Movie Music Monday: Someday My Prince Will Come

Quick name a Disney song that would have an after life in Jazz music. If you answered Someday My Prince Will Come, then you read the title of this blog post.

The song of course was created for the Disney studio’s landmark first feature film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). It was one of the sweetest scenes of the movie and was perfectly worked into the comedy before the scene or the horror that followed. This is what the film did so perfectly, every song moved the story forward and took the place of what could have been a scene full of boring exposition. The song itself is unbelievably lovely and is 100% perfect for Adriana Coslotti’s voice.

The song received its first major jazz recording in 1957. Dave Brubeck spent a day in Disneyland with his family and this gave him the idea to do a whole album of songs from Disney films. He did and the album, Dave Digs Disney. One of the standout tracks on this album was Someday My Prince Will Come.

Jazz Pianist Bill Evans recoded a version of the song for his 1959 album Portraits in Jazz.

Probably the most famous Jazz version of this song was recorded by Miles Davis on his 1961 album, Someday My Prince Will Come.

Oscar Peterson and Milt Jackson did another jazz version of the song on their 1971 album, Reunion Blues.

Outside of jazz, Tanya Tucker recorded a country version of the song. 

Another country artist who recorded the song was Chet Atkins.

Japanese pop singer Ayumi Hamasaki recorded the song for a  2002 rerelease of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in Japan. 

Disney Chanel star Tiffany Thornton recorded the song for the 2009 Blu-ray release of Snow White. 

Now let us all sing along. 

-Michael J. Ruhland