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5. Haunted Mansion

When the crypt doors creak, and the tombstones quake

Spooks come out for a swinging wake

Happy haunts materialize

And begin to vocalize

Grim grinning ghosts, come out to socialize

Grim Grinning Ghosts, the theme song for the Haunted Mansion, was written by X Atencio. All of the musical variations heard throughout the ride are built off of this one tune. A line in Shakespeare’s poem Venus and Adonis served as the inspiration for this song, reading “Grim-grinning ghost, earth’s worm, what dost thou mean.”

6. O Canada!

Canada

My Canada

You’re a lifetime journey for the traveler

The video for O Canada! in Epcot was updated in 2007 to include host Martin Short. While the theme song remains in the new video, it’s sung by a new voice – the Canadian Idol winner Eva Avila.

7. The Seas with Nemo and Friends/Finding Nemo: The Musical

The Big Blue World song was written for the musical, but debuted in the ride at Epcot, which opened first. Finding Nemo is the first non-musical movie to have songs written exclusively for the attraction version. While there are several songs in the stage show to leave you humming, it’s probably Big Blue World that you’ll walk away with. This is most certainly the tune you’ll leave The Seas at Epcot with.

In the big blue world

We’re gonna go explore

In the big blue world

Things we’ve never seen before

What’s waiting out there

We can never know

In the big blue world

We’re ready to go

8. Journey into Imagination

One little spark of inspiration

Is at the heart of all creation

Right at the start of everything that’s new

One little spark lights up for you

Written by the Sherman Brothers, the catchy One Little Spark song has accompanied the ride through all incarnations. From 1983 to 1998, it was known as Journey into Imagination with the Dreamfinder. In 1999 it become Journey into YOUR Imagination with Dr. Nigel Channing from Honey, I Shrunk the Audience, taking over as host. This version lasted only until 2001. In 2002, the ride took its current form as Journey into Imagination with Figment. The little purple dragon who accompanied the Dreamfinder returned to work alongside Dr. Nigel Channing, causing havoc in every scene.

 
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"Tomorrow's Child" makes me tear up as well! But I experience a lot of powerful emotions when I listen to the old EPCOT soundtrack.

I'm so glad that people have already mentioned the two songs that I remember the most, "Now is the Time" and "If You Had Wings". I had never even realized "Now is the Time" wasn't the original, or had been restored back to the ride, until I had a similar conversation with a friend, and they said, "I can't get that song from Carousel of Progress out of my head!" and I was like, "I know! Now is the time, now is the best time!" and they were all, "What song are YOU singing?"

The defunct World Of Motion ride " it's fun to be free."

My last trip to Disney world,I would break into song, and it would either be The carousel of progress or imagination. The Sherman Brothers sure do know how to get a tune in your head. Gotta love it!

Two others I can never forget: "If You Had Wings" from the Eastern Airlines attraction and the pre-show for the Kodak show in EPCOT, "Makin' Memories." Both songs that stay with you even though their attractions have long since gone.

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