Harry Potter music....

[FigNewton]

Is playing right now on our bus to Holywood Studios. What in the world?!?

 

[UConnFan]

Sigh...I'd love to be on my way to HS. Ride TSMM for me! HP music on a Disney bus is strange.

 

[yarlenna]

The music was written by the same man as the Star Wars music - John Williams

 

[Robo]

There is actually a lot of "non-Disney" music heard at WDW.

A very obvious case-in-point is the music heard in the queue of Soarin'
(one of the most popular attractions in WDW, with one of the longest queues.)

That "music loop" contains clips from several Disney films along with a dozen or more non-Disney movie soundtracks.

 

[Experiment_626]

There are tons of non-Disney movie themes that play all over the place in the area around the Great Movie Ride as well. These are called "needle drops." They are commercially-available soundtrack recordings. Disney can play such things as a background loop with no financial obligation (beyond buying the recordings at retail).

Scott

 

[DVCMikey]

Hollywood studios celebrates the movies. So the buses and the park itself plays lots of music that were in popular movies.

The movies in the great movie ride were not all disney films.

 

[Robo]

There are tons of non-Disney movie themes that play all over the place in the area around the Great Movie Ride as well. These are called "needle drops." They are commercially-available soundtrack recordings. Disney can play such things as a background loop with no financial obligation (beyond buying the recordings at retail).

Scott

You're right about the tracks being used.

But, they are not "needle drops," nor are they free to use.

Disney must adhere to music clearance agreements with the likes of ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, and maybe QRSTUV.

Needle drop production music is another category of music clearance, and is (for the most part) original music that (often) is specifically written to "sound like" certain well-known themes from films.

It can be purchased under several license agreements, such as "buy-out" (free to use as much as needed for the one-time fee) or true "needle drop,"
which is payment based on the number of times the track is actually used.

I've dealt with production music for decades, and it can get pretty complex.

 

[TigrLvsPooh]

I've heard the HP theme around the big hat as well. Always makes me smile

 

[NYDisneyKid]

wonder if US plays Disney music anywhere

 

[Jacie]

Random, but I really wish that Disney had done the WWOHP and not US. I love it, but hate having to pay $300 just to go see that and that only. Sigh.

 

[RMulieri]

Random, but I really wish that Disney had done the WWOHP and not US. I love it, but hate having to pay $300 just to go see that and that only. Sigh.

Well..I think in that case Disney wasn't willing to build it the way JK Rowling wanted it done and wasn't willing to give her the control.Universal was.I am actually very very excited to be doing a Universal only trip.

 

[Miss Marie]

Hollywood studios celebrates the movies. So the buses and the park itself plays lots of music that were in popular movies.

The movies in the great movie ride were not all disney films.

That's so true! Warner Bros. actually owns most of the movies in the Great Movie Ride, and Disney still uses them. And yes, I do here a lot of non-Disney music in the park. (which is actually a nice break bc that's the only type of muisc you hear in MK!)

 

[FigNewton]

Uh yeah I know there's non-Disney music in the parks ... I just thought it was pretty jarring given the strong connection between Harry Potter and Universal...

 

[CurlyJo224]

wonder if US plays Disney music anywhere

I have heard Muppets songs while in US.

 

[Planogirl]

Sometimes I think that the parks get along better than some of the fans of the two resorts.

 

[RMulieri]

Sometimes I think that the parks get along better than some of the fans of the two resorts.

I agree