UPDATE (7/18/2017): Attendees of last weekend's D23 Expo at Anaheim got the opportunity to purchase Robin Hood: The Legacy Collection ahead of its August 4 release date! It includes not only the complete songs and score by George Bruns, Roger Miller, Johnny Mercer and others, but five unreleased demos and a complete 1974 album of Robin Hood songs and new material sung by jazz legend Louis Prima, the voice of King Louie in Disney's 1967 feature The Jungle Book! Full track list and pre-order links are below!

ORIGINAL POST (5/23/2017): Golly, what a day! After a weekend of online teasers by the Disney Music Emporium, it was revealed that the Legacy Collection series--those fan-favorite, affordable multi-disc reissues of classic Disney soundtracks with bonus content and specially-created artwork--will be reactivated with a release of the music to Robin Hood (1973) this summer!

The retelling of the classic English legend turns Robin Hood and his band into a merry menagerie of woodland animals that deftly adapted the story for audiences young and old. The film's voice cast was a wonderful mixed bag of extraordinary British actors (Brian Bedford as the sly fox Robin Hood, Peter Ustinov as the bumbling lion Prince John), Disney regulars (jazz legend Phil Harris bringing his joie de vivre style as the loyal Little John, whose ursine features bear more than a little resemblance to Baloo of The Jungle Book, also voiced by Harris) and even a few surprises (honky-tonk hero Roger Miller of "King of the Road" fame shines as the rooster minstrel Alan-a-Dale, writing and singing "Whistle-Stop," "Ooo de Lally" and "Not in Nottingham"). Better yet, this soundtrack release is the first time Robin Hood will get its due on CD, having previously only been available on an LP that featured songs, some score by George Bruns, plus dialogue and newly-recorded narration by Miller. (One imagines that material may end up on the Legacy Collection release!)

While no details are confirmed outside of the August 4 release date and a new, brilliant cover by Legacy Collection artist Lorelay Bové, Disney fans must surely wonder what this surprise title means for the future of the series, which stopped after 12 volumes released in 2014 and 2015. Those volumes were picked around notable anniversaries of animated classics (i.e.: years that ended in 4s and 9s or 5s and 0s).

Robin Hood doesn't meet that criteria, but a handful of special Disney projects do, namely:

• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937): Walt Disney's first feature-length animated film
• Bambi (1942), a stirring, Oscar-nominated score by Frank Churchill
• The Many Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh (1977), featuring iconic songs from The Sherman Brothers
• Aladdin (1992), the Oscar-winning blockbuster featuring a star turn from the late Robin Williams and the Oscar and Grammy-winning No. 1 smash "A Whole New World"
• Hercules (1997), a modern classic soundtrack featuring upbeat songs by Alan Menken and lyricist David Zippel (including Michael Bolton's uplifting recording of "Go the Distance")
• Lilo & Stitch (2002), which featured a score by Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future), Elvis Presley songs and beautiful original tunes by Hawaiian chanter Mark Kealiʻi Hoʻomalu
• Ratatouille (2007), Pixar's captivating chef yarn featuring French-accented music by Michael Giacchino
• Enchanted (2007), a smart live-action/animated comedy sending up Disney's long tradition of storybook tales with an appropriately self-referential, Oscar-nominated song score by Menken

Additionally, this year is also the 35th anniversary of the opening of EPCOT, Walt Disney's visionary futuristic theme park, which has its own distinctive musical history. It's also the 30th anniversary of fan favorite animated series DuckTales, which is being revived this summer and recently had a catalogue release of its own with Intrada's release of the score to the 1990 animated film.

But it does seem to be anyone's game during this hoped-for wave of Legacy Collection titles! What Disney classics do you hope to see in this line? Sound off in the comments below!

Robin Hood: The Legacy Collection (Walt Disney Records D0025468-02, 2017 - original film released 1973) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K.)

Disc 1: Original soundtrack (previously unreleased except where noted*)

1. Main Title - George Bruns
2. Whistle Stop - Roger Miller
3. Oo-De-Lally - Roger Miller *
4. Hail John - George Bruns
5. It's Only a Circus - George Bruns
6. Fortune Tellers - George Bruns
7. Enter the Sheriff - George Bruns
8. Skippy's Birthday Gift - George Bruns
9. A Lost Arrow - George Bruns
10. Meeting Maid Marion - George Bruns
11. To the Winner - George Bruns
12. The Archery Affair - George Bruns
13. Fooling Ol' Bushel Britches - George Bruns
14. Archer's Processional - George Bruns
15. Sir Hiss Suspects - George Bruns
16. Well, Well - George Bruns
17. The Loser - George Bruns
18. Seize the Fat One - George Bruns
19. Fight On Wisconsin - George Bruns
20. There You Are - George Bruns
21. Love - Nancy Adams *
22. The Phony King of England - Phil Harris, Terry-Thomas & Pat Buttram
23. Double the Taxes - George Bruns
24. Not In Nottingham - Roger Miller
25. Not Yourself Today - George Bruns
26. Bird Brain - George Bruns
27. Lower the Bridge - George Bruns
28. All's Well That Ends Well - George Bruns

Disc 2: Bonus material (Tracks 1-5, previously unreleased) and Louis Prima with Sam Butera and The Witnesses, Let's "Hear" It for Robin Hood (6-13, released as Buena Vista Records 3339, 1974)

1. Whistle Stop (Ragtime Demo Instrumental)
2. Oo-De-Lally (Western Score Demo Instrumental)
3. Not In Nottingham (Prince John Demo)
4. Love (Robin Hood Version)
5. The Phony King of England (Country Version)
6. King Louie and Robin Hood
7. Robin and Me
8. Sherwood Forest
9. The Phony King of England
10. Friar Tuck
11. Merry Men
12. Love
13. Robin Hood