Name: Synthesizers and Disney: How Music Tech Revolutionized Parks, Parades, and Movies
Uploaded: 2025-07-02T15:06:41.000Z
Duration: 1925
Description: It's the story of how Disney embraced synthesizers and electronic music technology throughout its history. From the early days of electronic sound with the...

It's the story of how Disney embraced synthesizers and electronic music technology throughout its history. From the early days of electronic sound with the Teleharmonium and magnetic tape, how Disney used tape to control the original audio-animatronics, the evolution of synthesizers from Bob Moog’s invention and the theremin, and the music of early electronic artists like Perry & Kingsley and Wendy Carlos. Eric explores the Disney connection to classic synthesizer tracks like "Baroque Hoedown" in the Main Street Electrical Parade and the Electrical Water Pageant, as well as Wendy Carlos’s score for Tron. The episode also covers the rise of synthesizer use in 1980s pop and park entertainment, Michael Iceberg’s live synth shows at Tomorrowland, Don Dorsey’s innovations in parade sound and show control with systems like Mickey Track and DECS, the use of MIDI in park productions, and the continuation of synthesizer soundtracks in newer parades and international parks like Tokyo DisneySea. If you want a full look at how electronic music and technology shaped the Disney sound—from nighttime spectaculars to iconic scores—this episode has you covered.

For More Disney and Synthesizers
Check out the Thirty20Eight’s episode on Michael Iceberg: https://thirty20eight.libsyn.com/thirtytwentyeight-208-disneys-iceberg-machine-aka-the-weirdest-show-weve-ever-recorded
Check out Shaun Jex’s Baroque Hoedown Article on Make Mine Music: https://makeminemusiccom.wordpress.com/2022/06/21/magic-and-imagination-the-music-of-the-main-street-electrical-parade/

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00:00 Animating the Inanimate
03:27 Early Electronic Sound Manipulation
08:29 Moog Synthesizer's Early Evolution
11:53 "Baroque Hoedown's Electric Legacy"
14:09 "Wendy Carlos: Synthesizer and Trans Pioneer"
19:57 Michael Iceberg: Disney Synth Pioneer
21:02 Disney's Synth Revolution in Parades
27:21 Innovative Show Control System
28:29 Disney's Electronic Music Innovations
31:37 "Discover Magic Beyond Disney Parks"

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Synthesizers and Disney: How Music Tech Revolutionized Parks, Parades, and Movies

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