Buena Vista Records
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| Division of The Walt Disney Studios | |
| Industry | Music, music publishing |
| Founded | 1956 |
| Headquarters | Burbank, California, U.S. |
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Key people
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Ken Bunt,President |
| Products | Music albums, records, music videos |
| Parent |
Walt Disney Studios (The Walt Disney Company) |
| Divisions | Disney Music Publishing |
| Subsidiaries |
Walt Disney Records Hollywood Records Buena Vista Concerts |
| Website | waltdisneystudios |
Disney Music Group (DMG) is the music production arm of Walt Disney Studios, a division of The Walt Disney Company. The division's subsidiaries consist of two owned record labels—Walt Disney Records, Hollywood Records—and Disney Music Publishing, the publishing entity that administers the company's music, as well as Buena Vista Concerts. The president of the group is Ken Bunt, who reports to Alan F. Horn, the chairman of The Walt Disney Studios. It is currently headquartered in the Frank G. Wells Building at The Walt Disney Studios in Burbank.
Music was key to the Disney Brother Studios' success. Either public domain or original music were used for their cartoons. With neither Walt Disney nor Roy O. Disney having any music industry experience, the studio had to rely on outside music publishers. In 1928, Walt Disney produced the third animated Mickey Mouse short, Steamboat Willie, which had a soundtrack while previous efforts were silent films. Thus soundtracks are added to the previously two produced Mickey Mouse short films. In 1929, Walt Disney and Carl Stalling wrote "Minnie's Yoo-Hoo", the first song from The Walt Disney Studios, for Mickey's Follies. On December 16, 1929, the Disney Film Recording Company, Limited was incorporated as a subsidiary of Walt Disney Productions.
Saul Bourne at Irving Berlin Music approached the studio after seeing Three Little Pigs with interest in the publishing rights for its theme song, "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?". With Disney partnering with Bourne and Berlin, this partnership led to the song being recorded twice by the Don Bestor Orchestra (released by Victor Records) and Bill Scotti Orchestra (released by Bluebird Records). The song was a hit and a Depression era anthem.
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