The Disney Song Encyclopedia - fieldi

52 “EVERYTHING IS FOOD”
“Everything Is Food” is the silly list song written by Harry Nilsson for the
odd movie musical Popeye (1980). When the itinerant sailor Popeye (Robin
Williams) arrives in the town of Sweethaven looking for his long-lost Pappy,
he goes into a local restaurant where the patrons and the staff sing about the
importance food has in their lives. Among the patrons is the always-broke
Wimpy (Paul Dooley), who punctuates the song with his attempts to get a
hamburger on credit.
“Everything Is Not What It Seems” is the lite-rock theme song written
by John Adair and Steve Hampton for the television series Wizards of Waverly
Place (2007), about a family of wizards-in-training living in modern
Manhattan. Selena Gomez, who plays the daughter, Alex, in the series,
sings the pop song about illusions and dreams on the soundtrack during the
opening credits.
“Everything Is Right” is the merry march number written by Michael
Abbott and Sarah Weeks for the happing ending of the video Pooh’s Grand
Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (1997). After Winnie the
Pooh (voice of Jim Cummings) and his friends are reunited with Christopher
Robin (Frankie J. Galasso), everyone sings this happy number about
how nothing can be amiss now that they are all together again.
“Everything That I Am” is a penetrating trio number of self-discovery
written by Phil Collins for the 2006 Broadway version of Tarzan. The adult
Tarzan (Josh Strickland) encounters a vision of himself as a child (Daniel
Manche or Alex Rutherford) who is wondering what kind of creature he is.
The ape Kala (Merle Dandridge) has revealed to the adult Tarzan who he
really is and how she found him, and he is torn between his feelings for his
ape family and his newfound human existence. He comes to the conclusion
that he is indeed a man and must pattern his future after that fact. Collins
made an effective solo recording of the ballad.
“Ev’rybody Wants to Be a Cat” is the contagious jazz number by Floyd
Huddleston and Al Rinker about how everyone wishes they had the new
hot jazz sound, written for the animated film The Aristocats (1970). Parisian
alley cat Thomas O’Malley (voice of Phil Harris) and Scat Cat (Scatman
Crothers) and his band perform the swinging number while the sophisticated
lady cat Duchess (Eva Gabor) sings a slower and cooler section of
the song. The jumping sequence climaxes as the Paris townhouse where
the jam session is taking place collapses from all the jubilant music. Jazz