Disney's Happiest Celebration on Earth

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Disney's Happiest Celebration on Earth Review

by Heather Phares

After countless collections of songs by current Disney pop stars, the studio finally throws fans of vintage Disney a bone with Disney's Happiest Celebration on Earth, a collection of the music from Disneyland's attractions. Beginning with Walt Disney's dedication speech for the park's opening in 1955, the album captures Disneyland's joyous, and occasionally kitschy, appeal. The album functions as a virtual tour through the park's different areas, with "Alexander's Ragtime Band" representing Main Street, U.S.A.'s Coke Corner, and the gleefully goofy "Tiki, Tiki, Tiki Room" introducing Adventureland. New Orleans Square plays host to two of Disney's Happiest Celebration on Earth's best tracks, "Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)" from the Pirates of the Caribbean ride and "Grim, Grinning Ghosts" from the Haunted Mansion. Several other popular rides and attractions are represented, and while the music from "Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin" and "Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters" works well, older themes like the spooky exotica that soundtracks "Rainbow Caverns" and the dark, thrilling "Space Mountain" music have much more character. Likewise, "Space Mountain (New Daytime Track)" and LeAnn Rimes' version of Disneyland's 50th anniversary song, "Remember When," fall a bit flat. Still, there's so much childhood nostalgia on Disney's Happiest Celebration on Earth that -- despite a few small quibbles -- it can't help but live up to its name.

Track Listing

Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
Walt Disney's Dedication of Disneyland
Disney 00:42 SpotifyAmazon
2
All Aboard
Disney 00:29 SpotifyAmazon
3
Meet Me Down on Main Street
Tom Adair / Oliver Wallace
Disney feat: Mellomen 01:44 SpotifyAmazon
4
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Disney feat: Rodney Miller 02:36 SpotifyAmazon
5
The Tiki, Tiki, Tiki Room
Disney 03:27 SpotifyAmazon
6
Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Eye
Disney 03:25 SpotifyAmazon
7
Tarzan Medley
Disney 02:39 SpotifyAmazon
8
Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)
Xavier Atencio / George Bruns
Disney 05:43 SpotifyAmazon
9
Grim, Grinning Ghosts
Xavier Atencio / Buddy Baker
Disney 05:32 SpotifyAmazon
10
Bear Band Serenade
Xavier Atencio
Disney 01:44 SpotifyAmazon
11
Splash Mountain Medley: How Do You Do/Everybody Has a Laughing Place
Disney 08:06 SpotifyAmazon
12
The Great Outdoors
Disney 02:08 SpotifyAmazon
13
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: Winnie the Pooh/A Rather ...
Disney 04:54 SpotifyAmazon
14
Rainbow Caverns
Disney 02:35 SpotifyAmazon
15
It's a Small World
Robert B. Sherman
Disney 05:03 SpotifyAmazon
16
Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin
Disney 02:27 SpotifyAmazon
17
Star Tours
Disney 04:06 SpotifyAmazon
18
There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow
Disney 07:02 SpotifyAmazon
19
Space Mountain
Aarin Richard
Disney 02:42 SpotifyAmazon
20
Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters
Disney 06:02 SpotifyAmazon
21
Space Mountain (New Daytime Track)
Michael Giacchino
Disney 01:27 SpotifyAmazon
22
Remember When
Disney feat: LeAnn Rimes 03:34 SpotifyAmazon
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