Summary
Disney’s Snow Whitehas been released and is creating a huge amount of controversy online. Though the live-action remake of Disney’s first-ever animated classic has produced a mixture of opinions, there is one category in which it cannot be faulted, and that is the volume of songs.
The newSnow Whitehas been criticized formissing out on a couple of songsfrom the original, including Someday My Prince Will Come. However, it has added a huge number of new songs, bringing the total into the double digits and turning the film into much more of a musical than the original. From reworked classics to all-new songs,Snow Whitehas it all.
8All Is Fair
The Villain Song Makes No Mark
Gal Gadot doesn’t have a great deal to do as the Evil Queen, who doesn’t appearin large stretches ofSnow White’sstory. However, she does get the villain song, which the infamous character has been missing out on for many years now in All Is Fair. The point of her character is gotten acrosswell in this chorus-filled set piece.
However, All Is Fair, including its reprise, hasn’t managed to leave much of a mark on audiences. Some fans enjoyed it well enough, but the idea of the Evil Queen doing a full song and dance routine didn’t come across nearly as well as it could have, particularly since nothing else was reallyadded to the villain’s characterto make her stand out a little more in this entry.
7The Silly Song
The Dwarves Still Get To Have Fun
A fun piece of the original to keep in, The Silly Song is also known as the Dwarves’ Yodel Song. This short song was added into the party scene in which Snow White has with the dwarves and Jonathan’s bandits after successfully saving Jonathan from the arrow he took for Snow.
Although the dwarves’ washing song was removed from the new film, their partying yodel song shows that these characters still know how to have fun. Amidst a flurry of new scenes, characters, and songs in the middle of the film, this was a nice, simple return to something fans will recognize.
6A Hand Meets A Hand
Romance Blossoms In Surprising Places
Snow White and Jonathan have a much more well-rounded romance anglethan the originalSnow Whitefilm. Although Someday My Prince Will Come has been removed, A Hand Meets A Hand is a great substitute about finding love for each other in an unexpected place.
This song comes during the party scene as well, following on from The Silly Song, and while it isn’t the best of the new songs added to the film, it is reminiscent of more recent Disney love songs, such as “I See The Light” fromTangled. It gives both parties an opportunity to share their feelings and showcases the moment they see those feelings in the eyes of the other, making for a lovely romantic scene.
5Heigh-Ho
The Classic Returns With Some Changes
Changed but never forgotten, the dwarves may have been a little sidelined in this new remake of the original film, but their mining anthem still takes center stage in Heigh-Ho. With some changed lyrics so that the song works as an introduction to the dwarves in addition to telling the viewer all about their jobs, this wasn’t a breathtaking remix of the original, but it was a clever rewrite.
The new dwarf actors, even in CGI bodies, are in fine form in this scene and song. Fans get to witness some true fun in the mines, which are beautifully designed, and meet the dwarves in an accessible and memorable way, making this new take on an absolute classic of a song a relative success.
4Good Things Grow
A Successful New Opening Number
Another major new entry, which is reprized for the ending,Snow Whiteopens with Good Things Grow. An upbeat anthem, this opening scene shows Snow White and her parents, the Good King and Queen, living happily around their kingdom and being kind to the various people there.
This song was a great way to introduce the new film, and the kingdom, which has much more of a focus throughout this edition of Snow White’s tale. With all the changes to the opening of the film from the original, it was important to get some exposition done early in a fun way, and Good Things Grow both opens and closes the film with aplomb.
3Princess Problems
The Classic Love-To-Hate Song
Jonathan is a completely different character from the original Prince Charming, a bandit who lives rough in the forest and stands against the Evil Queen. He is a fascinating character. Fans get to learn more about him in the song Princess Problems, a bit of a hate-to-love song where he and Snow White get to know each other before truly falling for each other later.
Princess Problems is a very fun song, written by the team of Pasek & Paul in a similar vein to A Lovely Night fromLa La Land, which they also wrote. Jonathan tries to pass himself off as uncaring about the kingdom, saying he only wants to look out for number one, but he struggles to show this off in this excessively fun short song that sets the key romantic angle up perfectlywhile having a little dig at princesses.
2Whistle While You Work
An Excellent New Version
Another song from the original film with updated lyrics, Whistle While You Work, was the song which was best brought into the new version. It showcased why Rachel Zegler’s casting was on-point, her singing voice marvelously matching the original tunes, and gave an opportunity to take an iconic scene and put a new, iconic spin on it, which they did successfully.
Whistle While You Work is a fun, well-loved Disney song, and it is rare that the live-action films manage to recreate and update a song and turn it into one of the best pieces of another film, but Whistle While You Work was a brilliantly crafted scene which was really nailed and reminded fans who weren’t sure about the film that Rachel Zegler and the dwarves can still make that classicSnow Whitemagic together.
1Waiting On A Wish
The Perfect New Addition
The centerpiece anthem of the new film, Waiting On A Wish, has been highlighted as an absolutely fantastic way to showcase that Snow White,while remaining a princess, is a much fiercercharacter. Reminiscent of big, bold songs sung by the likes of Moana or Elsa in their respective Disney films, this song allowed Rachel Zegler to showcase her vocal range.
This scene, early in the film, is a message that this Snow White character is vastly different. This song essentially replaced Someday My Prince Will Come as Snow White’s big dreaming song that hoped for something better, and it is a truly excellent update that fit more modern sensibilities and will continue to bloom as a new Disney anthem.
