Favorite Disney Composer?
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 2:40 pm
This idea just popped into my mind a few days ago and I thought I would pose this questions of who is your favorite Disney composer.
While they're all great in one aspect or another, I think I would pick Buddy Baker as my favorite. I think Buddy and a lot of his older Disney composing predecessors are sadly overshadowed today by the great talent of Menken, but Buddy thankfully more so over the years has received a lot of acclaim for how much of a brilliant and talented composer he was and the memorable projects he brought to all - the Winnie the Pooh shorts, The Haunted Mansion, Country Bear Jamobree, Epcot Center and World Showcase, The Fox And The Hound, Mickey Mouse Club, Wonderful World Of Color, Carousel Of Progress, Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln, and numerous Disney live action films that are too long to even name. Each one he brought a unique idea and challenge to each project.
He solved problems such as the Haunted Mansion and Small World where musical variations had to keep consitantly in sync with another all the time, and at some points even had to calculate out algebraic equations for them to all be in sync and measure out bars with another. Yet the results when he conducted the singers and musicians, and his talents at composing, each variation is almost completely different from the other and brings a unique sense.
So who would you vote for as your favorite composer? I had toyed with the idea of adding the Sherman Brothers into this poll, but I wasn't quite sure as they're more of the songwriters than actual musician composers.
While they're all great in one aspect or another, I think I would pick Buddy Baker as my favorite. I think Buddy and a lot of his older Disney composing predecessors are sadly overshadowed today by the great talent of Menken, but Buddy thankfully more so over the years has received a lot of acclaim for how much of a brilliant and talented composer he was and the memorable projects he brought to all - the Winnie the Pooh shorts, The Haunted Mansion, Country Bear Jamobree, Epcot Center and World Showcase, The Fox And The Hound, Mickey Mouse Club, Wonderful World Of Color, Carousel Of Progress, Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln, and numerous Disney live action films that are too long to even name. Each one he brought a unique idea and challenge to each project.
He solved problems such as the Haunted Mansion and Small World where musical variations had to keep consitantly in sync with another all the time, and at some points even had to calculate out algebraic equations for them to all be in sync and measure out bars with another. Yet the results when he conducted the singers and musicians, and his talents at composing, each variation is almost completely different from the other and brings a unique sense.
So who would you vote for as your favorite composer? I had toyed with the idea of adding the Sherman Brothers into this poll, but I wasn't quite sure as they're more of the songwriters than actual musician composers.
