Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers

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Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers Review

by Heather Phares

At just over 17 minutes long, Mickey - Donald - Goofy: The Three Musketeers is one of the shorter soundtracks released by Disney in a while, but it's also one of their more consistent albums. Like the direct-to-video film it supports, the soundtrack casts Disney characters in a retelling of Alexandre Dumas' classic tale; the songs, meanwhile, appropriate well-known classical pieces and add appropriate lyrics. Most of the songs are sung by "the Troubadour," which makes the album less annoying to grown-up ears than having, say, Donald Duck sing on all of the tracks, but it's also a slightly bland approach. Still, the climactic "This Is the End" -- sung to Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C minor -- is well written and carries some genuine excitement, and "Love So Lovely" uses excerpts of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, Op. 71 and Romeo and Juliet playfully. "L'Opera," which excerpts Gilbert & Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance, is another highlight, and on the whole, the album uses classical music so well that it could serve as a baby-steps introduction to the style for some kids. And even though the Schoolhouse Rock! classic "Three Is a Magic Number" has been given a slightly annoying update, it still works well enough to justify its place on the album. Mickey - Donald - Goofy: The Three Musketeers may not be essential children's music, but it does deliver more than might be expected.

Track Listing

Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
All for One and One for All
Jacques Offenbach
01:26 SpotifyAmazon
2
Love So Lovely
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
02:13 SpotifyAmazon
3
Petey's King of France
Edvard Grieg
01:03 SpotifyAmazon
4
Secret Wings of Love
Johann Strauss II
02:12 SpotifyAmazon
5
Chains of Love
Georges Bizet
Goofy 01:43 SpotifyAmazon
6
This Is the End
Ludwig van Beethoven
Chorus 01:10 SpotifyAmazon
7
L' Opera
Arthur Sullivan
03:47 SpotifyAmazon
8
Three Is a Magic Number
Bob Dorough
Matthew Ballinger / Stevie Brock / Greg Raposo 05:59 SpotifyAmazon
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