Who would thumb this down? This was the REAL Epcot. Back when the park inspired its guests to do more than walk around and drink wine. But very happy to see the entrance plaza landscaping and fountain returning!

How sad this has all been lost...except to our collective memories. These things could have been upgraded and made more interesting with new technology...but we should have stood on the shoulders of these giants and not used a bulldozer.

I play this music on my headphones....while walking around Epcot.

I commented 2 years ago, and it is Dec 2023 and I still listen to this EVERYDAY , I SWEAR!

Horizons was the best.

Damn Listen to the Land is a bop!

I’m a 2000’s baby, which naturally means I never got to experience any of this... I really wish I did though. My first visit was about 6 (?) years ago I think. I fell in love with Epcot, and now I love it even more with its rich, magical history. Unfortunately it’s mostly gone now... but hopefully someone will realize how much fans miss the glory of 80’s Epcot, and will bring it back for everyone to enjoy.

I probably have accounted for at least half the views of this video. I love this music so much! I wish I could travel back to 1989 and visit Future World as it was meant to be!

Whenever I visit EPCOT now, I play this on my headphones.

Am I the only one who hears "Energy" for the pre-show music and immediately can hear the screens rotating? (they got really loud in the last few years before Ellen's Energy Adventure came on board) One of my favorite pre-shows ever.

When Epcot was cool and not just another "Pretty Princess" park

53:00 Wow. I haven't heard this in decades. Brings me right back to my childhood. Love Epcot Center

This was the Epcot I loved! I really miss it. You actually felt that you were walking into the future. Not any more though.

I really miss all these themes! Epcot used to be so creative musically. There were new songs on every ride or pavilion, and the music was so exciting. That sense of creativity and adventure isn't so prominent anymore. Anyway, I feel like a kid again listening to your musical tribute. Wonderful job!

9:05 I know Universe of Energy will become a Guardians of the Galaxy ride, but I really hope they sneak this song onto the ride somewhere. It just seems to fit well with the songs that are heard in the Guardians of the Galaxy movies, and it'd be a nice homage to the original ride. (or maybe I'm just crazy, I don't know)

Old Timer. Rolled back the years. I was a young man with hair then !!

Dude, this is an incredible collection. I was just listenig to the NEW EPCOT music and was wondering what the original music sounded like. Well, you are the man!!!!

I visited Epcot when it first opened in 1982/3, Stayed at the contemporary resort hotel . All these rides were amazing.....I wish I could go back again to the 80’s and relive this.

First song is how we all need to wake up and start our day 🤣🤣🤓🤘

Great memories just from listening to the music/audio... Back when Epcot was still Epcot...

Anybody here reminiscing on how great Disney USED to be?

I love this...I never visited EPCOT in the 80s and 90s, but listening to this made me wish that I did.

Orchestra bands are the best in the recordings. It really fits the mood for the EPCOT at that time (more then electronic music nowadays).

Though EPCOT might never be able to find is roots that have been buried so deep into the Disney Park's history, I feel that there are still some gems to be found such as the new Test Track and Mission:Space

I love this EPCOT 😭😢🎶👏👏👏

This was the epcot that I remember seeing when I was a kid and it was awesome and my favorite song was the universe of energy which I would always sing on the way to epcot.I miss all the old rides.

The best theme park music in my opinion. Horizons, Spaceship Earth, Journey into Imagination, The Land and American Adventure, the music is like the siren's song to me.

I would have hated music like this as a kid, but I love it now. Not even just in a nostalgic way, but I find it very soothing and relaxing. I need more of this in my life

Used to be the best theme park in Central Florida. It was my favorite and always provided a great day to spend there. Now it's nothing more than another kiddy park because "children" got bored. "Children" need to remember that it's the PARENTS that pay for the parking, tickets, meals, hotels and everything else on a Disney trip. They should be happy they're along instead of whining that there isn't another stuffed toy for them to beg for. This was a great place for adults to enjoy themselves, there were no characters all over the place (until later years that is) and great restaurants and events year round. Then the soccer moms got all pissed that the "children" weren't happy. The Living Seas was destroyed and turned into a cartoon based kiddy ride, Universe of Energy was superb only to be cleaned out and hosted by a robot lesbian, Norway was amazing, Body Wars was great and many others all destroyed for nothing more than kiddy rides. It's a shame. This music was fantastic and reminds me of a great park that WAS, EPCOT Center.

Nothing like earing this music to bring a smile to your face on remembering when you walked into the Epcot entrance and seeing Spaceship Earth....good times all around!!

I'm almost afraid to post this because if it's a mistake I don't want it fixed, but I was at Epcot on 5/15/23 and in the outside bathroom on the back side of the Journey Into Imagination (With Figment!) Pavilion, they still had a loop of the OG Journey into Imagination and Magic Journeys soundtracks covered in this video between 23:59 and 35:48. I was shocked and pleasantly surprised to hear one of the last vestiges of the old EPCOT Center era still hanging on in the park today!

Liked the original EPCOT, but I was not born during that time. I was born in 2006, in the late 2000's, and I have never been to EPCOT before in my life ever. I would dream of going there one day, ONE DAY, man. Thanks for the upload! 😂

I’m Brazilian and the first time I’ve been to Disney World was in 1992, when I was eight years old. I remember crying to Tomorrow Child and loving all the rides’s theme songs so much…So sad the park changed so much over the decades. It was, as someone said here, a place of wonder and of hope. I cherish my memories of my Disney visits very much (I went in 1992, 1994, 2000 and 2012), but up to 2000 it was indeed something trully magical and special.

Thank you so much for the slide show! So many old Epcot music videos play the music to one or two pictures. I loved the ones of Image Works!! We spent many happy hours there and nothing they have done with that space has come close.

never grew up on this. love that muzak sound

I miss old epcot

Wow, lovely memories!! I was 11 when I first visited EPCOT and then back again at the age of 13 in 1985. I never returned after that but I am glad I was there during these great years!

Just came across this… It’s FANTASTIC! Thank you for putting it together! Listening and reliving childhood memories!

59:47 Dreamland paranormal talk radio show theme. RIP Art Bell fly high to the stars. The true real father of late night talk radio, and Coast to Coast AM. I always got chills every time I heard this thing.

Horizons was my favorite, followed by the behind the scenes tour of the land, world of motion, and spaceship earth

Who else is rewatching this for the millionth time on the 40th?!!!!!!!!!

Epcot music is some of my favorite all time Disney park music

I wonder how many times I have listened to this in the past four years? I know it's been a lot. I keep coming back to it as it brings back so many great memories.

I love this. I remember being at Disney World as a kid and watching a new monorail track being built, wondering where it would go. When we came back and finally saw EPCOT, it was impressive (and crowded!). This brings back those memories!

It’s the recent changes from 2012 onwards that bother me the most. Ever since they tried to shoehorn Tron into Test Track, it seems that Disney execs are looking for any place to stick movie IP. Since then we saw Energy Adventure and Maelstrom close in favor of movie rides and there’s no end in sight.

Damn!!!! That first image of EPCOT Center with Horizons and World of Motion and Universe of Energy and the Living Seas... and not a shred of Intellectual Property. Again... DAMN!!!!

This is a really mighty labor of love. Thank you so much! I'm transported - so much so that I got very emotional. Even in the 80s, the age of Reaganomics, New Wave/Post-Punk and yuppiedom, EPCOT was a beacon of idealism and hope for the future, beaming with faith in mankind. How far we've fallen since. I know that hope has gone out of vogue, but I wish the Disney parks would re-inject some of this ethos into the parks today. It's needed now more than ever. I got teary listening to "Listen to the Land"! One question, where did you source all of these from? Must have been a really arduous task to gather them all together. I really wish there was a Music of EPCOT record released back when! Thank you again!

I was looking since 1992 to find the name of that music i loved so much when i first visited Epcot, and thanks to your video now i know its "The Universe of Energy (Universe of Energy)" and could hear it again! Can't thank you enough!

Am delighted to have found this channel. I just adored EPCOT in its heyday. (Especially the Universe of Energy!)

So many memories- BIG thanks for posting this.

My mum took me to EPCOT in November of 1993. She has since passed, and this music just made me cry. Thank you! Amazing memories for which I am sooooo thankful.

Was a child during this time & loved all the music & during the dark times I constantly listen to this. Knowing things always get better 😁

I really miss the speaker that does the Epcot welcome in this video - it brings back the memories of those early days of Epcot and Walt Disney World.

2:56 check out all the palm trees browned by one of those epic 1980's Florida freezes.

I was born in 85. By the time this EPCOT faded away, and I saw EPCOT for the first time, I was in my 20s. :( I never experienced Horizons, World of Motion, Wonders of Life, Communicore, Universe of Energy Pavilion, or the original Imagination Pavilion. It was Innoventions, SpaceShip Earth 3.0 (Judy Dench version, I think??), Test Track (Chevrolet Edition), and Mission Space had replaced Horizons. Wonders of Life golden dome was closed. Energy Pavilion was Ellen's Energy Adventure by then. Thank goodness the Land and Seas pavilions are stil there in their "mostly" original glory. The Imagination Pavilion is a bit disappointing compared to what it used to be.

Seeing this brought back pleasant memories of my times visiting Epcot back in the 90's. Really miss those times!!!

This is an amazing tribute, thank you! I miss EPCOT's glory days and you've done a beautiful tribute with the soundtracks from back then as well as the pictures! Thank you for a trip down memory lane!

I 'finally' got around to watching this whole video...and my two favorite parts were the pics of Michael Jackson on Horizons...and him going through the Rainbow Tunnel...so...thanks for that. ;) I also was lucky enough to visit Epcot quite a few times when I was younger...and I definitely miss the old park. :(

I miss the original Future World so much! Thank you for posting this! 💜 Horizons 😢

Thank you SO much for putting this together! Brings me back to my favorite Epcot!

This is great listening, I now recall I had a record album of this...had a major head injury on Disney property in 2005, lost most my memory before 2005, these tunes are bring back some lost memories! :)

Miss this place.

Didn't think this would hit me so hard. Wow. Thank you so much for this trip back in time. I can close my eyes and see every moment.

Love what you've done with the music editing but especially the photos. Truly fantastic!

Amazing job, great compilation, thank you!!

Awesome compilation, it flows together so well!

This is fantastic!

Brings back Memories from my first visit bad in 1986.I’ll always remember this EPCOT Center. Will live in my Heart forever…

Thank you for this. This is great!

So magical and so many memories

Awesome video

Thank you for this wonderful mix!

Simplemente fascinante!!! Gracias!😉

Great times exploring Epcot how it was in this video. The music is still awesome :)

Love this! Thank you so much for putting it together!

Listen to this EVERYDAY at work. I love the images you put.. it helps me imagine Epcot back then. I was born 1998 of course I NEVER got to experience epcot in the 80s & 90s but I wish I could go back in time. Epcot in the 80s was better than it is today & I wish this playlist was still playing now.

I really love this video the music is great for when I'm doing hw! I wish I had been able to see Epcot back then :)

Wonderful. Brings back so many childhood memories. I love it ❤️

THANK YOU for posting this!!! So many great memories!

You've put together some really awesome WDW music videos, really enjoying them!

Man.. the wonders of life pavilion could’ve been something great. The things I would give for it to come back. So sad how a building dedicated to teaching about health and fitness turned into Some wine fes garbage..

Wow! Body wars was pretty trippy. Reminded me of Pink Floyd or Tangerine Dream. ha!

Listening on 4/21/20, great mix, thanks for compiling!

So Good while enjoying magical gummies....👍🏻

I remember that the EPCOT entrance loop used to have a version of Golden Dream that was particularly haunting. Pretty much all electronic, just pure tones. In fact, I did not even realize the first couple of trips that it was Golden Dream, but it was really good.

Great music

I still call it EPCOT Center!

0:00 We've Just Begun to Dream (EPCOT Center Rope Drop Spiel) 4:13 Energy (You Make the World Go Round) (EPCOT Center Entrance Loop) 7:30 Energy (You Make the World Go Round) (Universe of Energy) 9:00 The Universe of Energy (Universe of Energy) 11:13 Universe of Energy Exit Music (Universe of Energy) 15:33 It's Fun to be Free- Broadway Free Version (World of Motion) 16:30 It's Fun to be Free- Original Version (World of Motion) 17:30 It's Fun to be Free- Kazoo Version (World of Motion) 19:19 It's Fun to be Free- Cool Jazz Version (World of Motion) 20:30 It's Fun to be Free (EPCOT Center Entrance Loop) 23:58 Journey Into Imagination- Atmosphere (Journey Into Imagination) 24:38 Journey Into Imagination- Interior Music Loop (Journey Into Imagination) 35:50 Listen to the Land (Listen to the Land) 38:33 The Land Area Music (The Land) 43:53 New Horizons (Horizons) 45:39 Horizons Queue Music (Horizons) 48:45 Space (Horizons) 50:05 The Living Seas Queue Music (The Living Seas) 53:00 Tomorrow's Child (Spaceship Earth) 56:51 We Are Here To Change The World (Captain Eo) 59:47 The Oh of Pleasure (Wonders of Life)

nice

"Energy there is no living without you We will learn all about you" Disney: Guardians of the galaxy will replace Universe of Energy! Everyone: dies 💀

i love epcot center

Omg que bellas canciones casi lloro... Nunca eh ido a epcot en mi vida pero la verdad son hermosas

I could use a day in EPCOT circa 1989-90 or so go ride Horizons and World of Motion, even though Reflections of Earth is still my favorite fireworks show

Lets hope that horizons gets rebuilt in the future bigger and better than ever

Love what you have put together. Could you please post a play list. Thanks

EPCOT will be celebrating 40th anniversary on October 1st,2022.

I've seen a lot of official Disney soundtracks but very few have music from the old and discontinued rides

This makes me sad that all these amazing attractions are now gone 😒

In the summer of '87 we went to Epcot. After visiting the living seas, we got some ice cream; as we were walking the path to the next attraction, I bumped up against Dad's arm and got burned by his cigarette. 😂😊 good times Epcot was cool, but, I'm a Magic Kingdom guy.

I guess I'm in the minority here. Like most of you, I am a huge original Epcot Center fan. The 1984-1995 years were foundational for my experience with Epcot and these musical themes instantly bring me back. As much as I miss these attractions and soundtracks, Epcot desperately needed the first major overhaul it received for the Millenium Celebration. Moving away from "corporations solving the world's problems" to a global community celebration at that time worked for me, even if we saw the end of some of these original attractions and soundtracks. Unfortunately, once the Millenium Celebration ended, things at Epcot got really stale in the mid-2000s and downright sad in the 2010s. Instead of progressing with the global community themes throughout the park, what we got for over a decade and a half was a weird hodgepodge of old stale attractions and new uninspired ones with nothing really fitting together. I am at least grateful the park is now getting that second major overhaul. Do I trust the current leadership's decision-making? Not really. Do I want IPs to be slapped on everywhere without thought? Of course not. But something had to be done and the idea of framing the park in Discovery/Celebration/Nature/Showcase neighborhoods sits ok with me. Epcot is now more about discovery and togetherness and therefore the pavilions *should* be dedicated to themes that are a bit more accessible than "energy" or "motion". If done right, the concepts of PLAY, NATURE, COMMUNICATIONS, EXPLORATION, IMAGINATION, etc could work well in a new Epcot. I don't see where Guardians will fit here, but Space 220 works. I'm skeptical of how they will present the Play Pavilion as anything other than a space crammed with IP, but optimistic that the Moana Journey of Water (if presented thoughtfully) could speak to our relationship with the planet and also be an enjoyable walking bridge to The Land, The Seas, and Imag Pavilions. It's the difference between creating a Nemo ride-through that rehashes the movie and teaches nothing (what we got) versus using Nemo characters to explore marine science (what could have been). Time will tell if this new vision for Epcot resonates and has staying power, but I am at least pleased they are giving it a try. It's long past due...even if that means changing the area music and creating new attraction themes. Hopefully, we've just begun to dream.