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Monsters Inc DCA Queue Music Loop
Been working on this one for a while now, yesterday I was finally able to get a complete induction recording. Not the best recording ever (sounds a little muddy) but adequate as a reference recording. I don't know if the Monsters Inc Laugh Floor attraction at MK uses the same loop (I wasn't sure when I rode the attraction last weekend- but it seemed like it was longer or included some different tracks).
As far as what is available regarding a reconstruction, everything comes from three albums. The first is the official soundtrack to the Monsters Inc film (Soundtrack). The second is a CD by Riders in the Sky (who also did the Woody's Roundup music) entitled "Monsters Inc Scream Factory Favorites" (Scream Factory Favorites). The third is a complete (?) copy of the score cues from the movie that was posted on A.B.M.D.P. The quality of these tracks varies wildly so I'm not sure of their origin, though it has been labeled both as a "Demo" and as a "Promo". I'm calling it "Promo" here. All of the tracks from the official soundtrack also appear on the "Promo", though they may have different names or be split up into multiple tracks. Since the official album is easier to come by (and of course supports the artists when you buy it), I've only listed the Promo tracks when the music does NOT appear on the official soundtrack.
Some tracks are edited to start later or end earlier as noted.
The loop runs 30:11
1. Monsters Inc - Soundtrack
2. Walk to Work - Soundtrack
3. If I Didn't Have You [Instrumental] (Edit)* - Scream Factory Favorites
4. School (Starts at 0:58) - Soundtrack
5. ? (5:12)
6. Randall Appears (Ends at 0:18) - Soundtrack
7. The Scare Floor - Soundtrack
8. Oh Celia! (edit) - Soundtrack
9. ? (extends track 8)
10. Big High Wire Hop** (Ends at 2:10) - Scream Factory Favorites
11. We Had Some Laughs - Promo
12. ? (4:56)
13. Sulley and Mike (Starts at 0:50) - Soundtrack
14. Number 1 (Starts at 0:19) - Promo
*While the version of "If I Didn't Have You" on the CD is the same version that plays in the loop, the CD version has some voices on it (some witty banter between band members) that does not appear in the loop version. EDIT: I had assumed that for track 3, they had simply mixed out the Riders in the Sky voices from the track. In fact this is not the case, they merely cut that section out entirely- the loop version simply cuts from the point right before that section to the point right after it with a deft cut that actually makes the track flow a little better than the original. What this means more importantly though is that, with the exception of the three non-needledrop (or otherwise unidentified at this point) tracks, it is possible to create an accurate reconstruction.
**Big High Wire Hop is the score to the Pixar short For the Birds, which played before Monsters Inc theatrically.
Tracks 5, 8 and 11 do not appear to be needle drop, and seem to be original to the attraction. I do not have definite times for 5 and 8 at this point because they are not standalone pieces of music, instead they extend the tracks before them (tracks 4 and 7). These "extended" versions start with the needledrop pieces and then launch into longer, jazzier improvisational type music in the same style. Track 11 does more or less stand alone but still does not appear to be needledrop.
I had not been able to get an accurate time for tracks 5 and 8 because they appeared to be extended versions of the tracks next to them. This, at least for track 5, is not the case. Track five follows the same melody as track 7, "The Scare Floor", but is it's own separate track, with a time of 5:12. I also, as it turns out, inexplicably left "The Scare Floor" out of the listing in my original post by mistake. In addition to correcting those mistakes in the listing I am also providing for download my induction recording of Track 5, both for those who wish to make their own reconstruction and on the off chance it IS available somewhere and someone will recognize it.
[Link has expired.]
While a cursory listen to the loop and track 8, "Oh Celia!", makes it seem like they're the same, they're not- in fact "O Celia!" gets remixed and expanded into tracks 8 and 9, sort of an "Extended Mix" if you will. While parts of this mix clearly come from the needledrop track the track does not "fit in" anywhere in the loop version exactly, it comes close for a few seconds and then the timing changes. The rest of the track appears to be original to the loop.
Depending on the track, some pieces cut with no transition into the next track, while some transition into the next track or otherwise play into one another with no gap in between.
Interestingly, the first cue of the attraction medley released on the DLR Official Album does not appear in the loop. I had assumed that that cue was arranged for the loop because it is not from the score, and yet does not seem to be in the attraction either such that I've heard (the cue after it, which actually interrupts it for the purposes of transition, is the first piece of music that plays after the ride starts). So... (I've always wanted to do this) RANDY?
Been working on this one for a while now, yesterday I was finally able to get a complete induction recording. Not the best recording ever (sounds a little muddy) but adequate as a reference recording. I don't know if the Monsters Inc Laugh Floor attraction at MK uses the same loop (I wasn't sure when I rode the attraction last weekend- but it seemed like it was longer or included some different tracks).
As far as what is available regarding a reconstruction, everything comes from three albums. The first is the official soundtrack to the Monsters Inc film (Soundtrack). The second is a CD by Riders in the Sky (who also did the Woody's Roundup music) entitled "Monsters Inc Scream Factory Favorites" (Scream Factory Favorites). The third is a complete (?) copy of the score cues from the movie that was posted on A.B.M.D.P. The quality of these tracks varies wildly so I'm not sure of their origin, though it has been labeled both as a "Demo" and as a "Promo". I'm calling it "Promo" here. All of the tracks from the official soundtrack also appear on the "Promo", though they may have different names or be split up into multiple tracks. Since the official album is easier to come by (and of course supports the artists when you buy it), I've only listed the Promo tracks when the music does NOT appear on the official soundtrack.
Some tracks are edited to start later or end earlier as noted.
The loop runs 30:11
1. Monsters Inc - Soundtrack
2. Walk to Work - Soundtrack
3. If I Didn't Have You [Instrumental] (Edit)* - Scream Factory Favorites
4. School (Starts at 0:58) - Soundtrack
5. ? (5:12)
6. Randall Appears (Ends at 0:18) - Soundtrack
7. The Scare Floor - Soundtrack
8. Oh Celia! (edit) - Soundtrack
9. ? (extends track 8)
10. Big High Wire Hop** (Ends at 2:10) - Scream Factory Favorites
11. We Had Some Laughs - Promo
12. ? (4:56)
13. Sulley and Mike (Starts at 0:50) - Soundtrack
14. Number 1 (Starts at 0:19) - Promo
*While the version of "If I Didn't Have You" on the CD is the same version that plays in the loop, the CD version has some voices on it (some witty banter between band members) that does not appear in the loop version. EDIT: I had assumed that for track 3, they had simply mixed out the Riders in the Sky voices from the track. In fact this is not the case, they merely cut that section out entirely- the loop version simply cuts from the point right before that section to the point right after it with a deft cut that actually makes the track flow a little better than the original. What this means more importantly though is that, with the exception of the three non-needledrop (or otherwise unidentified at this point) tracks, it is possible to create an accurate reconstruction.
**Big High Wire Hop is the score to the Pixar short For the Birds, which played before Monsters Inc theatrically.
I had not been able to get an accurate time for tracks 5 and 8 because they appeared to be extended versions of the tracks next to them. This, at least for track 5, is not the case. Track five follows the same melody as track 7, "The Scare Floor", but is it's own separate track, with a time of 5:12. I also, as it turns out, inexplicably left "The Scare Floor" out of the listing in my original post by mistake. In addition to correcting those mistakes in the listing I am also providing for download my induction recording of Track 5, both for those who wish to make their own reconstruction and on the off chance it IS available somewhere and someone will recognize it.
[Link has expired.]
While a cursory listen to the loop and track 8, "Oh Celia!", makes it seem like they're the same, they're not- in fact "O Celia!" gets remixed and expanded into tracks 8 and 9, sort of an "Extended Mix" if you will. While parts of this mix clearly come from the needledrop track the track does not "fit in" anywhere in the loop version exactly, it comes close for a few seconds and then the timing changes. The rest of the track appears to be original to the loop.
Depending on the track, some pieces cut with no transition into the next track, while some transition into the next track or otherwise play into one another with no gap in between.
Interestingly, the first cue of the attraction medley released on the DLR Official Album does not appear in the loop. I had assumed that that cue was arranged for the loop because it is not from the score, and yet does not seem to be in the attraction either such that I've heard (the cue after it, which actually interrupts it for the purposes of transition, is the first piece of music that plays after the ride starts). So... (I've always wanted to do this) RANDY?
