Thumbelina Let Me Be Your Wings Review

For many people, Thumbelina is considered the start of a downward spiral of the famed Don Bluth.  This movie is said to have had a 28 million dollar budget and has only made a little over 11 million dollars, less than half the budget.  On top of that, the soundtrack is considered to be awful.  In fact, the song, Marry The Mole, ended up winning a Razzie for worst song.  It is the first animated movie to get a Razzie for its soundtrack, that is saying something.  However, there is one song of this movie's soundtrack that people seem to have taken a liking to.  That song is Let Me Be Your Wings.

First of all, the orchestra music in this song is composed well.  While it is simple, it works well with the mood of the song.  The way that the orchestra plays along with the vocals is a nice touch.  Musically, this would make a good instrumental song, without the vocals.  However, they vocals should not be left out or ignored.  The singers sound very confident and deliver a great melody vocally.  If the movie focused more on these 2 characters and not everything else so much, I think the reception of this movie might have been better.  They sound good and deliver a very good, melodic performance. 

Lyrically, this song is in a grey area.  While there some catchy phrases such as, "fly with me and I will be your wings", there are also phrases such as ,"for another world of wondrous things", that don't really stick.  This song has plenty of phrases like this that really take you out of it and don't keep you in it.  The vocals do a good job of trying to make the lyrics sound good, but it doesn't always work.  With some refining, the lyrics would be great.  They do help to advance the story and they are not terrible, but they are not constructed well and it hurts the song as a whole. 

Overall, I would say Let Me Be You Wings is a good song, but not a great song.  While the music is good and the vocals are great, the way the lyrics are set up hurts the song.  This song is the best song on this movies soundtrack, but considering how most of the songs are in this movie, that isn't saying much.  However, while this is not a must have song, I did enjoy listening to it and thanks to the music and vocals I can listen to if from time to time.  I give Let Me Be Your Wings a 3 out of 5.