Paul Frees tries out narration for the Haunted Mansion

Check out this amazing reel of Paul Frees trying out different narration choices for the Disneyland Haunted Mansion. It comes from the excellent (and out of print) Haunted Mansion Original Soundtrack, which I am a proud owner of. Neener.

The Genius of Paul Frees

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TheKaz1969

this set me all a-shiver
vonbobo

More haunted mansion? LoL! Please bring back the die antwoord blog too!

(positive vibes xeni!!!)
chdorr

NICE!!! Paul Frees…the voice(s) of my childhood.
unit1421

There’s a scene in Patton, Patton on his horse taking questions, where at least 3 of the voices talking to Patton are all Paul….
- Petzl
  
  That same year, he was Colossus (!)
artbyjcm

That was the only CD I’ve purchased in the last six years. I love the Haunted Mansion so much!
http://twitter.com/magicpeacelove PeaceLove

Just…wow. What an amazing voice.
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One man’s descent into madness…
Bobsyeruncle

Pretty awesome that he worked the Boris Badenov and Boo-Berry / Peter Lorre voices in there. :)
ravells

Brilliant! I had the record as a kid…I wish I’d kept it!
webstu

For fans of this, I recommend SubsonicRadio.com, which has several online “radio” stations of theme park/resorts ambient music. Including requests and no-vocals-background music, as well as dedicated stations/loops for the holidays, Living Seas, Soarin over California, Dole Whip, etc. (I recommend Wilderness Lodge, Illuminations, and Flame Tree BBQ.)

Also, this documentary is great, talks about BTS audio design at the parks:

http://www.imagineeringdisney.com/blog/2011/1/25/imagineering-sound-design-behind-the-scenes.html
joeentropyx

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