Hey did anyone notice that Dreamworld has started playing the music from Vliegende Hollander around main street.

Makes me happy. For some reason I kept thinking it was Pirates of the Caribbean music and then 30 mins after I left the park I was like "oooooh I remember where that's from!".

Any other new music that has popped up?

 

Edited March 5, 20251 yr by Gazza

@Gazza I am responsible for this, I was wondering if someone on here would notice 😂. We installed some long throw speakers at the front of the park and needed some impactful music, there’s plenty of European theme park tracks in there 👌

I did a double take when I heard Chiapas music from Phantasialand playing 😅

This is honestly the first time i hear this is connected to Eftling and now even I'm wondering what else is used within Dreamworld. (pls Dreamworld / Earthstory / PicoPlay, give us the Rivertown Theme track!!)

9 hours ago, Luke Costello said:

@Gazza I am responsible for this, I was wondering if someone on here would notice 😂. We installed some long throw speakers at the front of the park and needed some impactful music, there’s plenty of European theme park tracks in there 👌

Get the blue fire station music playing somewhere, particularly from 2:25

https://youtu.be/uS5Ixb0qCdk?si=a_spulOwodycLS3n

 

@Coppertine you’ll need to ask @Luke Costello to make that happen!

16 hours ago, Luke Costello said:

@Gazza I am responsible for this, I was wondering if someone on here would notice 😂. We installed some long throw speakers at the front of the park and needed some impactful music, there’s plenty of European theme park tracks in there 👌

Kudos sir - the atmosphere is so much nicer than Hot Tomato's top 40.

Would love if you could share the full playlist as not everything comes up in Shazam.

The difference this style of music makes to the atmosphere of the park is incredible. Hearing generic pop music takes you away from the ‘themepark’ and cheapens the whole overall experience and atmosphere (ocean parade I’m looking at you) 

The music heard from the entire car park really sets up your day when you arrive and really finishes the day nicely as you walk back to your car, great idea!

We went a few weeks ago and had some non enthusiasts with us. They all commented on the atmosphere and the brilliant music! Great job!! 

Edited March 5, 20251 yr by Sammus77

On 6/3/2025 at 7:40 AM, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

Kudos sir - the atmosphere is so much nicer than Hot Tomato's top 40.

Would love if you could share the full playlist as not everything comes up in Shazam.

I’ll make a spotify playlist next time I’m at the park 👌

I identified a few IMAscore tracks playing at the entrance the other day. They definitely add so much to the atmosphere and are far better than the generic top 40 music that used to play in the area. I’m so glad Dreamworld is starting to move towards using proper themed audio instead of just relying on typical pop music. I know I talk a lot about music at parks, but it’s such a vital part of the whole experience and I feel as though our major theme parks have never really been great at utilizing themed audio in an effective way (apart from old school Movie World back in the day, but they have turned a lot of their background music off in most areas of the park now). At least DW is making an effort and doing a great job. It would be fantastic if they could gradually replace the remaining pop/dance music in the park with more thematically appropriate soundtracks though, as that would really help to elevate the overall guest experience IMHO. 
 

On 11/3/2025 at 10:13 PM, Luke Costello said:

I’ll make a spotify playlist next time I’m at the park 👌

That would be fantastic, thanks (and thanks for creating the terrific in-park playlist too)! BTW, do you know if Dreamworld has ever considered commissioning IMAscore to produce an original composition for the park? They have composed so many iconic soundtracks for a number of European parks and it would be amazing to have specially composed theme music of that quality to compliment one of our attractions here in Australia!  

I’ve just discovered that all of Dreamworld’s old Tiger Island music has been officially released by composer Wesley Taylor on his two “Theme Park Soundscapes” albums! Here’s the original 1995 pre-show track:

And the updated 2017 version:

This is the intro music that was played at the start of the presentations:

This was heard during the speech about declining wild tiger populations:

And this ambience track was played in the toilets:

The music around Tiger Island was updated a few years ago, so these songs hadn’t actually been used in-park for a while. However, Dreamworld recently reintroduced all of this music (apart from the “Decline of the Tigers” track) as part of a new soundtrack that plays on a loop in the Tiger Island toilets (including the original 1995 pre-show track which hadn’t been heard in the park for many years).

As a side note, it seems that Wesley Taylor also composed music for Gumbuya World too!

Never heard the 95 preshow tracks until now. Probably one of the best tracks I have heard from an Australian park, gives me Legend of Zelda vibes.

20 minutes ago, Smol bean said:

Never heard the 95 preshow tracks until now. Probably one of the best tracks I have heard from an Australian park, gives me Legend of Zelda vibes.

It’s one of my favorite theme park tracks ever. I was so disappointed when they replaced it, but couldn’t believe my ears when I suddenly heard it playing in the toilets a few months ago!

It seems that Rivertown’s theme tune has been publicly released too. Thanks to Theme Park Ogre for sharing!

Comes from this guy, he has done a lot of work with village too

Edited September 5Sep 5 by TV15

On 05/09/2026 at 8:54 PM, TV15 said:

Comes from this guy, he has done a lot of work with village too

Studio Proof is Mark Watson, he has done a lot of work for the Australian industry.

Not sure if it's been mentioned in another thread but since it isn't mentioned here, Mark Petrie has a nice little track people might be familiar with called Where We Are.

I found a couple more tracks from the front entrance music loop.

“Under the Lighthouse” by Tim Janis:

“The Sunny Vista Motel” by Rupert Gregson-Williams: