LEGACY: 10 Years Later

Amongst the multitude of movies infecting the worlds of Epcot, there is only one that is completely excluded from contempt. TRON's simulated digital frontier symbiotically created to synergistically exist alongside (and even inside) Walt Disney Productions' future-focused theme park.
From its architectural aesthetics to its commentary on the relationship between humanity, technology, and religion, EPCOT Center & TRON not only share the same birth year but also perfectly complement each other's ethos in much the same way as The Lion King with Animal Kingdom or The Rocketeer with the Disney•MGM Studios. 
Fast-forward 1400 Cycles (or 28 Years) and the world was invited to enter "The Grid" once again with TRON: Legacy — a film that is just as stunning and profound as its predecessor. Beginning with a beautifully "Digitized" Disney Castle was exquisitely evocative (and is still my favorite variation on the Walt Disney Pictures logo), yet I thought it was a missed opportunity to call back to the origins of the film and its relationship with physical worlds of Disney. Clearly, Spaceship Earth and not Cinderella Castle should have begun this new cinematic experience. 

In honor of TRON: Legacy's 10th Anniversary and to celebrate The E82 Project's 10th year, today we pay tribute to both ideologically-aligned entities with Future World's iconic geosphere entering "A digital frontier to reshape the human condition."                  

A Musical History of EPCOT Center

As most passengers of Spaceship Earth are confined to their quarters, E82 offers you some music therapy in the hope of providing some diversion from the discord of today and to refocus on a brighter tomorrow.

A Musical History of EPCOT Center is a living playlist featuring A retrospective on the Center’s rich musical legacy featuring crystal-clear restorations from the source material, with new selections added daily. 
 

Only Available Until the Park Reopens!   

Click on the Image to be taken to the playlist!

UPDATE LOG: 

April 17th
JOURNEY (deeper) INTO IMAGINATION 

April 2nd
Highlights from WORLD SHOWCASE

March 28th
More from the WORLD OF MOTION

March 27th
Expanded selections from THE LIVING SEAS

March 26th
Multiple mixes from HORIZONS

The Genesis of EPCOT Center

While the inception of Walt's unrealized radial city has been chronicled profusely over the decades, what is least known and even lesser discussed are the origins of the park that bears its name. A commonly-held misconception is that EPCOT Center was conceived only after the impracticalities of a vast corporately-controlled city were discovered and therefore the Center was created, not as the culmination of Walt's dream but as compensation for it. In fact, the origins of EPCOT Center not only run concurrently to the community of tomorrow but vastly precedes it.

Studios Soundtrack Series - Chinese Theatre

As a celebration of cinema, the Disney•MGM Studios had decades of soundtracks with which to weave its soundscapes. From sweeping scores performed with large orchestras to more intimate leitmotifs expressed by small ensembles, the original underscores of the park were used to both convey a sense of time and place while simultaneously providing an extremely effective reference point for the park's metanarrative. 

  The Disney•MGM Studios Soundtrack Series has been created to preserve the original atmospheres of the park by presenting restorations of its underscores. 

Our second edition takes us to the exquisitely recreated lobby of Grauman's Chinese Theatre... 

 

 Click on the album cover to hear more!

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Mouse Deco

From the rustic steel of Animal Kingdom's Oasis to the elegant wrought iron of Main Street USA, all of Disney's parks feature appropriately detailed gates cleverly designed to both protect and present the entrance to enchanting environments and the Disney•MGM Studios is no exception. Perhaps the most notable of functionally friendly fences, the entrance to Hollywood Boulevard continues the streamlined style of the Pan-Pacific Auditorium inspired ticket booths with Art Deco curves and an extremely familiar silhouette signifying that the Hollywood you're stepping into is a carefully-curated one crafted by the House of Mouse.
Here is a small series of backgrounds depicting those gates in their natural state of Tinseltown Teal as well as Glittering Gold and Silver Screen Slate.