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In the Key of Disney (2011)

Where the lyrics of In the Key of Disney take you, and where it was really made.

This album of Disney film songs was not Wilson's own idea: Walt Disney Records approached him about recording it in the summer of 2009.

Key places

Recorded at Ocean Way Recording (2011)

Recording site Motown Recording Studios — Discogs lists Ocean Way Recording as the place where this album was recorded. The map point uses the Los Angeles city center, not the studio building itself. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• In the Key of Disney: ninth studio album by Brian Wilson
• Released October 25, 2011 by Walt Disney Records as part of the Disney Pearl Series
• Second release by Disney for Wilson, after Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin
• Wilson recorded his own arrangements of songs from Disney films
• Eleven tracks, including "You've Got a Friend in Me," "Baby Mine," "Kiss the Girl," "Colors of the Wind," "Can You Feel the Love Tonight," and "When You Wish Upon a Star"

Background

• Summer 2009: Walt Disney Records approached Wilson about recording arrangements of Disney film songs
• Wilson agreed after finishing his Gershwin covers album
• The album was recorded in early 2011

Recording

• Mark Linett was the recording engineer
• Brian Wilson sang lead vocals on all tracks and handled vocal and band arrangements
• Jeffrey Foskett, Darian Sahanaja, Scott Bennett, Probyn Gregory and Nick Walusko sang on all tracks
• Paul Von Mertens played saxophone and flute and wrote band arrangements
• Leslie Stevens played musical saw on track 10, the Heigh-Ho medley
• Recorded at Ocean Way Recording; Bob Ludwig mastered the album

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org · it.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Career

• Brian Douglas Wilson (1942–2025) was an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer who co-founded the Beach Boys.
• In 1961 he began his professional career as a member of the Beach Boys, serving as songwriter, producer, co-lead vocalist, bassist, keyboardist and de facto leader.
• After signing with Capitol Records in 1962, he became the first pop musician credited for writing, arranging, producing and performing his own material.
• He wrote or co-wrote over three dozen U.S. Top 40 hits, including the number-ones "I Get Around", "Help Me, Rhonda" and "Good Vibrations".
• In 1966 he produced Pet Sounds and his first solo credited release "Caroline, No", and began the unfinished album Smile.
• Struggles with mental illness led to withdrawal from regular touring from late 1964 and a long period of reclusion.
• A psychologist-led program with Eugene Landy in the 1980s preceded the solo album Brian Wilson (1988).
• He completed Smile in 2004 as Brian Wilson Presents Smile, earning his greatest acclaim as a solo artist.
• His influence spans the California sound, art pop, psychedelia, chamber pop, progressive pop, punk and indie music.
• Honors include two Grammy Awards, Kennedy Center Honors, and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1988) and Songwriters Hall of Fame (2000).
• The 2014 biopic Love & Mercy dramatized his life.
• He died on June 11, 2025 at age 82.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Walt Disney Records released the album on October 25, 2011 as part of the Disney Pearl Series
• Disney describes it as the album that marries the vision of two men who shaped the image of modern California
• Disney presents the album as its second release for Wilson, following Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin
• Wilson said the Beach Boys sound and the Disney people make a fantastic collaboration
• Wilson said he tried to do justice to all of the Disney songs
• The album reworks songs from Disney films in Wilson's own arrangements, with the Beach Boys sound at the center
• The label's own description frames the record as a meeting of Wilson and Disney rather than a standard covers album
• Track 10, the Heigh-Ho medley, features Leslie Stevens on musical saw

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Amazon.com initially offered two bonus tracks: one on the compact disc version and the other on the MP3 version.
• Wilson said the Beach Boys sound and the Disney people made a fantastic collaboration.
• Leslie Stevens played musical saw on track 10, the Heigh-Ho medley.
• Mark Linett was the recording engineer.
• This was the second Disney album for Wilson, after the Gershwin covers album.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ko.wikipedia.org

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