Pinocchio - 3

The Original Film

As Walt Disney’s second film, Pinocchio is considered by many historians to be a perfect film. From a purely technical standpoint that is. It’s the film by which all other animated movies are judged and it’s breakthroughs in effects animation are still used to this day. 

Pinocchio is also the first animated film to win the academy award for both Best Score and Best Song. Said best song then went on to become the signature theme song for the whole company. 

All songs were written by Leigh Harline with lyrics by Ned Washington. 

1. “When You Wish upon a Star” - Cliff Edwards 
2. “Little Wooden Head” - Christian Rub 
3. “Give A Little Whistle” - Cliff Edwards & Dickie Jones 
4. “Hi Diddle Dee Dee” (An Actor’s Life For Me) - Walter Catlett 
5. “I’ve Got No Strings” - Dickie Jones and Patricia Page 

The rest of the movie features reprises of both Hi Diddle Dee Dee and When You Wish Upon a Star. 

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Deleted Songs 

Six songs were written for the film but left unused. One song, “I’m A Happy Go Lucky Fellow” was later used in Fun and Fancy Free. So I will cover the song there. The instrumentals for the song “Turn On The Old Music Box” was still kept in the score of the film. The rest I had to gather from an old LP audio book, and a jazz cover made by a prominent band at the time. 

1. “Jiminy Cricket” - Jiminy Cricket 
2. “Honest John” - Chorus
3. “Three Cheers For Anything” - Lampwick, Pinocchio, Alexander & Other Boys
4. “Monstro The Whale” - Chorus
5. “Turn On The Old Music Box” - Jiminy Cricket
6. “As I Was Sayin’ to the Duchess” - Honest John  
7. “Rolling Along to Pleasure Island” - Chorus 

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Live Action Adaptation  

While there are talks about getting a actual LA adaptation in the near future, so far the closest one Disney has produced is the movie musical Geppetto. With new songs by Stephen Schwartz.    

1. “Once Upon a Time” - Geppetto
2. “Toys” - Geppetto, town children, parents
3. “Empty Heart” - Geppetto
4. “Geppetto And Son” - Geppetto, Pinocchio
5. “Just Because It’s Magic” - Blue Fairy, Geppetto
6. “Bravo, Stromboli!” - Stromboli
7. “Toys” (Reprise) - Geppetto, Lezarno
8. “Satisfaction Guaranteed” - Professor Buonragazzo, Buonragazzo Jr., Idyllia residents
9. “Just Because It’s Magic” (Reprise) - Blue Fairy
10. “Pleasure Island” - Ringmaster
11. “And Son” (Whale Reprise) - Pinocchio, Geppetto
12. “Since I Gave My Heart Away” - Geppetto, Blue Fairy, townspeople

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Stage Adaptation 

There’s also talks of a Pinocchio Broadway musical being in the works as well. However until then, there is a Broadway Jr. version of Geppetto called Disney’s My Son Pinocchio: Geppetto’s Musical Tale a.k.a Disney’s Geppetto & Son. 

In addition to adding “When You Wish Upon a Star’, there are also two new songs in the stage show.  

1. “Rise and Shine” - Automatons
2. “Bravo Stromboli (Reprise)” - Stromboli

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Disney Released Remixes and Covers

1. “Since I Gave My Heart Away” (Single Version) - Sonya Isaacs
2. “When You Wish Upon a Star” - Ringo Star & Herb Alpert from Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films     
3. “When You Wish Upon A Star” - Bryan White from The Best of Country Sing the Best of Disney   
4. “When You Wish Upon A Star” - N'Sync from Disneymania 
5. “When You Wish Upon A Star” - Ashley Gearing from Disneymania 2  
6. “When You Wish Upon A Star” - Jesse McCartney from Disneymania 3
7. “When You Wish Upon A Star” - Kate Voegele from Disneymania 6  
8. “I’ve Got No Strings" - Gipsy Kings from Simply Mad About the Mouse
9. “I’ve Got No Strings” - Dickie Jones from Avengers: Age of Ultron Soundtrack  
10. "When You Wish upon a Star" - Billy Joel Simply Mad About the Mouse