Disney’s Legacy Collection Swings Back to Life with “Robin Hood” (UPDATED 7/18)

July 18, 2017 By Mike Duquette — 16 Comments
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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!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAIbElt9iOI

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
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Mike Duquette (Founder) was fascinated with catalog music ever since he was a teenager. A 2009 graduate of Seton Hall University with a B.A. in journalism, Mike paired his profession with his passion through The Second Disc, one of the first sites to focus on all reissue labels great and small. His passion for reissues turned into a career, having written at and worked for all three major catalogue music labels and contributing to Allmusic, Billboard, Discogs, City Pages and Ultimate Classic Rock. He's penned liner notes for Verve, Chess, Mondo and Soul Music Records.

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16 thoughts on “Disney’s Legacy Collection Swings Back to Life with “Robin Hood” (UPDATED 7/18)”

  1. Rick Greene

    I would dearly LOVE to see a Sword In the Stone release, NEVER out just like Robin Hood, and another vintage George Bruns score. They used a few bits as menu music on the original DVD release, would sure like to see this one happen!

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  3. Dave

    I know it was considered pretty much a box office dud, but I’d like to see a release for Atlantis: The Lost Empire. And since the release of Toy Story showed that Pixar films are fair game, how about adding The Incredibles?

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  4. Brian Hargett

    Saw Robin Hood in the theater when it was new. Fond memories of the score from a Boston Pops Disney Salute albume originally on Polydor.

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  5. Brian Hargett

    Saw Robin Hood in the theater when it was new. Fond memories of an overture from the score from a Boston Pops Disney Salute album originally on Polydor.

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  6. Scott

    This year is also the 40th anniversary of the 1977 “New Mickey Mouse Club” television series. I would love to see a reissue of that cast album along with bonus tracks, but I’m not holding my breath.

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  9. Thomas Pickles

    I’ll buy ’em all, whatever they choose. But I’m a sucker for the classics — particularly “Peter Pan.” I’d also like to see a Legacy treatment of “Song of the South.” The film’s storyline is dated and controversial, but the music hold up wonderfully…and hopefully free of controversy. Legacy might be the ideal context to recall the movie. Last, while it doesn’t quite fit the architecture of the series, it’s time for a tribute to Tutti Camarata. He did some brilliant work for Disney. One of his most beautiful recordings was “Mon Amour Perdu.” The song was written by the Sherman brothers, originally intended for the score of “Mary Poppins.” It didn’t fit there, but finally found a home re-positioned as a French-Canadian folk song in “Big Red.” It’s a wonderful recording that deserves more attention.

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  10. Yi Peng Li

    I am keen to know if the Legacy Collection will honour the 80th anniversary of the Snow White film with a reissue. More importantly, I’m hoping they add the other Menken & Ashman scores to the series so it can be a complete trilogy. Since Disney released the live-action version of Beauty and the Beast this year, this might be a fitting occasion for them to include their original “tale as old as time” in the series.

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  13. Pete Hamilton

    I would like to see Disney include a cd that has the soundtrack from the lp. The lp tracks had dialogue interspersed in the songs. For those of us who grew up before video/DVD releases, these albums were how we remembered the movies.

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  16. Michael Shawn

    More than anything I want the Legacy Collection to start again and a release of Alice in Wonderland, including Lost Chords demo songs and the Tutti Camarata album which is even better than the soundtrack! Somebody PLEASE make this happen. As of 2019 the Legacy Collection looks deader than a doornail, though and it pisses me off.

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