Once Upon a Dream (Sleeping Beauty song) Once Upon a Dream (Sleeping Beauty song) "Once Upon a Dream" is a song written for the 1959 animated musical fantasy film "Sleeping Beauty" produced by Walt Disney. Its lyrics were written by Jack Lawrence, and its music by Sammy Fain. The song's melody is based on the "Grande valse villageoise" (nicknamed "The Garland Waltz"), from the 1890 ballet "The Sleeping Beauty" by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. "Once Upon a Dream" serves as the film's main theme, and as the love theme of Princess Aurora and Prince Philip. It is performed in the film by a chorus as an overture and
Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) a new appreciation for familiar films in a way it hadn't before: "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World", "Sleeping Beauty", "Grand Prix", "The Sound of Music", "", and "Spartacus", along with other short subject films on the 70mm format. A screening of the final remaining 70mm print of this film was included in the 70mm & Widescreen Film Festival at the Somerville Theatre, September 18, 2016. Upon its initial release, "Sleeping Beauty" received mixed to positive reviews from film critics. Bosley Crowther, writing in his review for "The New York Times", complimented that "the colors are rich, the sounds