The Disney Song Encyclopedia - fieldi

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tors, the Egyptians. She takes up their cause and joins them in the vibrant
song and dance.
“Dance with Me” is the musical invitation by Ray Cham and Char Licera
that is heard while teen stars Galleria (Raven-Symoné), Chanel (Adrienne
Bailon), Aqua (Kiely Williams), and Dorinda (Sabrina Bryan) dance with
some dashing young Spanish men in the television sequel The Cheetah
Girls 2 (2006). In a rehearsal hall in Barcelona, the four American girls go
through some elegant Spanish dance footwork, but the song Andew Seeley
and Belinda sing on the soundtrack is more lite-rock than Latin.
“Dancing on a Cloud” is the waltzing love song that Mack David, Jerry
Livingston, and Al Hoffman wrote for the animated film Cinderella (1950),
but it was eliminated during the production process. Walt Disney was fascinated
with the idea of animating a sequence in which two lovers dance on
the clouds. He decided to put this idea to the test while assembling his story
boards for Cinderella. The song was written with the image in mind and
recorded by Ilene Woods as Cinderella and Mike Douglas as the Prince.
The song has a haunting melody and a transporting lyric for the two to sing
upon their first meeting, and soon the twosome waltz through the stars atop
a dance floor of clouds. It is unclear why Disney scrapped the idea, but the
number was replaced by the gentle “So This Is Love,” which kept the lovers
earthbound. The visual idea did not reach fruition until the finale of the
animated movie Sleeping Beauty in 1959.
“Daring to Dance” is the urgent ballad sung by the mermaid Ariel (voice
of Jodi Benson) in one of the episodes of the animated television series The
Little Mermaid (1992). In the song of yearning, Ariel dreams of dancing to
the songs that are in her heart, knowing she would be a wonderful dancer
if only she had legs. Later in the episode she reprises the number with the
mute mermaid Gabriella, who uses sign language to express her thoughts
about dancing.
“Darkwing Duck Theme” is the pulsating jazz song written by Steve
Nelson and Thomas Richard Sharp for the 1991 animated television series
about the everyday duck Drake Mallard, who becomes the crime fighter
Darkwing Duck when he dons a mask and cape. The theme song, sung by
a chorus over the opening credits, celebrates the master of disguise who
protects the city of St. Canard. After the first season, the song was altered