The former Beach Boys mastermind Brian Wilson is a living legend– an angelic-voiced genius who changed the landscape of pop music before spending decades battling his own demons. And now he wants to release an album of Disney songs, so that’s exactly what he’s going to do. Are you going to tell Brian Wilson not to do that? On October 25, Disney Pearl Records will release Wilson’s album In the Key of Disney, as USA Today reports. The LP includes Wilson’s reinterpretations of songs from movies like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Dumbo, The Lion King, and Toy Story 3. Working with arranger Paul Von Mertens, Wilson performs songs like Dumbo’s “Baby Mine”, Snow White’s “Heigh-Ho” and “Whistle While You Work”, The Lion King’s “I Just Can’t Wait to Be King”, and “Yo Ho (A Pirate’s Life for Me)” from the Pirates of the Carribean ride.
In the USA Today story, Wilson says, “The Beach Boys sound and the Disney people make a fantastic collaboration. I tried to do justice to all their songs.”
