Music Ideas for Disney Vacation Videos

[Disneyjamie]

Hello! Was wondering if anyone has suggestions for songs to use in homemade Disney vacation videos. I keep using the same song in mine (Over the Rainbow by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole). TIA

 

[WillowBelle]

When You Wish Upon a Star

You Can Fly

 

[RBennett]

Hello! Was wondering if anyone has suggestions for songs to use in homemade Disney vacation videos. I keep using the same song in mine (Over the Rainbow by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole). TIA

"Flying" on the Peter Pan soundtrack from 2003. It's number 2 on the disc and it's the theme that Disney used during Year of a Million Dreams. GREAT song!!

 

[Disneyjamie]

Those are good ones. Any suggestions not overtly Disney though?

 

[alan]

Not a song, but for some great music to convey the excitement of a holiday at Disneyworld I'm planning to use the last movement of Prokofiev's Symphony No 1 ("Classical").

It conveys the excitement that I see in my kids better than any other music I can think of

regards,
/alan

 

[WillowBelle]

Maybe something from the Fantasia soundtrack?

 

[crazydadguy]

The Sorceror's Apprentice by Dukas is good for obvious reasons. A night on bald mountain by Mussorgsky also. It depends on what emotion your wanting to portray. In the Halls of the mountain king by Grieg is one of my favorites also, it starts out kinda slow but by the end is really moving and is only about 3:30 to 4 minutes long.

 

[KCmike]

Here are ones we have used on some of our photo slideshows and movies:

Keith Urban's - Making Memories of Us
Carole King - Now and Forever
Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World
Jim Brickman and Rebecca Lynn Howard - Simple Things

Disney Inspired ones:
Brian McKnight - Remember the Magic
Leann Rimes - Remember When
John Davidson and Leslie Ann Warren - Are We Dancing?
Whole New World (for the first time we went to Disneyland)

There are so many more that we've done....hope this helps a little.

 

[Poohbear5]

We use alot of Jim Brickman. It's background music that lets the photos remain center stage.

 

[mainstreet1997]

Those are good ones. Any suggestions not overtly Disney though?

Oh well that leaves my suggestion out LOL. I made a slideshow video of my family's Disney pics. Mainstreet Electrical Parade for MK, Illuminations for EPCOT, Tree of Life Theme for Animal Kingdom. Cant remember what I used at the moment for DHS (Twilight Zone theme? LOL) and Makin Memories for "hat shots".

 

[Disneyjamie]

No, any suggestions are good, I just wanted a variety of Disney specific and general music that leads well to Disney home movies. Please, any suggestions are welcomed!

 

[Morganw42]

Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris sing a duet called "This is Us". It's upbeat and energetic but so sweet and sentimental that it brings a tear to my eye every time I hear it. I've used it for a number of slideshows and it works very well.