Ethnic DisneyAn academic presentation to

cheapen your childhood

Aladdin (1992)•Menken/Ashman/Rice

•Instrumentation-Percussion

Tar (hand drum)-Solo melody lines

MonophonyViolin anachronism

•Issues-Musical-Lyrical-Racial

Lion King (1994)•John/Rice/Lebo M./Zimmer

•Instrumentation–Kalimba–Horns–Guitar/bass–Choral backdrop–Gospel piano

•Issues-Arrangement -Geography

Mulan (1998)•Wilder/Zippel

•Instrumentation-Silk and bamboo music-Pentatonic-Unison choral singing

Arrangement

•Issues-Western impositions

Why bother?•Disney movies are a reflection of their times.

•Global sounds affect us more than we think.

•The allure of the exotic has changed.

•We are getting better, slowly.