Music and the Fictive Dream
Pocahontas Pocahontas is a movie that was somewhat based on the real life of a Native American woman named Pocahontas. The movie first came out in 1995 and was produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation for Walt Disney Pictures in the United States. Pocahontas was directed by Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg, while the music was written by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz. The specific song I'm choosing to focus on for this blog, however, is Colors of the Wind , which was released as part of the soundtrack on May 30th, 1995. The song was recorded for the movie by Judy Kuhn, who is a well-known singer and actress. Colors of the Wind has gone on to win awards such as a Golden Globe and an Academy Award, both for Best Original Song. Colors of the Wind contributes to the movie, Pocahontas , as a whole because it carries the general message that the entire movie is trying to give. To respect humankind and nature, even when it feels foreign to you, because in the grand scheme ...