The Disney Song Encyclopedia - fieldi

18 “BET ON IT”
Beautiful Tomorrow” as the theme song for the Carousel of Progress attraction
when it was re-created for Disney World in 1975. The original number
proclaimed the philosophy of General Electric, who had sponsored the
exhibit at the 1964 New York World’s Fair. The new song, which cheerfully
announces that there is no time better than the present, is more in keeping
with the Disney philosophy. Yet the earlier song was so popular with visitors
to the theme parks that it was reinstated when Carousel of Progress was
revamped in 1997. The number is sometimes listed as “Now Is the Time.”
“Bet on It” is the revealing character song for a teenager who realizes he
has made some wrong choices in the television film sequel High School
Musical 2 (2007). Antonina Armato and Tim James wrote the angst-ridden
ballad, which is sung by the once-popular Troy (Zac Efron) who realizes
he has alienated his friends and his girlfriend with his self-centered behavior.
“Between Two Worlds” is the pop ballad written by Stacy Widelitz and
Blaise Tosti for the made-for-video animated sequel Pocahontas II: Journey
to a New World (1998). Judy Kuhn (singing voice for Pocahontas) and Billy
Zane (voice for John Rolfe) sing the romantic song, about how faith and
love can overcome any differences between two people, on the soundtrack
during the end credits of the video.
“Beware the Jabberwock” is a silly but highly literate song written by
Don Raye (music) and Gene de Paul (lyric) in 1947 for an animated sequence
in the film Alice in Wonderland (1951), but it was not used. Based
on Lewis Carroll’s famous poem “Jabberwocky,” the jazzy number is meant
as a warning for Alice against the monster that inhabits the Tulgy Wood, using
some of Carroll’s made-up words and adding a few invented by de Paul.
A demo recording of the two songwriters singing the song was included as
an extra when the film was released on DVD.
“Beyond My Wildest Dreams” is the gleeful song of discovery written
by Alan Menken (music) and Glenn Slater (lyric) for the 2008 Broadway
version of The Little Mermaid. After Ariel (Sierra Boggess) has become
human, she sings to herself (because she has given her public voice to the
sea witch) about how the human world is even better than she anticipated.
The song has a busy lyric listing the many wonders of life on land, and the
music is equally rapid and bouncy.