Walt Disney Records The Legacy Collection

[bruce marshall 1,378]

It's not a case of fidelity to the original story.

I would love a version of the story done with the ARTISTY of POCAHONTAS!

That works for children and adults.

 

( I'm not trying to destroy your childhood memory, just being objective about the quality of the film😉)

[Once 695]

4 hours ago, Marian Schedenig said:

I like it a lot, and not just because it was a childhood favourite, I think. But my above comment wasn't related to the film in any way, this is a thread about the music. Come to think of it, I don't even know if there has been any kind of soundtrack release for it (there might well have been one, but I don't have it).

There hasn't been, at least not with any of George Bruns's score. I think some re-recordings of the songs...

It's a holy grail of mine!

[bruce marshall 1,378]

This is a great edition.

Don't know if it's still in.print.

[Tallguy 4,545]

On 12/07/2022 at 12:06 PM, A. A. Ron said:

Say it with me everybody, “Mu-lan, Mu-lan, Mu-lan, Mu-lan…”

 

Res-cu-ers, Res-cu-ers, Res-cu-ers, Res-cu-ers...

 

 

(Obviously Mulan would be great.)

[bnubz 10]

Cover reveal

 

 

[Tom Guernsey 2,731]

2 minutes ago, bnubz said:

Cover reveal

 

 

[snark mode] Can't wait to find out all the errors on this one... [/snark mode]

 

But seriously, fingers crossed this one comes out unscathed by Disney's somewhat hapless soundtrack restoration production team.

[crumbs 14,904]

What major animated scores are still awaiting the Legacy Collection treatment? 

 

Would be nice if that division of WDR could finally turn their attention to Star Wars or Indiana Jones expansions.

 

With the music exclusively supervised by Mike, of course. 

[Richard P 4,263]

I wonder how recent they are considering titles, given that they did Toy Story. I'd consider A Bug's Life as a curiosity. (although admittedly the isolated score on the DVD sort of lowers that a bit)

[Drawgoon 116]

1 hour ago, crumbs said:

What major animated scores are still awaiting the Legacy Collection treatment?

 

There is no shortage of older stuff that never received a proper soundtrack album to begin with. Besides, since they also made one of these sets for Toy Story 1, that might mean the rest of Pixar's catalog are also up for consideration as well.

 

Wouldn't surprise me if Mulan or Hercules were up next. Particularly Hercules. Menken titles are the sole focus of this series lately. Perhaps he is pushing for these from behind the scenes. Regrettably, we don't have Jerry for that.

 

1 hour ago, crumbs said:

Would be nice if that division of WDR could finally turn their attention to Star Wars or Indiana Jones expansions.

 

I'd be very, very surprised if those weren't somewhere on their to-do list. This stuff will sell - and not just to a niche community of "very respectable" folks like us. Though anything like that will most definitely not come under the LC banner. That'd be very weird.

 

I hope they hand these over to Intrada instead. Those guys know how to handle this stuff with care - definitely better than WD's in-house folks. And they are less inclined to casually edit smaller irrelevant pieces together to make longer cues. I mean that approach works well in some cases. But not very often.

 

[Groovygoth666 1,044]

15 hours ago, Drawgoon said:

 

There is no shortage of older stuff that never received a proper soundtrack album to begin with. Besides, since they also made one of these sets for Toy Story 1, that might mean the rest of Pixar's catalog are also up for consideration as well.

Agreed, the door seems to be open for more Pixar stuff at least. Mary Poppins also got a LC release so that would suggest any of the live action film's could be done sometime as well. 

 

16 hours ago, Drawgoon said:

I hope they hand these over to Intrada instead. Those guys know how to handle this stuff with care - definitely better than WD's in-house folks. And they are less inclined to casually edit smaller irrelevant pieces together to make longer cues. I mean that approach works well in some cases. But not very often.

 

Since Intrada just released Willow it gives me hope that Lucasfilm titles could be done by them. But as they're big titles both SW and IJ would probably be kept in house.

[Luke Skywalker 1,961]

Has anyone outside the US ordered from disneymusic emporium?

 

I want to but Hunchback and Aladdin and i make mock orders to check and it seems they make me pay the US tax (vat). It is very strange because it should be tax free as i'm going to be charged the Spanish VAT when it arrives here.

Also i just noticed that shipping costs...are duplicated if you buy two different items... so bundling orders does not work... is this like this from people who had ordered from them?

 

Is there any other place to buy their CDs?

 

I wanted to have all the Menken's in physical format...buying those two CDS will ammount to more than 70$.

[bnubz 10]

Now available on the DME site: https://www.disneymusicemporium.com/product/XVCD56/legacy-collection-aladdin-cd?cp=81712_112178

Tracklist: 

https://filmmusicreporter.com/2022/09/12/details-announced-for-disneys-aladdin-legacy-collection-soundtrack-album/

[Luke Skywalker 1,961]

Ordered alongside hunchback just for completion’s sake….

[Justanothercrow421 126]

On 26/08/2022 at 1:04 AM, crumbs said:

What major animated scores are still awaiting the Legacy Collection treatment? 

 

Would be nice if that division of WDR could finally turn their attention to Star Wars or Indiana Jones expansions.

 

With the music exclusively supervised by Mike, of course. 

 

I, for one, would love 101 Dalmatians to get the LC treatment sooner rather than later. The film has wonderful music. Hercules and The Jungle Book would also be great adds to The Legacy Collection.

[Once 695]

One Hundred and One Dalmatians, The Sword in the Stone, The Jungle Book, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Hercules and Mulan would be instant buys for me (expanded, of course - I'd have bought Sleeping Beauty if it had been expanded).

[Jay 39,742]

The line is not dead?

 

The other vague nugget of information I got this year was from Randy Thornton, who gave an hourlong lecture for Mary Poppins entitled The Road to Cherry Tree Lane. We ran into him hanging out at the Disney Music Emporium later, he was kind enough to sign that $300 Mary Poppins LP set that my friend Steve had just purchased. During our talk (mostly me and Aaron fawning over his lecture), I asked if we'd see more Legacy Collection titles get a vinyl like Mary Poppins. He said they're still trying to get more titles out on CD, but didn't say which ones. So, again this is a maybe, but I'd take it as indirect confirmation again that the Legacy Collection line is still active, just very slow going in getting new titles out there. Another Disney Music Emporium cast member there also made an off-hand remark about The Sword in the Stone as if it were already out in The Leagcy Collection, but he might have been confusing it with Robin Hood. Either way, if The Sword in the Stone is coming but not yet announced, that could also be confirmation.

 

https://dvdizzy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=776597&sid=794ab2f29f605a323609430bf2df1135#p776597

[Tallguy 4,545]

Star Wars: The Legacy Collection. Confirmed!

[Jurassic Shark 13,351]

Mary Poppins Strikes Back

[Doo_liss 6,602]

Swiss Family Treasure Island. (Yes, I know it's pretty much out of the scope of these releases, it's a joke ya know )

[bollemanneke 3,621]

1 hour ago, Jurassic Shark said:

Mary Poppins Strikes Back

A New Nanny, Return of the Bath Tub, The Musical Menace, Attack of the Children, Revenge of the Parents, The Bitch Awakens, The Last Spoonful of Sugar, The Rise of Singing.

[Luke Skywalker 1,961]

We need hercules to complete menkens golden age…

[Groovygoth666 1,044]

18 minutes ago, Luke Skywalker said:

We need hercules to complete menkens golden age…

Yes please! All his other Disney works got a ton of demos released, but this one is lacking in not only those but the score as well. I believe Shooting Star is the only demo we have from this film? 

[bollemanneke 3,621]

3 hours ago, Luke Skywalker said:

We need hercules to complete menkens golden age…

Or a competently produced Notre Dame.

[Drawgoon 116]

23 hours ago, Jay said:

The line is not dead?

 

Another Disney Music Emporium cast member there also made an off-hand remark about The Sword in the Stone as if it were already out in The Leagcy Collection, but he might have been confusing it with Robin Hood.

 

How can one mistake a film with human characters with another one that features anthropomorphic characters?

[Tom Guernsey 2,731]

2 hours ago, Drawgoon said:

 

How can one mistake a film with human characters with another one that features anthropomorphic characters?

The same way you can somehow leave off half of one cue or repeat a 20 second passage of another... 

[mstrox 6,939]

It’s possible all of the mediocre middle-era Disney movies just blurred together for them.

[Marian Schedenig 9,147]

36 minutes ago, mstrox said:

It’s possible all of the mediocre middle-era Disney movies just blurred together for them.

 

There's nothing mediocre about Robin Hood!

[Mr. Breathmask 566]

7 hours ago, bollemanneke said:

Or a competently produced Notre Dame.

 

I hadn't heard about this. What went wrong on Hunchback?

[bollemanneke 3,621]

2 minutes ago, Mr. Breathmask said:

 

I hadn't heard about this. What went wrong on Hunchback?

A lot, apparently, but my issue is bad track breaks and an entirely absent, great cue from the finale that is on the OST. And not a single attempt at an explanation was made.

[Holko 10,391]

33 minutes ago, bollemanneke said:

A lot, apparently, but my issue is bad track breaks and an entirely absent, great cue from the finale that is on the OST. And not a single attempt at an explanation was made.

And missing stuff in general (random tracks from a german recording and multiple demos of the same songs included instead of the climax and the removed Heaven's Light reprise), and bad editing all over including some major messy dropouts in The Cathedral.

[GerateWohl 5,156]

Mostly I am not interested in these legacy collections. But The Rescuers would be something.

[John Dutton 7,488]

I own the Disneyland set which is a decent sampling, but especially because it may be the last time Disney ever releases music from Splash Mountain since they're now ashamed of it.

 

There's countless hours of theme park music from Florida they'll seemingly never release at this point as they continue to erase their "problematic" "legacy" stuff from history to appease modern more sophisticated audiences.

 

EPCOT Center's dated 1980s take on the 21st Century has been improved with the actual 21st Century. Marvel funnybook characters and children's cartoons fulfilled Walt Disney's original vision, replacing the cynical corporate-sponsored exhibits of science, technology and cultural stereotypes.

 

Now you can sit around in a bare sterile chamber scrolling social media while sipping Starbucks and not have to listen to inspiring symphonic music or navigate a huge fountain that is timed to the music. It's just better that way. And all of that problematic 1980s orchestral music can be lost to time.

[Muad'Dib 1,876]

3 hours ago, mstrox said:

It’s possible all of the mediocre middle-era Disney movies just blurred together for them.

 

How dare you.

[Once 695]

The Sword in the Stone is a holy grail of mine, would love to see it released!

[Tallguy 4,545]

2 hours ago, Once said:

The Sword in the Stone is a holy grail of mine, would love to see it released!

 

The Holy Grail is not in that part.

[Mr. Breathmask 566]

12 hours ago, Holko said:

And missing stuff in general (random tracks from a german recording and multiple demos of the same songs included instead of the climax and the removed Heaven's Light reprise), and bad editing all over including some major messy dropouts in The Cathedral.

 

Well, damn.

 

Is there a decent playlist somewhere that I can make, combining the OST and the Legacy edition?

[darkspine10 14]

On 18/08/2024 at 8:18 AM, Mr. Breathmask said:

 

Well, damn.

 

Is there a decent playlist somewhere that I can make, combining the OST and the Legacy edition?

The main missing section from the Legacy Collection version of Hunchback is found in the second half of Track 12: 'And He Shall Smite the Wicked' from the 1996 OST. Legacy Collection Disc 1 Track 18 has the same name, and does contain material that was edited out of the OST version. Luckily the part that isn't on the LC is (seemingly) complete on the OST. After the LC track ends, 1:37-end from the OST is the next section that was left off.

 

The Heaven's Light reprise should come at 1:03 in LC Disc 1 Track 15: 'Escape', but no clean version was included in either release (it is a different recording to the version played earlier in the film during the full Heaven's Light, lasting approximately 43 seconds). I suspect it may be some kind of insert, since it's quite similar to the earlier version, or alternatively they micro-edited the cue for the album.

 

There are number of odd volume pop-ins across the LC whenever cues transition, most of which can be edited out with a little tweaking (though it's still annoying). One really notable one is in Out There at 1:19, but the OST mercifully has that section and doesn't have the issue. One could also quibble with some of the merging of cues into pretty long tracks rather than presenting them individually (the lengthy intro before Out There is one that stands out again, it would be much better as a separate standalone track before the song), but that's more subjective.

[Holko 10,391]

3 minutes ago, darkspine10 said:

Luckily the part that isn't on the LC is (seemingly) complete on the OST.

Nah it's slightly edited.