The Beautiful Briny
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"The Beautiful Briny" is a song written by Robert and Richard Sherman for the 1971, Walt Disney musical film production Bedknobs and Broomsticks. David Tomlinson and Angela Lansbury perfom the song as a duet under the water, in the lagoon of the Island of Naboombu.
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[edit] Thematic Placement
With a moment to garner perspective "far beneath the frenzy of the frantic world above", Browne and Price dance to the music of a 1940s night club orchestra. The orchestra is made up of sea creatures. At one point in the song, possible romance is alluded to.
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[edit] Oscar Nominations
"The Age of Not Believing" was nominated for a Best Song Oscar. The Sherman Brothers' entire musical score was also nominated for an Oscar that year as well. This represented the songwriters' fourth and fifth Oscar bids respectively.
[edit] Other Film Connections
"Under the Sea" from the 1989 musical film The Little Mermaid (and which won the Oscar for "Best Song" that year) was inspired by "Beautiful Briny" as both songs are, more or less, about the same thing, both thematically as well as plotwise.[1]
[edit] Literary Sources
- Sherman, Robert B. Walt's Time: from before to beyond. Santa Clarita: Camphor Tree Publishers, 1998.
