Disney Music Collection, 2016-2022

Summary

Abstract:
Three platinum records and five custom-bound music scores from Disney films.
Extent:
2 linear ft and 3 platinum records
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Disney Music Collection,

Background

Scope and content:

The Disney Music Collection contains three platinum records and five custom-bound music scores. The platinum records are for the soundtracks for the Disney films Moana, Frozen 2, and Encanto. The awards commemorate the multi-millon dollar-selling soundtracks from all three films. The music scores are for five Disney films. Each score has the movie title and the name of the writers on the cover.

Biographical / historical:

The Walt Disney Company was founded as Disney Brothers Studio on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt and Roy Disney. In 1928, the film studio released Steamboat Willie, an animated film with sound, which revolutionized the animation industry. In 1937, the studio released Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first feature-length animated film. The movie was a resounding success and established Disney as the leading animated film studio.

By the 1950s, Disney had diversified into live-action films, television, and theme parks. The company continued to release animated films, however, including Cinderella (1950), Peter Pan (1953), 101 Dalmatians (1961), and The Jungle Book (1967). The Disney animation division struggled in the years following Walt Disney's death in 1966 but had a resurgence in the late 1980s and 1990s with such films as The Little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and the Beast (1991), and The Lion King (1994). Recently the company (which is now named The Walt Disney Company and includes Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures, Lucasfilm, Marvel Studios, Pixar, and a handful of others) has released a number of popular animated films, including Frozen (2013), Moana (2016), Frozen 2 (2019) and Encanto (2021).

Thomas MacDougall is the President of Walt Disney Music. He graduated from Syracuse University in 1992, joined Disney in 1993 in the Buena Vista International's character voices department and moved to Disney's animation division in 1995. In 2005 he was appointed to lead the creative strategy and production of music for Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar, which he continued to do so until his appointment as President in 2021.

Acquisition information:
Gifts of Thomas MacDougall, 2023, 2024.
Arrangement:

Arranged alphabetically by movie title.

Access and use

Restrictions:

The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advance notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.

Platinum records are not available for retrieval, but can be viewed in the Belfer Audio classroom.

Terms of access:

Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

Preferred citation:

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Disney Music Collection,

Location of this collection:
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries
Bird Library, Room 600
Syracuse, NY 13244, United States
Link to repository site
Contact:
315.443.2697
scrc@syr.edu