Sleeping Beauty (1959)
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The 20 best animated film scores

7. Sleeping Beauty (1959)
Disney took the best bits from Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty ballet and gave them schmalzy lyrics. The famous waltz became 'Once Upon a Dream'. This year the song has been covered by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey for Disney's dark reimagining of 'Sleeping Beauty', ‘Maleficent.’