I just recently burned myself a new mix cd (yes I still do this for my car). This is of ones where ballads have come out of animated films/shows. I think I got most of them if not all. Realistically, many of them sound a lot alike down to tempo, instrumentation, and vocalists.
1978
Watership Down: Bright Eyes
1982
The Secret of NIMH: Flying Dreams
1986
An American Tail: Somewhere Out There
1988
The Land Before Time: If We Hold On Together
1989
All Dogs Go to Heaven: Love Survives
1991
Beauty and the Beast: Beauty and the Beast
1992
Aladdin: A Whole New World
1993
Once Upon A Forest: Once Upon A Time With Me
1994
The Lion King: Can You Feel the Love Tonight?
The Swan Princess: Far Longer Than Forever
1995
Balto: Reach For the Light
Pocahontas: If I Never Knew You
The Pebble and the Penguin: Now and Forever
1997
Anastasia: Once Upon a December
Cats Don’t Dance: Our Time Has Come
1998
The Prince of Egypt: When You Believe
The Lion King II: Love Will Find a Way
2000
Watership Down: Thank You, Stars
A ballad from an animated film either is based on the film’s main theme, or was performed during the film by the title character(s), and played over the end credits in a pop ballad. Pop ballads became popular when the hit duet between James Ingram and Linda Ronstadt, Somewhere Out There made it big and almost all animated films had them for a decade after. These ballads fell out of favor by the end of the 1990s, turning towards pop music for the credit rolls.
(That last part was on my notecard I put with the cd.)
So, how many of you have heard these, and/or like them?
