Matt I have a feeling that this is the version. This was the pop release when the song came out. I didn't like how it's short than the original version though. I wish it was like 3 minutes like the other one.
I didn't see any others, just this one.
I know that there is going to be 4 pop versisons of some of the songs, because on the Disney DVD Schedule page it has it listed as one of the special features.
What Disney Stars could be doing the other 3 songs, If That's So Raven's Anneliese van der Pol (Chelsea Daniels) is doing Candle, does that mean Hannah/Miley's doing Boo Bop Bopbop Bop (I Love You Too)?
my chicken is infected wrote:Interesting enough, that pop version was on the original soundtrack LP for the film. No idea why they left it off the CD issue, unless it was a rights issue. (The soundtrack album was released on Capitol Records, which was Helen Reddy's record label at the time, and Capitol may own the rights to the single version of "Candle.")
They left A LOT off the soundtrack actually lol. They forgot the score and they edit a few of the tracks which make hardly any sense to me.
The soundtrack that Disney released a few years back for the first time on CD was the version that was released on records when the film came out. In those days, it was common practice for the soundtrack versions of the songs to be rerecorded, often with changes to the orchestration, lyrics, and in some cases, the performers as well. Mary Poppins, for example, didn't have Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke singing their parts on the first soundtrack released, although the movie versions of the songs were later released to vinyl. The main reason is that the real performers were often too expensive. Disney did this with almost all of their soundtracks. If you buy the soundtrack to "The Parent Trap," the title song by Annette Funiccello and Tommy Sands is different than the version heard in the film. The reason that many of the songs were rerecorded a certain way to match the action on screen and they assumed it wouldn't sound as good without the image, or in many cases, to make the songs more contemporary and appealing for radio play.
The same applies to all of the songs from Pete's Dragon. They are not identical to the versions heard in the film. Also, in those days, few films had score released on soundtracks. If they were released, it was typically a separate record, but sometimes a suite of the musical themes was included.
Matt wrote:I cannot believe I found the pop version of Candle On The Water on Amazon MP3's! I also found an amazing live version as well! I couldn't wait for the release lol. I had to get this version NOW! This version is amazing! It really gives the song a nice edge to it. Here is the link to both songs below:
Correct. And the film came out in 1964, with the redone soundtrack. In Mouse Tracks, where I got my information, they said that the movie version of the songs were released because letters came flooding in asking for the soundtrack with Julie Andrews as the voice.
Interestingly enough, the lady who sang for Mary on the first soundtrack also sang for Julie Andrews on Fox's LP of The Sound of Music (before they released the movie version) and did the singing voice of Eliza Doolittle for Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady, the role that Julie Andrews originated on Broadway and the role she was turned down for in the film, leaving her available to be in Mary Poppins in the first place.
You mean Marni Nixon? I'd love to hear her recordings as I find her voice quite enjoyable (also dubbed for roles in The King and I and West Side Story).
Yep, Marni Nixon sang for Mary Poppins on the rerecorded soundtrack. Here is an excerpt from her amazon.com biography that talks about it:
In 1964, Nixon worked on several projects that unintentionally shadowed the work of stage star and emerging film star Julie Andrews. Although Andrews had starred in the massively successful Broadway musical My Fair Lady starting in 1956, she was deemed not a big enough star to carry the film version when it came time for production in 1964, and Audrey Hepburn was cast in the role of Eliza Doolittle instead. Hepburn, however, couldn't sing, and so Nixon dubbed her. Before the film was released in October 1964, Nixon made her Broadway debut in a limited-run revival of My Fair Lady mounted by the New York City Center Light Opera Company that ran from May 20 to June 28. The same month, Disneyland Records released Ten Songs from Mary Poppins, an LP on which Nixon sang songs such as "A Spoonful of Sugar" and "Super-cali-fragil-istic-expi-ali-docious" with songwriter Richard M. Sherman and others, in advance of the upcoming film version of Mary Poppins, which, when it was released in September 1964, starred Andrews (who, of course, did her own singing onscreen). Also in May 1964, Nixon appeared on a Disneyland Records LP called The Story of Hansel and Gretel. She followed in January 1965 with Famous Arias from Aida (And Other Operas).
Last edited by goofystitch on Thu Jun 18, 2009 7:26 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Hey guys!
I made a special treat for Pete's Dragon fans!
I put together a music video for the pop version of "candle on the water" I hope you all enjoy it. I was up till 2am last night putting it together lol.
I don't think that every song will be remade by a Disney star. Usually only one is, and occasionally two might be (both Drew Seeley and Selena Gomez recorded songs for 101 Dalmatians, but only Selena's was used). And not every movie that Disney rereleases on DVD has a pop remake on it.
How about the original film stars? If I'm not mistaken, some of the songs were recorded as "pop" versions by 70's standards for radio play, but none of them took off. I thought I read that somewhere, but maybe I dreamt it. Can anyone confirm if that was the case?
