Medley of Disney songs for Eclectic Ensemble

Yes it's another Disney medley amongst the already-too-many that's going to end up floundering in the bottomless depths of the Internet (in other words, under the sea). Well, almost bottomless, until Youtube eventually runs out of storage space or something, however that works. And then I can proudly say I contributed to that with videos that probably garner half their views from me refreshing the page.

The instruments the piece is scored for are: Piano, Violin, Cello, Oboe, Guitar, Tenor Sax, Erhu, and Yangqin, which I shall term "eclectic ensemble" because it sounds nice. Whatever the case, it's such an odd combination that this is probably one of the first/only pieces arranged for such a mismatched mix-and-match. And in that sense I'm a pioneer. Although the term 'pioneer' connotes something rather more groundbreaking and influential than a messy mediocre melange.

0:00-0:17 Introduction based on Reflections. A... reflection of Reflections if I may. Fine I hear you, I may not.
0:18-0:44 When You Wish Upon a Star
0:45-1:41 Back to Reflections. Note the modulation, which I think blends in pretty subtly.
1:42-3:00 Colours of the Wind, which ends with the Beauty and the Beast theme slowly fading in.
3:01-3:34 Beauty and the Beast with John Lennon's Imagine. A random combination I know, which can be tautologically explained by the fact that yes, it is entirely random.
3:35-3:49 Go the Distance meshed with Beauty and the Beast somewhat.
3:50-4:05 Hakuna Matata. However you spell it. Nevertheless, it's a wonderful phrase.
4:06-4:15 Under the Sea

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Disney Medley
• Reflections
• Mulan
• When You Wish Upon a Star
• Pinocchio
• Colours of the Wind
• Pocahontas
• Beauty and the Beast
• Go the Distance
• Hercules
• Hakuna Matata
• The Lion King
• Under the Sea
• The Little Mermaid
• Alan Menken
• John Lennon
• Imagine

[jeremyngyd]

@docnanomusic Unfortunately the concert got cancelled at the last minute because the school insists that we're supposed to be studying for our A Levels and absolutely nothing else at this time of the year >< So nope, no performance/recording :(

[docnanomusic]

@jeremyngyd So wait, did you perform this live? If so, where's the recording??

[jeremyngyd]

@docnanomusic I feel really flattered by the fact that you actually faithfully read all my video descriptions hahaha :) This was actually arranged for a charity concert at a friend's request, and the instruments are actually just the instruments we had available haha, so there wasn't very much of a choice there eheh.

[docnanomusic]

Ha -- Disney, "floundering," that can't be coincidence. :-) Nice transitions, and I enjoyed your... unique instrumentation choices and interweaving of some of the themes.