Unless you've been living under a rock you know that college basketball fans everywhere and especially here in Kentucky are caught up in what's known as "March Madness". It's better known as the Men's NCAA basketball tournament.
Filling out your 64 team to look anything like what really happens in actual competition is next to impossible. But the "madness" has inspired a couple of the hosts of the Disney Podcasts I subscribe to to hold a competition of their own. They all involve Disney characters.
I've always liked elimination tournaments and also have been inspired by the "Madness". I'm going to have a bracket competition myself and the participants are all going to be associated with Disney. My competition is not going to involve characters though. It's going to be about Disney songs.
The first ever Goofy Guy Disney Music Tournament will seek to find the most popular Disney song of all time. Well actually it's going to find MY favorite Disney song of all time.
I've gone through my personal music collection and reviewed the soundtracks of all the animated features. I've selected 64 songs, 8 songs in each of 8 specific categories. By luck of the draw I seeded them into the tournament brackets. All but 6 of the songs are from the 50 Disney animated features. Four infamous songs are from the Magic Kingdom in Disney World. Two are from Disney TV shows from the 50's.
Since this is my Disney blog, I'm going to be the one and only judge. I will set up some criteria for choosing the winners in each of the categories and go by those guidelines for the first 3 rounds. I'll use a different set of standards when intercatagory competition begins in round 4.
Now Here are the categories and the standards in which a song must be better than it's competitor to move on.
Opening Songs: These are taken from movies that begin with a song. To move on the song must be best at pulling the audience into the movie from the start.
Production Numbers: These are the songs that advance the story with pizazz and flare. The develop either the plot, a character, or gives back story.
Hero Songs:There's nothing like a song that shares the heart or dream of one of the good guys. The winner of this category will to it the best.
Villain Songs: All Disney villains are evil and have something vicious up their sleeve. These songs tell us what those plans are. The best one will emerge to round 4.
Academy Award Winners: The best of the best. These most honored Disney songs are all Oscar winners. But which one serves the overall spirit of it's movie the best. That will be the winner.
Theme Songs: This is the most diverse of all the categories. The songs convey the theme of the vehicle they are part of. There are theme songs from Disney World attractions, Disney TV shows, and classic Disney features. The best theme of them all will take on the rest of the category winners.
Love Songs: This category is about love. While romantic love songs are prominent; there are songs that express the bond between parent and child as well. This category champion will be the song that shares the emotion in a relationship best with the audience.
Miscellaneous: This category is the landing place for songs that I wanted in the tournament but didn' fit into any other bracket. It's also serves as the overflow basin for categories with more than 8 entries. Unlike the other 7 the winner of this 8th category is simply going to be the one I can reasonably choose as the best of the group.
I won't be publishing an actual bracket with the results but I do have one to keep track of the competition. If you by any chance have a blank bracket left over from Selection Sunday, feel free to make your own.
Tomorrow I'll kick off the tournament and announce the winners of the 32 songs that are moving on to round 2. Here are what I consider the most difficult decisions for me in the first round:
Opening Songs: Toy Story's "You Got A Friend In Me" VS "Arabian Nights" from Aladdin
Production Numbers: "Spoonful of Sugar" VS "Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo"
Academy Award Winner: "Chim Chim Cheree" VS "Under the Sea"
Theme Songs: "Ballad Of Davy Crockett" VS "Mickey Mouse Club March"
Miscellaneous: "Whistle While You Work" from Snow White VS "Feed The Birds" from Mary Poppins
So there you have the announcement and details of the first ever Goofy Guy Disney Music Tournament. Come back tomorrow to find out the titles of all 64 selected participants and find out which of them will make it to the next round.
