Soarin' Over California

Fly away on a gentle breeze of music and inspiration! Soarin' Over California is an exhilarating simulated hang-glider flight over California's famous natural and manmade wonders.

[@JoshuaHarrisJoosh]

I don't know about you guys, but this is much better than soarin over the world...

[@scottc4199]

Halloween Crazy Disney is trying to suck everything they originally put in out and make it more like disneyland... but i just wish they left this and tower of terror alone, but change is inevitable

[@harryheywood4711]

Scott Coleman While I do agree that soarin over California is better than the new version, if you haven't ridden guardians of the galaxy yet you definitely should. As much as I loved Tower of Terror, I think that Guardians is actually an improvement. The theming is done magnificently well and the randomized drop sequences combined with that 70's music just makes it feel like one giant party! If you haven't tried it yet, I highly suggest you do. And if you have and still don't like it, I suppose I can't really fault you for that. It was a really good ride.

[@chillmax1012]

Harry Heywood some things come to an end for improvement. I haven't rode the soarin over California and some day I will ride soarin around the world to get the feel of the new ride. :3

[@csomera5437]

MrHalloweenJunkie hell yea it is

[@photographyluke4242]

Oh 10x better than the world version! Nothing can beat the California version!

[@Samuel-b]

The music for this ride was one of the last scores composed by the late Jerry Goldsmith, one of the greatest film score composers of all time, and one of my personal favorites. After Mr Goldsmith rode the ride for the first time himself he was said to have been in tears. The makers thought something terrible had happened. "No, everything is fine", Mr Goldsmith said. He then went on to explain that he had two loves in his life: Music and flying. In fact, some of his favorite memories as a kid were flying gliders with his Dad down among the Dunes where LAX was eventually built. He thought that the "Soarin' over California" ride film was beautiful, magical. "I'd do anything to be part of this project", Mr Goldsmith continued. "I'd even score the film for free." :)

[@soylentteal]

Bless you for sharing that. JG is my forever favorite composer and I immediately recognized his style when I rode this in 2008. He’s so very missed.

[@Cutelatinguy2]

I can smell the pine trees and orange groves just listening to this!

[@TheRobinsRow]

Sadly, now all we can smell is bullshit with this new "Soarin over the WORLD" blah...

[@LOLFML234]

i found a wax melater that sorta smells like it at Wal-Mart

[@AsrielDreemurr56]

That’s great meanwhile I’m just sitting on the toilet where all I can smell is feces.

[@RoxasTwilightTown03]

I can smell it too, and my nose is broken.

[@GnarlyAxoltolProductions]

Oh the golf coarse smell with it’s red on the ball hidden Mickey

[@jonsturrock2788]

I don't know why but this music makes me tear up a little. The original version of this ride was fantastic!

[@BMeister22]

It's because it's a beautiful piece of music. RIP Jerry Goldsmith.

[@robm9462]

One of the few great times I had with my father. He’s since passed away, I go back to this stuff to relive those days 😌

[@giggle_snort]

You're not alone. Such sweet memories.

[@preposterousperson1339]

It’s back!

[@willieb.haardigan8984]

@@preposterousperson1339 as soaring over CA?

[@gnnascarfan2410]

I lived in California from 2010-2023 and now work in Central Florida. Riding this at EPCOT definitely made me tear up a bit.

[@lilieb3606]

This track inspired me to fly for Southwest airlines as a first captain, and join the air Force as an airman. Even when I was younger I wanted to be a pilot. this song gave me the hope I need.

[@Dlroper95]

That is awesome!

[@trevjenn]

That’s why Disneyland is the happiest place on earth. Thank you for your service.

[@thekingfd]

Thank you for your service !

[@tez_05]

Same i am in high school and star tours and this makes me want to be a pilot

[@iscloudy3922]

Follow your dreams! -Disney

[@NAPALMANWITHTHEPLAN]

My grandfather and I rode this ride together. He was scared at first with his eyes closed the whole time. When he went to ride the next year, he was so happy, and felt he was flying like he did years ago, and I’ve never seen him that happy before! When they brought Soarin Over California back in 2017, I got a little emotional since he has passed away in 2015, and hearing this music reminds me of our memories together. RIP GrandPapi, thanks for sharing your memories with me

[@JurassicManiac]

im sorry for your lost. i hope you can live a healthy and positive life in the future

[@nathancruz9172]

And, I got emotional 🥲 when, I went to soarin over California last 2 years ago. After all, I remember riding this simulation in my childhood from 2001-2006.

[@laluzextinguido3871]

I miss Soarin' over California. It was much better than the current Soarin over the world...

[@sgskipper1288]

La Luz Extinguido It’s back

[@howareyou1099]

Maltodextrin bc I went there a week ago

[@nathancruz9172]

@@howareyou1099and, I recently went to soarin over California 2 years ago and I got a little emotional 😭 after, it’s been over 10 years now.

[@christopherfinch-mccollum1753]

The jets soaring by always gave me the chills.

[@2doot]

Me? I... I'm not crying. This is just liquid pride and nostalgia.

[@kentslocum]

The worst part of the change from "Soarin' Over California" to "Soarin' Around the World" is that this ride is no longer unique (except for the ending). Each version of Soarin' should feature a film than's completely unique to it's park's home state/country/city.

[@UberPanzerhund]

The old version was just perfect. Patriotic, even. The jet flyby and the aircraft carrier were two of my favorite scenes. The new one though? kind of blows.

[@Carriesue1982]

Uber Panzerhund they changed it? D:

[@newmantrophy]

they made it around the world but the problem is they used far too much cgi and imo it kind of broke the immersion

[@r.kurita8322]

Uber Panzerhund totally agree!!! Wished they kept it California-themed in the Anaheim park. My favorite clip was of Yosemite Falls!!! :D

[@Amyzing12]

Uber Panzerhund THEY CHANGED IT?!???!??

[@r.kurita8322]

Amyzing12 unfortunately yes. It's now Soarin Around the World, which contains completely different clips (locations), music, and other effects. It's still a great ride but i miss the original Soarin over California 😔

[@charonbond]

The first part is while waiting in line. The heavy cello and bass is the actual ride. I can almost smell the oranges. :)

[@GianlucaBerger]

charonbond Also the first part plays, while awaiting dispatch

[@danielcurren2119]

I almost smell the pine

[@mackenziecraner3862]

Thanks Jerry Goldsmith for composing this masterpiece, you aren't given nearly enough credit for making this glorious piece of music.

[@TB1M1]

Amen! JG music from god !

[@senorkaboom]

First time I rode this, I commented to my wife about the load in music, how melodic and relaxing it was. Then when we rode the ride itself, I was totally blown away by the soundtrack. It was a very pleasant surprise to find out Jerry Goldsmith had composed it. Yet another composition to add to his legacy.

[@yuchenchen8012]

Goldsmith was also a lifelong Californian. The music just oozes with pride for the state

[@morrisp]

Thank you for posting this info.

[@Pvt-Parts14]

I always got scared of that damn golf ball

[@jaycyn91754]

Captain Cheesii same 😂😂

[@ryanpay3235]

I used to always have to cover my ears when the jets flew by

[@baileykaz]

the only ride that gives me california pride :-)

[@icecoldgaming5747]

The French Horn in this song literally gives me goosebumps, no matter how many times I listen to it. Truly an orchestral masterpiece.

[@jandreidrn]

Jerry Goldsmith can bring out the best of the French horns like no other composer can. Just listen to the main theme from Star Trek: First Contact, The Ghost and the Darkness, First Knight, and The Wind and the Lion, among many epic orchestral scores of maestro Jerry Goldsmith.

[@Afroman29]

This brings back memories of my trip to Disneyland in 2001. The best part of the ride is when you flew over the orange grove, and the smell of the oranges. I loved Soarin' Over California and it will always be the best.

[@ellakaale]

I will never fail to get chills every time I hear this music.

[@JamesTQuack]

the funny thing is as soon as the music started, I could smell the orange trees and the wind on my face, an I could smell the nature and water that came from this ride, as though I were really sitting there on it

[@MeowMeow_95_]

4:09 and on is the part that makes my heart just.... SWELL UP!!!! I hear it and I have to hold back the inner tears lol

[@user-kv8nu5hd1g]

Ruben R. stop my childhood 😢

[@puppy7505]

This is the exact spot for me too. The tears are flowing now as I write this.

[@jacktayl]

That was the point where we're treated to the smell of 🍊

[@InnerspacePictures]

I put off riding this until about two years before they shut it down to rework it into "Soarin' Around the World". Until that time, I had lived a number of years in San Diego, and had claimed I hated California so much because it wasn't like the place I grew up in Lexington, KY. I had read prior to riding that Jerry Goldsmith, my favorite musician of all time, had come down from the ride in tears and offered to score it himself for free. Whether or not it was true, I certainly came out of Soarin' a changed man. Probably scared half the people coming off the ride, as I wasn't just in tears, I was actually bawling. All those years spent hating California, and taking it for granted. All it apparently took was Mr. Goldsmith's work of genius and the ride's visuals to show me how wrong I had been. California is a beautiful state, and I am glad for my time spent there. I still visit every once in a while and I miss "Soarin' Over California", but as long as this music is still here, I will be reminded of that wonderful experience I had while I was there.

[@puppy7505]

The tears just came again while I am reading your comment. He touched our souls.

[@KevinMeno2008]

Soarin Over California is brought back every March until late April with DCA Food & Wine Festival. It's back again for 2023 from March 3 to April 25th

[@r.kurita8322]

Even the poster/thumbnail is nostalgic! 😂

[@viceflores]

This song gives me chills and reminds me of all the fun memories I had here

[@justinfullersanchez7258]

I used to work this attraction. I've probably heard this track 3,000 times and it still gets me choked up from the memories.

[@racheltroutman1343]

I was sooo happy that DCA brought Soarin' over California back for the summer. I seriously cried when I got to ride it again 😭❤

[@ethanglazed3204]

This makes all listeners who have been on the ride cry nostalgia. We all miss Soain' Over Cali, those who put tremendous work in the soundtrack deserve so much credit for this beautiful song!

[@stevenberry4570]

This music gives me chills (The good kind)

[@SirSmoldham]

Just learn this is from one of my favorite composers. Thank you Jerry Goldsmith.

[@jandreidrn]

If you like this you should also try to listen to "Fireworks", an orchestral composition by Jerry Goldsmith which has a similar sound to Soarin'.

[@malisharifi4877]

I was super super excited to see the first time today go on a ride

[@malisharifi4877]

ChuckRazor okay

[@malisharifi4877]

Samuel Oldham morning

[@BMeister22]

This music makes me tear up because this music is gone and so is Jerry Goldsmith. :(

[@ThePandacub69]

It makes me sad too.

[@RockysToys]

My favorite score ever...

[@christopherhaworth319]

This music is glorious

[@katieduquette6391]

This version will forever be superior. Although my memory of it gets fuzzier as I grow older, I’m so glad I got to experience it in my childhood. :)

[@giggle_snort]

This music still gives me chills. I miss this ride so much.

[@updownleftrighBAstart]

I miss this ride, its been changed to soarin' over the world now

[@anth636]

I haven't been to Disneyland since I was 3 in 2007. This makes me so nostalgic!

[@bodegatiger404]

Chills down my spine every time... reminds me of how great California is.

[@Ididntaskforahandleyoutube]

An aspect of California is great. Far too much of it is a National embarrassment unfortunately. Cheers.

[@yuchenchen8012]

@@Ididntaskforahandleyoutube plenty of the country is an embarrassment if you really want to look at it that way. California has suffered through various issues throughout its history, just like the rest of the country

[@esnstrider46]

@@Ididntaskforahandleyoutube I would feel bad for you but I have zero respect for Idiotas! No Respeto por Idiotas Racistas Y Trumpers

[@isaacalcala808]

@@esnstrider46 en California so is Mexicanos, no trumpers

[@soylentteal]

Jerry Goldsmith - There is no substitute for his greatness. He’s much missed.

[@stevelopez857]

I was there to help build it (I drove a readymix concrete truck at the time) I was there when it opened and to see all these IP changes made to original, creative content is heartbreaking. I don't mind the Buena Vista street change but everything else can go!

[@robhernandez4313]

“Hello, and welcome to Soarin Over California. My name is Patrick and I’ll be your Chief Flight Attendant today.”

[@snowcub7139]

Patrick Warburton.

[@wolfstriker9619]

4:10-4:42 my favorite part! So beautiful and I almost started crying! So epically majestic!

[@robm9462]

This is why I love Disney. They put so much heart and soul into their attractions.

[@gsmeo309]

I’ll be riding it when I’m there next week since it’s temporarily back for the California Adventure Food and Wine Festival. It’ll be my first time since 2015, and I can’t wait.

[@AshleyLudlow]

I'd never heard the first minute and a half of this! Awesome. This is on repeat today.

[@Tbone1725]

The first minute and a half was the loading and unloading music. Shame it's gone now.

[@TheFanBoy1233]

This song is just so magical man 😔. I just barely found out Jerry Goldsmith passed away. May he rest. Thank you for this fire piece of music 🔥.

[@loganwinters323]

brings back alot of memorys from when i lived in california sense then i havent lisened to this

[@Daniel-kt2ze]

I’m 13 yo Australian And to this day I still listen to THIS specific music and it reminds me of my trip to Disneyland and California in general but with what’s going on in the world now, It’s all over for now. Edit: Also 5:11 makes me tear up and feel nostalgic. Edit: Also 0:00 - 0:28

[@Tre_B3]

The Very Best audio!

[@keganmoore5680]

It's sad to think this is a part of my life forever left to nostalgia. It was nice being able to experience it while it lasted.

[@Jay-wn5kb]

This is so nostalgic to me that it actually brings tears to my eyes.

[@malisharifi4877]

Hi how are you doing today

[@OpelDashcam]

Music give's me goosebumps! Loved the old ride!

[@lilieb3606]

home.

[@mackenziecraner3862]

i miss Disneyland

[@Daniel-kt2ze]

Bro this audio is the only reason I go on the ride and brings nostalgia since I haven’t been in 5 years

[@merryfieldmorgan1]

Wow! Soarin Over California was the best ride Disney's California Adventure Park

[@jgroovesmedia]

Gotta' love Jerry Goldsmith!

[@rainbowrunner1550]

Soarin' to Tower. We are ready for takeoff!

[@Maxhmpm95]

Awesome Music 🎶 By The Way

[@jc2333]

This is excellent.

[@dennyduran-flores3802]

For my school's band, we went last year. My teacher told us the name of this music because I said it's really beautiful. Sadly, she's no longer our teacher because she had a child. This music always reminds me of her.

[@a.j.boehme3324]

Denny Duran-Flores this would be fun to play in band. What instrument do you play?

[@dennyduran-flores3802]

I play trumpet. So did the teacher! =D

[@David_Atkins]

This is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard, so much so I will probably purpose to my girlfriend after the ride is over

[@yarazethgonzalez7054]

I love soarin over California but to bad it's now soarin over the world lol I can still smell the oranges and pines

[@deloysterns]

Just heard this magnificent piece of music played on classical radio KUSC..

[@photographyluke4242]

Jerry Goldsmith created one of the most beautiful soundtracks to a Disney ride and Soarin over California was an awesome ride I wish I rode it more before they changed it to the less impressive Soarin over the world. I don't really have a problem with over the world, it just never had the same feeling as SOC. The music in SOTW is edited in ways that kill off the beauty that is the original soundtrack. And the way they used CGI in most if not everything in the shot? Yeah no thanks... SOC was different as they actually went to those locations, even though they added a tiny bit of CGI in some parts it never took away from how beautiful the ride was...

[@InflatedBanana]

Soarin overall is such a great ride concept! Can we even call it a ride? It’s more of an experience! This deserves more attention, I personally think this is the most calming experience I’ve ever had.

[@macncheesetv9816]

I sell the oranges

[@dalkbrolne]

I sell the apples

[@BrodcastGaming]

I sell the cheese

[@wrenzachary]

Mac'n CheeseTV I sell the whales.

[@jonathansmith114]

I buy..

[@wrenzachary]

Jonathan, you buy what?😂

[@alfredoolivares42]

Everything from above looks peaceful, live your life through the clouds of the beautiful Earth.

[@sophiaconwell4275]

Best ride in the universe 🇺🇸❤️✨

[@JSGirl09able]

This can currently be heard in the Esplanade loop. Also, this is one of Goldsmith's final musical scores. He would pass away a few years later after composing the music, in 2004.

[@RetrocadePodcast]

I love the Redwood Creek with people rafting and kayaking

[@Dive-Bar-Casanova]

This is a good one. Thumbs up.

[@dalekinthewater4708]

I can just hear Flying Scotsman speeding along the US mainlines

[@dubbletrubble1549]

I remember when I rode Soarin Around the World for the first time years ago. I have a very big fear of the unknown, so i don't go on a lot of amusement park rides, but I loved is so much I rode it at least 3 times. Last year I rode the Over California variant, and i think it solidified Soarin as my favorite ride at the whole resort. I still have that irrational fear, but I'm more willing to go on more stuff than I was years ago and I partially have this ride to thank for that

[@christianwritesmusic]

I just cried while listening to this...

[@lilianaromero6212]

Christian Cantrell why?!

[@Near_Void]

Me too, damn i miss California

[@mdub-lq7ez]

The nostalgia

[@soyishk8469]

ahh nostalgia and oranges.

[@Benjamin-gn3ey]

Jerry Goldsmith is a god

[@sketchalater4656]

I'm listening to this right now full blast in my headphones while eating oranges and closing my eyes

[@cartilosgutierrezjr9089]

Omg so beautiful 😇

[@frogslammer4271]

I just got back from Disneyland. And i just rode this yesterday!

[@wrenzachary]

_N8te_, yesterday as in eight months ago?

[@maka4007]

Isayah Wheeler no yesterday as in 1 year ago

[@csomera5437]

_N8te_ lol I was at Disneyland 2 days ago

[@sirbillius]

Study time!

[@benapsley9552]

I miss this soundtrack

[@phillipag1969]

best ride ever made mr cry:')

[@KnucklesXAkiza]

I went this ride over spring break and I really love this music and the ride. :)

[@nehemiahboscia7056]

Same it was great

[@KnucklesXAkiza]

+Nehemiah Boscia awesome :)

[@ItzAdrian02]

Which one soarin or soaring over California

[@KnucklesXAkiza]

+Adrian Guy CEC California

[@brockdrozeski741]

nostalgia

[@capybara6997]

Always gives me chills!!

[@Nora-kp4kf]

This makes me sob

[@Benjamin-gn3ey]

I lowkey got the chills while listening to this

[@jk1271]

It’s coming back. June 1st - 30th!!!

[@edend4067]

Tell me this is true. I need my ride back

[@jk1271]

Eden D that was a post from 2019.

[@lilieb3606]

thanks mark Sumner, the Imagineer, for contributing to Walt's dream :)

[@flightsimlover2369]

the true soarin"

[@ocmak62]

Makes me proud to be an Orange County native.

[@ethansucksatcuphead]

bring back soarin over california. i'll be able to forgive all the other BS disney has done lately if they bring back the og verison of this. still a great ride that i go on every time i visit, but man do i miss the original

[@polkmusic]

This was the clearest version I have heard. Wonderful, inspiring work.

[@sherroncarter8993]

I love that ride it's so cool mostly when you smell the pine smells good and you get to fly over los Angeles that is my favorite no part

[@thomasdoyle6418]

I loved the San Diego scene

[@tylerkemp1979]

love this ride

[@joeyalbert_]

Who else here has Post Disney Depression even though they haven't been in years?

[@Ididntaskforahandleyoutube]

Every year that I'm not there, boss. Cheers.

[@laangles2002]

Love the Air Force Thunderbirds part.

[@DavidinSLO]

Apparently, when this was introduced as "Soarin" at EPCOT, some guests assumed these clips were from different parts of the US: New England, the Great Plains, the Rockies, the Southwest, the Pacific Northwest, Hawaii, etc. Despite it's challenges, the Golden State is still pretty amazing.