How can you tell when a soundtrack has done its job? Not only is
\nthe music enjoyable, but each musical selection returns you to that
\nparticular moment in the movie, and allows you to recreate the film
\nin your head.<\/p>\n
Case in point: the soundtrack to Disney’s 1941 film
\nDumbo<\/i>, recently re-released in their “Classic Soundtrack
\nSeries”. A tale that is so well-known to kids (and believe me, I
\nwas quite upset when I missed the recent showing of the film on The
\nDisney Channel) and a film that remains just as popular with the
\nparents and the grandparents who can remember seeing this in the
\ntheatres, this soundtrack might not have the glitz of recent
\nalbums, but it is still able to put a smile on my face bigger than
\nany greasepaint a clown can think up.<\/p>\n
(For the kids reading: The above is an example of a run-on
\nsentence. You shouldn’t use them often. That’s today’s English
\nlesson. I didn’t study journalism in college for nothing…)<\/p>\n
Right from the “Main Title” music, you almost feel like you’ve
\nbeen lifted into the middle of a three-ring circus, from the brass
\nband to the caliope. You can see the circus train pass by during
\n“Casey Junior,” you can imagine the tents taking shape thanks to
\nheavy labor courtesy of “Song of the Roustabouts”. When our hero
\nfinally enters the picture, the mood created by the music is
\nperfect for selections like “Bathtime\/Hide and Seek” – one which I
\ncan definitely relate to as the parent of a 22-month-old.<\/p>\n
But just as the music can create smiles, it can also bring the
\nlistener to the point of tears, especially on the selection “Baby
\nMine”. Even my father admitted this song will get to the hardest of
\nhearts – I defy anyone not to feel some sadness when they picture
\nDumbo reaching out for his now caged-up mother.<\/p>\n
A few of the songs seem a little out of place, both without the
\nfilm and for today’s times. “Clown Song” seems a little pointless
\nwithout an actual visual aid, while the repeating of “When I See an
\nElephant Fly” doesn’t seem to fit with the ’90s, especially with
\nthe caricatures of the crows. Still, these points are minor
\ncompared to the whole album.<\/p>\n
The most difficult thing about this soundtrack is the way songs
\nare grouped together. It often is hard to separate which movement
\nbelongs with which title, especially when you have five or six
\ntitles grouped onto one track. The tracks also are slightly
\nmisnumbered; there’s a break between movements on tracks 16 and 17;
\nI would guess that 17 begins with “Dumbo’s Triumph”. Corrections
\nfrom our friends at Walt Disney Studios are welcomed.<\/p>\n
The surprise inclusion on this disc is a demo recording of
\n“Spread Your Wings,” a piece which did not make it in the final cut
\nof the film. Time has not been kind to this recording, nor has it
\nbeen cruel – I’ve heard tapes in worse condition than this
\nselection. In one sense, it’s interesting to hear this song as a
\nmemory of what once was a “work in progress” – and one wonders why
\nthis one never made it into the film. It is quite good.<\/p>\n
\nDumbo<\/i> might not have the pop hits of other Disney
\nsoundtracks like
\nThe Lion King<\/i> or
\nPocahontas<\/i>, but it captures the essence of the movie well,
\nand is a great thing to listen to if you don’t have access to your
\nVCR. Kids and adults alike will love this disc – it truly brings
\nout the kid in everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[6722],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-38730","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-original-soundtrack","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38730\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=38730"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=38730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}