Tag: Grammy
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John Williams | DISNEY THIS DAY | February 12, 2017
On this day in 2017, composer John Williams won a Grammy for the score of ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens.’ It would be Williams’s sixth Grammy related to ‘Star Wars.’ Three of the previous Grammys were for the score of ‘A New Hope,’ including one for the ‘Star Wars’ Main Title, and two were for…
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Disney Submits ‘Rogers: The Musical’ Cast Album for GRAMMY Consideration
The cast album for Rogers: The Musical is being submitted for GRAMMY consideration by Disney. The soundtrack for the musical that brought the Hyperion Theater stage this summer at Disney California Adventure. In a post on social media, Disney Live Entertainment and Walt Disney Imagineering threw their hat into the GRAMMY nomination hopeful ring. The…
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Viola Davis Achieves EGOT Status With Grammy Win
Viola Davis, who recently narrated Disneyland’s Candlelight Processional, has won a Grammy and achieved EGOT status. This means she has won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony. Davis won a Grammy for the audiobook of her memoir Finding Me. The Grammy was specifically for Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording. The…
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Alan Menken Earns Coveted EGOT Status with Daytime Emmy Win
On Sunday night, Disney Legend Alan Menken earned a daytime Emmy for composing “Waiting in the Wings” from Tangled: The Series: Rapunzel and the Great Tree. This means that Alan Menken has officially achieved EGOT status after he has been an active musician since 1972! To earn an EGOT is no easy feat! The earner has…
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Back to the 80s – DISNEY Reporter
Welcome to another edition of the DISNEY Reporter. Each week we deliver the top Disney and geek headlines as covered by DAPS MAGIC. This week there is a lot going on in news both locally and abroad. At Disneyland, fans dressed up in the 80s best for Disneyland After Dark: 80s Nite. Sporks are now…
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John Williams Wins Grammy for Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Theme
John Williams won a Grammy award for Best Instrumental Composition for his Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Symphonic Suite. Elements of this music can be found throughout the new land that is found at Disneyland and Disney’s Hollywood Studios. This piece was written specifically for the new land by John Williams. John Williams has the second…
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Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Honored with 7 Awards for Attraction, Merchandise and More
Opening Dec. 5, 2019 at Walt Disney World Resort and Jan. 17, 2020 at Disneyland Resort, Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance will put guests in the middle of a climactic battle between the First Order and the Resistance in one of the most ambitious and advanced attractions undertaken by Walt Disney Imagineering. Designed and built…
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Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Theme Earns John Williams a GRAMMY Nomination
There is nothing more Star Wars than the music of John Williams. It is just as important as Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Obi-Wan Kenobi, or Darth Vader. When Disney Parks decided to create a new land (two of them even!) based on a galaxy far, far away it made complete sense that John Williams would…
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ZAYN and Zhavia Ward to Perform Oscar and GRAMMY-Winning Song A WHOLE NEW WORLD as Featured in Disney’s ALADDIN
ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK TO FEATURE CLASSIC SCORE AND ORIGINAL SONGS BY COMPOSER ALAN MENKEN, LYRICISTS HOWARD ASHMAN AND TIM RICE, PLUS A NEW SONG WRITTEN BY MENKEN, BENJ PASEK AND JUSTIN PAUL WILL SMITH AND DJ KHALED TO PERFORM NEW UPDATED RENDITION OF OSCAR-NOMINATED SONG “FRIEND LIKE ME” DIGITAL ALBUM SET FOR RELEASE MAY…
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Disney-Pixar’s COCO Helps Kick Off GRAMMY Music Education Coalition
First-of its-Kind Organization, GRAMMY™ Music Education Coalition Launches National Movement to Expand Music Education Programs in Public Schools Industry leaders and Music NGOs Unite to Lead Systemic Change in Nashville, New York and Philadelphia schools Disney•Pixar’s “Coco,” Berklee College of Music, Guitar Center Join GRAMMY Music Education Coalition Efforts to Kick Off Program NASHVILLE, TENN.…
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Whoopi Goldberg Inducted as Disney Legend Becoming First LEGOT Recipient
WHOOPI GOLDBERG NAMED A DISNEY LEGEND AT D23 EXPO, MAKING HER THE ONE AND ONLY LEGOT RECIPIENT! Whoopi Goldberg is one of a very elite group of artists who is an EGOT, which is an acronym for a person who’s won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony. She has won Emmys (as host of AMC’s…
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Mariachi Divas de Cindy Shea Celebrate GRAMMY Nomination in Downtown Disney
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs On February 5, 2013 the Mariachi Divas de Cindy Shea brought music and dance to Downtown Disney, celebrating their 2013 GRAMMY nomination. The nomination is in the category of Best Regional Mexican Music Album (including Tejano) for Oye, their 8th album. The event in Downtown Disney consisted…
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Grammy Award-Winning Musician Nelly Writes and Performs Original Song for ESPN’s Bowl Coverage
DAPs Magic Disney News – PRESS RELEASE ESPN’s exclusive coverage of 33 college football bowl games will feature extensively an original song by two-time Grammy Award-winning musician Nelly. The song, “The Champ,” was written by Nelly specifically for the network’s game and studio shows. It will make its worldwide debut on Saturday, Dec. 17 with an ESPN…