Universal's Cinematic Spectacular: 100 Years of Movie Memories | |
Location: | Universal Studios Florida |
Section: | Lagoon |
Status: | Removed |
Opened: | May 8, 2012[1] |
Closed: | October 10, 2017 |
Previousattraction: | (2006–2011) |
Replacement: | Universal Orlando’s Cinematic Celebration (2018–2023) |
Type: | Fireworks show |
Designer: | Universal Creative |
Theme: | Universal Pictures films |
Duration: | 20 minutes |
Custom Label 1: | Narrator |
Custom Value 1: | Morgan Freeman |
Custom Label 2: | Music by |
Custom Value 2: | Brian Tyler John Williams John Debney James Horner Alan Silvestri Christopher Lennertz |
Universal's Cinematic Spectacular: 100 Years of Movie Memories was a lagoon show at Universal Studios Florida. The attraction replaced in the park's center Lagoon. It featured famous scenes from Universal Pictures films projected onto large waterfall screens mixed with fountains[2] and pyrotechnics. The show was narrated by actor Morgan Freeman, and was part of the 100th anniversary celebrations for Universal Studios throughout 2012. It opened on May 8, 2012.[3] The music for the "spectacular" was a combination of scores from different films, with some original pieces composed by Brian Tyler, who also adapted Jerry Goldsmith's Universal Pictures fanfare for the studio's current logo and composed the "Universal Pictures 100th Anniversary Theme" that was also based on Goldsmith's fanfare. The closure of the show was announced on October 10, 2017. Universal stated that the show was replaced with a new night show named Universal Orlando's Cinematic Celebration, which opened on July 16, 2018, and closed on March 9, 2023 and it was replaced by a new show, Cinesational – A Symphonic Spectacular, which opened on June 14, 2024 and will run on select nights until August 25 of the same year.