News EPCOT's Harmonious to be replaced with new nighttime spectacular Luminous

[gerarar]

Which greens?

I was referencing the cuts in the reply/tweet in my post.

What was 6 small green shells (launched from the 6 main barges) was reduced last month to 3, and now reduced further to 2 shells.

 

[aladdin2007]

I agree. The reason why Beating Of Our Hearts is played right after is likely because it’s featured in the show. The second song One Heartbeat, which is also an original song but not advertised or mentioned by Disney, could have originally been planned as one of the main songs instead of Beating Of Our Hearts, but they later decided to still use it as a post show song. Just my own theory.

As far as who sings both I am not sure. I don’t think anyone knows who sings One Heartbeat since, again, Disney did not mention that song. I fear One Heartbeat may stay unreleased since it’s not an advertised song, but I hope I’m wrong.

Katherine McPhee

 

[TheEPCOTHistorian]

I have a minor complaint:



The order of these two songs should be flipped. The second one feels more appropriate as an epilogue to the show, while the first one is more appropriate for "chill song as you walk back to your car/bus". Does anyone know who performed these songs?

‘One Heartbeat’ is performed by Katherine McPhee

‘Beating of our Hearts’ is performed by Scott Hoying.

‘Remember Me’ is performed by Natalia Lafourcade

‘One Little Spark’ is performed by Iver Heath

 

[TTA94]

Katherine McPhee

Let’s hope she wants the song released and Disney allows it along with the other songs and show soundtrack.

 

[Chef idea Mickey`=]

This One Heartbeat song would sounded beautiful as the intro to the show where Heartbeat Symphony is... I would then move Heartbeat Symphony to after the death segment when right after Into the Unknown.. Beating of Our Hearts stays...now that would made 3 original songs in the show.

I love Heartbeat Symphony just don't feel it as an intro song is as powerful than if it was say a climax song.

 

[Chef idea Mickey`=]

If she did One Heartbeat wouldn't it be highlighted here?

 

[James J]

If she did One Heartbeat wouldn't it be highlighted here?

In a fan made video? Not necessarily, no.

 

[mattpeto]

‘One Heartbeat’ is performed by Katherine McPhee

‘Beating of our Hearts’ is performed by Scott Hoying.

‘Remember Me’ is performed by Natalia Lafourcade

‘One Little Spark’ is performed by Iver Heath

Does Scott Hoyer sing the “So Close” cover? I really believed it was the same singer as the “Beating of our Hearts” post show version.

 

[TheEPCOTHistorian]

 

[Mark Dunne]

So reflections was pure and simple gold standard ( maybe not the globe ) the music has never been beaten, the flow has never been beaten, i thought Luminous was boring, aside the amazing fire works, the narration was terrible, why on earth cant Disney start an Epcot show with walts words, '' and we call in Epcot '' ( you know the rest ) then from those words the crowd will be going wild i promise you!then the music from reflections to be programmed along with the fire works, pieces of music through Epcot's history , then this show could shine, at the moment its, start again for the 3rd time Disney, please stop ramming narration down our throats, yes reflections had this, but the story was far better. look forward to R.O.E part 2 in 2025 ( cos its coming folks )

 

[mattpeto]

So reflections was pure and simple gold standard ( maybe not the globe ) the music has never been beaten, the flow has never been beaten, i thought Luminous was boring, aside the amazing fire works, the narration was terrible, why on earth cant Disney start an Epcot show with walts words, '' and we call in Epcot '' ( you know the rest ) then from those words the crowd will be going wild i promise you!then the music from reflections to be programmed along with the fire works, pieces of music through Epcot's history , then this show could shine, at the moment its, start again for the 3rd time Disney, please stop ramming narration down our throats, yes reflections had this, but the story was far better. look forward to R.O.E part 2 in 2025 ( cos its coming folks )

Sounds like you made up your mind about Luminous before you watched it.

 

[Starship824]

So reflections was pure and simple gold standard ( maybe not the globe ) the music has never been beaten, the flow has never been beaten, i thought Luminous was boring, aside the amazing fire works, the narration was terrible, why on earth cant Disney start an Epcot show with walts words, '' and we call in Epcot '' ( you know the rest ) then from those words the crowd will be going wild i promise you!then the music from reflections to be programmed along with the fire works, pieces of music through Epcot's history , then this show could shine, at the moment its, start again for the 3rd time Disney, please stop ramming narration down our throats, yes reflections had this, but the story was far better. look forward to R.O.E part 2 in 2025 ( cos its coming folks )

You just described Epcot Forever...

 

[Mark Dunne]

You just described Epcot Forever...

Sounds like you made up your mind about Luminous before you watched it.

No actually, watched a couple of times, we try to go each year , but this didn't grab me , i wasn't the only one , an ex cast member and his wife said the same, there are a lot of comments saying fireworks amazing ( i agree ) but the music and narration not so good, i think if they had more dramatic music to fireworks, this could be the best show ever ! to be honest the music leading up to the show was pretty good.

 

[SaucyBoy]

‘One Heartbeat’ is performed by Katherine McPhee

‘Beating of our Hearts’ is performed by Scott Hoying.

‘Remember Me’ is performed by Natalia Lafourcade

‘One Little Spark’ is performed by Iver Heath

Wow, they really got some great talent for this score. No wonder it's one of the best they've ever done at Epcot.

So reflections was pure and simple gold standard ( maybe not the globe ) the music has never been beaten, the flow has never been beaten, i thought Luminous was boring, aside the amazing fire works, the narration was terrible, why on earth cant Disney start an Epcot show with walts words, '' and we call in Epcot '' ( you know the rest ) then from those words the crowd will be going wild i promise you!then the music from reflections to be programmed along with the fire works, pieces of music through Epcot's history , then this show could shine, at the moment its, start again for the 3rd time Disney, please stop ramming narration down our throats, yes reflections had this, but the story was far better. look forward to R.O.E part 2 in 2025 ( cos its coming folks )

We had a show about the history of Epcot and it was absolutely awful. Who couldn't have the foresight to see a show that appeals to a niche group of super fans would flop so badly? Disney hasn't been able to create a tribute show to their parks since Remember...Dreams Come True.

 

[Andrew25]

Luminous is fine and I'd argue that the entire show is at the same level as Illuminations. Illuminations just had a better intro/ending, but Luminous has a solid "center" outside of that one song...

Also, they were filming what seemed to be a commercial over in Italy last night, so I'd imagine they are trying to ramp up the marketing around this soon.

 

[wdwfan22]

So reflections was pure and simple gold standard ( maybe not the globe ) the music has never been beaten, the flow has never been beaten, i thought Luminous was boring, aside the amazing fire works, the narration was terrible, why on earth cant Disney start an Epcot show with walts words, '' and we call in Epcot '' ( you know the rest ) then from those words the crowd will be going wild i promise you!then the music from reflections to be programmed along with the fire works, pieces of music through Epcot's history , then this show could shine, at the moment its, start again for the 3rd time Disney, please stop ramming narration down our throats, yes reflections had this, but the story was far better. look forward to R.O.E part 2 in 2025 ( cos its coming folks )

Satisfaction scores are good for luminous, so no nothing is coming in 2025 To Epcot.

 

[trainplane3]

Wow, they really got some great talent for this score. No wonder it's one of the best they've ever done at Epcot.

We had a show about the history of Epcot and it was absolutely awful. Who couldn't have the foresight to see a show that appeals to a niche group of super fans would flop so badly? Disney hasn't been able to create a tribute show to their parks since Remember...Dreams Come True.

But also people are forgetting Epcot Forever was meant to be a filler show with a one year run and then being done. Instead it almost ran for 3 years with varying degrees of pyro modifications and cuts.

Satisfaction scores are good for luminous, so no nothing is coming in 2025 To Epcot.

If anything, the show should be eyed for upgrades if it keeps it up.

Though I'll argue the middles bits of music should be changed up to not be so glaringly "we yoinked this from *movie* because it's the easy thing to do". The Toy Story bits are the most obvious of this.

 

[Chef idea Mickey`=]

why on earth cant Disney start an Epcot show with walts words, '' and we call in Epcot '' ( you know the rest ) then from those words the crowd will be going wild i promise you! Then the music from reflections to be programmed along with the fire works, pieces of music through Epcot's history , then this show could shine, at the moment its, start again for the 3rd time Disney, please stop ramming narration down our throats, yes reflections had this, but the story was far better. look forward to R.O.E part 2 in 2025 ( cos its coming folks )

Epcot Forever had that with Walt's voice... in this show I heard there's Walt's voice for a sec saying "welcome".

What they could do is I know they can't upgrade Illumination's unless they rebuild everything but what they could do is create a sequel to Illumination's using the same soundtrack, or use the exact same theme just make something beautiful again but sadly the best imagineers aren't around.*

Luminous is fine and I'd argue that the entire show is at the same level as Illuminations. Illuminations just had a better intro/ending, but Luminous has a solid "center" outside of that one song...

Also, they were filming what seemed to be a commercial over in Italy last night, so I'd imagine they are trying to ramp up the marketing around this soon.

Not the same level for what the music did to you. That's what separates Illumination's ROE from everything. Epcot Forever comes second behind.

 

[Chef idea Mickey`=]

Wow, they really got some great talent for this score. No wonder it's one of the best they've ever done at Epcot.

We had a show about the history of Epcot and it was absolutely awful. Who couldn't have the foresight to see a show that appeals to a niche group of super fans would flop so badly? Disney hasn't been able to create a tribute show to their parks since Remember...Dreams Come True.

Now where did you see read or hear that it flopped so bad..? I think you are confusing to the response from Harmonious or Disney's Enchantment.

 

[Bastet]

Satisfaction scores are good for luminous, so no nothing is coming in 2025 To Epcot.