Theme park soundtracks that get stuck in your head

Hi guys. Audio is arguably a key part of the theme park experience, even if it’s not something that often gets talked about. When it does get talked about, you often hear enthusiasts say about their favourite soundtracks, but what about those soundtracks that just get stuck in your head for ages after you hear them? That one theme park tune that you feel as though you’re hearing in your sleep after you’ve visited the park, because you just can’t get it out of your head? So my question to you today is; what theme park soundtracks just get stuck in your head whenever you hear them?


I’ve got two I can think of.


The first will probably come as no surprise; I’m nominating The Smiler at Alton Towers’ soundtrack for this. I don’t think I would have been able to make a thread about this subject and not mention The Smiler’s soundtrack! I actually rather like The Smiler’s soundtrack, I’ll admit, and I think it fits the ride very well, but I’d happily challenge anyone to stand in the queue for any extended period of time and not have “Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha…” looping round in their head for hours afterwards:




The second is a slightly more left-field choice, but I’m also going for the Oakwood park-wide theme tune for this, too. It’s a perfectly pleasant loop, but it’s only about 2 minutes long, and it’s played around practically the entire park. I certainly remember this being stuck in my head after my last Oakwood visit in 2019, and my Nan was driven mad by it within about 10 minutes:




But what theme park earworms can you think of?

Nemesis for me 100%, stays in my head all day when I visit. Another one worth mentioning is Toyland Tours weirdly enough since I never got to ride it (at least that i can remember), but after listening to the soundtrack on YT it was in my head for days

It has to be The Smiler - been humming that tune regularly since 2013

I've had the bubbleworks soundtrack looping in my head for 30 years. Even without having heard it for a decade or so, if I could write music I'm sure I could put the whole thing down in pretty accurate detail.

I think it's the most perfect ride soundtrack.

Slammers soundtrack was also strangely memorable.

Early days of the decent bass in the Oblivion station.

All together now....

It's a world of laughter
A world of tears
It's a world of hopes
And a world of fears…

Helix and Euromir are both absolute anthems and I'm happy to say they are both firmly embedded in my subconscious.

The "Party at Trølldal" scene soundtrack from Snorri Touren at Europa-Park.

Speaking of ride soundtracks, AT put them on streaming services!

The Smiler by far. I remember the day it opened after spending pretty much the whole day in the area and queue line, when I got home I was convinced it was still playing somewhere as it was just stuck in my head. It’s just very catchy.

I guess a lot of IMAscore music is like that and often gets stuck in your head. Some of the Thorpe stuff is also very catchy after spending time in the park.

The only time I get a themepark tune stuck in my head, and that is when I get excited about an upcoming visit to Alton Towers, usually at the start of the season when I'm having themepark withdrawal symptoms

I present to you - Hendrik....SCHWARZER!

For me it’s got to be Matterhorn Blitz at Europa Park. Fantastic! That ride doesn’t get enough love!

Or the extended cut with the mice singing over it:

There's a great big beautiful tomorrow, shining at the end of ev'ryday,
there's a great big beautiful tomorrow, and tomorrow's just a dream away.
Man had a dream and thats the start, he followed that dream with mind and heart....

There is something about the stuff that the Sherman brothers wrote for Disney that just sticks.

But the chugga-chugga of the Duel theme always stuck in my head for hours after riding it.

I think they have replaced it but the Thorpe Park entrance theme was quite memorable too, although I may have mixed it up with the Colossus theme.

jon81uk said:

There's a great big beautiful tomorrow, shining at the end of ev'ryday,
there's a great big beautiful tomorrow, and tomorrow's just a dream away.
Man had a dream and thats the start, he followed that dream with mind and heart....

There is something about the stuff that the Sherman brothers wrote for Disney that just sticks.

But the chugga-chugga of the Duel theme always stuck in my head for hours after riding it.

I think they have replaced it but the Thorpe Park entrance theme was quite memorable too, although I may have mixed it up with the Colossus theme.

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Oh I echo Carousel of Progress as well actually - sang it basically everyday on the holiday after first experiencing it!

This annoying tune always get stuck in your head

Efteling is full of earworms , but the top 2 by far have to be Fata Morgana and Max and Moritz . Even years after my last visit both of these tunes regularly pop into my head .

Towers street music from the late 90's
Hex
Old Duel music.

Euromir is impossible to remove from your head on a trip to EP. I can't ever get the RMT track out of my head, not that that's a bad thing as it's a masterpiece of a track! Then it comes on in the lift in ATH as well, what an awesome piece of music.



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