Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
This beautiful selection titled "River of Stars", is one of the instrumental songs from the soundtrack album for music originally created the 1990 animated series titled "Delightful Moomin Family", better known as "Moomin" or "Adventures from Moominvalley" internationally!
About the anime series:
Moomin is a Dutch-Japanese anime television series produced by Telecable Benelux B.V. and animated by Telescreen Japan. Based on the Moomin novels and comic strips by the Finnish illustrator and author Tove Jansson and her brother Lars Jansson,it was the third anime adaptation of the property and the first to receive distribution in different countries worldwide.
Moomin first aired on TV Tokyo from April 12, 1990, to October 3, 1991. The series had also been dubbed into English and aired on CBBC in United Kingdom during the same year.
Moomin takes place in the peaceful rural land of Moominvalley, where a young Moomin along with his parents Moominpappa and Moominmamma live in Moominhouse. The series follows the many adventures of Moomin and family, together with their friends, around Moominvalley and sometimes outside of it. Most of the stories involve discovering magical objects and creatures, adventures in different locations or dealing with everyday situations.
While many episodes are faithful to or at least loosely based on the novels and comic strips, the series has its own consistent continuity!
Composed by Sumio Shiratori/Emiko Shiratori/Arranged by Sumio Shiratori & Masaji Watanabe/1990-1992
This beautiful selection titled "River of Stars", is one of the instrumental songs from the soundtrack album for music originally created the 1990 animated series titled "Delightful Moomin Family", better known as "Moomin" or "Adventures from Moominvalley" internationally!
About the anime series:
Moomin is a Dutch-Japanese anime television series produced by Telecable Benelux B.V. and animated by Telescreen Japan. Based on the Moomin novels and comic strips by the Finnish illustrator and author Tove Jansson and her brother Lars Jansson,it was the third anime adaptation of the property and the first to receive distribution in different countries worldwide.
Moomin first aired on TV Tokyo from April 12, 1990, to October 3, 1991. The series had also been dubbed into English and aired on CBBC in United Kingdom during the same year.
Moomin takes place in the peaceful rural land of Moominvalley, where a young Moomin along with his parents Moominpappa and Moominmamma live in Moominhouse. The series follows the many adventures of Moomin and family, together with their friends, around Moominvalley and sometimes outside of it. Most of the stories involve discovering magical objects and creatures, adventures in different locations or dealing with everyday situations.
While many episodes are faithful to or at least loosely based on the novels and comic strips, the series has its own consistent continuity!
Composed by Sumio Shiratori/Emiko Shiratori/Arranged by Sumio Shiratori & Masaji Watanabe/1990-1992


![Babar:Babar’s First Step(Pilot Episode)
Season 1/Episode 1
In this pilot episode titled Babars first step,the story begins to tell the classic tale of Babars early life with his mother and all the other elephants in the jungle, and how his life is shattered when a hunter kills his mother and he must cope on his own!
About the series:
Babar (UK: /ˈbæbɑːr/, US: /bəˈbɑːr/; French pronunciation: [babaʁ]) is an animated television series co-produced by Canadian animation studio Nelvana Limited and The Clifford Ross Company. It premiered in 1989 on CBC in Canada, and on HBO in the United States.
The series is based on Jean de Brunhoffs original Babar books, and was Nelvanas first international co-production. The show has been dubbed in 30 languages in over 150 countries!
The show was the first to be based on the Babar books; previously, two Babar specials narrated by Peter Ustinov were produced by Lee Mendelson and Bill Melendez for NBC: The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant on October 21, 1968, and Babar Comes to America on September 7, 1971!
Babar/Nelvana Animation/Family Channel /CBS Babar:Babar’s First Step(Pilot Episode)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wibPWAziF3Y/mqdefault.jpg)







![An American Tail:Fievel Goes West(Dreams to Dreams Movie Version/Acapella)
Original Movie Version:
0:00
Vocal/Acapella:
2:11
This unreleased version of the song is the one heard in the film, which starts off vocally/acapella and then the music is added in!
I left the music without the sound effects originally heard in this scene!
The album version is complete without the acapella version at the beginning!
The second version of this same scene is the complete vocal/acapella version without music!
About the scene:
In the film,Tanya sings this song as shes performing chores for her family. Cat R. Waul overhears her and becomes captivated by her voice, bringing her to his saloon to be a singer. This song is part of Tanyas trademark!
Trivia:
Dreams to Dream is a song by James Horner and Will Jennings, based on a short instrumental piece from An American Tail (which can be heard in the Orphan Alley scene), appearing in the 1991 animated film An American Tail: Fievel Goes West.
There are three versions of the song in the film, one with Cathy Cavadini performing Tanyas version, one being Linda Ronstadt performing the finale version and one being Sarah Lasko performing her own version, which includes extra lyrics.
Released as a single on MCA in late 1991, the song climbed to #13 on Billboards Adult Contemporary chart but did not cross over to the Hot 100. The music video features Ronstadt performing the song intercut with clips from Fievel Goes West.
The composition was nominated in 1992 for a Golden Globe award for Best Original Song in a Motion Picture!
Lyrics for the Tanyas version(Performed by Cathy Cavadini):
[Verse 1]
Dreams to dream
In the dark of the night
When the world goes wrong
I can still make it right
I can see so far in my dreams
Ill follow my dreams until they come true
[Verse 2]
Come with me
You will see what I mean
Theres a world inside
No one else ever sees
You will go so far in my dreams
Somewhere in my dreams
Your dreams will come true
[Verse 3]
There is a star
Waiting to guide us
Shining inside us
When we close our eyes
[Verse 4]
Dont let go
If you stay close to me
In my dreams tonight
You will see what I see
Dreams to dreams
As near as can be
Inside you and me
Will always come true...!
An American Tail/Steven Spielberg/Amblin Entertainment/Amblimation/Distributed by Universal Pictures
Music Composed & Performed by James Horner/1991 An American Tail:Fievel Goes West(Dreams to Dreams Movie Version/Acapella)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yqkTCjHIMnE/mqdefault.jpg)