Toon Talk CD Round Up
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Disney Film & Video Reviews by Kirby C. Holt
presents
Toon Talk CD Round-Up
Its time to take another look into the Toon Talk Jukebox to check out the latest Disney CD releases, from June 2001 to the present:
Album Title: Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Album Type: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Whats Good About It: Composer James Newton Howard (Dinosaur)
ably transitions between stirring adventure themes for Milos team and exotic
melodies for the City of Atlantis.
Whats Not So Good About It: The boring Diane Warren end credit
ballad Where the Dream Takes You.
Toon Talk Rating: B
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Album Title: Beauty & the Beast: Special Edition
Album Type: Special Edition Soundtrack
Whats Good About It: Superb packaging, with complete lyrics (not
included in original soundtrack), beautiful artwork and cardboard slipcover. The only
place to find Human Again sung by the films original cast and a
previously unreleased track, an early score for Death of the Beast.
Whats Not So Good About It: Instead of taking the opportunity to
place the tracks in the order of the film (not to mention include the film version of
Gaston), the producers simply tack on a couple demo recordings from The
Music Behind the Magic box set of a few years back. Still, Beauty & the Beast
is one of the greatest movie musical scores of all time, even if they fumbled on making
the soundtrack even better then before.
Toon Talk Rating: B-
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Album Title: Disneys Magic in the Streets: Parade Memories
Album Type: Theme Park Album
Whats Good About It: Featuring the full scores for three of the new
parades from Walt Disney Worlds 100 Years of Magic Celebration, plus a
Suite of Dreams composed of the themes from all four parades. Filled with
familiar Disney tunes, Share a Dream Come True and Disney Stars and
Motorcars are irresistible, but youll be humming and dancing along to
Mickeys Jammin Jungle Parade even if you havent seen the
parade.
Whats Not So Good About It: The character voices throughout
dont add much to the recording. Generic cover art (what, no pictures of the actual
parades?). Oh, and three words: Tapestry of Dreams.
Toon Talk Rating: A-