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alacranita I'd do a post of foreign Disney song recs, so here it is. yaaaaay
Also includes some Dreamworks and Don Bluth (marked with an *), because they are cool too. And you will see a language bias. (And yes, almost all of it is stuff from within the past 20 years. /sob)
SLEEPING BEAUTY 1959
Russian - Once Upon A Dream
I didn't really have a specific reason for reccing this one, other than it seemed to fit. Since I just found out that the music was based on Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty, this makes sense now. :D Also, sorry for the poor video quality. Most of the others are better.
THE JUNGLE BOOK 1967
Icelandic - I Wanna Be Like You
The scat singing is the same in every language, of course. But KING LÚLLI.
THE LITTLE MERMAID 1989
Hebrew - Part of Your World
Is there a way to make this song prettier? Yes there is. Put it in Hebrew.
Portuguese (Portugal) - Kiss the Girl
This one is just... wow. Definitely one of my top three favorite dubbed songs. I don't know what they did to it, but I love it a lot more than in English. Also Eric's little "okay, no" is so cute. :B
* AN AMERICAN TAIL: FIEVEL GOES WEST 1991
French - Dreams to Dream
Sooo pretty ;_;
ALADDIN 1992
Icelandic - One Jump Ahead
Probably wouldn't have posted it if it didn't have a translation. This one has some great lyrics.
THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS 1993
Spanish (Spain) - Jack's Lament, What's This?, Making Christmas
One day I sat down and listened to all the Spain-Spanish Nightmare Before Christmas songs. With a few exceptions ("Kidnap the Sandy Claws" really does not work), they are amazing.
Of these: first of all, I love Jack's voice. A lot. The lyrics in "Jack's Lament" are super, although the video cuts off at the end. D: The one that stands out to me here is "What's This", which they did something great with. Again, not sure what, but something great. And "Making Christmas" got Jack's rhymes to work flawlessly. Love what they did with the bat/hat thing. In conclusion: yes.
THE LION KING BE PREPARED 1994
Finnish - Be Prepared
Finnish Scar's voice isn't the strongest, but this song is what made me start studying Finnish. So obviously there is something there.
Hebrew - Be Prepared
I love this guy's voice. Rivaled only by Mandarin Scar's, in my opinion.
Mandarin Chinese - Be Prepared
*swoooooooon*
also: Bu yao wang, bu yao wang, la la la la la la!
POCAHONTAS 1995
Japanese - Colors of the Wind
I'm not all that fond of most Japanese Disney dubs, mainly because they like to insert random English words for no reason. (Case in point: "Belle", or as the Japanese version would have it, "Funny Girl".) And they cram too many syllables into lines. "Colors of the Wind" suffers from the latter a little, but still, it and a couple others are exceptions. Dang.
Spanish (Spain) - Mine, Mine, Mine
Love the translation on this one. One of my favorites. Cavad, cavad, volved a cavar!
TOY STORY 1995
Icelandic - You've Got A Friend In Me
I just like this one. It's swingy.
THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME 1996
Flemish - Out There
I really like how they translated the lyrics in this one. Also Quasi's voice is nice.
Hebrew - The Bells of Notre Dame
Hebrew Clopin makes me all tingly. You notice how he hits the high note at the end? Most of the dubs fudge it (making the note lower or just using Mr. Kandel's), but Hebrew Clopin goes and nails it. *sigh*
Polish - The Court of Miracles
Another song (see below) that isn't great in most languages but shines in Polish. Uhhmm. I like it.
Spanish (Spain) - Heaven's Light/Hellfire
Unusually for me and my Frollo obsession, I'm really posting this one for "Heaven's Light". God, it sounds so pretty in Spanish. Another one that I think I prefer to the original. "Hellfire" is just a nice bonus. :P (Fun fact: Frollo's voiced by the guy who does the Spanish voice of Darth Vader.)
Also I might know the words to this better than I know the English words. :|
HERCULES 1997
Spanish (Latin America) - I Won't Say (I'm In Love)
This keeps getting stuck in my head when I want the English one.
MULAN 1998
Hebrew - Honor To Us All
I love Hebrew.
THE LION KING II: SIMBA'S PRIDE 1998
Finnish - We Are One
Finnish Simba's voice is great for this song. Beautiful.
* THE PRINCE OF EGYPT 1998
Dutch - When You Believe
This is cheating a little. "When You Believe" is beautiful in any language. I just picked out the Dutch one for this, because, hey, Dutch.
Hebrew - Deliver Us
Prince of Egypt in Hebrew may be a little obvious, but I don't care. The words fit so well and Ofra Haza had a beautiful voice. RIP.
TARZAN 1999
Japanese - Strangers Like Me
Basically what I said about "Colors of the Wind", except that "Strangers Like Me" is an even more shining exception. Sounds like it could've been written in Japanese. I love this one. (Also, the uploader's translating skills are great. Check out their other videos.)
Norwegian - Two Worlds, One Family, Son of Man
If you have paid attention to any of my previous ramblings on the subject you will know that I consider Norwegian Tarzan to be the crowning achievement of Disney dubbing, as much for the translation as for the sound. "Two Worlds" is another of the few dubbed songs that I vastly prefer to the English version, and "Son of Man" isn't that far behind. Just... watch them.
* SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON 2002
Finnish - Sound the Bugle
As I've said previously, I love this song in basically every language except English. (Cannot get used to the English singer's voice.) This is my favorite, though. So emotional.
ENCHANTED 2007
Dutch - That's How You Know
I'm not usually too enamored with live-action dubs (the mouth flaps throw me off), but I like the translation on this one. I also like how Dutch is kind of like funky English.
Bonus! Stuff from TV shows. Only one's Disney, but there's only two anyway.
KIM POSSIBLE
Polish - Drakken's Rap
This is actually the only non-English language this song is any good in. But when it's good, it is awesome.
It has been pointed out in the comments that Drakken is Polish-American. If that's true, this is getting spooky.
CODE LYOKO
Hebrew - A World Without Danger
I love how this one sounds. Wish to heck there were a full version.
Man that took a while. Also I thought I had more songs than this. :|
And, uh, look at what I found while doing this:
Looks like Japanese Fropin is canon. :B
Not much else to report. Worrying about college is taking up most of my time. Also, joined VDex. You know, that Pokémon thing. I doubt I'll keep up with it, but it's fun currently. Obligatory link to my dudes:
alacranita I'd do a post of foreign Disney song recs, so here it is. yaaaaayAlso includes some Dreamworks and Don Bluth (marked with an *), because they are cool too. And you will see a language bias. (And yes, almost all of it is stuff from within the past 20 years. /sob)
SLEEPING BEAUTY 1959
Russian - Once Upon A Dream
I didn't really have a specific reason for reccing this one, other than it seemed to fit. Since I just found out that the music was based on Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty, this makes sense now. :D Also, sorry for the poor video quality. Most of the others are better.
THE JUNGLE BOOK 1967
Icelandic - I Wanna Be Like You
The scat singing is the same in every language, of course. But KING LÚLLI.
THE LITTLE MERMAID 1989
Hebrew - Part of Your World
Is there a way to make this song prettier? Yes there is. Put it in Hebrew.
Portuguese (Portugal) - Kiss the Girl
This one is just... wow. Definitely one of my top three favorite dubbed songs. I don't know what they did to it, but I love it a lot more than in English. Also Eric's little "okay, no" is so cute. :B
* AN AMERICAN TAIL: FIEVEL GOES WEST 1991
French - Dreams to Dream
Sooo pretty ;_;
ALADDIN 1992
Icelandic - One Jump Ahead
Probably wouldn't have posted it if it didn't have a translation. This one has some great lyrics.
THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS 1993
Spanish (Spain) - Jack's Lament, What's This?, Making Christmas
One day I sat down and listened to all the Spain-Spanish Nightmare Before Christmas songs. With a few exceptions ("Kidnap the Sandy Claws" really does not work), they are amazing.
Of these: first of all, I love Jack's voice. A lot. The lyrics in "Jack's Lament" are super, although the video cuts off at the end. D: The one that stands out to me here is "What's This", which they did something great with. Again, not sure what, but something great. And "Making Christmas" got Jack's rhymes to work flawlessly. Love what they did with the bat/hat thing. In conclusion: yes.
Finnish - Be Prepared
Finnish Scar's voice isn't the strongest, but this song is what made me start studying Finnish. So obviously there is something there.
Hebrew - Be Prepared
I love this guy's voice. Rivaled only by Mandarin Scar's, in my opinion.
Mandarin Chinese - Be Prepared
*swoooooooon*
also: Bu yao wang, bu yao wang, la la la la la la!
POCAHONTAS 1995
Japanese - Colors of the Wind
I'm not all that fond of most Japanese Disney dubs, mainly because they like to insert random English words for no reason. (Case in point: "Belle", or as the Japanese version would have it, "Funny Girl".) And they cram too many syllables into lines. "Colors of the Wind" suffers from the latter a little, but still, it and a couple others are exceptions. Dang.
Spanish (Spain) - Mine, Mine, Mine
Love the translation on this one. One of my favorites. Cavad, cavad, volved a cavar!
TOY STORY 1995
Icelandic - You've Got A Friend In Me
I just like this one. It's swingy.
THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME 1996
Flemish - Out There
I really like how they translated the lyrics in this one. Also Quasi's voice is nice.
Hebrew - The Bells of Notre Dame
Hebrew Clopin makes me all tingly. You notice how he hits the high note at the end? Most of the dubs fudge it (making the note lower or just using Mr. Kandel's), but Hebrew Clopin goes and nails it. *sigh*
Polish - The Court of Miracles
Another song (see below) that isn't great in most languages but shines in Polish. Uhhmm. I like it.
Spanish (Spain) - Heaven's Light/Hellfire
Unusually for me and my Frollo obsession, I'm really posting this one for "Heaven's Light". God, it sounds so pretty in Spanish. Another one that I think I prefer to the original. "Hellfire" is just a nice bonus. :P (Fun fact: Frollo's voiced by the guy who does the Spanish voice of Darth Vader.)
Also I might know the words to this better than I know the English words. :|
HERCULES 1997
Spanish (Latin America) - I Won't Say (I'm In Love)
This keeps getting stuck in my head when I want the English one.
MULAN 1998
Hebrew - Honor To Us All
I love Hebrew.
THE LION KING II: SIMBA'S PRIDE 1998
Finnish - We Are One
Finnish Simba's voice is great for this song. Beautiful.
* THE PRINCE OF EGYPT 1998
Dutch - When You Believe
This is cheating a little. "When You Believe" is beautiful in any language. I just picked out the Dutch one for this, because, hey, Dutch.
Hebrew - Deliver Us
Prince of Egypt in Hebrew may be a little obvious, but I don't care. The words fit so well and Ofra Haza had a beautiful voice. RIP.
TARZAN 1999
Japanese - Strangers Like Me
Basically what I said about "Colors of the Wind", except that "Strangers Like Me" is an even more shining exception. Sounds like it could've been written in Japanese. I love this one. (Also, the uploader's translating skills are great. Check out their other videos.)
Norwegian - Two Worlds, One Family, Son of Man
If you have paid attention to any of my previous ramblings on the subject you will know that I consider Norwegian Tarzan to be the crowning achievement of Disney dubbing, as much for the translation as for the sound. "Two Worlds" is another of the few dubbed songs that I vastly prefer to the English version, and "Son of Man" isn't that far behind. Just... watch them.
* SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON 2002
Finnish - Sound the Bugle
As I've said previously, I love this song in basically every language except English. (Cannot get used to the English singer's voice.) This is my favorite, though. So emotional.
ENCHANTED 2007
Dutch - That's How You Know
I'm not usually too enamored with live-action dubs (the mouth flaps throw me off), but I like the translation on this one. I also like how Dutch is kind of like funky English.
Bonus! Stuff from TV shows. Only one's Disney, but there's only two anyway.
KIM POSSIBLE
Polish - Drakken's Rap
This is actually the only non-English language this song is any good in. But when it's good, it is awesome.
It has been pointed out in the comments that Drakken is Polish-American. If that's true, this is getting spooky.
CODE LYOKO
Hebrew - A World Without Danger
I love how this one sounds. Wish to heck there were a full version.
Man that took a while. Also I thought I had more songs than this. :|
And, uh, look at what I found while doing this:
Looks like Japanese Fropin is canon. :B
Not much else to report. Worrying about college is taking up most of my time. Also, joined VDex. You know, that Pokémon thing. I doubt I'll keep up with it, but it's fun currently. Obligatory link to my dudes:
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have I ever mentioned how much I love that icon
it's pretty glorious i know :D
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Also, if you happen to have any songs you think I should add to this list, please let me know! I'm planning on making a Part 2 one of these days.
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The Princess and the Frog
Down in New Orleans - German
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajR_wCGxsoo
Brother Bear
Great Spirits - French (Canadian)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmIrkKq1zwU
Oh, and I meant to ask, do you own any of the songs on this list or do you just listen to them on youtube? I've been trying to find HQ downloads of a few of them and am pestering people for it, but several songs have been hard to find.
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