Disney Music Quiz: Can You Match Song to Film?
Written by Susanna Henke
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Think your Disney music knowledge is as deep as the studio's song catalog? Take this quiz and prove your Disney soundtrack expertise!
From lonely princesses to snarky crows, baby cubs to choruses of cutlery, Disney characters just plain love to sing! And can you blame them with songs like these? Disney's legendary composers and songwriters like Alan Menken (The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Pocahontas, Tangled. . .), Elton John (The Lion King), Randy Newman (Toys Story, Monsters, Inc., Cars) and Hamilton creator Lin Manuel-Miranda (Moana), have earned a whopping 13 Best Original Song Oscars among them. Even the most tone-deaf of us can't help but sing along with their infectious tunes. Luckily, we're belting out our back-up vocals for the best: Disney soundtracks draw verifiable superstars like Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett (Muppets Most Wanted), Phil Collins (Tarzan), John Legend and Ariana Grande (Beauty and the Beast), Ne-Yo (The Princess and the Frog), Stevie Wonder (Mulan), John Mayer (Cars), and Pharrell Williams, Beyoncé and Donald Glover (The Lion King (2019). As if that weren't enough, there are also the radio-ready rereleases with pop divas like Christina Aguilera (Mulan), Vanessa Williams (Pocahontas) and Celine Dion (Beauty and the Beast).
Gen Z? X? Millennial? Boomer or beyond? No matter when you were born, there's an era of Disney songs that call you back to your childhood. These are the soundtracks of our lives.
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Question 1
Which Disney film features the sentimental ballad "Reflection"?
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AMulan
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BCars
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CPooh's Heffalump Movie
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DWreck-It Ralph
Mulan
In "Reflection," Mulan expresses her anguish at having to act like someone she isn't in order to please her family. As she finishes the song, Mulan removes her makeup and begins to reveal her true self.
Question 2
In this Disney film, a villain named Doctor Facilier sings a spooky number called "Friends on the Other Side.” Can you name it?
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ARatatouille
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BThe Princess and the Frog
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CPlanes: Fire and Rescue
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DUp
The Princess and the Frog
Facilier's big, scary, voodoo spirit-backed performance of "Friends on the Other Side" is up there with the best of Disney's sinister villain canon. And just like Ursula's "Poor Unfortunate Souls" and "Oogie Boogie's Song" from <i>The Nightmare Before Christmas</i>, it's also a lot of fun.
Question 3
In which Disney film does a demigod named Maui brag his way through a catchy number called "You're Welcome"?
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AMulan
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BMoana
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CFrankenweenie
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DPeter Pan
Moana
Maui (voiced - and sung! by actor Dwayne Johnson) pec flexes his way through this toe-tapping musical brag in an attempt to demonstrate his greatness to Moana (who is, in fact, more bemused than impressed).
Question 4
In which Disney film does a bully named Brom Bones sing "Headless Horseman" to scare his romantic rival?
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AThe Sword in the Stone
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BCoco
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CCars 2
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DThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
One of the darkest songs in Disney film history, "Headless Horseman" is a classic ghost story with truly creepy lyrics: <br><i>He’ll be down in the Hollow there. <br>He needs your head. <br>Look out! Beware!</i> <br>It's no wonder poor Ichabod Crane spends most of the scene looking absolutely terror-stricken as the town thug spins this gruesome tale.
Question 5
Which Disney film features a young cub named Simba who ". . . Just Can't Wait to Be King"?
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AThe Lion King
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BThe Good Dinosaur
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CSleeping Beauty
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DLilo & Stitch
The Lion King
Simba sings "I Just Can't Wait to Be King" early in the film to announce his royal aspirations. The song is pure kiddie pop confection that perfectly expresses Simba's youthful exuberance and naiveté before the travails to come.
Question 6
Which Disney film contains the heartrending ballad "Baby Mine," sung by mother to son?
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ADumbo
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BWALL•E
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CThe Aristocats
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DTarzan
Dumbo
Among the most heart-wrenching songs in the Disney canon, the lullaby "Baby Mine" and accompanying scene from 1941's <i>Dumbo</i> evoke every parent's worst nightmare: being separated from a child. Through the bars of her cage, Mrs. Jumbo cradles baby Dumbo in her trunk and sings this soothing ballad to the dejected little elephant.
Question 7
Which Disney film features the romantic duet "A Whole New World"?
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ASong of the South
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BAladdin
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CWho Framed Roger Rabbit?
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DPocahontas
Aladdin
Ah, the elation of new love. Aladdin and Princess Jasmine's theme song, "A Whole New World," captures it perfectly: the "Indescribable feeling, Soaring, tumbling, freewheeling." In the film, the young lovers serenade one another with their passionate anthem as they explore the wide, wonderful world on a magic carpet ride. Ahhhhh. . .
Question 8
Which Disney film has a theme song called "You've Got a Friend in Me" that contains the lyrics "There isn't anything I wouldn't do for you"?
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ACoco
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BToy Story
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CThe Aristocats
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DCinderella
Toy Story
Amazingly, Randy Newman wrote this sweet ode to friendship in just one day. Nominated for both Oscar and Golden Globe Best Original Song awards, it lost both to the same competing song. The winning nominee? Another Disney song, "Colors of the Wind" from <i>Pocahontas</i>.
Question 9
In this Disney film, a Jamaican crustacean sings "Under the Sea" to a young mermaid.
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AFinding Nemo
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BFrozen
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CThe Little Mermaid
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DFinding Dory
The Little Mermaid
Sebastian the Crab's calypso-infused "Under the Sea" is a Disney fan favorite. The song is his plea to Ariel to stay in the sea and not follow her heart's desire, which is to be with Prince Eric and explore the world beyond her watery home. Alas, Sebastian's efforts are for naught and Ariel is outta there by the end of the song.
Question 10
In which classic Disney film does an ever hopeful princess sing "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes"?
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APlanes
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BPocahontas
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CCinderella
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DBrave
Cinderella
Like so many of her legendary Disney princess sisters, Cinderella is a wide-eyed dreamer with a theme song to tell us about it. In her case, it's the heartstring-pulling "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes." Despite her cruelly unjust circumstances, Cinderella has faith: "If you keep on believing, The dream that you wish will come true." And that right there is the essence of Disney magic.
Question 11
In which Disney film does the title character lament that her father won't allow her to explore the ocean in the song "How Far I'll Go"?
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APocahontas
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BMulan
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CMoana
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DBambi
Moana
To help write this song from Moana's perspective, lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda (of <i>Hamilton</i> fame) locked himself in his childhood bedroom for a weekend in order to revisit his teenage angst. Like Moana, he had longed for freedom to explore the bigger world.
Question 12
In which Disney film does Aurora sing the hopeful, romantic "Once Upon a Dream"?
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ATangled
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BInside Out
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CMulan
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DSleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty
"Once Upon a Dream" is the theme song of this classic Disney romance. And romantic it is: set to Tchaikovsky's classic "Sleeping Beauty Waltz," this number has our sleepy heroine pining for a Prince Charming as she strolls through an enchanted forest . . . and lo and behold, Prince Philip appears by the song's end. Those lucky princesses!
Question 13
In which Disney film does the title character sing of the interconnectedness of humankind and the natural world in "Colors of the Wind"?
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ACars
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BPocahontas
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CMoana
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DMulan
Pocahontas
In <i>Pocahontas</i>, our Native American title heroine has much wisdom to impart to the conquering colonist John Smith. . . and she manages to pack a lot of these lessons into "Colors of the Wind.” In this beloved, Oscar-winning song, Pocahontas urges a total overhaul of Smith's basic world view that nature and people are things to control or own. She sings of the spirit that exists in all living things (including her "brothers,” the "rainstorm and the river") and the value of every human being, even when they don't "look and think like you.” Cleverly turning an insult on its head, she also points out the hypocrisy of violent Europeans calling Native Americans "savages.” In the film, she shoves Smith's gun at him as she sings: "You think I'm an ignorant savage. . . But still I cannot see, If the savage one is me.”
Question 14
Which Disney film contains a song whose title is a Swahili phrase meaning "no worries"?
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AThe Lion King
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BLady and the Tramp
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CMeet the Robinsons
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DThe Rescuers
The Lion King
The infectious "Hakuna Matata" is perhaps the most recognizable song from perhaps the most iconic soundtrack in Disney's entire catalog. While composer Elton John and lyricist Tim Rice might have been disappointed at losing the award for Best Original Song at the 1995 Oscars, at least they lost to . . . themselves. John and Rice won for a different <i>Lion King</i> song: "Can You Feel the Love Tonight.” Given that the celebrated songwriting partners were also up for "Circle of Life," they probably went into the awards ceremony pretty confident.
Question 15
In which Disney film does the heroine celebrate her ice cold powers in the song "Let it Go"?
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ATinker Bell
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BThe Lion King
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CFrozen
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DTangled
Frozen
<i>Frozen</i>'s fierce heroine Elsa rocketed to Disney icon status almost immediately upon arrival, stealing little girls' hearts and selling out costume-stores across America. Her theme song "Let it Go" is a great big, unapologetic show tune that marks a key turning point in the film: the moment that Elsa embraces her power after a lifetime of hiding it in shame. She's here and she's ready to freeze some stuff!
Question 16
Which Disney film contains a Broadway-inspired musical extravaganza featuring a French candelabra, dancing cutlery and other magical household objects?
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ABeauty and the Beast
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BInside Out
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CThe Princess and the Frog
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DThe Lion King
Beauty and the Beast
Nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe, "Be Our Guest" is one of the most celebrated songs in Disney film history. This show-stopping number delights audiences and uplifts Belle's spirits, as it introduces her to the kind staff at the Beast's castle.
Question 17
In which Disney film does a group of diamond mine laborers sing a jaunty ditty entitled "Heigh Ho"?
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ASnow White and the Seven Dwarves
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BThe Incredibles
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CA Bug's Life
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DMonsters University
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
I know you got this one. The dwarfs' work song "Heigh Ho" is among the catchiest in the entire Disney oeuvre. Pick axes slung over their shoulders, marching in time down into the diamond mine, these happy little fellows truly whistle while they work. Can you still name all seven? It's Doc, Happy, Grumpy, Sneezy, Sleepy, Bashful and, of course, Dopey!
Question 18
Which Disney film focuses on Día de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead) and features a traditional Mexican folk song entitled "La Llorona"?
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AThe Jungle Book 2
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BBambi
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CIncredibles 2
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DCoco
Coco
From the <i>Coco</i> soundtrack, "La Llorona" is based on a 19th century Mexican song about a character from Latin American folklore: a female ghost of mourning named "La Llorona" (in English, "The Weeping Woman"). In the film, the music-banning Esmeralda starts to perform the song only to evade Ernesto—but in the course of singing it, she rediscovers her love of both music and Ernesto.
Question 19
In which Disney movie does the villain's theme song warn, "If she doesn't scare you, no evil thing will"?
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AOne Hundred and One Dalmatians
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BThe Sword in the Stone
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CThe Jungle Book
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DPiglet's Big Movie
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
One of the greatest and most recognizable Disney villains, Cruella de Vil is as mean as they come. (She wants to make a fur coat out of puppies . . . enough said.) Fun facts about the name "Cruella de Vil": 1. it's a play on the words cruel and devil; and 2. it's a literary homage to Bram Stoker's <i>Dracula</i>, in which Count Dracula uses the alias "Count De Ville".
Question 20
Which Disney film contains an ode to the magic of friendship entitled "Best of Friends"?
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AThe Nightmare Before Christmas
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BCinderella
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CBambi
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DThe Fox and the Hound
The Fox and the Hound
Although <i>The Fox and the Hound</i> ends up among the saddest of Disney films, "Best of Friends" is a jolly number that appears early in the film. The two title characters are unlikely besties—according to the laws of the animal kingdom, they're supposed to despise one another. But that just makes their friendship, and this uplifting song, all the sweeter.
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