Artist behind EPCOT's Luminous original songs confirms plans to bring soundtrack to streaming platforms

Feb 05, 2024 in "Luminous the Symphony of Us"

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Posted: Monday February 5, 2024 9:16am Et by WDWMAGIC Staff

Sheléa Melody McDonald, who performs the two original songs in EPCOT's new nighttime spectacular Luninous, has confirmed plans to bring the soundtrack to streaming platforms.

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In a recent post on Instagram, Sheléa replied to a request for the soundtrack to come to streaming and replied, "We're working on it!"

Alongside new arrangements of Disney songs, Luminous includes the original tracks "Heartbeat Symphony," written by Scott Hoying, A.J. Sealy, Sheléa Melody McDonald, and "Beating of Our Hearts," by The Heavyweights - Jack Kugell, Jamie Jones, and Matt Wong.

Luminous the Symphony of Us show

Disney has released soundtracks on streaming platforms for several recent theme park additions, including Harmonious and Journey of Water - Inspired by Moana. The Harmonious soundtrack came to streaming about a month after debuting at EPCOT.

Watch EPCOT's new 'Luminous The Symphony of Us' in this multi-angle video shot over the course of the opening week's performances.

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mattpeto1 hour ago

I actually don't hear that much. People complain about the middle, narration use, overall usage of IP. No pun attended, I think the show packs a ton of heart throughout the show. I likely wouldn't change a thing unless they want to add a fire barge. Still, I'd be okay with some small tweaks.

Starship8242 hours ago

I'll let you know tomorrow.

wbostic122 hours ago

Anyone else feel that the amount of dialogue that was released with this album is better than the true show track? It still has the opening and closing line narration, but nothing in the middle that I can tell.

Epcot82Guy3 hours ago

I agree. I think the finale fireworks set could be just a few seconds long, and it needs the final crackles like so many other shows have. But, the finale itself is awesome. I agree the song also could have worked as the intro. But, the building part with the center sprays and then the finale itself are great. Not quite I:ROE level, but a solid finale.

ToTBellHop3 hours ago

I don’t honestly understand the complaint that the finale doesn’t emotionally feel like one. I can’t imagine listening to “Beating of Our Hearts” and not feeling it build.

trainplane33 hours ago

Those are totally not the real ones. The one link posted the page back is the real one. It features full credits in the description and is listed under Pinars "Topic" channel. The Topic channels are for music publishers that upload the actual music (or whatever official media) for the artist, so it's an official source. It also matches the mp3s I bought directly from Amazon JP. As far as 5 songs missing from the playlist, no idea. Media uploads are weird with distribution so I'm not going to even waste my time questioning it (not you or anything, just media rights and that kind of stuff).

MisterPenguin4 hours ago

Fan-made. "Sounds of Disney Parks" is not an official company channel/producer. "The Most Magical Music on Earth" is not a company channel/producer either. No production notes for either.

MisterPenguin4 hours ago

And whose channel is that? Disney's? I asked specific questions about it, and you're just saying "it's real." That's not an answer to my question. And why would an official Disney album be missing a track?

Gringrinngghost4 hours ago

There are 6 pieces of dialog and SFX missing, and about 1 minute missing overall.

trainplane34 hours ago

Which one is suss? This is the real deal here, just need to VPN to Japan to view it currently. And it seems to be missing some of the songs.

Vinnie Mac4 hours ago

This just absolutely made my day. Was listening to the soundtrack on YouTube earlier what a coincidence 😂

MisterPenguin4 hours ago

Ummm, where's the production info? Is this really a Disney release? On YouTube Music there's two versions of the soundtrack. One clearly created by a fan. The other with album info that's pretty suss.