Kind of Funny: Disney/Universal connection in commercial

[phamton]

Remember the thread where everyone was bashing Universal for their commercials which made Disney references? Has anyone seen Disney's "Year of a Million Dreams" commercial? What I find amusing is that it starts with the song "Flying" which is the music from the 2003 Universal Studios movie: "Peter Pan." Anyone find it strange that Disney couldn't find anything else to use?

in case anyone has forgotten why Disney didn't do the Peter Pan movie here is a portion of a news article: "Disney was being depicted as a Scrooge after it dropped out of a new $140-million film version of Peter Pan over a merchandising dispute involving the distribution of profits to the Great Ormond Street Hospital in London. In his will, Peter Pan author J.M. Barrie had transferred the copyright to the hospital, which subsequently made a deal with Disney, in which it receives a regular annual payment for rights to the story. Disney continues to dispute the hospital's claim to a percentage of profits from Peter Pan merchandise that Disney produces. A Disney spokeswoman said, "We did not want to be in a situation where we were paying twice." But the London Daily Telegraph quoted an unnamed producer connected with the film as saying, "The bottom line is that [Disney] wanted a share of the merchandising but did not want to pay for it."

So hearing James Newton Howard's music on a Disney commercial seems a little ironic.

 

[fonsy]

That is so ironic that they used the same song.

 

[yaytezIOA]

And kind of mean spirited of disney also.

 

[ChrisFL]

I was at Epcot today and in "The Land" they were playing music from E.T.

Then again, in the Soarin queue they play a lot of songs from different movies, including other John Williams movies like "Always"

But I could imagine the uproar if Universal decided to use a song from a Disney soundtrack in one of their commercials.

 

[F-L-A]

E.T.!?!?

 

[ChrisFL]

^^ yes, but to clarify it wasn't the main theme song but another song from the soundtrack

 

[thrillriderbb]

^^ yes, but to clarify it wasn't the main theme song but another song from the soundtrack

I've heard them playing music from other movies such as Harry Potter as well in other areas such as the Studios too.