This post attempts to be an amalgamation of two different topics. I guess I’m asking two basic questions:
1) What is your favorite Disney movie?
2) What is your favorite movie soundtrack?
I can combine these because my favorite Disney movie is “The Jungle Book” and my favorite movie soundtrack is “The Jungle Book.”
I’ve added four Jungle Book songs to the radio blog. They are: “I Wanna Be Like You” / “That’s What Friends Are For” / “The Bare Necessities” / “Trust In Me (The Python Song)” I particularly enjoy the very end of “That’s What Friends Are For” when Shere Khan comes in with a tremendously rich and royal bass voice, singing the line “that’s what friends are for.”
1Rhapsidiomite on Feb 19, 2007 at 3:22 pm:
I was always particular to “The Sword in the Stone,” though “The Absent-Minded Professor” did have its moments, as did “The Cat From Outer Space.”
“Tron,” however, wins the prize for best Disney film.
For best soundtrack, I have always, always loved the music from those companion French films (based on the novels by Marcel Pagnol) “Jean de Florette” and “Manon des sources.” They also happen to be my favorite films.
2danithew on Feb 19, 2007 at 3:25 pm:
I have to say that Tron would be a very strong competitor in my book. I’ve seen that movie so many times - though not in recent years.
Maybe it’s time to watch it again.
I love the harmonica in the main theme from Jean de Florette. I read up on this some time ago and learned it has its basis in Giuseppe Verdi’s “la forza del destino.”
I have the DVDs to both movies and I should have gotten hold of the soundtrack by now. It really is wonderful. Shame on me.