Country Bear Musical Jamboree is now open at Magic Kingdom, and Disney has released the attraction soundtrack on streaming platforms. This covers where/how you can list to the music, along with the full song list for the newest Walt Disney World attraction.
Disney has released 9 of the 10 songs from the reimagined Country Bear Musical Jamboree to streaming services. The missing song is “Remember Me” from Coco, which is performed by Big Al during the stage show. Disney hasn’t indicated whether that’ll be added later; we assume not.
If you’ve already seen Country Bear Musical Jamboree in-person at Magic Kingdom, you might notice that the songs are longer or slightly modified versions on streaming versus in the attraction. I guess you could chalk that up to in studio versus live performances, or something like that.
This continues a promising trend of Walt Disney World and Disneyland releasing park music to streaming services that’s only a few years old at this point. It might seem like such an obvious thing to do, but back in my day, it was rare for music to be released to cassette tapes or CDs, with albums of the hits only coming out sporadically for anniversaries and other events.
For years, it was difficult to track down music from the parks–as we cover in our guide to legally downloading or buying music from Walt Disney World and Disneyland. And those methods are still among the best ways to find ‘rare’ and high quality background music loops. YouTube first changed the game, making music from the parks easily accessible to anyone–not just the diehard dorks like us. Likely recognizing that it was going to be available to the public one way or another, Disney itself has opted to release more music directly on streaming platforms.
Our hope is that someday this will include music from the archives and more niche offerings, like source recordings of background music. The morass of rights might make that difficult, but we can dream. It sure would be nice to take a stroll down memory lane and actually be able to listen to the long lost original Universe of Energy background music again. But I digress.
Anyway, here’s the Country Bear Musical Jamboree soundtrack on Spotify:
Here’s the Country Bear Musical Jamboree soundtrack on Apple Music:
Country Bear Musical Jamboree features a brand-new lineup of music that’s mostly from Disney movies, performed in a style that pays homage to the Opry-style shows of Nashville. The new program features twangin’ interpretations of Disney songs performed in various genres of country music, including Americana, bluegrass, pop-country, rockabilly, and more.
Here’s the full Country Bear Musical Jamboree song list in order:
- “Country Bear Musical Jamboree,” a new original song written for the attraction performed by the Five Bear Rugs
- “Try Everything,” from Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Zootopia performed by Trixie with Bunny, Bubbles, and Beulah
- “Kiss the Girl,” from Walt Disney Animation Studios’ The Little Mermaid performed by Romeo McGrowl
- “A Whole New World,” from Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Aladdin performed by Wendell & Teddi Barra
- “Supercalifragilisticexpialiocious,” from Walt Disney Studios’ Mary Poppins performed by Ernest the Dude
- “Fixer-Upper,” from Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Frozen performed by Shaker
- “Remember Me,” from Disney and Pixar’s Coco performed by Big Al
- “You’ve Got a Friend in Me,” from Disney and Pixar’s Toy Story performed by Henry & Sammy
- “Bare Necessities,” from Walt Disney Animation Studios’ The Jungle Book performed by the full Bear Band
- “Come Again,” an original song that debuted with Country Bear Jamboree in 1974 performed by Henry & Sammy with Max, Melvin, & Buff
The entire album of songs from Country Bear Musical Jamboree is 18 minutes and 35 seconds long.
Walt Disney Imagineering turned to popular and upcoming country music talent to provide the vocals for the new setlist. Featured artists include record-breaking 10-time CMA Musician of the Year Mac McAnally, who sings “The Bare Necessities”; country singer Emily Ann Roberts, who lends her voice to Trixie for a rendition of “Try Everything”; and singer-songwriter Allison Russel and musician Chris Thile, who voice Teddi Barra and Wendell, respectively, for “A Whole New World.”
Our hope is that this isn’t the end of the evolution for Country Bear Musical Jamboree, and Imagineering has designed the reimagined show in a way that’s more conducive to updates or seasonal overlays. Probably a pipe dream, but our biggest wish is that they’ve already recorded Summer and Christmas overlays, and are planning a reprise of those in 2025. (While I’m pointlessly wishing, I’d also love a Halloween version–why not!)
As Disney shared in the latest episode of “We Call It Imagineering,” the reimagined Country Bear Musical Jamboree still has the fun and friendly tone fans enjoy with the same famous characters like the loveable Trixie, Big Al and others. Basically, same Bear Band but new songs and other wrinkles to the reworked show.
Speaking of which, here’s the Bear Band performer lineup:
- Ursus H. Bear: Ursus is the founder of Grizzly Hall. He invited tuneful bruins from all around to present zany vaudeville acts and live country-western and folk performances!
- Henry: Ursus’ grandson Henry is now the master of bear-emonies. He helped develop the new show and co-wrote the opening song with the Five Bear Rugs.
- Five Bear Rugs: The Five Bear Rugs include Zeke, Zeb, Ted, Fred, and a bear named Tennessee, who all have ol’ country rhythm in their souls.
- Trixie: One of the most seasoned performers, Trixie has tried everything! She found her niche performing with triplets Bunny, Bubbles, and Beulah.
- Bunny, Bubbles, and Beulah: Originally known as The Sun Bonnets, these lady bears traded in their bonnets for Stetsons when they began singing with Trixie worldwide, ending up here at Country Bear Musical Jamboree.
- Teddi Barra: Grizzly Hall is proud to present The Jewel of the Dakotas, Teddi Barra. Her rise in show business was meteoric after being discovered in an ice cream parlor.
- Wendell: Wendell was a frustrated basketball, baseball, and football player until Henry invited him to try and carry a tune. He’s been part of the Country Bears since and is thrilled to finally sing a love song with Trixie.
- Ernest the Dude: Ernest the Dude is one of the best-dressed bears at Grizzly Hall—he brings his entire wardrobe wherever he goes!
- Terrence, aka Shaker: Terrence, also known as Shaker, was once a famous theater star until he fell from the balcony in Romeo and Juliet. After that, he turned in his tights for a guitar and lassoed himself the limelight back onstage.
- Romeo McGrowl: This bear, otherwise known as the Miami Serenader, is ready to enter his next era singing rockabilly!
- Gomer: Gomer is the resident piano player who has been claws-ically trained since he was a cub.
- Big Al: The one and only Big Al. He’s been playing the guitar since he was a cub because music is in this bear’s blood.
The new wardrobes for the Bear Band were designed by the creative costuming team at Disney Live Entertainment, based on concept art by Kevin Kidney and Jody Daily, who have worked on the Country Bears for a while. For those who aren’t familiar with Kevin and Jody, there’s no one better to work on the redesign than them. If you’ve bought a piece of Country Bear merchandise since ~2004, there’s a decent chance they designed it.
Country Bear Musical Jamboree is now open at Magic Kingdom from park opening to closing. The stage show has also been added to the lineup for Extended Evening Hours, likely on an interim basis until Tiana’s Bayou Adventure is operating reliably and is ready to drop its virtual queue. Although the Bear Band is performing a new act and will likely see a spike in popularity, we still recommend catching Country Bear Musical Jamboree midday when it’s hot and lines for everything else are longer.
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Your Thoughts
What do you think of the new music performed by the Bear Band? Any songs you love or hate? Have you had a chance to see Country Bear Jamboree? Are you a disappointed diehard, cautiously optimism, or openly enthusiastic about this new show? Do you agree or disagree with our assessment of the reimagining? Any questions we can help you answer? Hearing your feedback—even when you disagree with us—is both interesting to us and helpful to other readers, so please share your thoughts below in the comments!
