New Horizons Remake 2019

[HauntedPirate]

So they played 78 hours worth of music scattered about during the whole day, but, no one heard 78 hours of music in that one day. That wouldn't be possible. Don't they do that in all the parks everyday anyway? Not necessarily the same music but I have never been there when different lands didn't play different music continuously divided up by queue, preshow, show, exit and just area music specifically for the area you happen to be in!

This isn't rocket science.

 

[HauntedPirate]

All I’ve got is around 20 seconds of a poor live recording. Which seems to be 20 seconds more than the company has.

Edit; a little more than 20 seconds:

I find it astounding that even the company doesn't have a recording archived somewhere. All we can do now is hope that someone has more of it recorded, the recording is still in good shape, and it can be found and digitized (and hopefully sent to Martin for the next iteration ).

 

[Goofyernmost]

This isn't rocket science.

I questioned it only because it made no sense to even think that is a big deal. It is done every single day in WDW and even if they had twenty four hours the entire 24 hours would not be heard by every guest in the park. It just seemed like an irrelevant statement. They could have had a million hours, and it wouldn't have mattered, no one can hear even 78 hours of music in a 12 hour day.

 

[trainplane3]

Most of it

Not even TWDC have the Energy BGM loop sadly.

I live for the day when I see "Martin's audio archive" pops up online.

I do need some new music to listen to...
And it is almost Christmas...

 

[Master Yoda]

This isn't rocket science.

Well, it could be.

If we got in a rocket going fast enough, time would slow down and we could listen to 78 hours of music in 24 hours or less of earth time. If we could get that sucker to get up to the speed of light we could listen to Disney's entire catalog in the blink of an eye.

 

[HauntedPirate]

I questioned it only because it made no sense to even think that is a big deal. It is done every single day in WDW and even if they had twenty four hours the entire 24 hours would not be heard by every guest in the park. It just seemed like an irrelevant statement. They could have had a million hours, and it wouldn't have mattered, no one can hear even 78 hours of music in a 12 hour day.

You're completely missing the point of having 78 hours of music created for EPCOT Center. It's not "an irrelevant statement". SMALL HINT: IT'S NOT ABOUT TRYING TO LISTEN TO 78 HOURS OF MUSIC IN A 12 HOUR DAY.

 

[Goofyernmost]

You're completely missing the point of having 78 hours of music created for EPCOT Center. It's not "an irrelevant statement". SMALL HINT: IT'S NOT ABOUT TRYING TO LISTEN TO 78 HOURS OF MUSIC IN A 12 HOUR DAY.

YOU REALLY SHOULD READ ALL THE POSTS BEFORE YOU ATTACK.

 

[wm49rs]

YOU REALLY SHOULD READ ALL THE POSTS BEFORE YOU ATTACK.

Or, not. Either way works in this instance....

 

[The Empress Lilly]

One-and-a-half hour of Horizons music. After all these years I still struggle to listen to it. It hurts.

To me the greatest dark ride ever.

Does it also have the greatest soundtrack ever? Possibly, I'm rattling my brain for contenders. Anybody?

Track list in the comments. So many classics, so much is evoked in just one ride alone. Optimism and nostalgia - i.e. the future and the past, Disney style. There is elation, lyricism, and mystique - EPCOT.

If I need to name one favourite segment, it's from 17:37. The Omnimax section.

Two screens in seamless succession. Screens bigger than Soarin's. An unobstructed view suspended in mid air. It's an effect you can't see from ride-through video, but you can visualise it. Imagine Soarin' times two in the middle of a dark ride.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

Fun fact: this is actually the SECOND version of a Horizons theme.

The first was written by the Sherman Brothers, but was rejected for the final ride....although it did make a brief appearance in the ride itself, and the instrumental version was still used in the courtyard.

That Sherman song is ok, but I think it was rightfully rejected.

One wouldn't be a Disney fan and dislike the Sherman Brothers. But they don't fit EPCOT.
In general their songs seem to belong to a different age. A different place. To different parks and media.

 

[Master Yoda]

One-and-a-half hour of Horizons music. After all these years I still struggle to listen to it. It hurts.

To me the greatest dark ride ever.

Does it also have the greatest soundtrack ever? Possibly, I'm rattling my brain for contenders. Anybody?

You and I might not agree on a lot, but this is one area where we are on the same page.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

You and I might not agree on a lot, but this is one area where we are on the same page.

We don't really disagree all that much I think?

Just two insufferable pedantics begrudging other great minds their moments.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

That Sherman song is ok, but I think it was rightfully rejected.

One wouldn't be a Disney fan and dislike the Sherman Brothers. But they don't fit EPCOT.
In general their songs seem to belong to a different age. A different place. To different parks and media.

Well they did get three EPCOT songs in the final product, all in one pavilion, plus "Meet the World" would have been a 4th if installed.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

Well they did get three EPCOT songs in the final product, all in one pavilion, plus "Meet the World" would have been a 4th if installed.

I always did consider their songs among the weaker EPCOT ones. One Little Spark fulfills its goal, is cutesy and whimsical, but it isn't very attractive music to me. Making Memories is a bit of a commercial jingle. I still don't know if this song just felt a bit dated or was deliberately old-fashioned.

Magic Journeys however is haunting and divine. It feels very un-Sherman like. Or perhaps that just speaks of their talent. They could produce any kind of song, to create any mood requested.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

Magic Journeys however is haunting and divine. It feels very un-Sherman like. Or perhaps that just speaks of their talent. They could produce any kind of song, to create any mood requested.

The closest comparisons in their songbook would be "Hushabye Mountain" or "My Own Home", but others like "Feed the Birds", the waltz from The Slipper and the Rose and even "On the Front Porch" (Robert Sherman's Disney favorite) are very dreamlike or moody.

They're best remembered for their peppy earworms ("Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"), but they had skill and a deep knowledge of musical styles and trends.