“The 13 Days of Christmas” from Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion Holiday
Disneyland is a great place to be around the holidays, and the employees especially go all out at The Haunted Mansion. Starting around Halloween and lasting through Christmas, the entire ride is completely changed to feature characters and music from Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas. This is an original song from the ride written by John Debney (who has done many other projects with Disney as well).
“Stories” from Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
The Enchanted Christmas was a unique project for Disney because it wasn’t truly a prequel or a sequel- more of a ‘midquel’ that takes place within the original Beauty and the Beast film during Christmas-time. Many members of the original cast reprised their roles for the movie- including Paige O’Hara as Belle. Alan Menken did not return to compose the music for The Enchanted Christmas, but composer Rachel Portman and lyricist Don Black did an excellent job in his place (as evidenced by this song sung by Belle in the film).
“When Love Is Gone” from The Muppet Christmas Carol
As we gear up for the holiday season, here is a song for the character Belle that was cut from the theatrical release of The Muppet Christmas Carol (much to the dismay of director Brian Henson). Since then, the song has appeared in SOME home releases of the film (though not all of them). You can view the scene online here.
HalloWishes Part 5: “We Put a Spell On You”
HalloWishes is a Halloween-themed fireworks show that takes place during “Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party” at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom. This same soundtrack is used for similar fireworks shows at Disneyland (narrated by Jack Skellington) and Hong Kong Disneyland (narrated by Maleficent).
“This is Halloween” from The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Performed by The Dapper Dans during ‘Mickey’s Halloween Party’ (2012) at Disneyland. Got a bit of their performance on video when I was there a few weeks ago :)
HalloWishes Part 4: “The Great Holiday Scream-Along”
HalloWishes is a Halloween-themed fireworks show that takes place during “Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party” at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom. This same soundtrack is used for similar fireworks shows at Disneyland (narrated by Jack Skellington) and Hong Kong Disneyland (narrated by Maleficent).
HalloWishes Part 3: “Villains Halloween Party Mix”
HalloWishes is a Halloween-themed fireworks show that takes place during “Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party” at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom. This same soundtrack is used for similar fireworks shows at Disneyland (narrated by Jack Skellington) and Hong Kong Disneyland (narrated by Maleficent).
HalloWishes Part 2: “Halloween ‘Kooky-Spooky’ Scary-okee”
HalloWishes is a Halloween-themed fireworks show that takes place during “Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party” at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom. This same soundtrack is used for similar fireworks shows at Disneyland (narrated by Jack Skellington) and Hong Kong Disneyland (narrated by Maleficent).
HalloWishes Part 1: “Calling All Ghosts!”
HalloWishes is a Halloween-themed fireworks show that takes place during “Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party” at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom. This same soundtrack is used for similar fireworks shows at Disneyland (narrated by Jack Skellington) and Hong Kong Disneyland (narrated by Maleficent).
