Main Street Background Music Updated at Disneyland

The Disney Parks Blog recently announced that the background music that can be heard throughout Main Street U.S.A. will soon receive some changes, the first one in 20 years. Take a look:

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The New Sounds of Main Street, U.S.A., at Disneyland Park

Starting next Monday, January 9, guests strolling down Main Street, U.S.A., will be humming along to some new – and familiar – tunes. For the first time in 20 years, we are once again adding new music to the iconic entrance music of Disneyland park.
Though there have been many updates over the years, the last refresh of Disneyland’s Main Street’s musical score was back in 1992, when selections recorded for Disneyland Paris were brought back to Disneyland park in California.
This time around, over a dozen new tunes, arranged and recorded specifically for Main Street, U.S.A., will join many of the existing songs. Included in the new mix are such iconic period pieces as “Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis,” “In the Good Old Summer Time,” “Alexander’s Ragtime Band,” “Oh You Beautiful Doll,” Scott Joplin’s “Maple Leaf Rag,” and a recent tune given a turn-of-the-last-century arrangement, Michael Giacchino’s “Married Life” from Disney•Pixar’s “UP.”
So the next time you’re ambling down Main Street, U.S.A., keep an ear out for some new – and old – classics!

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO SOME MUSIC SAMPLES >

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Now, one question arises: "Will the Magic Kingdom be affected too?" Well, maybe in the future, but as of now the Walt Disney World Resort has decided not to switch to the new version of the Main Street U.S.A. music. For the moment, the Magic Kingdom park will still have the classic tunes that we all know and love, which were introduced in 1992 (as the Disney Parks Blog stated), as they were originally composed for Euro Disneyland (now Disneyland Park Paris).