice it everywhere!

I've always been a fan of the park music. It kind ...

2007-08-06T09:00:00.000-04:00

I've always been a fan of the park music. It kind of works the way a soundtrack does for a motion picture.
I'm fascinated by the way the music compliments the atmosphere of an attraction or a particular area of a park. Plus it's amazing how we remember the tunes long after the trip to the park is over!

When I was about 6 or 7 (1981) my friend down the ...

2007-08-05T23:30:00.000-04:00

When I was about 6 or 7 (1981) my friend down the street had the Official Album of Disneyland/Walt Disney World on cassette with a book to go along with it. I'd have everyone on the street bring any stuffed teddy bears they had over to that friends house and we'd build a stage out of cardborad bricks and stuff bears into every nook and cranny we could build. Then I'd grab a flashlight, kill the lights, and play the Country Bear Jamboree music putting the spotlight on whichever bear was singing. It was a little piece of Disney World on our own street.

Great Albums...all of them. My own cassette of The Offical Album is just about worn out. Luckily, I've got the CD to back me up!

I look forward to the day when the Disney company ...

2007-08-05T23:21:00.000-04:00

I look forward to the day when the Disney company re-embraces music again, and loses its lame attraction to musicals.

The music of the parks work so wonderfully well to transport visitors away from the real world.