Hearing WDW Park Music in Places that aren't WDW

[MM311]

So I was at our local Theme Park Kings Island near Cincinnati last weekend and as I was walking through the kids section of the park that is themed to Peanuts I heard the music from the Move It! Shake It! Celebrate It! Parade playing over the speakers. I was kind of surprised to hear a song that I had just assumed was Disney's playing in another park. So has anyone else heard any park music played in other places that have nothing to do with WDW?

 

[luv]

Can't say that I have. Well, obviously we hear BTTF and The Music Man music in other places, but something uniquely Disney...I don't think so. I know they play Illuminations in Customs or Immigration or something.

 

[DaddyDisneyMan]

How is King Island these days? We were thinking of heading down for a couple day in late June/Early July.

 

[BwanaBob]

Happens a LOT. At some point, Disney catches-up and serves an order to stop.

Six Flags America just outside DC played PotC in their ghetto water/flume ride Skull Mountain. It was so sad, really.

 

[MouseDreaming]

The only place I hear it is in my house and my car.

 

[Marc Gil]

I heard the original Journey Into Imagination pavilion loop at the Sawgrass Mall in Sunrise, Fl.
At first I though I was going crazy, but then I realized that it was really the old loop. After that "One little spark" and "Makin' Memories" was stuck in my head for hours.

 

[BwanaBob]

Also need to remember that Disney "borrows" a lot of music, too.

They pay to use songs... take for instance both the old and new opening tracks for Illuminations:RoE.
There are over a dozen songs from outside artists that are in those pre-shows.

 

[MM311]

How is King Island these days? We were thinking of heading down for a couple day in late June/Early July.

Kings Island is always a good time, they haven't really added much this year, but they still have a ton of great rides, and if like roller coasters and haven't ridden Diamondback it is a lot of fun.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Also need to remember that Disney "borrows" a lot of music, too.

They pay to use songs... take for instance both the old and new opening tracks for Illuminations:RoE.
There are over a dozen songs from outside artists that are in those pre-shows.

Yep this is true..Even in the Innoventions plaza 19 min Loop the Song Papillion from David Arkenstone is used..

 

[MightyMouse]

Ice Cream Man... It's a Small World After All... It's a Small World After All....... DOH!!! Now it's in my head again.

 

[davidc1578]

I have heard one of the songs from the Adventureland backround loop being played on the train ride at the Indianapolis Zoo.

 

[AllyInWonderland]

I've heard the ending of the Illuminations music on TV throughout the years.

 

[lego606]

Part of the Illuminations music plays in Immigration at JFK when they're playing the "American Diversity" video (not sure what the official name is, but that's what I've taken to calling it)

Disney also uses VMK music in ads occasionally

 

[Figments Friend]

Forget which year it was, maybe 2005...mid 2000s ...somewhere in there...
The famous annual July 4th Boston Fireworks presentation used a segment from EPCOTs Illuminations soundtrack.
It was quite a surprise...and neat.
This was broadcast on tv, radio, and probably online too.
Made this EPCOT fan geek out in a good way.

I think a few days after the show i had read here that the person who did the pyro presentation for the city that year had also worked on creating some of the pyro shows for WDW.
So it made sense he slipped in a little *tribute* to his past works..

 

[FettFan]

Meh. It happens. As long as the other parks pay for the rights to use the song, Disney is A-OK with it.

Hence why you will hear "It's a Small World" anywhere and everywhere.

 

[Mickey_777]

the ice cream truck in my hood plays "it's a small world"

 

[MOXOMUMD]

When my DD was born I was given a bassinet that played Brahm's Lullaby, Mary Had a Little Lamb and IASW. I think it had subliminal messaging. "You will ride IASW three three times a day at the MK."

 

[mousehockey37]

It depends on what music it is. Anything from the background loops in the park, you shouldn't be hearing anywhere else.

Like others have pointed out, a lot of the "world" music in EPCOT is brought in from the outside. Look up the pre-Illuminations loops on google and you can see who performed the piece and you can then subsequently go to amazon or wherever and buy the music on the artists cd, not Disney's.

Also as others have pointed out, as people go to these other parks and hear the music, if they report it back to Disney or word gets around, Disney can proceed with the court orders and such, or force royalties and other things on them.

This is the battle that most of us face who listen to live365. As people pay to listen to this "free" streaming site, we get reminded all to often of the royalties that the company has to pay to broadcast the music they do, hence why Disney stations for us free listeners are being made VIP only (and it's just not the Disney stations).

I'm not a music copyright lawyer, but that has to be an interesting field for sure.

 

[EOD K9]

The old queue music from Soarin (before it became interactive) has the same music from the movie "Dave".

 

[Chrononymous]

There was a time you could hear the Nightmare Before Christmas soundtrack at Six Flags Fright Fest in Chicago.