IllumiNations


IllumiNations was a series of nightly fireworks shows at Epcot before was created in 1999 for the Millennium Celebration.

Le Carnival de Lumiere

The first evening presentation, Le Carnival de Lumiere, premiered on October 23, 1982. It celebrated world festivals with fountains, film, music, and other effects. The show used rear projection screens on barges floating on the World Showcase Lagoon. Between the projection barges were fountain/fireworks barges controlled by Apple computers. The show could be viewed only from points between the Mexican and Canadian pavilions.

A New World Fantasy

A New World Fantasy was the 2nd version of a fireworks show at Epcot and was set to classical music played on synthesizer. It opened in the summer of 1983 and used floating barges that had rear projection screens on them. The barges were the same as the first show at Epcot, Carnival de Lumiere. The show also added 'Pichel lights' that moved automatically.

Fanfare

1. "Fanfare" from La Péri

Act I: Celebrations on Land

2. Symphony No. 5, First Movement
3. "Flight Of The Bumblebee" from The Tale of the Tsar Sultan
4. Zampa Overture
5. Piano Concerto No. 1, Third Movement
6. La Vie Parisienne
7. "Dance Of The Comedians" from The Bartered Bride
8. "Bourrée" from the Water Music Suite
9. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, First Movement
10. Orpheus In Hades, Galop
11. Trisch-Trasch Polka
12. Italian Concerto, Third Movement
13. William Tell Overture

Act II: Great Parades and Pageants

14. "Procession of The Nobles" from Mlada
15. "March" from Love For Three Oranges
16. "Farandole" from L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1
17. March Militaire
18. "March of The Toreadors" from Carmen
19. The Marriage of Figaro, Aria
20. Light Cavalry Overture
21. Radetsky March
22. "Procession of The Nobles" from Mlada
23. March Hongroise
24. "Anvil Chorus" from Il Trovatore
25. Hands Across the Sea

Act III: Revelries in Pyrotechnics

26. Carnival Overture
27. "March of The Toreadors" from Carmen
28. "Alla Hornpipe" from the Water Music Suite
29. Symphony No. 1 in D,"Titan"; First Movement
30. Symphony No. 9,"Choral"; Fourth Movement
31. "Lohengrin"; Prelude to Act 3
32. Firebird Suite, Finale
33. "Great Gate of Kiev" from Pictures at an Exhibition
34. "Promenade " from Pictures at an Exhibition
35. "1812 Festival Overture"

Laserphonic Fantasy

This show has the same soundtrack as A New World Fantasy. It featured lasers emitted from barges and from around the lagoon. The "Skater" segment featured the first use of non-continuous lines in a laser animation and was the first use of laser graphics on a water-droplet screen.
This show used most of the arrangements for "A New World Fantasy" and "Laserphonic Fantasy," but instead of being arranged solely with synthesizers, the resulting arrangements were rescored for full orchestra, mostly using the original orchestration by the composers. New music was created for the show's theme by Don Dorsey and Bruce Healey. The "Great Parades and Pageants" section used in the previous installments was omitted and replaced with a celebration of all the individual countries of World Showcase. This installment of IllumiNations began a radical new use for effects in fireworks shows. To add to the Pichel lights, fountains, laser barges, and laser graphics projected behind the fountains, the directors made the lights representing the different interact with the music and the rest of the show. In another strange turn of events, they decided not to use fireworks until the very end of the second act, and then the third act would show the fireworks off at their best.

Show program

Opening

Act I

1. Symphony #5 Movement #1
2. "Flight of the Bumblebee" from Tale Of The Tsar Sultan
3. Zampa Overture first theme
4. Italian Concerto Movement # 3, first theme
5. William Tell Overture second theme
6. Scheherazade '
  • Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
7. La Vie Parisienne '
8. Days of Emancipation '
  • Composer: Zhu Jian'er
9. Rule Britannia '
10. Tales of the Vienna Woods '
  • Composer: Johann Strauss
11. Sakura '
12. España Cani '
  • Composer: Marquina
13. French Canadian Jig Traditional '
14. Funiculì, Funiculà '
15. Rhapsody in Blue '
16. Carnival Overture Opus 92, first theme
17. "March of the Toreadors" from Carmen, Prelude to Act 1
18. Alla Hornpipe from Water Music Suite, Movement #13
19. Titan Symphony Symphony #1 in D Major, Movement #1
20. "Ode to Joy" Symphony#9 in D Minor, Movement #4
21. Prelude to Act III "Lohengrin"
22. Firebird Suite Finale
23. "Great Gate of Kiev" from Pictures at an Exhibition
24. "Promenade" from Pictures at an Exhibition
25. 1812 Festival Overture second theme
Music produced by Don Dorsey

Post Show

Versions of "It's a Small World" and General Electric's theme were played.

New Year's Eve 1993

For the New Year's Eve finale in 1993, a version of "We've Just Begun To Dream" was played during the countdown, then a version of "Auld Lang Syne" followed by a short reprise of "We've Just Begun To Dream". Finally, a selection from Around the World with Mickey Mouse, that normally would be played at the Fountain of Nations, was played.

Holiday IllumiNations

Holiday IllumiNations played during the holiday season instead of the regular show. Starting in 2004, the "Let There Be Peace on Earth" segment of Holiday IllumiNations is played after IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth during the holiday season.

Show program

Opening

  1. Opening Medley
  2. * "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"
  3. * "O Come All Ye Faithful"
  4. * "Joy to the World"
  5. * "Deck the Halls With Boughs of Holly"
  6. * "Angels We Have Heard on High"
  7. Nutcracker Medley
  8. * "Marches"
  9. * "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies"
  10. * "Russian Dance "
  11. O Holy Night
  12. Chanukah Medley
  13. * "S'Vivon"
  14. * "The Trees in the Field"
  15. Let There Be Peace on Earth

    Closing

Post show

Narration
All Instrumentals
All Chorus Parts
O Holy Night
Let There Be Peace on Earth
Created for the 25th anniversary of Walt Disney World.

Show program

Opening

1. "Remember The Magic" - World Showcase Salute
2. "A Worldwide Celebration"
3. Mascleta
4. "International Fantasy"
5. Mascleta
6. "Discovery Suite"
7. "Circle of Life"

Closing

Post show

Versions of "A Worldwide Celebration" and General Electric's theme were played.

Production

  1. "Remember The Magic" - World Showcase Salute
  2. * Based on the Walt Disney World 25th Anniversary tune
  3. * Lyricist: Cheryl Berman
  4. * Composer: Ira Antelis
  5. * Arranger & Orchestrator: Gregory Smith
  6. "A Worldwide Celebration"
  7. * Composer & Orchestrator: Gregory Smith
  8. Mascleta
  9. * Composer & Orchestrator: Gregory Smith
  10. "International Fantasy"
  11. * Composer & Orchestrator: Gregory Smith
  12. "Discovery Suite"
  13. * Based on "We've Just Begun to Dream" the Epcot fanfare by Steve Skorija, Gregory Smith, and Jack Eskew
  14. * Composer & Orchestrator: Gregory Smith
  15. "Circle of Life"
  16. * Lyricist: Tim Rice
  17. * Composer: Elton John
  18. * Arrangers: Gregory Smith & Oliver Wells
  19. * Orchestrator: Gregory Smith

    Production From CD

Still celebrating the 25th anniversary of Walt Disney World Resort, but the classical music returns.

Show program

1. "Remember The Magic" - World Showcase Salute
2. "IllumiNations Fanfare"
3. Russian Dance - "Trepak" from The Nutcracker Ballet
4. "Die Meistersinger Overture" from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
5. "Laideronette, Empress of the Pagodas" from "Ma Mére l'Oye"
6. "Barber of Seville Overture" from Il barbiere de Siviglia
7. "Overture" to Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé Ballet
8. "Seventeen Come Sunday" March from English Folk Song Suite
9. "El Salòn México"
10. "Hoedown" from Rodeo Ballet
11. "Pini della Villa Borghese" from The Pines of Rome Symphonic Poem
12. "The Aquarium" from Le Carnival des Animaux
13. "Hornpipe" from Water Music Suite
14. "A Night on Bald Mountain"
15. "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity" from The Planets Suite
16. "El Sombrero de Tres Picos" from The Three-Cornered Hat Ballet
17. "Ode To Joy" Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Fourth Movement
"A Worldwide Celebration"
Same soundtrack as IllumiNations 25 but without the 25th anniversary announcement.

Opening