Music from the parks: Any favorites?

[wjdoc]

The ambient music in the Wilderness Lodge is my favorite. I only stayed there once and i can still hear the music in my head.

[Aggie97]

I love WDW music! My favorite music is from Main Street USA, Tapestry of Nations, Epcot Future World entrance, the Innoventions fountain (particularly "Standing in Motion" by Yanni of all people ), Spectromagic, Illuminations, Wishes, Peter Pan's Flight.

I really just love how well they use ambient music and sounds to set the mood throughout the parks. The musical transition from land to land is really cool in MK, in particular.

[MrPeetrie]

I have some great Animal Kingdom music.

I listen to:

The Awakening
Oasis Loop
Tree of Life Area Loop
Asia Area Loop
Flame Tree Area Loop
Pizzafari Area Loop

I also love music from Main Street, as well as Disney Studios music (Hollywood & Sunset Boulevards).

[Dreamer14]

My favorite is a song played prior to Illuminations. It's "Our Life" from the artist Uttara-Kuru. I also really like Illuminations.

[Figaro]

Illuminations is my favorite to date. Ive yet to get to Illuminations and see it though. As of late, I've been taking a liking to the FW Music that's played by the pool. It's really got that feeling that your sitting out in say Montana or somewhere out west and your watching your cattle by night under a starry night and listening to the Native Americans in the distance as they are playing their music back in the golden days of the American West. Such a calming feeling. Especially at night. Christmas music has made it's way into FW though with the western Native American style to it. It's a nice change...

[ryca1dreams]

Awesome post. I've always loved WDW music. I especially love the background music to Future World at Epcot - the music that's played around Innoventions. As far as rides, I like the entire score to Spaceship Earth, Soarin', and of course the Space Mountain queue music. I like the resort background music at Poly also.

There's really just so much cool music playing at WDW. I like to walk around and listen to it. I've tried to collect some of it. I just don't have that much.

[WinnipegDisneyFanatic]

I'd have to say...

Fantasmic!
Specifically, the part where Malificent turns in to a dragon stands out as a powerful part.
And of course the finale - a real tearjerker! Hehehe

Grim Grinning Ghosts
Any and all versions of the song - could listen to them countless times.

Disney Dreams Come True Parade
I've really taken a liking to this music, especially after seeing it more than a couple times on our trips this past May and September.

Aerosmith
Walk This Way - I can no longer hear this song without picturing or imagining I'm on RnRC!

But my number 1 favorite....

Splash Mountain Queue Music!
I really with they would release this. Is it blue grass music? Love it all - really reminds me of the ride and what a great time it is!

Chris

[JPelle76]

I'd have to say...


Aerosmith
Walk This Way - I can no longer hear this song without picturing or imagining I'm on RnRC!

Chris

LOL! Same here! But I also think of going upsidedown every time I hear "Sweet Emotion"!


I am such a sucker for WDW BGM!!! I have a quite a few playlists of just that! If I had to name my faves probably the star tunnel and queue music to Space mountain. And of course The Electrical Parade and Spectromagic!

[mickey&missy]

I love the Main Street music too!!

I also have a thing for, don't shoot me, It's a Small World. I know, I know!! I'm the first to admit I'm a little weird. But, it make me happy!!

The music from Wishes is absolutely favorite I listen to it all the time in my car, I love the part with the Genie "...We got some wishes to grant!..."

DS loves Solo Pilot, the song from Barnstormer. He makes me play it over and over again when we listen to my WDW CD's!

[LudwigVonDrake]

The music loop that you hear outside the turnstiles of the Magic Kingdom and the Main Street USA loop

[Sweezy]

the score from 'soarin' would definitely be my favorite...i also dont mind the crazy little carefree theme on splash mountain~

[dixielandings]

The music makes a huge difference for me in the Parks - I really love most of it. My favorites: Tomorrowland, Future World stuff (Horizons and Living Seas especially), and the music of France and Norway.

[GrmGrninGost]

I love it all! But, some of my favorites are the Main St. music, Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow, Splash Mtn., Small World, Golden Dreams, and the song from the old Canada movie. My all time fave was the music from the Main St. Electrical Parade! Man, I'd like to see them bring it back!

[emmingo]

The theme song to the Tiki Birds!...er....the old one....

[EJS-Houston]

I love Disney Music in general...and all the faves listed here are great...but I have to cast a vote for the old Main Street Electrical Parade music...I think the original title is something like "Electrical Baroque." It's the music for the Main Street Parade that I heard when I first visited WDW in 1972 when I was 12 years old. I have it on one of the Disney CDs and it still makes my heart leap into my throat and I feel like I'm 12 again, experiencing DisneyWorld for the first time.

[baldburke]

I was in a client's office last week and could have sworn he had Animal Knigdom music playing lightlyin the background, but I did not think it was appropriate to ask.

[MinnieMommie]

I just love most all of WDW music but one of my favorites that really gets me going is the Main Street Electrical Parade.

[teambricker04]

I LOVE the Disney Music at the parks!

The music from the opening show of MK and the mainstreet music.

Bright Little Star sung by Sunny Eclispe at Cosmic Rays

The atmosphere music at AK and CA at DL... Aren't they the same?? I think from Bugs life. Love it.

Its a Great big beautiful tomorrow, One Spark, Oh Canada (even though I don't know the French parts), Splash Mountain, Let's listen to the land, Mission:Space (who sings that???)... the list could really go on forever.

[chrisb26]

I also like to listen to Sunny Eclipse however I think my favorite music that I can't to hear is probably the Illuminations pre show music that is my favorite thing to do is sit around waiting for Illuminations to start and listen to that music.

[Stan]

When EPCOT opened, the speakers used were state of the art. Home audio systems would advertise 'like the speakers used at EPCOT".

You mean speakers like this one I had to edit out of the side of a client's head? No, I didn't charge extra- this kind of thing is part of my standard service.
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I've always loved WDW music, but I miss a couple of old favorites. In the old food court area of the Land in EPCOT, they used to play a string of country tunes (You are My Sunshine etc) done by or in the country piano style of Floyd Cramer. I kept begging in the Land stores for a CD, I emailed Disney, etc- but never got a copy of it (anybody out there know where it can be found?). And of course one day it was gone (forever?).

Also, in the preshow area of the old Journey into Imagination (Dreamfinder & Figment) ride they played a wonderful Kodak song, Makin' Memories, which fortunately I've had on CD for years. Wait- maybe that was in the Captain EO preshow- I miss that, too.