A new Epcot background loop has debuted as part of the entrance-area refresh. Not patterned after "existing Epcot" and very inspirational. Worth a listen for sure!
New Epcot Entrance Loop
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DopeyRunr
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The music is great, but there's no tie to Epcot. With the Innoventions Music Loop (#1 all time best BGM) gone, Epcot Entrance Music Loop was vying for the top spot and now it's gone too. It had music from Soarin', The American Adventure, Mission: Space, Journey Into Imagination, The Living Seas and more.
Yet.
Give it a few visits, and suddenly that music will be just as evocative as anything else.
(And the Innoventions loop is apparently Not Dead Yet. )
Yeah, I know. But there are other great loops like this composed of pre-existing tracks—wilderness lodge is one of my favorites. The Soarin queue is like this too I think though there might be a few with Disney IP in that one.
George
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Resort (and even ride queue) Loops which use atmospheric music are just fine by me, but I suppose it’s a matter of what we’re used to hearing in a park which itself has many identifiable themes already. And also because That’s How It’s Always Been Done, of course.
One of our favorite memories was riding the bus back to POP after a very long night at MK, and singing along with all the exhausted, slap-happy parents to JLo’s “Waiting for Tonight,” Madonna’s “Material Girl,” and Jennifer Paige’s “Crush,” on the bus’s Loop. Some of the parents actually suggested getting rid of the kids and continuing the party elsewhere.
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Art Vandelay
that's a shame
I've always called the background music the "walking around in (name of park or area)" music. It's interesting how it becomes part of the fabric of the park or the land. It'd definitely throw off my WDW equilibrium to hear something different.
ThemeParkCommando
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One of our favorite memories was riding the Ft. Wilderness bus after the late Hoop De Doo Revue dinner. A group of college kids pulled out a boom box, and we adults internally groaned. They then proceeded to get the whole bus singing to Disney movie hits, the entire ride back to the parking area. That bus was rocking!
I thought the tracks chosen resonated with my sense of "what Epcot is," but I admit that's pretty subtle.
KSF
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It's amazing how the music loops become such an important part of the park atmosphere. The last time I visited the Magic Kingdom the Incredibles 2 was out, and the music loop for Tomorrowland was the Incredibles theme. As much as I like that theme, it bothered me waaaay more than it should have lol! I like the new Epcot loop so far- it 'feels' more like a movie soundtrack...which makes sense as it looks like most of the tracks are from films?
Alcachofa
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Is this it?
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2Bw2HcPojfdm3sLk8pE8nZ?si=MVj6k_JKRQCJ23VGrvvYow
Also, how did "schmooferino" even get the track list for EPCOT? What did he do, just stand there for an hour with Shazam open?
Strangeite
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I recreated the playlist on Apple Music for those that use that service.
Reportedly, yes.
Alcachofa
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Oh brother.
I think this goes back pretty far. I remember reading a book about Disneyland's original design---maybe John Hench's book?---that talked about how the early Imagineers tried to "cross-fade" the music at the borders between lands. I'm not sure there was ever a time without background music in some form.