A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes - Daniel Bedingfield
Out of all the genres of music to cover Disney songs, my favourite has to be the Big Band style. This probably stems from playing baritone sax in the jazz band at high school. This style, which was popularized in the 20s, is different than small jazz combos like the Dave Brubeck Quartet whose songs are made up of improvised solos. Big bands are made up of one or two dozen musicians that have arrangements of the music. The focus is not on the improvised solos but rather the arrangement that people could dance to.
This week at Covering the Mouse I will be posting a big band cover of several different Disney songs. Today's big band cover is by UK pop star DANIEL BEDINGFIELD.
Bedingfield has been on the scene since 2001 but has already scored four #1 singles and three other Top 10 singles in the UK! Not bad for a guy that only had two albums out! He and his sister, Natasha, hold the Guinness World Record for being the only siblings to have had solo number-ones in UK chart history.
His last album was released in 2004 but he has three more albums newly recorded that he is now waiting to be released. When this happens I'm sure we will hear more number ones!
In 2004, Daniel recorded A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes for DISNEYMANIA 2. It is by far the best track on the album and the best version of this song that I have heard. The big band arrangement is fun to listen to and the weird time change at the end of the chorus always throws me but makes the song interesting and unique.
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Labels: a dream is a wish your heart makes, big band, cinderella, daniel bedingfield, disneymania 2, jazz
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I love this cover. It's probably one of my favourite Disney covers period. Is his other music similar sounding, or is this big band cover an exception? I can't wait to see what you roll out this week. Gotta love the Big Band!
Daniel's music has more of a pop/funk feel to it. Sort of like Maroon 5. This is the only track that I've heard by him that sounds like a big band.
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I love the jazzy feel of this music, and I love the arrangement with the band and the strings!!! You also can't help but love the way he sings it. I'd transcribe this for my college jazz orchestra any day!
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I second this vote. Uh, as you can see in my original comment, I'm a big fan of this cover. Love how it starts of kinda dreamy then kicks into big band mode.
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A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes is my all-time favorite Disney song, and I think this is the best cover version of it. I love jazz, swing, and big band music, so marrying that with this song is bliss for me. It also helps that the cover doesn't completely throw away the original. It starts and ends very faithfully to the film version, which helps keep the more personal aspect of the song intact.
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