Confused: Potter Music in the GMR

[montyz81]

I was just listening to Subsonicradio and the Great Movie Ride area music came up and I could clearly hear music from HP. I figured that would be a big no no with HP IP just down the street!

 

[Master Yoda]

ABC, a Disney Company, owns the rights to the films.

 

[lazyboy97o]

The television rights for the Harry Potter films are currently held by Disney-owned ABC Family. Theme park "rivalries" do not drive concerns in a business where the different studios often do business together.

 

[marni1971]

ET plays in The Land. Strange I know.

 

[mikeymouse]

Some of the Future World bgm almost sounds like the score to Jurassic Park.

 

[Master Yoda]

Some of the Future World bgm almost sounds like the score to Jurassic Park.

I do know that the theme for Battlestar Galactic plays in the Soarin queue.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

ABC, a Disney Company, owns the rights to the films.

The television rights for the Harry Potter films are currently held by Disney-owned ABC Family. Theme park "rivalries" do not drive concerns in a business where the different studios often do business together.

But, the films, Merchandise and anything else is owned through Warner Bros.& JK Rowling.....You have no idea how much madness it was if you worked at a WB Studio Store when the First movie & Goblet of Fire Book was being released....I should know....

 

[DManRightHere]

I was just listening to Subsonicradio and the Great Movie Ride area music came up and I could clearly hear music from HP. I figured that would be a big no no with HP IP just down the street!

They also play Harry Potter music on the bus to HS.

 

[Californian Elitist]

Disney/ABC has filmed on Universal's babacklot in Hollywood multiple times. This intense "rivalry" between the two doesn't exist, except in the minds of some fans.

 

[NormC]

It is the Great Movie Ride not the Great Disney Movie ride.

 

[danlb_2000]

The television rights for the Harry Potter films are currently held by Disney-owned ABC Family. Theme park "rivalries" do not drive concerns in a business where the different studios often do business together.

... and a lot of people get ABC Family via Comcast who owns Universal. The media business is a huge tangled web of licensing deals.

 

[Jahona]

They also play Harry Potter music on the bus to HS.

It was a bit strange when I first heard it. I was like am I going to Hollywood Studios or Universal Studios. Can't complain about John Williams music.

Also the Seas with Nemo plays music from World of Warcraft.

 

[Master Yoda]

It was a bit strange when I first heard it. I was like am I going to Hollywood Studios or Universal Studios. Can't complain about John Williams music.

Also the Seas with Nemo plays music from World of Warcraft.

If you have not already, go to your local symphony when they do the music of John Williams.

 

[Bairstow]

The television rights for the Harry Potter films are currently held by Disney-owned ABC Family. Theme park "rivalries" do not drive concerns in a business where the different studios often do business together.

Moreover, the rights to use John Williams' score to the Potter movies is almost certainly handled through an ASCAP blanket license.
This is why you often hear Potter and Jurassic Park movies incorporated into the DHS area and special event loops.
For that matter, some of Goldsmith's music for the Wrath of Khan has always been part of the "epic" loop at the Indiana Jones stunt show, despite Paramount having Star Trek attractions for most of the Indy show's existence.

http://www.ascap.com/licensing/types/theme-amusement-park-with-admission.aspx

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Also the Seas with Nemo plays music from World of Warcraft.

Also at Theater in the Wild...

 

[Jahona]

Also at Theater in the Wild...

This may be a reason why.

Brower is the senior director of audio and lead composer of Blizzard Entertainment, a leading developer and publisher of video games, including World of Warcraft. He previously served as a principal media designer and musical director at Walt Disney Imagineering.

Source: http://wow.gamepedia.com/Russell_Brower

 

[mf1972]

pretty sure they've been playing HP even before it opened at universal. I've heard the superman theme often too at HS.

 

[Arthur Wellesley]

Theme park "rivalries" do not drive concerns in a business where the different studios often do business together.

Exactly this. The bitter Uni-Disney rivalry is a fan-driven thing.

 

[blueboxdoctor]

I do know that the theme for Battlestar Galactic plays in the Soarin queue.

This I did not know. Guess it's because we fast pass it and do a good job of not having to wait in line, but while I absolutely cannot stand that show after seeing how it ended, the music is still pretty great.

 

[Jahona]

This I did not know. Guess it's because we fast pass it and do a good job of not having to wait in line, but while I absolutely cannot stand that show after seeing how it ended, the music is still pretty great.

This does a good job of also giving titles and credits to each song.