1 | %%!![[Franchise/TheLittleMermaid]] |
2 | %%The following examples have been commented out for being Administrivia/ZeroContextExamples. Do not uncomment them without explaining what makes them awesome. To assume the "titles" of the songs speak for themselves without further comment is FanMyopia. |
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4 | !![[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 The Disney Movie]] |
5 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hopeless_romantics_little_mermaid_kiss_the_girl.jpg]] |
6 | [[caption-width-right:350:Sebastian managed to make romantic music ''on the fly''.]] |
7 | |
8 | * The [[https://youtu.be/hHyC100Wm88 opening/end credits]] music. |
9 | * While the songs in the sequel may not be near as memorable as the songs in the original, the song "For a Moment", a SoloDuet between Melody and Ariel, proves to be quite a feel-good standout, especially since Creator/TaraStrong really demonstrates her amazing singing talent. |
10 | * [[VillainSong Ursula's song]] "[[https://youtu.be/Gi58pN8W3hY Poor Unfortunate Souls]]" was the most breathtaking, show-stealing moment of ''The Little Mermaid''. Not to mention the sheer awesomeness that is her EvilLaugh. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzNLJOEBU_E French version]] is incredible too, thanks to Creator/MichelineDax's performance. [[https://youtu.be/UfREnHzbwX8 Howard Ashman's demo]] is more epic because of Howard singing Creator/TimCurry [[EvilIsHammy Style]] and some great vocal inflections. |
11 | * "[[https://youtu.be/GC_mV1IpjWA Under The Sea]]", the musical number that firmly announced that Disney animation, after years of cultural near-irrelevance, was ''back''. Not only that, but "Under the Sea" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. |
12 | * "[[https://youtu.be/SXKlJuO07eM Part of Your World]]" and its [[https://youtu.be/5Keal_UfT6o reprise]] mean ''so'' many things to ''so'' many people. |
13 | * [[https://youtu.be/EcyhVHrmlMU Les Poissons]] is [[VillainSong sinister]], catchy as hell, and [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments hilarious]] all at the same time. |
14 | * [[https://youtu.be/TrRbB-qUJfY "Kiss the Girl"]] is not only fantastically memorable, it's also one of the most unique love songs in the entire Disney canon thanks to Sebastian's Caribbean-esque arrangement, making it a totally different style of romantic from most of the more traditionally orchestral love songs heard in their other movies. |
15 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVO0aC_syaY Destruction of the Grotto.]] It begins with a hard MoodWhiplash from happy innocence to dumbstruck fear, and the music, symbolizing Triton's TranquilFury, only grows in intensity before exploding into a piece of heart-stopping terror. In the Broadway musical, its replacement ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWT6YubGbC0 "The World Above Reprise"]]) is an epic and emotional yet brief song for Triton--probably one of the only times he sang. |
16 | %%* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UQsECA7RZU Bedtime]]". |
17 | %%* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LnJzSKSIQg Jig/Fireworks]]". |
18 | %%* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUDhH5foKRI Fathoms Below]]". |
19 | %%* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXmLRHnoSAs Kiss The Girl]]", Academy Award nominee. |
20 | %%* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zgHRg0cSGc Happy Endings]]". |
21 | %%The above examples have been commented out for being zero-context examples. Administrivia/WeblinksAreNotExamples; explain what makes each one awesome before uncommenting it. |
22 | * The singing that Ariel does when Ursula takes her voice - and then uses to seduce Eric. It sounds like a real-life version of Siren song. And it becomes even ''more'' awesome when the shell breaks and Ariel gets her voice back. |
23 | * From the ScreenToStageAdaptation: |
24 | ** Ariel gets a wondrous Act I opener in the form of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQuRFspeF7I "The World Above"]], which leads into an extended version of "Fathoms Below". |
25 | ** The revised production gives Ursula a new introductory VillainSong, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6QH6OiaWcw "Daddy's Little Angel"]], which tells her StartOfDarkness backstory and her revenge plot against Triton and his daughters. |
26 | ** Ariel's sisters sing the Motown-style number [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJI-r3SEyQg "She's in Love"]] following her rescue of Eric. |
27 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I8fpGo0xIM "Her Voice"]] is Eric's answer to "Part of Your World". |
28 | ** Scuttle and the gulls have the catchy tapdance number "Positoovity" as Ariel learns to walk as a human. |
29 | ** Ariel's InnerMonologue song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trY707QMOtM "Beyond My Wildest Dreams"]] describes her astonishment with the human world. |
30 | ** In Eric's "One Step Closer", the mute Ariel learns dancing as a language. |
31 | ** TheElevenOClockNumber "If Only" is a Distant Quartet where Ariel, Eric, Triton, and Sebastian lament their inability to communicate their desires to one another. |
32 | ** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APdDLNpeztw Finale Ultimo]], following a TriumphantReprise of "If Only", gives us a glorious ''extended'' triumphant reprise of "Part of Your World". |
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34 | !!''Sebastian's Caribbean Jamboree'' and ''Sebastian's Party Gras'' |
35 | * Both of these movies have some excellent covers of famous songs such as "Three Little Birds" and "Hot Hot Hot". You can tell Samuel E. Wright [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct legitimately had a good time singing in them]]. No wonder Sebastian just wanted to write songs in the first movie. |
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37 | %%!![[Anime/TheLittleMermaid The anime]] |
38 | %%* Marina's song. |
39 | %%* The DarkReprise of her song, sung on the night of her death. |
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