A hora (from Greek χορός, "dance") is a circle dance in Balkan and Jewish folk traditions, in which the participants typically take three steps clockwise and one step back. It's easy to imagine the residents of Batuu taking hands in a big circle to dance to this tune.

I may have to do a holiday special.

According to Bellis, the cue was intended for a larger scene with multiple droids doing repairs. Star Tours was his first parks gig as music director, but he went on to compose for the Indy stunt show, Alien Encounter, Tower of Terror, Spaceship Earth, and many other attractions.

It was released on "The Music of Disneyland, Walt Disney World and Epcot Center" and is actually two cues. The first, which echoes the sax in Glenn Frey's "The Heat Is On", is described by G2-9T as "I Want to Weld Your Hand" by Danny and the Droids. The second half is more jizzy.

The Funky Futurists are in fact Simon Oscroft (www.grandtheft.io), a songwriter and producer who was born in South Africa, grew up in New Zealand, and works out of LA. He also wrote the unreleased "Cosmic Cabana" (aka the "Ballad of Jar Jar Binks") for the Starcruiser.

"Cassus Yissik" is actually Nick Pingree (solo.to/nickpingree), a Bay Area music producer who produced many of the "Star Wars Lofi" tracks of recent years. He also composed the unreleased "Waffmula", "Chowbaso Felucia", and "Krillex Island" for the Halcyon's Sublight Lounge.

"Vespaara Nights" is by @gordyhaab.bsky.social (www.gordyhaab.com), composer for many Star Wars games from Battlefront to SWTOR to the Jedi games, and @finishingmoveinc.bsky.social (www.finishingmoveinc.com). Haab's soundtrack for "Indiana Jones and the Great Circle" was just nominated for a Grammy.

Yaron Spiwak, by the way, who has composed dozens of pieces for Disney parks all around the world, plays lounge piano shows in P-town during the summers. Might need to take a ferry trip next year.

It, along with "END OF DAY", was released on the season 1 Andor soundtrack. youtu.be/EkHF8E5O4vU?...

(Caye is actually from Belmont, which is meaningless to anyone outside of Massachusetts but is actually a block from my house in Watertown.)

"Nesh Godo" is by Theodore Caye Tittman (www.thecayelife.com), a musician from Boston who releases his solo rap/R&B/EDM music as Caye, and Noémie Legrand from Paris (artists.spotify.com/songwriter/5...), a frequent Disney songwriter and lead singer of the band Noé.