If You Can Dream

"If You Can Dream" is the first song that was originally written and recorded specifically for the Disney Princess franchise. It was written, produced, and arranged by Robbie Buchanan and Jay Landers. It was first released on the album "".

The song is sung from the point of view of the eight official Disney Princesses (though only seven of them actually sing). It has been featured on several Disney music CDs, and its music video is present on nearly every "Disney Princess" DVD, as either an extra or a Sing-Along, and has been shown numerous times on the Disney Channel. To this day the song still plays on the official Disney Princess website.

The song has gone on to be covered by teen country singer Ashley Gearing, and a shorter altered version performed by a different set of singers is featured in the ongoing Disney on Ice show "Princess Wishes" as the show finale.

ingers

*Susan Stevens Logan as Cinderella and Snow White
*Christie Houser as Princess Aurora
*Jodi Benson as Princess Ariel
*Paige O'Hara as Belle
*Judy Kuhn as Pocahontas
*Lea Salonga as Princess Jasmine and Mulan

ong details

One of the most notable aspects of the song is that all but two of the princesses' original voice actresses reprise their singing roles. Unsurprisingly, due to the age of the films, Ilene Woods and Mary Costa do not reprise their roles as Cinderella and Princess Aurora. Notably, Lea Salonga, who provided the singing voice of both Princess Jasmine in "Aladdin" and Mulan in "Mulan" reprises both roles in this song. The rest of the princesses also retain their original singing voice actresses from the films.

Each princess sings lyrics that reference their own story. For example, one of Cinderella's lines is "One day the slipper fits, then you see the love in his eyes", one of Belle's lines is "So the story goes, never die the rose..." and Pocahontas' primary line being "The colors of the wind will lead my heart right back to you...".

In the "Princess Wishes" Disney on Ice show, the line "The colors of the wind will lead my heart right back to you" is changed to "The music of romance will lead my heart right back to you", since Pocahontas is not featured in the show.

Music video

The music video for the song consist of footage arranged in a montage from "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", "Cinderella", "Sleeping Beauty", "The Little Mermaid", "Beauty and the Beast", "Aladdin", "Pocahontas" and "Mulan", as well as original CGI animation used to enhance transitions between the different films.

The footage is edited in an attempt to make the princesses mouth movements lipsync with their respective song vocals, except for Snow White, who has no part in the song but is featured in the video anyway given that she is one of the eight official Princesses.

ee also

*Disney Princess

References

*http://www.ultimatedisney.com/princess-party.html
*http://www.disneyprincess.com

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtXNNAs9u0M The "If You Can Dream" Music Video] at Youtube