Latest aerial photos show Harmonious being scrapped backstage at EPCOT

Apr 21, 2023 in "Harmonious"

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Posted: Friday April 21, 2023 1:39pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

New aerial photos from @bioreconstruct show some of the Harmonious hardware being scrapped backstage at EPCOT.

The image shows one of the large "taco" shaped video screen barges broken into sections and piles of scrap metal to the side of it.

In the nearby marina, we can also see the central "icon" ring barge, one of the center arm barges, and another of the video barges.

Only two barges remain in World Showcase Lagoon today, and are expected to be removed within the next few weeks.

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Starship8247 hours ago

Yeah it's weird the ending songs lists "Wondrous Journeys - Cast" while the main theme doesn't.

wbostic1213 hours ago

Definitely. Also something to help with the search that I noticed was both an anomaly and potentially to keep an eye out for. The two past releases of domestic fireworks soundtracks have been Wondrous Journeys and WOC:One. One makes more sense, as when you search for it, it shows the featured vocalist by default, in this case Cody Fry. However, for WJ both the theme and post show music are put into one single combined, with the theme being directly credited to the singers, and shows it as a suggestion as I search for that single. However, for whatever reason, the post show music (which has the artist Lawrence in the track title) doesn’t show up at all. I have no idea if that means anything, or is remotely helpful, or is just some kind of bizarre anomaly, but I noticed it and thought I should share.

trainplane313 hours ago

Maybe it's time to start watching: https://www.disneymusiclicensing.com/ Harmonious appeared here about 2 weeks before the soundtrack release.

Starship82414 hours ago

It would also be "Beating of our hearts" because Katherine McPhee doesn't do vocals for "Heartbeat Symphony". The fact that it has the whole cast leads me to believe it might be the whole show but I could be wrong obviously when you look at Happily ever after or Wondrous Journey, "It's Wondrous" the normal song it only lists cast for the exit music. They tend to release the entire show as long as there's nothing directly from the films in them as far as I've been able to see. For example, in the Tokyo releases of the shows whenever they do use versions from the movies, it's usually re recorded for the CD. Fantasmic is released on streaming. All of harmonious is released on streaming, so to me it seems like they will since everything in Luminous are new arrangements specifically made for the show.

TTA9414 hours ago

I have a feeling it’s just “Heartbeat Symphony”. I don’t think the full soundtrack would be listed under her name. I’m willing to bet more people would prefer “One Heartbeat” to be released over “Heartbeat Symphony” lol. Unfortunately I know that’s highly unlikely to be released.

Starship82414 hours ago

All I hope is that it's the whole show and not just "Heartbeat Symphony" and "Beating of our Hearts"

Starship82415 hours ago

wbostic1215 hours ago

To those who have asked, there is now a Luminous: The Symphony of Us-Cast artist on Apple Music. There isn't a song assigned to it yet, but this is similar to how Wondrous Journeys was right before it was added last year.

Vinnie Mac19 hours ago

Not to mention there's nothing wrong with maturity and emotion in an Epcot show. One thing I loved ROE for was that it felt very grounded and mature in whatever way that may mean for a firework show. It felt real. Like you weren't watching a firework show rather you were watching a theatrical production, the pyro, fountains, and globe being the actors. Harmonious felt very light and fun. LSOU brings back that maturity for me with the loss section. I love it because it does make feel emotional because I can connect directly to it and I know other people who can.

HauntedPirate1 day ago

That's ok, Bob said they have plenty of IP that they can inject into the park. Don't like Toy Story? Well, there's Wish, Turning Red, Z******a, Frozen, Encanto, Coco, Luca, Soul, Raya, Strange Worlds... all just waiting to be turbocharged in the parks!

Andrew251 day ago

It'll be more "kinetic" than some of Disney's traditional "slow" shows with a focus on retro properties that have spectacular soundtracks. Universal always seems afraid to get emotional during their nighttime shows... maybe they fix it with this one. Universal just doesn't have a major IP that lends itself to slow segments in nighttime shows.