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Tatiana Hancheroff was the young Canadian singer who performed the theme song for Disney’s ImagiNations Parade at Disneyland Paris and was on-site for the parade’s premiere during the Millennium Celebration. Even so the parade ended its run prematurely the song ”All Around The World” by Vasile Sirli and Jay Smith is still frequently used by the Disneyland Resort Paris. E.g. it played last summer season when the characters drove down the Main Street, U.S.A.

After her performance on Central Plaza during the official premiere of the parade Tatiana Hancheroff disappeared from the radar of Disney fans … but now she is back.

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It all started in December 1901 when Walt Elias Disney was born!

Happy

Birthday

Walt

You will life forever in the hearts of all the Disney fans in the world!

Now here is something I would like as me and my son, who is 7 at the time, will be starting to play guitar together as from next year august… (at least that is the plan at this time).

But there are more Disney guitars! Including Princesses (Via Broke Hoedown)

If you’re a student and could have a word with Bob Iger, what would your pitch be? For sure you’ll have to impress him, and that is exactly what senior Stacey Maya did when she could present her original business plan to him. (Senior wins pitch to Iger with affordable theater proposal)

Maya, a theatre arts management major, proposed that Disney should offer discounted tickets to its Broadway plays for underprivileged children.

“If Disney Theatrical could start a program that makes theater affordable for any underprivileged child and their parent, it could start a trend that could last forever,” said Maya in her pitch to Iger. Maya also considered the future of her plan and its effect on theater, which she calls her first love.

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If you haven’t had the chance to see the Marilyn Manson “This is Halloween” version, that can be found on the new “A Nightmare before Christmas” double CD, visit YouTube to see the whole video.

I guess his music might not be for everybody’s taste (good thing we are not all alike) but I do enjoy his music and think he has done the song justice.

In a very interesting interview with Hans Zimmer (Breaking the Rules with Hans Zimmer) we find some information on the first Pirates movie and who wrote the music.

While Klaus Badelt is named the composer of the very first Pirates of the Caribbean movie, Hans Zimmer is saying that he already worked on some of the famous tunes and he put Klaus Badelt forward to complete the score as he could not work on it as he was attached to the (amazing) Samurai soundtrack project at that time.

‘I can’t score this movie, there’s no way I can, but my friend Klaus [Badelt] probably can.’ Klaus is a wonderful composer, but I couldn’t help myself from writing many of the tunes, and then I sort of orchestrated the way those tunes would sound as well, setting the tone. Klaus wrote some more tunes and with our tunes wrote the score, and Blake Neely, Geoff Zanelli, and everyone else went at it.

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Ok, Ok, I know it is on short notice … but if you are currently anywhere in Germany … drop everything (well, don’t drop it, I don’t want to be responsible for you damaging anything - just put it aside gently) and head to the TV … because today, Sunday 17th September 2006, at 3.45 pm Disney’s smash hit HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL will have its German free tv premiere on pro7!

Yes, you heared right, just two weeks after it had the German premiere on the Disney Channel the movie musical that captivated millions around the globe and surprised its creators with its incredible success now comes to free tv. (more…)

Every Monday it’s the same story, the weekend is over and it’s back to work: the first day of the week, a mountain of work and nothing much to look forwards too. Sounds like a typical Monday to most of us, unless you work the weekend or have irregular shifts.

So, how to improve the Monday? Easy, or at least it is for me. I come to the office, put on the PC and start working… but not before I open the Inside the Magic Podcast site. I check if the new podcast is live, click on the link and start listening under the headset. No Monday feeling anymore, I still have to work but with a little magic on my ears.

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The I-pods technology is growing fast and it doesn’t look like it will end soon. There are a whole collections of I-Goodies in the pipeline. From video iPod (vPod) to iPod/phone (iPhone) or a wireless base station for streaming movies from a computer to the TV via WiFi.

Wired.com has added a collection of Pictures from what could be the next I-Pod Generation. Including widescreen video pod and a Mickey pod (muck up). Some might see the day, some might not and some will stay muck ups, but I do like the widescreen pod Idea and hope that the price is not exaggerating high.

Upcoming Pixar is also dreaming about the new I-pods and the possibilities to get all Pixar movies on them. You can also visit the Apple Collection pages to see more designs that might be out there, somewhere in the future, to buy.

Disney fans and “The Little Mermaid” fans in Denver will be the first to see the new Ariel show. The new show will premiere at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House in the summer of 2007.

All eyes will be on Denver to see how well the show will be received by the public before it will be playing at other locations.

Many eyes will be on Denver to see how Mermaid fares. Out-of- town tryouts, frequent in cities such as Chicago and Boston, typically draw critics and reporters from New York and around the nation. (Rocky Mountain News)

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On YouTube a video has been added from a Press event that included a song from the new Nemo show at Animal Kingdom. They are having a ‘workshop like performance’ where they share a song that will be used in the show.

The song “In the Big Blue World” is performed without any of the show elements but with the question to the press to “imagine” in their heads what happens during the song. The video is about 8 minutes long and well worth checking out if you like the songs from Nemo or if you can’t wait to see the new live show at the Animal Kingdom park.

The African continent has been the site for the smash hit and modern classic The Lion King that has become one of the great examples of the second, now already bygone, golden age of Disney animation. But it surely wasn’t the first or last time that Africa was the source for the stories told by Disney. The True Life Adventure series, Adventureland in the Magic Kingdom theme parks, Disney’s Animal Kingdom,… Africa has given a lot to Disney over the years.

Since the end of the apartheid South Africa also has become a more and more important market for Disney it being a stable democracy, offering a reliable infrastructure and being home to a relatively affluent populace in comparison to other countries on the African continent. For several years now Disney is trying to push its products in the market by various means. (more…)

Anyone out there seen the Walt Disney Picture remake “The Shaggy Dog” starring Tim Allen? I haven’t and I guess most probably you, dear reader, have neither. While this is just an assumption, I am pretty confidend here based on how terrible the reviews were and how fast it was gone from all multiplex cinemas in my area. So why would we need to talk about it? Well, because of its soundtrack (available e.g. from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de, …) - which features a score by noone else but ALAN MENKEN, composer of such eternal Disney classics as The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast or Aladdin. (more…)

The countdown for the official opening of Pirates of Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest in the US is down to less than 24 hours … for us in Europe unfortunately, depending on the location, the wait is still a few weeks long. But there is something to shorten the wait: the CD-single Pirates of Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest REMIXES!

As posted earlier DJ Tiësto, who performed a “concert” last year in the Walt Disney Studios Paris to celebrate the opening of Space Mountain Mission 2, and has “outed” himself as a Disney-fan, has created a remix of “He’s a Pirate” from the original score by Klaus Badelt for the first movie of the trilogy, Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl. The CD-single features a “Tiësto Radio Edit” (4:05), a “Tiësto Remix” (7:03) and a “Tiësto Orchestral Remix” (7:03). (more…)

Tokyo DisneySea is celebrating its 5th anniversary this year, so fans can expect a lot of events and goodies, afterall the resort even celebrated the prior birthdays with small scale events and special limited merchandise (and I am NOT talking about pins here). While the official anniversary isn’t till September 7, celebrations are to commence already on July 7 in time for the summer season. The blog already featured posts about some of the offerings for the celebrations as two name only three: the new day time extravaganza “The Legend of Mythica” replacing the “Porto Paradiso Water Carnival”, the new show “Over the Waves” at the Dockside Stage and certainly their Tower of Terror opening this fall.

But now there is something new - and it is available online: the official THEME SONG for the 5th anniversary and the according video!! (more…)

OK, you are now aware of the upcoming fourt-part documentary “Ain’t No Mickey Mouse Music” on BBC Radio 2 and are prepared to sit in front of the radio or computer coming Friday (this is all new for you? Then check out my blog post from yesterday) … now here is more news: BBC Radio 2 actually will enter the world of Disney music already TODAY from 1.00 pm to 2.30 pm (UK-TIME!) on the program of Elaine Page with a Disney Special:

To coincide with the start of Radio 2’s new four part series ‘Ain’t No Mickey Mouse Music’ on Friday, Elaine will be delving into the Disney songbook. She’ll be playing favourites from classic films including ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’, ‘The Jungle Book’ and ‘Pinocchio’, as well as featuring tracks from the new Disney/Pixar movie ‘Cars’ and the company’s latest Broadway show, ‘Tarzan’.

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The British have a relationship with Disney which is unique in Europe. No other people in Europe have embraced Disney and its creations as much as a part of their life as those British… and thanks to that the British get quite some extra treats as non-Disney institutions carter to the Disney fans as well. Case in point: BBC Radio 2 which is about to kick off a four part series about the music in the worlds of Walt Disney “Ain’t No Mickey Mouse Music”. But this time ALL of us, even those outside the UK, will be able to enjoy the treat! But first of all: what will be the treat here? (more…)

The Dutch DJ Tiësto has been asked to make a remix of the film music from Pirates of the Caribbean: Death Man’s Chest. The music will be released world wide

To celebrate the release of this summer’s blockbuster ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest’, Disney invited Tiësto to remix the title theme ‘He’s A Pirate’ into a progressive epic trance anthem.

The new Brother Bear sequel will be released on august 29, like many of the Disney Part 2 movies this one will be released on Video and DVD instead of the theater. Jeremy Suarez returns as the voice of Koda, while Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas are back as the beloved moose duo, Rutt and Tuke. It will also feature three original songs from Melissa Etheridge.

I like the first movie, with the moose being the highlight. Some of their lines where so simple but so funny…

because I love… dew.
Excuse me? I don’t believe I heard what you said.
*Sighs* I said I love… dew.
I love dew, too, eh.

It still makes me laugh. Here is a full Brother Bear Script - Dialogue Transcript
A search on Amazon.com for Brother Bear didn’t bring back the option to pre-order the new sequel on DVD yet. But check the Brother Bear Search on Amazon again to place a pre-order once available. I know I will.

Ok, I admit it: I might be late. But hey, I missed it when it came out originally … but after all now I found it … just yesterday … and it is still as great as it was when it came out originally between May 2nd and 9th. Oh, sorry, forget to say what I was talking about: 5 exclusive, free VIDEO PODCASTS from the upcoming Disney Pixar feature CARS! You hand’t heared of it either? Ha, so I am not that late

And yes, you heared correctly, Disney and Pixar are offering five short VIDEO reports running between 2:32 and 3:52 minutes each with exclusive material from the upcoming feature and exclusive glimpses backstage into the making of the film.

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