JOURNEY INTO IMAGINATION
LINER NOTES
1. ONE LITTLE SPARK (ENTRANCE PLAZA)
One of the seven songs used for the park’s Main Entrance Plaza; despite the song’s cheerful nature this variation is decidedly contemplative.
2. PAVILION ATMOSPHERE
The original background music played in the exterior and interior ride queue. In order to reflect the playful nature of the pavilion, the loop’s variations (with the exception of Magic Journeys) were arranged to resemble carnival (or circus) style orchestrations with an EPCOT twist.
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3. FLIGHT INTO IMAGINATION
The official version of “One Little Spark,” (OLS), consisting of only synthesized music. In its introductionary version OLS introduces us to Dreamfinder and the song itself creates Figment. The song conveys both the story and overall theme of the attraction.
THE DREAMPORT
The storehouse of ideas. A cacophony of sound effects designed to complement the Dreamport’s warehouse of sight gags and arranged to underscore the OLS theme.
THE ARTS
An abstract and completely white garden awash with color. The use of strings and chimes carries the pastoral fantasy of the scene. The carousel of animals is the first prop in the ride that possesses its own musical score, that of a light calliope version of One Little Spark.
LITERATURE
A dark and surprising world of expression with words. Dreamfinder’s volcanic typewriter is given voice with an organ version of OLS, and sound effects dominate this scene by supplying the literal sound of many larger-than-life tableaus of words.
PERFORMING ARTS
The stage of concerts and plays. Small fanfare constructions of the OLS theme soon give way to a silly symphony for Dreamfinder’s concert of dancing lasers.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
The real universe of inner and outer space. The depiction of microscopic worlds and temporal distortions is accompanied by beautiful and serene strains of a thought provoking version of the OLS theme.
IMAGE TECHNOLOGY
The exciting ambiance of film and television. The percussive build-up and full choir anthem of OLS expresses the limitless possibilities of the moving image culminating in an exuberant finale to a journey into imagination.
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4. ELECTRONIC PHILHARMONIC
By the wave of one’s hand over shafts of light one can conduct the orchestra, controlling the emphasis of Strings, Woodwinds, Brass, and Percussion. The waltz tempo of One Little Spark and Magic Journeys makes for an enjoyable experience for all air-conductors.
5. ATRIUM ATMOSPHERE
The background music for the upstairs lobby of The Image Works. Consisting of long-form compositions of the pavilion’s original songs, beginning with a very dark Magic Journeys, then an exciting march of One Little Spark, a syncopated Makin’ Memories, and finally and quick recap of the previous two.
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6. MAKIN’ MEMORIES
The sophisticated photo slideshow commercial for Kodak. The pre-show shows the history of photography. To aid in storytelling multiple music genres and styles are used to express different time periods. Although predominately performed in ragtime, the theme appears in many contrasting styles from jazz to sunshine pop.
7. MAGIC EYE THEATER
The Load and Unload music for the theater. The song Magic Journeys is played in a soft bossa nova style, setting an appropriately tranquil mood for the film to follow.
8. MAGIC JOURNEYS (Abridged)
The film soundtrack version of the song used in the film. The free-flowing arrangement of the title song perfectly matches the imagery produced by a child’s imagination during a dream.
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9. JOURNEY INTO IMAGINATION SUITE
George Wilkins' whimsically (sometimes synthesized) score to the beloved attraction featuring multiple layers of counter-melodies and (for the first time in an omnimover attraction) dramatic transition between scenes.
10. MAGIC JOURNEYS (ENTRANCE PLAZA)
One of the seven songs used for the park’s Main Entrance Plaza; this song is the longest selection of the loop and also the darkest. Although maintaining the dream-like atmosphere of the song it emphasizes the more mysterious elements of several key scenes in the film. It is at times sad and others subversive.
11. IT'S CALLED IMAGINATION (Unused Demo)
As if composing Epcot classics like O' Canada, Golden Dream, Listen to the Land, and Energy, You Make the World Go 'Round wasn't enough, Robert "Bob" Moline also took a shot at a theme for Journey Into Imagination as well. This demo showcases Bob's exceptional ability to write catchy (and in this case elaborate) lyrics with his charming Crossover Country style.
12. FWSS - MAIN THEME
Starting from the digital frontier of TRON then expanding into the entire Universe of Energy, the Future World Soundtrack Series theme encompasses some of the most iconic and impactful themes in the history of the park.
