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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 280954" data-attributes="member: 23">Back on the old site, I posted about rewatching all the Disney Animated Classics then available on Blu-ray in chronological order (there were a few gaps from then-unavailable films, The Rescuers Down Under being one of them, though I&#039;ve since added it to my collection).&nbsp; The rise in creative quality on reaching The Little Mermaid was astounding.For me, what really makes this era work was the decision to structure them as though they were Broadway musicals rather than films with musical interludes.In particular, Alan Menken and Howard Ashman really set the tone for this era. Menken&#039;s scores are beautiful, and Howard brought such wit to the lyrics. It&#039;s a terrible shame that Howard died so soon into this era as theirs was an incredible musical partnership. It&#039;s also incredibly sad that Howard didn&#039;t live to see the success of Beauty And The Beast as I really feel this is their masterpiece, and a masterpiece for the studio as well.I do also enjoy the work that Alan did with Stephen Schwartz after Howard&#039;s death, especially The Hunchback Of Notre-Dame, which is at times probably as mature and grim as Disney soundtracks have ever been.My biggest bugbear with some films of this era is that the comedy sidekicks could be just too in-your-face and annoying. Aladdin could have been a contender for a Top Three Disney film, but Robin Williams renders it almost unwatchable for me. Likewise Eddie Murphy and Mulan.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 280954, member: 23"] Back on the old site, I posted about rewatching all the Disney Animated Classics then available on Blu-ray in chronological order (there were a few gaps from then-unavailable films,[I] The Rescuers Down Under[/I] being one of them, though I've since added it to my collection). The rise in creative quality on reaching [I]The Little Mermaid [/I]was astounding. For me, what really makes this era work was the decision to structure them as though they were Broadway musicals rather than films with musical interludes. In particular, Alan Menken and Howard Ashman really set the tone for this era. Menken's scores are beautiful, and Howard brought such wit to the lyrics. It's a terrible shame that Howard died so soon into this era as theirs was an incredible musical partnership. It's also incredibly sad that Howard didn't live to see the success of [I]Beauty And The Beast[/I] as I really feel this is their masterpiece, and a masterpiece for the studio as well. I do also enjoy the work that Alan did with Stephen Schwartz after Howard's death, especially [I]The Hunchback Of Notre-Dame[/I], which is at times probably as mature and grim as Disney soundtracks have ever been. My biggest bugbear with some films of this era is that the comedy sidekicks could be just too in-your-face and annoying. [I]Aladdin[/I] could have been a contender for a Top Three Disney film, but Robin Williams renders it almost unwatchable for me. Likewise Eddie Murphy and [I]Mulan[/I]. [/QUOTE]

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