The Age of Not Believing
"The Age of Not Believing" | |
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Song by Angela Lansbury | |
from the album Bedknobs and Broomsticks | |
Released | 1971 (1971) |
Songwriter(s) | Robert and Richard Sherman |
"The Age of Not Believing" is a song written by Robert and Richard Sherman for the 1971 Walt Disney musical film production Bedknobs and Broomsticks.[1] Angela Lansbury sings the song in the motion picture. In the lyrics, Lansbury's character Eglantine expresses how as children grow up, they lose their belief in magic and doubt themselves. The song works on two levels, both on a personal, human level and thematically for the whole film - a Britain grown cynical from the pressures of war must learn to borrow from its own past magic in order to overcome the tremendous challenge which lies before it, while the characters in the film must finally learn to trust in Eglantine's magic to achieve their goals and save Britain from the Nazis.
The song earned the Sherman Brothers an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song (though it lost to Isaac Hayes's Theme from Shaft). They were also nominated for Best Original Score (John Williams's score for Fiddler on the Roof won instead). This represented the songwriters' fourth and fifth Oscar bids, respectively.
The song was covered by the band Dodgy in 1991 during a BBC Radio 1 session for Mark Goodier, and can be heard on the album So Far on 3 Wheels - Dodgy On The Radi, released in 2007.
References
- ^ Hischak, Thomas S.; Robinson, Mark A. (2013). The Disney Song Encyclopedia (2 ed.). Taylor Trade Publishing. p. 2. ISBN 9781589797130.
- Sherman, Robert B. Walt's Time: from before to beyond. Santa Clarita: Camphor Tree Publishers, 1998.
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- The Parent Trap (1961)
- The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)
- Greyfriars Bobby (1961)
- Bon Voyage! (1962)
- A Symposium on Popular Songs (1962)
- In Search of the Castaways (1962)
- Big Red (1962)
- Moon Pilot (1962)
- Summer Magic (1963)
- The Sword in the Stone (1963)
- The Misadventures of Merlin Jones (1964)
- The Moon-Spinners (1964)
- Mary Poppins (1964)
- Those Calloways (1964)
- The Monkey's Uncle (1965)
- That Darn Cat! (1965)
- Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966)
- Follow Me, Boys! (1966)
- The Happiest Millionaire (1967)
- The Jungle Book (1967)
- The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967)
- The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968)
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
- Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968)
- The Aristocats (1970)
- Goldilocks (1971)
- Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
- Snoopy Come Home (1972)
- Charlotte's Web (1973)
- Tom Sawyer (1973)
- Huckleberry Finn (1974)
- Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (1974)
- The Slipper and the Rose (1976)
- The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
- The Magic of Lassie (1978)
- Magic Journeys (1982)
- Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore (1983)
- Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1992)
- The Mighty Kong (1998)
- Seasons of Giving (1999)
- The Tigger Movie (2000)
and musical revues
- Victory Canteen (1971)
- Over Here! (1974)
- Dawgs (1983)
- The Slipper and the Rose (1984)
- Busker Alley (1994)
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (2002)
- On the Record (2004)
- Mary Poppins (2004)
- Merry-Go-Round workshop (2007)
- A Spoonful of Sherman (2014)
- Winnie the Pooh: The New Musical Adaptation (2021)
- Bedknobs and Broomsticks (2021)
- The Jungle Book (TBA)
attractions
- Golden Horseshoe Revue (1955)
- King Arthur Carrousel (1955)
- Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room (1963)
- It's a Small World (1966)
- Adventure Thru Inner Space (1967)
- Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress (1967)
- Main Street Electrical Parade (1972)
- America Sings (1974)
- America on Parade (1975)
- CommuniCore (1982)
- Imagination! (1982)
- Magic Journeys (1982)
- The World Showcase March (1982)
- Japan (Epcot) (1982)
- Journey into Imagination (1983)
- Meet the World (1983)
- Innoventions (1998)
- Rocket Rods (1998)
- The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1999)
- Disneyland Forever (2015)
- Walt's Time: from before to beyond (1998)
- Moose: Chapters from My Life (2013)
- The Jungle Book 2 (2003)
- soundtrack; musical references
- The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story (2009)
- Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
- soundtrack; song re-recordings
- Tomorrowland (2015)
- soundtrack; musical references
- The Jungle Book (2016)
- soundtrack
- Christopher Robin (2018)
- soundtrack; w/ original songs by both brothers, and new songs by Richard)
- Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
- soundtrack; musical references
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