Disney's The Little Mermaid by Walt Disney Company

While Alan Menken would later produce music that is more acclaimed or revered, the score from The Little Mermaid is still among the finest ever written.Ĭelebrating its 30th anniversary this year, the Walt Disney Signature Collection release of The Little Mermaid adds new retrospective bonus features to over three hours of previously released content, all of which is included when you redeem the included digital copy. “Part of Your World” is the ultimate “I Want” song, “Under the Sea” is insatiably catchy, “Poor Unfortunate Souls” ensured that Disney Villains would get their own song for decades to come, and “Kiss the Girl” is unforgettable. The Academy Award winning music by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman also reinvigorated interest in Disney music and brought back the animated musical.

In addition, Walt Disney personally tried to develop this Hans Christian Andersen story and was unable to make it work. It single handedly reinvigorated the animated medium, opening the door for the Disney Decade and all the great films that came in its wake, including Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Lion King.

If any post-Walt animated film belongs in the Walt Disney Signature Collection, it’s The Little Mermaid. But once out of the water, she discovers that she’s now a pawn in a bigger scheme to steal her father’s crown. After falling in love with a human, she makes a deal with Ursula the sea witch to trade her beautiful voice for human legs. With new bonus features, diehard fans will likely want to pick it up again, while casual fans already have most of the good stuff.Īriel is a mermaid who dreams of life out of the sea. As is now common for the Signature line, the Blu-Ray repeats the transfer from the previous Diamond Edition and ports over all of the bonus features, split between the Blu-Ray disc and the included digital copy. The eighth entry in the Walt Disney Signature Collection is The Little Mermaid, which splashes onto Blu-Ray and 4K on February 26th.

Disney's The Little Mermaid by Walt Disney Company