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... 

 

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Christmas in Progress City

Taking its cue from the beautifully mid-century modern aesthetics and music of the 1967 version of General Electric's Carousel of Progress that culminates in a Christmas scene set on the outskirts of Walt Disney's E.P.C.O.T. called "Progress City", this musical compilation endeavors to create an atmosphere of period-appropriate holiday music that one might have heard playing in "Mother & Father's" home before a theater of eager GE customers unceremoniously rotates into their living room. Using the original Progressland score orchestrated masterfully by Buddy Baker as a template, each song has been selected to closely resemble the idealistic tone of the attraction within the most optimistic time of the year!

So dim the lights, as we turn on Father's Hi-Fi and spend Christmas in Progress City...   

 

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Studios Soundtrack Series

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. 

Naturally, we'll begin with ACT 1 - Scene 1 with the dramatic overtures of Entrance Plaza... 

 

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The Studio Sound

In the 1939 classic, "Gone with the Wind" the character Gerald O'Hara states "that land is the only thing [in the world] that lasts". When it comes to theme park history, its Music that's the only thing that lasts, or at least the only aspect that can be preserved throughout time. As a park set in the Golden Age of Cinema, the Disney•MGM Studios had a nearly unlimited amount of lush soundtracks with which to create its soundscapes. The following is an infinitesimally small sampling of its symphonic legacy.  

 

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The E82 Overture

The emotionally charged "E82 Overture – Voices of Tomorrow" has finally made it on to the site. The website version now includes Liner Notes and a Full Transcript with no less than 14 Vocal Credits!