I would love to listen, but the Disney ride audio is always drowned out by people talking loudly, yelling, or screaming. Better off listening to the soundtracks on youtube.
Samantha Jorgensen WDW: Room is just a still room that quite literally "raises" the roof...DL: "topless" elevator with upper area that stays still (so to "stretch portraits") whilste the elevators descend..)
Favorite Audio snippet, from a ride that's no longer around: ExtraTerrorestrial Alien Encounter: when the alien explodes at the end, covering the audience in "guts", an "audience member" (actually comes from the speaker in your seat) says: "My mouth was open!"
@@mikesmith6838 Yeah, a minority gets freaking offended and Disney bows to their demand. That's weak. I've asked several women since the change and refurbishment if that scene ever bothered them, and they said no. Because most people understand that that is just a part of history. And consequently it became one of the most famous Disney quotes ever, and now it's gone. I won't be surprised if in the following years Master Gracy becomes Mistress Gracy, and they turn Mickey into a transgender. So much stupidity.
A Grammar-Spelling Freak Disneyland is my life I went to Disneyland twice last year but I don’t get to go this year or probably next year... I have gone five times in my life and I’m 14 I love Disneyland why am I saying all of this I don’t know but I love Disneyland
My favorite audio is jungle drums and the old music playing on the radio in line for the jungle cruise. definitely makes me feel like an explorer from the 1930s-50s
*Cool trick explained* The audio term you're looking for is called "ducking". It's a recording term where you lower the sound of one instrument or group of instruments in order to make the "newer" or "more relevant" musical tones stand out. A great example of this is the opening of the song "Thunderstruck" by AC/DC. You'll notice it starts with a really loud guitar solo over a highhat. These are the ONLY focus for several seconds and are very loud. As soon as new instruments enter, the guitar solo which was so loud before is suddenly a background noise. You can hear it if you're listening, but the volume is lower. This is "Ducking". Disney uses this the same way on rides. Where when you are close the busts on "Haunted Mansion" the music elsewhere is lowered, but the busts are louder, in order to add emphasis. The default "grim grinning ghosts" still plays, but in this speaker, the wails are quieter and the busts are louder. Travel a little further in and you'll still hear the bust harmonies, but it'll be ducked under the new mix. It's not just that this speaker will play audio unique to the nearby feature, but that it'll play a mix of the song with the volume of the nearby feature boosted. And now I'm going to tell you where this absolutely blows my mind more than any other place in this place in this place that does little else other than blowing my mind. The Parades. Similar to rides, Parade music doesn't end. and that's because parades are treated like rides, but backwards. Instead of the guests going past features on a ride, the features go past the guests. But this creates one HUGE problem. The speakers aren't on the parade at all. They're among the guests and on poles lining main street. So... the imagineers had to come up with a way to make the trumpet float sound trumpet heavy, but as it passes, the speaker you're standing next to will lower the volume of the trumpets and raise the volume of the next float which may be tinkerbell's fairy noises. or Dwarves singing. But all of this is done seamlessly no matter how stretched or contracted the parade gets. I don't have exact specs on this, but I have a theory on how the smartest and best company in the world would do this.... Write an audio program that has and mixes each parade's music. When the parade starts, it'll run an opening message, and the default music starts. Use sensors tied to certain markers making every 30 meters of road a different section with its own mix of the song. As any particular sound worthy group gets near, the slider tied to their sounds in the mix gets boosted. As it moves away from there, the slider is moved down. doing this would allow you to skip floats if need be. That slider and sound effects would just not be brought up. Make the range something like 100 meters. As it gets within 100 meters of the particular sensor, it begins creeping in the volume, as it's closest, the volume is as loud as it'll ever get, and then starts getting quieter as it moves away. That's not guaranteed how they do it. But it's the smartest way I can think of it getting done. The fact that it's capable at all is genius, the fact that it's done so fluidly so many times a day, is a feat I wouldn't even imagine possible. And I suppose that's why I'm not an imagineer.
Totally agree with you about the parades Chad, they're certainly my favourite example of Disney stitching together all the various tunes and motifs associated with each parade float. There is one small extra to what you've said about the parades though in that although the parade route speakers are zoned they don't play the majority of the music as there are actually speakers on the parade floats as well. They sometimes play just musical vocals or character voices but can often play a different tune specific to that particular float (or group of floats) which is synced and layered to fit perfectly on top of the general background tune (the underliner) being played by the park speakers. The bonus of this approach is there's no tricky fading to worry about as the floats naturally fade themselves in and out of the listener's hearing as they pass by. Spectromagic was one of my favourites for this as it had a fairly basic underliner (except for the unified fanfare sections) which allowed the floats or groups to have their own personality e.g. The Little Mermaid group would play the "Part of Your World" theme over the top of the underliner. If you listen to this Spectromagic video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tMOgrlzc9bY.html from 5:15 you'll have a minute of the underliner due to delayed floats and then you'll hear the metronome start as it appears at about 6:20 followed by the music picking up again. In fact just watch the whole video tbh cos Spectromagic was great :)
I would just do by playing a sound file for each float that is mixed to start quiet and then increase in volume, and then fade back out. Have a sensor, or a guy pushing buttons on a Midi controller that cues the sound file as the float enters a zone of speakers. They have precise speed control on the floats, so the length of the track is predetermined. A simpler way would just be to have a series of tracks play, depending on what floats are in use, and just rely on the floats moving at the correct speed to stay with the music. These days I would do it with some sort of RFID tags on the bottom of each float, and RFID readers in the street at the edge of each zone, triggering a computer to route the correct length tapered track to the correct zone.
100% YES! That is one of my all time favorites as well. So cleverly composed, too. It reminds me of looking at the night sky. The main melody with its stepping back and forth between notes(or whatever the proper music term is), makes me think of the stars twinkling. And then there are the parts where you hear a high pitch arcing down to a low pitch, which sounds like shooting stars to me. IT’S. JUST. THE. BEST.
@@dennisvelez9846 They are actually the same song! The entrance song is orchestral, and the star tunnel is a synth. They are instrumentals of "We've Come so Far".
Nestoons did you know there is lyrics to start tunnel, the first part of star tunnel? It’s called we’ve come so far, promising tomorrows! By the way, it is really calm!
Is it only for Disney World? I enjoy listening to that loop as well, but I don't think I have ever heard it in line at the Anaheim park (I don't get to visit as often as I would like).
My favorite music is probably the pirates queue music, aka the music you played in the background of this video. That or maybe the quiet swamp noises with the banjo as you pass the blue bayou
Me too! I love the smooth sound of it, and it was because of my love for that song that I discovered the Exotica genre, which is lots of smooth, calm, jungle/tropical/Polynesian inspired music. I have started a small exotica vinyl collection and love just having it on in the background, totally makes me feel like I'm back at Disneyland!
My favorite was "Remember Dreams Come True" So after a whole day of being immersed in these songs and voice clips, they made a whole fireworks show that is basically the "greatest hits" album. I know that answer is sorta a cop-out, so here's a specific answer: I personally love hearing "Oklahoma!" on Main Street USA!
At Disneyland Main Street you go down the right side where the Starbucks is. You can just hand out in the side street and you hear the dentist drilling while someone screams and someone taking a shower and lots of other stuff. I find that quite fun when I need to take a break.
Blair Slavin you’re referring to Center Street just off Main Street. Whole bunch a funny audio like badly played piano lessons and snoring coming from the detective agency “that never sleeps” lol.
Wow, this makes me even more appreciative of how lame it was the one time I went to Six Flags in St. Louis. The speakers were visible no matter where you were, and they just played random pop music (including "We Like to Party" by Vengaboys every 2-3 songs). Ugh.
I always wondered why when going from the floating orb scene of the HM to the ballroom scene, that as soon as you turn to the ballroom you can no longer hear the once super loud talking in the last room. or in ariel, going from under the sea to the dark sea cave. it happens so fast and i feel like i should still be able to hear it
i just love the pigs “singing along” towards the end of the city burning scene in pirates. every time i go on it i watch and listen to them as we pass them
The get me out of here on repeat comment reminds me of the time I got stuck Splash Mountain right before going up the escalator to the top. Still can't stand listening to Everybody's Got a Laughing Place without going insane.
Isaac Ferguson Dude same! I listened to those vultures on loop for thirty minutes! (Also with all the lights on, I could see the huge JBL speaker sitting behind them)
I've gotten stuck on the Haunted Mansion about a million times. I love it, but hearing the organ music playing the same section over and over and over and over again will make you wish you were actually dead.
The pulse of the engines are my favorite sound in the entire damn park and I wish I could find that sound by itself since I could listen to it for hours!
My personal favorite is when they are playing grim grinning ghosts on the organ slowly and ominously. I also LOVE the ghost host's monologue in the stretch room, and ever line of dialogue that Constance speaks
Definitely Melanie's song from EuroDisney's Phantom Manor. You hear a faint clavier version of the song outside, in the gardens, when waiting to enter the attraction and then all the way until the cemetery scene.
The parade music also does a good job at stitching together the different verses of the songs between the floats. It's really "It's a Small World" on wheels. And now I miss the Main Street Electrical Parade.
I think you should have at least mention the Indian Jones Temple of the Forbidden Eye audio. It's a brilliant mix of an original music piece but is the Indiana Jones music along with many audio queues. When going through the dark tunnel the sound of creepy crawling bugs, the lame paintings on the wall with the sounds of darts or arrows shooting passed you (unfortunately the sound of the compressed air being release ruins it), when pulling up to see the bridge skull carved in rock the music reaches a peak and same when pulling up to the bridge, the snake and even the sound of the engine stalling. Those jeeps Disney designed are not just motion control immersive genius. The many speakers it has contribute to ride in many ways. I can only imagine how it sounds if your not in one of the vehicle but standing in the middle of all of it =D P.S. Sound design and ambient lighting are my favorite tools for Halloween. Gore is cheap.
Eliza Sykes me too (of course). Between that, The Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean just hearing portions of the rides sends me on a nostalgia trip.
My favorite is the Illuminations soundtrack (and the 45 minutes before the show for that matter). The soundtrack as well as many other aspects is the reason why it’s my absolute favorite Disney nighttime spectacular in the United States
Can you just have a day that you say you’re going to Disney and then just have all of us people there with you? I know it’s hectic and a little bit crazy but I mean you could make it kinda like a tour group but obviously you can do whatever you want. You know we’d tip you like crazy❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
For my favorite on ride track is probably space mountain. It fits the exhilarating rush through the cosmos perfectly. As for queue music, (this may be odd) is the haunted mansion holiday track. It just "screams" wonder and excitement for what a delight is in the mansion below. For land music, that's a little hard to say. I'd probably refer to main street, because you obviously can't go wrong with classical nostalgia.
The sound design for the late Tower if terror area was always breathtaking. From the echoes added to the music outside the ride, to the rumbling pipes throughout the boiler room. It was always just spectacular.
yes!!!!! at the top of the DCA cue there's a wall with chalk markings on it (referencing a twilight zone episode) where you can hear a little girls voice coming through. i listened for that every time :)
i know this was mostly about audio on teh rides, but i think some of my favorite ambient music in teh parks (and in all of ambient music in general) comes from the outside of the gates in disneyland/dca it just feels really upbeat and charming getting you in the mood for disney fun when you get right to the gates, and at night when you leave it feels whimsical but also a little melancholy, like an audio version of "see you again sometime." like i know i said "feel" more than "sounds" with that but it really does hit a feeling first more than an "oh yeah, theres music"
When asked why I’ve been going to Disneyland in Anaheim over and over since 1959 and I reply it’s the aural landscape I crave and miss when I am NOT there.
I feel the same way, except for me it's Disney World. As a kid I had a tape recording of songs from Disneyland and Disney World. I would listen to that from time to time and it would bring back memories of being in the parks. These days, thanks to RU-vid, whenever I feel like I need a fix of Disney Parks I just play some audio loops. Such as the Magic Kingdom Entrance Loop or the EPCOT entrance loop. My favorite is the modern short Innoventions Area music loop. I'll also listen to Illuminations, an old vinyl recording of The Tiki Room and The Jungle Cruise, Tomorrowland and Frontierland music loops and other random ride audios when I feel like it. The audio both satisfies my desire to be at Disney but also fosters the urge to visit. That's probably why Disney allows all this content to exist on RU-vid and elsewhere, because to them it's the best type of advertising. Anyone who's visited a Disney park has, at the very least, subconsciously absorbed the audio atmosphere. It becomes an essential part of the overall experience and when you return it's comforting to hear the familiar sounds that you subconsciously expect.
I have 2 musical cues that are my favorite: First, of course, the music you hear while in the outdoors gardens area of the Tower of Terror queue. When the mist is turned on and the queue is empty, I just love the feeling of timelessness that area gives you. Once you go through those open gates, you are slowly moving back in time and into that fated Halloween night. Next has got to be the half hour before Illuminations, Reflections of Earth begins. They light up all of the torches around World Showcase lagoon and play a list of upbeat songs from around the countries featured at World Showcase, then they finish it off with Uttara Kuru's Our Life. When that last one comes up, I know the show is about to begin. I know it is that one song specifically, because they used to sell the Samurai Collection albums (with that track in it) at the Japan pavilion a few years ago and that's where I first heard and recognized it from.
"Here we GOOOOOOoooooo" - Peter Pan When my Dad went to Magic Kingdom for the first time in the 70s, the Peter Pan ride broke down and they got stuck at that part of the ride. Peter Pan saying "Here we go" on a loop for twenty minutes.
my favorite music would have to be the miscellaneous songs that play in the esplanade before you enter either park, that's the one place i was convinced that music comes from absolutely nowhere.. until may 4th a few months beforehand when i found the speakers hidden in the bushes
I went on a tour with my choir and at the end of the day we filled up 2 pirate boats with choir kids and we were all screaming the chorus to a pirate's life for me
I love your videos. I am obsessed with Disney and Disneyland been going to the park since I was a baby. If I could I would live there on the haunted mansion ride or pirates.
I love your name,too.. While I do l,ove the Haunted Mansion, Disney World even more, I wouldn't want to live there, or wake up there..if you know what I mean..like Dallin,ourhost..I love the transition,it doesn;'t bother me
My favorite Disney "sounds" re a lot of Epcot loops. I love the Innoventions loop, but nothing gets me jamming harder than the Living with the Land theme.
Haunted Mansion has my favorite song in the park, I was sitting in my Doom Buggy singing along and as I moved through the graveyard, it never felt like I was getting offbeat. But I think Roger Rabbit has a great use of sound, too, especially in the queue. Only thing that took me out of the themeing was recognizing voice actors (Baby Herman was Jim Cummings, and June Foray reprised her role as Wheezy) but hearing them made me super happy.
I love all of the audio in Living with the Land. The thunder at the beginning, the narrator, the ambient farm noises, then everything in the greenhouses, it's really really good.
my favorite piece of sound in disneyland is probably that truly haunting organ that plays in the beginning of the haunted mansion when youre walkin through the halls and about to enter its LITERALLY perfect
I like the sound byte from the grotto in Pirates of the Caribbean "Dead men tell no tales" coz it always puts me in the mood for the ride and brings back a flood of memories.
@@memethyst , when I was there in January I didn't notice John's clicks. To be fair, I was closer to the back of the theater. I suppose the lesson is to not get too close to the old animatronics.
I'm so glad you mentioned getting stuck on a ride. It seems like they mixed everything really well when the ride is moving, but it gets rather jarring when you get stuck at a certain point on a ride for a period of time and really start to notice how it's all done.
Awesome video! Thank you for devoting an episode to Sound and Music. Here’s what changed my life as a child, and is 100% responsible for my subsequent career choice(s): At the tender age of 6, my parents took me to experience the Haunted Mansion at DL within its first week or two of public operation (in ‘69.) While I was already hooked, having first ridden Pirates in 1967, my memories of riding that attraction for first time are not as vivid. Back to the Mansion: it was in the Corridor after the Stretching Room where I caused a logjam by stopping ‘dead’ in my tracks near one of the “lightning and thunder” windows... my enthralled by confused parents asked me if I was okay. I replied, “Listen to the wind-!! It-it-it-it’s playing the same song as the pipe organ!!” I was FLOORED. And I never forgot. Between that brilliant bit of aural storytelling magic, and the first time I discovered a speaker grill in Pirates painted to look like bricks, my life’s career aspirations were irrevokably set. :) Years (many) later, Jimmy Macdonald demonstrated to me how he created the sound: he attached a hose to a basketball which he used like the air-bladder on a set of bagpipes, which allowed him a near-constant and, more importantly, silent source of “wind” to blow into his mouth via the hose; meanwhile he used his mouth to shape and tune the rushing air sound, recording the result with a microphone, syncronized to the rest of the Haunted Mansion’s soundtrack. Simple, effective and brilliant. I hope you enjoy that memory! That’s my favorite Disney Parks sound. :)
@@memethyst I agree. Now I realize I worded it a bit wrong. I never notice the transitions or Stark contrast in music unless I'm beyond the "transition point." The music is fantastic
My favorite is the outside garden area music in the Florida Tower of Terror. How it sounds old-timey and echoes so oddly, even when the queue is full. It really gets me in the right mood for the ride.
They do that. I'm guessing you know some. Two examples: The Ghiardelli store pumps the chocolate smell at the entrance. The new incredicoaster has cookie scent in the tunnels when they are trying to tempt Jack Jack with cookies. There's an incredibles themed cookie stand near the exit. Less of a trick but scents are also used in the Figment ride (not always pleasant ones of course) and if I remember they are also used on It's Tough to be a Bug.
•the treehouse music version of "strangers like me" •the caged machinery in the outside portion of the indiana jones cue •casey juniors train noises - the actually-happening mechanical train sounds paired with the speakers "train sounds" is absolutely divine
I love the tomorrowland music, it’s so relaxing to me and I like the futuristic feel. I also like this one line from the jungle Cruise that is really hard to hear but on the ride you can hear on the part where they tell you to get down because those people are trying to attack the boat, well one of them says “I love disco” I just think it’s really funny😂
I really liked the background music in Epcot around the front of the park where you walked around the new technology buildings and the Land and the oceans and body works attractions. I wish I could find that sound track and/or song names. Do you know Offhand Disney?
I think back to the Epcot entrance music that I would notice as I was leaving late at night. The crowds had died down and the park was becoming peaceful where you could hear the music cast over the whole area. To me it meant the close of a fun day at Disney World. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_kZDScT9wz0.html
The single flute music with the weird piano accompaniment in the room of stairs in the Haunted Mansion is one of my favorites. It's creepy, empty and perfectly sets up the room.
I absolutely love the Grim grinning ghosts song and every sound effect in the haunted mansion but I must say my favorite song in the Park is Walt Disney World’s Space Mountain song it makes me so happy every time I hear it
My favorite audio at the Disney parks is the Innovations area music at Epcot. Something about it just makes me so cheerful and happy as I walk past Spaceship Earth.
I love the ambient sounds in Main Street in Disneyland. You can hear people singing, talking, and such. in one corner you can even hear someone showering. It’s really cool.