Favorite song from a WDW ride?

[BadgerBruce]

The old "Listen to the Land" theme

The COP theme

 

[jekajekalynn]

I love the Alice in Wonderland music they play on the teacups.

 

[AMYSER]

Definitely Pirates Life for Me
One little Spark, that's from the original Journey, yes?
Carousel of Progress, wish it were open all the time, and wish they would keep the theater in better state.

Almost to the 60 day mark for the big family trip!!

 

[MichelleTO]

The original Carousel of Progress song! I was very disappointed with the new one, not because its a bad song, just because my memories of the attraction are with the "now is the time, now is the best time, now is the best time of your life" song. Does anyone else remember this from the late 70s early 80s?

Next 2 faves
Tiki tiki tiki....
Grim grinning ghosts

We purchase a Disney CD series, I think there were 3 in the pack and it has many of the old attraction songs on them and many of the movie soundtracks. They were all different colours, one was blue, one green, one red etc. I have sen the pack a few times on sale at DTD in the big music store as well as many of the resort and park shops.

 

[JessetheCowgirl]

Splash Mountain!

ditto---all of it

 

[peter pan217]

i love
1.old electric lights parade music
2.fantasmic!
3.splash mountain
4.golden dreams

 

[MinnieMouth]

I also like Splash Moutain's Song

 

[kellypops]

Definitely "You Can Fly"...a childhood favorite that makes me smile whenever I ride "Peter Pan's Flight"...

Sentimental choice: "If You Had Wings". (Some unrecognized flight obsession here???)

 

[maxaroni]

It's a Small World
If you had Wings
Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow
In the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room

 

[Calvinosaurus]

"Mama, don't woop little Buford...
Mama, don't pound on his head..."

Oh, how those bears crack me up!

 

[DVCconvert]

It used to be,
"No where in particular"
at Mr. Toad's Wild Ride.

 

[DavidDuck]

I love the music in the Haunted Mansion!

 

[Alice Sr.]

Favorite is "Magic Kingdom Main Entrance" Medley and Illuminations.

I can't ride Splash Mountain or Small World anymore because that music eats my brain away. I'm so, so sorry I'm sure I offended someone, but it makes me crazy.

 

[mrslur]

The sadly discontinued Main St. Electrical Parade music. My husband was able to find on Ebay the commerative package for the closing and I framed the picture and placed it in a place of honor.

 

[ellindea]

I think "One little spark" is the Imagination song, "One little spark of inspiration..." I'm pretty sure its the Journey into your Imagination/Figment song

Thanks, Dreamflight. I hate being clueless I always just figured it was called, "Imaaaagination", since they repeat it so many times , or maybe "One Little Spark" is the old one and I'm thinking of the new one.

Thanks again

 

[swtnikki]

I can't choose just one, I love them all. But if I had to choose a couple, it would be the old rides - the org. Tiki Room, World of Motion, DreamFlight, Magic Journeys, plus a little bit of SpectroMagic thrown in.

 

[PeterPam]

Sentimental choice: "If You Had Wings". (Some unrecognized flight obsession here???)[/QUOTE]

I forgot all about that ride! That was one of my favorites!
If you had wings...had wings...had wings

 

[MickeyAnne]

llllooooovvvveee "its a great big beautiful tomorrow" from COP....its a song that I like to have stuck in my head!

 

[momof3disneyholics]

"Its a great big beautiful tommorrow."

 

[Robo]

The original Carousel of Progress song! I was very disappointed with the new one, not because its a bad song, just because my memories of the attraction are with the "now is the time, now is the best time, now is the best time of your life" song. Does anyone else remember this from the late 70s early 80s?

I've posted much of this before, but its worth repeating.

Both of the songs used in CoP ("Great Big Beautiful Tomorrrow" and "Now is the Time") were written by the Sherman Brothers who wrote many of the great Disney songs in the 60's (It's a Small World, Mary Poppins... just SO many!)

When Walt Disney himself commissioned the music for CoP he wanted to accentuate the story that "progress" means that even though "today seems great, tomorrow is going to be better." The Shermans responded with "There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow" (the song that you currently hear in the CoP at WDW.)
Walt LOVED it, it was a huge hit at the 1964 World's Fair in NYC and my family and I got to see/hear it at Disneyland after it was finally set-up there after the fair.
WE loved it (I was about 15 years old then) and rode that carousel over and over.
When CoP was moved to WDW, the Shermans were asked to write a new song (the CoP was sponsored by GE) that stated that "NOW is the Best Time" ostensibly because it meant to "go ahead and buy appliances TODAY," don't wait until "tomorrow" (or you'll never do it.)
As a kid who had grown up with the ORIGINAL SONG, I was a bit disappointed with this NEW one.
So, years later, when I discovered that the CoP had re-opened with the ORIGINAL song back IN, I was SO HAPPY! (I couldn't believe that the present-day Imagineers had taken the time to (nearly) RESTORE the CoP to its earlier Walt Disney-supervised glory!)
I can understand that it those of you who were FIRST-initiated to the CoP with the SECOND song, would have nostalgia for THAT one... but Walt himself chose the FIRST one (that's there now) and I LOVE IT!
BTW, the present voice of the host (and the "father" on-stage) is Jean Shepherd, author and narrator for the perennial
favorite "A Christmas Story" ("you'll shoot you eye out!")

The original actor Walt chose for this part was Rex Allen, Sr. who also quite ably narrated most of Disney's "animal films" in the 60's, and who was also a prominent "Cowboy Film Star" in the 50's.
Rex Sr.'s voice is currently that of the Grandfather in the final Christmas vignette of the present CoP. (When I first heard that voice I nearly broke down... what a beautiful tribute to the original show!)
http://www.cojoweb.com/rex-all
en-sr-bio.html
A third voice that's prominently featured is "Uncle Orville" ("No privacy a'tall around this place!")
He is voiced by the great Mel Blanc, Sr. (Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Yosemite Sam, Marvin the Martian... all the WB classic voices AND Barney Rubble!)
Mel is also the voice of the Parrot in another CoP scene.
These Mel Blanc tracks were actually lifted FROM the original audio used in the first CoP and, again, is an elegant nod to Walt's creation.

Alas, all three of these wonderful "voices" have passed on... but we can still enjoy their inimitable craft-work in the CoP.

Long may it continue to spin us into the future!