Music in Animation
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 9:48 pm
Alright, so I was sitting around on the weekend and this thought came to my head - what was the last Disney animated movie in which the characters actually sang the songs?
I started looking backwards and I think Mulan is the last film where there was a significant amount of character singing. There was a small portion in Tarzan and I think also The Emperor's New Groove (I might be wrong there) but nothing since. Lilo & Stitch, Treasure Planet, Atlantis, Brother Bear, Home on the Range, Chicken Little and Meet the Robinsons...
So, have animated movies lost a bit of their magic because of this omission? Is this why the more recent Disney offerings have not seemed quite as good as the hey-days of the late 1980's - 1990's? Do we need to see a return of the traditional Disney musical, or do you think the more recent style with a pop/rock soundtrack is more in keeping with today's audience?
Let the discussion begin
I started looking backwards and I think Mulan is the last film where there was a significant amount of character singing. There was a small portion in Tarzan and I think also The Emperor's New Groove (I might be wrong there) but nothing since. Lilo & Stitch, Treasure Planet, Atlantis, Brother Bear, Home on the Range, Chicken Little and Meet the Robinsons...
So, have animated movies lost a bit of their magic because of this omission? Is this why the more recent Disney offerings have not seemed quite as good as the hey-days of the late 1980's - 1990's? Do we need to see a return of the traditional Disney musical, or do you think the more recent style with a pop/rock soundtrack is more in keeping with today's audience?
Let the discussion begin