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Posted by eyore, 08 August 2010 · 102 views

Discoveryland has an area BGM consisting of just one tune (albeit a long one).
It was composed and recorded in 1992 especially for this park by David Tolley and is called Discoveryland Fountain (yes, I know there isn't a fountain in Discoveryland but there is a water feature nonetheless).
It was intended to be played as one piece of music and although each "track" can be distinguished in it's own right they do not have individual names as far as DLRP is concerned (in the sense that many loops are separate pieces of music edited together for which they have listings - this just goes under the title of Discoveryland Fountain).
Disneymusicloops has a track listing under Tokyo Disneyland, Port Discovery, Horizon Bay Restaurant (where they also decided it should play even though it was written especially for Paris).
http://www.disneymus...horizonbay.html I have been unable to find an alternative source for these titles other than that site (or derived from that site)so am unable to confirm them as official track titles(Heavenly flight was released by the author on CD but not the version played in the park so that's the only one we can be sure of).
If and when I can find something definitive regarding the track titles, it'll have to remain under the title of the entire work - Discoveryland Fountain.

The music is not commercially available.
(checked to a live recording by eyore and madame leota, Aug 2010))



Run time 59:31

1. Discoveryland Fountain : David Tolley


The track names that have been published are:
1 A Wonderous Walk
2 A Waltz in the Park
3 Hilary's Discovery
4 Christina's Parade
5 A French Maden's Waltz
6 Timeless Wonder
7 The Glory of Christina
8 Christofori's Parade
9 Heavenly Flight
10 Discoveryland
11 The Whismical Parade
12 Christfori's Exploration
13 The Grand Procession
14 A Waltz in the Park

As I say, these appear to be the accepted titles but I am still unable to find an official source for them as far as Paris is concerned (other than Heavenly Flight) so print these for information only and with that caution that they have only been named in Tokyo and Paris still regards them as one, unbroken work under the above title and not as individual, named, tracks.
Note:
This loop should not be confused with the Space Mountain BGM (consisting of movie themes such as Rocketeer)which ceased playing when Space Mountain changed to Mission 2 in 2005.
It was still not playing in August 2010.




Actually, the tracks do have names. David Tolley released a piano version of one of them, "Heavenly Flight," on CD a few years back. The full list was on the Disney Music Lops site, filed under TDS Port Discovery (where the same loop plays in a restaurant). Most of the tracks are named after his children...
(sorry, double post)
Yes, I'm aware of Heavenly flight and the listing on Disneymusicloops (under the Horizon bay restaurant).
As for the titles, I'm not 100% certain whether they were working titles or actual titles as the entire loop is called Discoveryland Fountain and, from what I have learned, was intended as a full piece of music.
I am unable to confirm if the titles came before or after the work was finished.
One of the criteria for our blog is that we confirm things ourselves rather than copy others work so whilst these titles do exist, I can only find the listing on Disneymusicloops (or derived from there)and while we have no reason to suspect they will not be correct, I have been unable to confirm them independently. Until we can, the comments have to remain (although I will amend them to incorporate your information).
If you do have any information regarding the individual tracks (another website remarking on the names etc), I'd be very grateful for the details as I've been unable to find anything definite.
Thanks for your input.
Any chance of a thirty-second sample of "Heavenly Flight" from David Tolley's Great Love Themes: Vol. 2?
http://johnandlindaw...01_archive.html

NOT from the CD but a video of a live performance appearing on the site with his permission.

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