Music in parks

[RCF]

I was thinking about this today. What type of music is played n your home park? Does it depend on the section you're in (if there's a specific type of section like movie themed or whatever). Is it just the hit music from yesterday or just the worthless **** of today? I think it'd be interesting to hear what parks play what in different countries and regions etc. etc.

 

[MinteButtons]

Apocalypse at DMP used to have it's own music, but the ride is sponsored by Kerrang radio now, so at least they play decent music :wink:

 

[Nic]

I'll never forget the music they had playing at SFMM the day we went there. They had one CD on loop all day. It featured:
My Sharona - The Knack
Brighter Than Sunshine - Aqualung
The Birdie Song

Made us giggle all day.

 

[Gangster4Life]

BPB has it's own radio station named Kit Kat radio, so all the songs in the park are from there, which is pop garbage, that makes me wanna put my finger down my throat and puke :evil:

 

[CMonster]

If I remember correctly, BGT has its own music, and it's different for each section. Some is African tribal music, some is desert/Egytian stuff, ect.

One thing I do remember is this random ramp with patriotic music playing 'cause it's like a tribute to our soldiers.

I don't really remember music in parks that much though.

 

[Pokemaniac]

I can't even remember if TusenFryd plays music. That probably means they don't. I'd much rather listen to the wind through the trees, the roar of the rides or people having fun anyway. I think it makes the atmosphere better.

 

[Hyde]

Depends on the section for CP. They used to have a really fun music track, ditched it for a crappy one, and are now back to a good one!

I still miss Funky Town though. sad face

 

[jokerman]

Parks like Thorpe or Alton tend to have their own music, unless it's part of the theme to have pop music.

It's quite interesting actually, and musically very well written. I actually wrote about the music at Thorpe for an A-Level essay.

 

[A-Kid]

Well my home park is technically Chessie and it has pretty cool tracks.

Vampire has probally one of the coolest theme tunes ever:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRINrOyKlqU

Tomb Blaster
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIYGh8YWDnw

Part of Dragon Falls (its 40mins)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjFzSN6fskM

Mine train has the Big Country theme mixed with the Magnificent Seven. I just wish it played in the queue aswell as the station. The entrance theme of this year is nice too.

Thorpe - I'm going into detail to make this post more usefull. And I'm obsessed with park music!

Thorpe has pretty awesome music. It has a R&B/Pop entrance loop which is alright, but I wish they had a proper tracklist.

Then there's Colossus which has a similar tune to Colossos at Heide Park, but with extra trumpets.

Area: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bS5_SRU0xfQ
Station (which is broken right now): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgZ5H794OCo

Nemesis Inferno (The final 2 mins is what they actually use): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LewFaj6Z2Ak

Then WWTP Tidal Side tracks:

Beach Boys - I Get Around
Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill
The Ronetts - Be My Baby
Eddie Cochrane - C'mon Everybody
Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice
Cascades - Rhythm of the Falling Rain
Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shaking Going On
Sheb Wooley - Purple People Eater
Sam Cooke - Chain Gang
Helen Shapiro - You Don't Know
Everley Brothers - All I Have To Do Is Dream
Big Bopper - Be-Bop-A-Lula
Hermans Hermits - I'm Into Something Good
The Hollies - Bus Stop
Helen Shapiro - Walking Back To Happiness
Neil Sedaka - Oh Carol
Lesley Gore - It's My Party
Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - I'm The Urban Spaceman
The Foundations - Baby Now That I've Found You
Jimmy Justice - When My Little Girl Is Smiling
Etta James - I Just Wanna Make Love To You
Chuck Berry - No Particular Place To Go
Cliff Richard - Living Doll
Frankie Lymon - Why Do Fools Fall In Love
The Shirelles - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
Beach Boys - Surfing USA
Chubby Checker - Lets Twist Again
Del Shannon - Runaway
Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace
Carole King - It Might As Well Rain Until September
Elvis Presley - I'm All Shook Up
Elvis Presley - Teddy Bear
Freddie And The Dreamers - Over You
Johnny Kid & The Pirates - Shakin' All Over
The Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup
The Hollies - Carrie Anne
Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock

All pretty similar to Jonny Rockets @ Cedar Point.

Then theres the radio ads across both Stealth and Tidal Wave:

WWTP - Stealth - Supersonic Hair Tonic Ad (Stealth Stiffy)
WWTP - Ad - Lacron Pants (About Sh1tting yourself)
22 frankie pizza ad
21 no grow ad (Bald people)
17 beauty boutique ad
15 Wampa windows ad
20 crazy eddys ad
WWTP - TW - Thelma Beedlwits Letter
WWTP - TW - Sheree + Vladamir Interview
WWTP - TW - Sheree Leathernworth News
WWTP - TW - Sheree + Reverend Boon
WWTP - TW - Sheree + Dwaine Farley Interview
WWTP - TW - Mayor Oarsman Interview
WWTP - TW - Dr Bladenstien Phone In 1
WWTP - TW - Bob News and Sports
WWTP - TW - Competition(1)
SuperSmart Mini Mart
Constipo (Constipation advert)
Bubba grumps

And there are more

Loggers Leap tracklist is cool:

Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow
Rawhide
Wendell Ferguson - Luck of the Drawl
Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden
The Woolpackers - Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Roll
Billy Jo Spears - What I've Got In Mind
Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy Breaky Heart
Leroy Van Dyke - The Auctioneer
Brooks and Dunn - Boot Scootin' Boogie
Rednex - Cotton Eyed Joe
Dolly Parton - 9 To 5
Steps - 5,6,7,8
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
Glenn Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy
Dolly Parton - Joleene
Dolly Parton - Why'd You Come In Here Looking Like That
The Grid - Swamp Thing
Tanya Tucker - Just Another Love
Dolly Parton - Islands In The Stream
Trisha YearWood - She's in Love with the Boy
Dolly Parton - Here You Come Again
Jerry Reed - Eastbound and Down
Mary Chapin Carpenter - He Thinks He'll Keep Her
Glenn Campbell - Southern Nights
Bette Midler - This Ole House
Glenn Campbell & Tanya Tucker - Dream Lover
Trisha YearWood - Powerful Thing
Merle Haggard - Ramblin' Fever
Mary Chapin Carpenter - I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend
Scooch - Maybe Tomorrow
Wendell Ferguson - Serious Foolin' Around
Wendell Ferguson - 1 Tequila, 2 Tequila, 3 Tequila... Floor
Wendell Ferguson - Cowboy for Goodbye

Now onto CP.

Milf (+2008)

DJ Sammy - Heaven
U2 - Beautiful Day
Christina Aguilera - Beautiful
Foggy - Come Into My Dream
Darude - Sandstorm
Blue Man Group - Time to Start
DJ Sammy - The Boys of Summer
Diving - 4 Strings
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
Roxette - Stars
Laava - Wherever You Are
Britney Spears - Lucky
Hoku - Perfect Day
Tatu - All the Things She Said
Rednex - Cotton eye joe dance
Alice Cooper - Poison
M.J - Billie Jean
DJ Casper - Cha Cha Slide
Divine Inspiration - The Way
Ozzy - Crazy Train
Cascada - Miracle
B - 52's - Love Shack

Maverick

Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons
Farewell To Cheyenne - Ennio Morricone
Aces High - Ennio Morricone
Maverick Theme Song - Cedar Point
Magnificent Seven - Ghost Rider Orchestra
He's a Pirate - Pirates of the Caribbean Soundtrack
Run Free - Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron Soundtrack
Moon-doggy, part 1 - Marc Daine and the Jazz Cowboys
Tornado in the Barracks - Mask of Zorro Soundtrack
Apache - Dillingers
Frisky - Marc Daine and the Jazz Cowboys
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - Ghost Rider Orchestra
Mule Train - Frankie Lane
The Big Country - Ghost Rider Orchestra
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - Ghost Rider Orchestra
The Indians - Ennio Morricone
Moon-doggy, part 2 - Marc Daine and the Jazz Cowboys
Dallas - Floyd Cramer
High Chaparral - Ghost Rider Orchestra
Denim and Demons - Marc Daine and the Jazz Cowboys
Even Cowboys Like a Little Rock and Roll - Chris LeDoux
Ghost Riders in the Sky - Ghost Rider Orchestra
The Ride - Mask of Zorro Soundtrack
For a Few Dollars More - Ghost Rider Orchestra
True Grit - City of Prague Philharmonic
A Fistful of Dollars - Ghost Rider Orchestra
Bonanza - Ghost Rider Orchestra
How the West Was Won - True Grit Soundtrack
Wild Wild West - Billy Strange
Guns Don't Argue - Ennio Morricone
Sandstorm - James Newton Howard
Plaza of Execution - Mask of Zorro Soundtrack
Zorro's Theme - Mask of Zorro Soundtrack
Hang 'Em High - Ghost Rider Orchestra
Rawhide - Frankie Lane
Lucious Cake Waitress - Marc Daine and the Jazz Cowboys

TTD

Main Theme - Republica - Ready To Go

Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride
Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen - Hot Rod Lincoln
Elvis Presley - A Little Less Conversation
Elvis Presley - Burnin' Love
Sammy Hagar - I Can't Drive 55
Propellerheads - Spybreak
Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire
Hoobastank - Crawling in the Dark
Beach Boys - 409
Beach Boys - Surfin' USA
Beach Boys - Wipe Out
Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice
Beach Boys - I Get Around
Capella - Move It Up
Chuck Berry - No Particular Place To Go
Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels - Devil With The Blue Dress On
Bruce Springsteen - Pink Cadillac
The McCoys - Hang On Sloopy

Its remarkably similar to Stealth.

Riddlers Revenge - Ecuador(apparently):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4easeYmLEQ

Wicked Twister - The Crystal Method - The Winner:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbcyzd9Ackw

I just keep collecting I know a few other CP tracklists too...

 

[Waffleman]

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[Waffleman]

^And I thought I was bad for having all of the Alton Towers songs and sounds...

Pleasure Island (UK) has it's own music I think.. Which is pretty good for a small park. Atmospheric music that you don't even realise is there is the best in my opinion, like in Disneyland or Alton Towers. Epcot has really good in park music too..

 

[El Patricko]

I don't really rate a lot of theme park music as they tend to be just different enough from either the batman theme (ahem NI) or a loop of synthesised chords of a male chior. :x

There are loads of great ones though:

Tomb Blaster, great!
Nemesis, Unique!
There are quite a few good ones in my mind, i suppose it's when you get a park saying "i want it to sound like this" and the composer then editing two notes in "dance of the sugarplum fairy" when it gets bad :--D

Oh and ill have some salt an vinegar for that chip on my shoulder please (storms off to play the piano)

 

[herbinator]

At thorpe i find the music good untill the 3rd or 4th loop, and thats when they need to change it.

 

[silenthillXD]

I realy love the nemesis inferno music, the dispatch music from the previous train never fails to send me running out of the exit before I even have a chance to sit down.....which isn't good!

Although Nemesis (AT) has such epic music, its a real shame they stopped playing the story version, its such a well thought out story and the simple fact Tom Baker narrates it makes it easliy missable!

 

[KristofWB]

Walibi Belgium does have music that depends on the themed zones they are in. Alot of them are movie themes.

Main Street:
* Vangelis - Conquest of Paradise
* Vangelis - Chariots of Fire
* Alan Silvestri - Sandcastles
* James Bond Theme
* ...

Vampire Zone:
* The Exorcist Theme
* The Omen Theme
* X-Files Theme
* Halloween Theme

Paris 1900:
* Michel Delpeche - Pour Un Flirt
* Nadya - Et c'est Parti
* Pink Martini - Je Ne Veux Pas Travailler
* Gerard Lenorman - Voici Les Cles
* Claude Francois - Alexandrie, Alexandra
* Claude Francois - Belles, Belles, Belles

Lucky Luke City:
* James Last - Orange Blossom Special
* Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe
* Steps - 5, 6, 7, 8
* Boney M - Rasputin (Dalton Terror queue)
* Theme from 'The Magnificent Seven'

Ali Baba Land:
* Punjabi MC - Mundian To Bach Ke
* Tarkan - Simarik
* Tarkan - Kuzu Kuzu
* Khaled - Didi
* Khaled ft. Cheb Mami - Abdul Kader
* Khaled ft. Cheb Mami & Faudel - Ida
* Jerry Goldsmith - Basic Instinct Theme
* Cirque de Soleil - Mystery Of Man & Youth (Palais du Genie soundtrack)
* Despina Vandi - Gia

Turbine songs:
* Bob Sinclar - The Beat Goes On
* Bob Sinclar - Kiss My Eyes
* 2 Fabiola - Freak Out
* 2 Fabiola - Lift U Up
* Fiocco - The Crowd Is Moving
* Aqualords - Moon Revolution
* Jeckyll & Hyde - Freefall
* Sash - Encore Une Fois
* Gigi d'Agostino - l'Amour Toujours
* Gigi d'Agostino - La Passion
* Mason ft. Princess Superstar - Perfect Exceeder
* ...

 

[SaiyanHajime]

BGE has music comparable to s US sitcom or chat show. And it's the cheesiest most horrendous theme music I've ever heard at a park.

"Welcome to Busch Gardens Europe, the most Americanised park in the world!"


Music at parks should be predominantly background, mood setting noise. If it's too identifiable it gets annoying.


I think Nemesis Inferno is indeed a hit. In the queue it's not too loud and you can barely hear it, but when you enter the station it fills that room with mood. The sound of the dispatching train is pretty magical.