This intro has a special nostalgia for the people who love Disney old classics. I can't but shed tears while seeing this old intro.
@drewski1535
Жыл бұрын
Same here this opening really showed and brought out the real Disney magic I'm a 90s Disney kid but I love the 80s beat
@ElkundEklund
8 жыл бұрын
The music was by Frank Gari / Gari Communications (Gari Media Group) with "extra everything" and then some. The lavish orchestration here is on a level that seems reserved for vintage jingles. "Less is more" was unknown in those circles. I wrote a lengthy analysis: 0:00 Announce our arrival with a strong intro. Four distinct notes light up as stars in the sky as neon Mickey passes by. Make it big! Any space between the bars are filled out with drum rolls and detailed layers of strings, harp and shimmering flute trills that weave into each other to make sure there's not a dull moment and the piece is constantly evolving. 0:03 Introduce the basic melody. Add disco rhythm and syncopation - lots of it. Enchanting harps underscore the Evil Queen's brooch sparkling otherworldly. 0:10 Add gratuitous cadences straight out of jingle-land for more power. We're in for something BIG. Chirping synth arpeggios transport us through a spirograph tunnel into the magic kingdom while the brass section are "harooing" to add a touch of class, signifying nobility as if saluting the king. 0:18 Return to "When you wish upon a star" for a while (after all, that was the intended melody), played on trombone (flugelhorn?) to give it a slick Hollywood aura of luxury. 0:24 Veering away from the familiar melody, adding more cadences to surprise the listener. This time phrased differently and fleshed out with dated analog synths that were futuristic at the time while the rhythm section introduce a percussionist playing hypnotizing latin-tinged polyrhythms on the triangle. Menacing low brass adds drama. Watch out! This is for real. 0:33 Get a good bassist in the studio to do a funky lick. 0:35 Rising woodwinds introduce a section that is decidedly modernist, with the oboe going in uncharted directions. This is not just commercial music. It is art! 0:38 More cadences where a swift string ostinato lead to a reprise of the bubbling synth arpeggio to cast a spell as Tinker Bell spreads her fairy dust on the audience accompanied by drum fills with the brass section going wild in counterpoint, doing another majestic salute as the Cinderella Castle appears. Musical fireworks for the on-screen counterpart! 0:45 We fly through the castle with the music appropriately returning to recognizable fairy tale form where dreams come true - this time with high strings more pronounced and augmented by an organ to emphasize the importance, granting an almost sacred underpinning in building anticipation for the clou... 0:48 Lo and behold - the Spaceship Earth of the Epcot center rendered in state of the art wire frame vector graphics, gleaming like the sun! While we look in awe, a grand fanfare with high strings taking the lead calls out to clear any doubts - we have seen the light! A harp and bass glissando give way into a virtuoso tour de force of incessant staccato violins to embody the implied extravagance of the production while the logo is revealed. The horns state nondescript open-ended figures that dissolve into a pliable intermission before the program material intended to follow. These chugging strings give away Gari's expertise in jingle writing as this vehicle was always a key element in news themes to signal currency and importance. The theme has perhaps more affinity with the world of production music (library music) than film music which is usually much more subdued in order to underscore a scene. It's a pinnacle piece from the golden age of lavish jingles - a musical heritage that can usually not be heard on record, thus remaining out of reach of the public and unavailable for serious study. It remains a trade secret of a few skilled industry insiders.
@StuntFan
8 жыл бұрын
+ElkundEklund O_O That... was beautiful. It sounds like you worked for the theme.
@andrewvickers1992
8 жыл бұрын
Nice description 😊
@phoenixconditt4368
5 жыл бұрын
I'm so making that into a Copypasta... No one's probably going to look at it
@tytan_ic
3 жыл бұрын
Í
@user-tc5tn4js1i
8 жыл бұрын
This intro should have been used 1981-1989! It fits the 80's very well!
@Attmay
Жыл бұрын
The backlash against disco music in America is why it wasn’t used longer. However, The Disney Channel used a differently shortened version for reruns of the anthology series until the late 1990s when they started restoring original opens. Then they dropped them from TV altogether and they haven’t been seen in 20 years. Never have I seen a studio turn on itself like this.
@drewski1535
Жыл бұрын
I agree it fits the time frame but it shows and brings out the fun exciting side of Disney
@akampfer
7 жыл бұрын
I remember CBS very rarely ran the entire 1 minute opening, maybe twice a year. My assumption was if they could sell the extra 30 seconds of airtime, they did otherwise you got the long opening.
@Attmay
Жыл бұрын
The number of commercials on television was already increasing in the 1970s compared to the decade before it. The late 1980s and 1990s is when they started going into overdrive with them. The short version was also a home video logo outside of North America. I did not realize that until years after the fact, nor did I realize that the logo they made for American home videos was also a repurposing of imagery created for Mickey Mouse‘s 50th birthday.
@blind_t2
5 ай бұрын
if I ran a station, this theme would def get used. probably this one to showcase the disney classics from around the 50’s to 1989, latest 1990, and a slightly modern take on this would be composed for the 90’s up.
@michaela.mccracken4461
7 жыл бұрын
In September of 1981 after 20 years, NBC passes the magical torch of Disney Television to The Columbia Broadcasting System. There, "DISNEY'S WONDERFUL WORLD" was renamed "WALT DISNEY", and moved to Saturday nights for two seasons. The show ended in the Spring of 1983 on CBS, and saw Disney's magical leap to Cable and Satellite Television with the successful launch of The Disney Channel.
@Attmay
Жыл бұрын
Somebody at CBS felt guilty about beating them regularly on Sunday nights since they were on TV first. The “family viewing hour“ was partially created for their benefit, and it backfired on them!
@anniefinch6843
Жыл бұрын
I remember watching Walt Disney Presents on television. It's nice seeing scenes from Alice in Wonderland, Lady and the Tramp, and Fantasia. But it's also nice seeing Mickey, Pluto, and Donald along with Mary Poppins.
@Toyotaboy497
Жыл бұрын
How old were you when this intro aired?
@MissGreenAgain
8 жыл бұрын
0:27 Some real Daft Punk similarities here XP :)
@BuddyBoy600alt
14 жыл бұрын
I remember this. They used to run this intro when The Walt Disney Show was aired on The Disney Channel. And called it "Walt Disney Presents."
@taydrabrookshire347
5 жыл бұрын
This is such a groovy intro 😂
@diannemoriarty1549
4 жыл бұрын
I'm getting a nostalgia headache,
@TropicalHonduranDominican
5 ай бұрын
The post disco funk intro is still fresh and uplifting it ages well
@stantonrogers
10 ай бұрын
0:52 "Tonight On Walt Disney!"- Mark Elliott
@wisp2007
16 жыл бұрын
Excellent! haven't seen this in years!
@brandonreina2199
6 жыл бұрын
0:42 - I saw Tinkerbell (from Peter Pan). Tinkerbell is a cute fairy that Walt Disney did in the 1950s. She belongs to the Disney Fairies franchise.
@taydrabrookshire347
5 жыл бұрын
Brandon Reina Wow fascinating.
@pennysanchez7656
3 жыл бұрын
0:38-0:41 I'm Mary Poppins, y'all!
@bluray2012ify
12 жыл бұрын
This version is better!!!
@wwetnabamafan194
5 жыл бұрын
True; could've been used in its CBS premiere, then use the 30 second version the rest of the series run
@BenRowley
16 жыл бұрын
The Frank Gari version. I was three years old when they started using it and boy of the memories come flooding back=]
@BlackDogBrew
16 жыл бұрын
The short version of this is on the beginning of a series of Disney vids my family brought back from Saudi Arabia 23 years ago; things like "Disney's Greatest Dog Stars", "Disney's Scary Tales", "Mickey's Christmas Carol" and "The Disney Channel vol. 1". Even back then I thought it was weird as hell, but still, with those wire-frame graphics it's got a certain 80s appeal for retro junkies like myself.
@rafaellasso6329
4 ай бұрын
Walt Disney
@beckajustesen2726
4 ай бұрын
0:34 Steamboat Willie Old Yeller
@RocketPup
8 жыл бұрын
Can somebody remake this it's so good
@brandonreina2199
6 жыл бұрын
Kujo Baki Walt Disney newer "Neon" CBC intro The Princess Diaries The Muppets Wreck-It Ralph Ice Princess Fantasia 2000 Peter Pan Lilo & Stitch Atlantis: The Lost Empire The Incredibles Chicken Little Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Flight of the Navigator Freaky Friday (2003) Aladdin Tangled Brave Frozen Toy Story 3 Star Wars: The Force Awakens DuckTales The Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp Marvel's The Avengers Old Yeller Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: Part II The Parent Trap (1998) Sleeping Beauty The Good Dinosaur Zootopia Inside Out Winnie the Pooh Prom (2011) Tron: The Derezzed Edition (with extra scenes added)
@taydrabrookshire347
6 жыл бұрын
Brandon Reina Please no Marvel or Star Wars for god’s sake.
@brandonreina7667
5 жыл бұрын
@@taydrabrookshire347 What? [Shouts] I'm not talking to you! You're kinda disgusting! [Shouts] I think not! Marvel and Star Wars are owned by Walt Disney! [Shouts] Stop with the entire "no Marvel or Star Wars" crap because it's getting on my nerves! Websites www.disney.com www.marvel.com www.starwars.com
@taydrabrookshire347
5 жыл бұрын
Can you chill? Im just expressing my opinion. Don’t take it so seriously. I completely understand and accept that the Walt Disney Company owns Star Wars and Marvel, but I feel those two franchises don’t fit with Disney’s image and therefore wouldn’t fit into this intro. I know they’d inevitably shoehorn them into said remake, but they should know Star Wars and Marvel aren’t usually what come to mind when one thinks about Disney. Lightsabers wouldn’t look right with pixie dust and castles. hopefully they would be kept at a minimum to maintain the Disney purity. I’m typing from an artistic point of view, not a corporate point of view.
@maryloumartone1994
8 жыл бұрын
PINOCCHIO ME MANQUE J AIMERAIS LE VOIR A DISNEYLAND PARIS C EST ROMANTIQUE
@brandonreina7667
5 жыл бұрын
0:37 - I saw Donald Duck
@josephphillips1976
9 жыл бұрын
A shorter version of this appeared on some Walt Disney Home Video tapes in Australia.
@ViewpointProd
9 жыл бұрын
actualy not from australia, i belive its from the UK, since i never had any disney VHS's with this opening
@josephphillips1976
9 жыл бұрын
darkspire 17 did you look on the Closing Logo Wiki? It says that it can be seen on some Australian Walt Disney Releases disribused by Roadshow Home Video.
@ViewpointProd
9 жыл бұрын
well roadshow was not ovr hear, we did not get tapes from them, im australian
@josephphillips1976
9 жыл бұрын
darkspire 17 what!? I thought Roadshow was a Australian company.
@josephphillips1976
9 жыл бұрын
darkspire 17 i also know that it appeared on the Finnish release of The Sword of the Stone only the Walt Disney logo at the end was replaced with the 1986 Wizard Mickey logo but still had the original music.
@dgwaters
16 жыл бұрын
Does anyone have the "End" theme to this version?
@MrT8599
11 жыл бұрын
Perry from Phineas and Ferb chirps at the end
@RingoandCarlin
13 жыл бұрын
@mratfauver it is
@maryloumartone1994
8 жыл бұрын
JE SUIS ÉMU DE VOIR PINOCCHIO A DISNEYLAND PARIS ET C EST MAGNIFIQUE SNIF ET TOUT VA BIEN J ESPERE QUE JE VAIS LE CROISER DANS LE PARC DISNEYLAND QUEL AVENTURES
@Jal8919536
16 жыл бұрын
If anyone has an MP3 of this, please drop me a line.
@NicholasWingoldenkiwi2095
4 жыл бұрын
This would’ve worked better in the Walt Disney home video intro
@karst80
4 жыл бұрын
They used it also for their home video market
@Attmay
Жыл бұрын
They used an abbreviated version of it because a minute is too long for a home video logo. Even 30 seconds is a bit of a stretch.
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