Monday, October 21, 2013

The Journey (from Atlantis: The Lost Empire) - James Newton Howard


October Theme: Disney


[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCEgJ5w3yXQ]


This is one of those songs from a movie that just doesn't work without the visual aspect. On the other hand, when you put the two together, it's amazing how you realize neither would work without the other. This is a sequence in a Disney film where there is no spoken dialogue. It's a montage of the journey the crew makes to Atlantis. The movie had a few very interesting aspects. It made greater use of CGI than any other Disney animated film at that time. It was drawn in the style of Mike Mignola, a comic book artist who has worked for both Marvel and DC. The film also has its own Atlantian language developed specifically for the production.


I'm not able to find the scene that accompanies this song on YouTube, but if you have Netflix, you can watch the movie in its entirety with their streaming service. The scene I'm referring to starts somewhere around the 27:15 mark in the movie. The whole thing is worth a watch...or a second viewing.



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