Yes, spools arrive. It’s horrible. There’s thread everywhere.
Absolutely. Howard Ashman was a frickin’ genius, I tell you.
It’s lyrics aren’t quite as profound as other songs listed in this thread, but I’ve always liked “Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah” from Song of the South.
Regarding songs that I have a chance in hell of ever seeing performed in the movie again, I’m partial to the previously mentioned “Little April Showers” from Bambi, The Jungle Book’s “The Bear Necessities,” also previously mentioned, and “Bibbidy Boppidy Boo,” from Cinderella.
This weekend, while I was on the way back from visiting my family with my 3 month old baby in the car, I heard “Baby of Mine” by Bette Midler from the Dumbo soundtrack. I was in tears by the end of the song. I had forgotten about that song and hearing it at this point in my life gave it a whole new meaning.
I listen to the Aladdin soundtrack… well… more than a 20-something guy probably should. So I’ll say Friend Like Me and give Robin Williams a little love, though it really could be anything from that movie (the instrumentals are great too!).
I know I said I was just going to pick two, but if I picked two more, these would be the ones.
Oops. That would be “Baby Mine”. There’s no “of”.
The Ashman & Menken stuff (Mermaid, Beast, and the good songs in Aladdin) first of course. Of those songs, “Poor Unfortunate Souls” is my favorite to sing along to - but the Mob Song (from Beast) sounds wonderful, and that’s one that no one even thinks of because all of the rest of the songs in the movie are great. (For fun, listen to “Part of Your World” back to back with “Somewhere That’s Green” from “Little Shop of Horrors”)
Lesser known ones “Ev’rybody Wants to Be a Cat” from the Aristocats (good song in a horrible movie) and “He’s a Tramp” which is a perfect reflection of that type ofo singing by Peggy Lee & the backup dogs.
Okay, I know I said I was going to list just two, then I added two more, but I need to add this one too. Also The Siamese Cat song.
Maybe it would be faster for me to list the ones I don’t like.
Have to agree with Part of Your World from The Little Mermaid and A Whole New World from Aladdin.
“Feed the Birds” is my very favorite song from a Disney movie. A close second is “Someone’s Waiting for You,” from The Rescuers.
I’m partial to the Bonnie Raitt version, myself.
Also, the aforementioned songs from The Jungle Book: “Bare Necessities” and “I Wanna Be Like You.”
And another vote for “Zip-A-Dee-Do-Da.”
Sorry, but I haven’t seen a Disney film since I was a kid, since I don’t have any myself, so I’m not familiar with all the recent (as in, after 1978) Disney songs.
“The Bear Necessities” from The Jungle Book. Great upbeat song with a great vocal by Phil Harris. Actually, the whole Jungle Book score is pretty darned good. There’s a song at the end (when the little girl is getting water from the well) that is really pretty touching.
“Zip-A-Dee-Dooh-Dah” is another excellent song. How can you NOT be happy singing that song?
I’m really impressed on the whole with the Sherman Brothers stuff. They’re the ones who wrote the scores for most of the Disney stuff in the '50s and '60s – The Jungle Book, Mary Poppins, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, etc. They had a great knack for taking technically simple stuff and making it sound fresh. They, to me, are the real sound of the Disney movies.
For ballads, I like “Candle on the Water” from Pete’s Dragon.
I haven’t watched many of the recent Disney movies (has anyone?), but I think it really sucks that they seem to have abandoned their musical tradition. They should scrap the light-pop Phil Collins scores, and get back to basics. Even worse, they’ve abandoned music altogether in adventure flops like Treasure Planet.
Colors of the Wind from Pocahontas.
These 2 parts always bring tears.
*You think the only people who are people
Are the people who look and think like you
But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger
You’ll learn things you never knew you never knew.
How high will the sycamore grow?
If you cut it down, then you’ll never know
And you’ll never hear the wolf cry to the blue corn moon.
For whether we are white or copper skinned
We need to sing with all the voices of the mountains
We need to paint with all the colors of the wind.*
Just reading it here, I’m all misty.
Feed the Birds is my favorite song from a Disney movie. When it comes to the entire soundtrack, I love love love a movie that isn’t too famous…Robin Hood. If you haven’t seen it, all the characters are animals (Robin Hood is a fox, Little Jon is a bear, etc.) The music is folk/country type stuff which I believe was all written by Roger Miller (he also performs some of it, as he is the voice of the narrator, a strolling minstrel rooster. Fabulous stuff.
I’m pleased to see all this love for Part of Your World. I tell ya, the combination of Howard Ashman’s lyrics, Alan Menken’s music and Jodi Benson’s angelic voice is mighty tough to beat.
Baby Mine from Dumbo. I sing this to my little boy sometimes and usually end up getting misty eyed.
And Under the Sea gets an honorable mention just for being so fun.
I think they’ve made a move from creating stand-alone Broadway-type songs to pop radio-friendly ones. It’s as if they’re determined to bring movie music down to the lowest common profitable denominator. However, I did like the coordination of songs and action in Tarzan. I find “Strangers Like Me” tremendously catchy, and the sequence in the trees with the birds matches the “come with me now and see my world” part beautifully.
Are you kidding? I always think my husband & I are the only people in the USA who don’t go watch all these Disney (and other animated, G-rated) movies. When I question why I’d want to see a kids’ movie, I’m always scoffed at for such thinking.
Apparently, it’s unfathomable to some people to prefer more mature, complex entertainment (not to mention wishing to avoid anywhere frequented by large numbers of people under 13).
I think you’re confusing Disney movies with other kids movies. AFAIK, almost all the recent Disney movies have been flops (I’m not counting Pixar movies as Disney movies here). I don’t think many people saw Treasure Planet or Brother Bear or that one on the farm with all the cows (?). Granted, I don’t have kids of my own, and I’m not exactly prime age to see these movies, so maybe I’m wrong.