IllumiNations was a series of nightly fireworks shows at Epcot before IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth was created in 1999 for the Walt Disney World Millennium Celebration.
Le Carnaval de Lumière
The first evening presentation, Le Carnaval de Lumière (), premiered on October 23, 1982. It celebrated world festivals with fountains, film, music, and other effects. The show used rear projection screens on barges floating on the World Showcase Lagoon. Between the projection barges were fountain/fireworks barges controlled by Apple computers. The show could be viewed only from points between the Mexican and Canadian pavilions.
A New World Fantasy
A New World Fantasy was the 2nd version of a fireworks show at Epcot and was set to classical music played on synthesizer. It opened in June 1983 and used floating barges that had rear projection screens on them. The barges were the same as the first show at Epcot, Carnival de Lumiere. The show also added 'Pichel lights' that moved automatically.
Most of the soundtrack can be found on Don Dorsey's album "Busted", but the "Great Parades and Pageants" segment was removed. The complete soundtrack can be found on a promotional Don Dorsey album.
Show program
Fanfare
1. "Fanfare" from La Péri
Paul Dukas
Act I: Celebrations on Land
2. Symphony No. 5, First Movement
Ludwig van Beethoven
3. "Flight Of The Bumblebee" from The Tale of the Tsar Sultan
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
4. Zampa Overture
Louis Joseph Ferdinand Herold
5. Piano Concerto No. 1, Third Movement
Ludwig van Beethoven
6. La Vie Parisienne
Jacques Offenbach
7. "Dance Of The Comedians" from The Bartered Bride
Bedřich Smetana
8. "Bourrée" from the Water Music Suite
George Frideric Handel
9. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, First Movement
Johann Sebastian Bach
10. Orpheus In Hades, Galop
Jacques Offenbach
11. Trisch-Trasch Polka
Johann Strauss II
12. Italian Concerto, Third Movement
Johann Sebastian Bach
13. William Tell Overture
Gioacchino Rossini
Act II: Great Parades and Pageants
14. "Procession of The Nobles" from Mlada
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
15. "March" from Love For Three Oranges
Sergei Prokofiev
16. "Farandole" from L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2
Georges Bizet
17. March Militaire
Franz Schubert
18. "March of The Toreadors" from Carmen
Georges Bizet
19. The Marriage of Figaro, Aria
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
20. Light Cavalry Overture
Franz von Suppé
21. Radetsky March
Johann Strauss I
22. "Procession of The Nobles" from Mlada
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
23. March Hongroise
Hector Berlioz
24. "Anvil Chorus" from Il Trovatore
Giuseppe Verdi
25. Hands Across the Sea
John Philip Sousa
Act III: Revelries in Pyrotechnics
26. Carnival Overture
Antonín Dvořák
27. "Overture" from Carmen
Georges Bizet
28. "Alla Hornpipe" from the Water Music Suite
George Frideric Handel
29. Symphony No. 1 in D, "Titan"; First Movement
Gustav Mahler
30. Symphony No. 9, "Choral"; Fourth Movement
Ludwig van Beethoven
31. "Lohengrin"; Prelude to Act 3
Richard Wagner
32. Firebird Suite, Finale
Igor Stravinsky
33. "Great Gate of Kiev" from Pictures at an Exhibition
Modest Mussorgsky
34. "Promenade (Reprise)" from Pictures at an Exhibition
Modest Mussorgsky
35. "1812 Festival Overture" Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Laserphonic Fantasy
This show has the same soundtrack as A New World Fantasy. It featured lasers emitted from barges and from around the lagoon. The "Skater" segment featured the first use of non-continuous lines in a laser animation and was the first use of laser graphics on a water-droplet screen. Most of the soundtrack can be found on Don Dorsey's album "Busted", but the "Great Parades and Pageants" segment was removed. The complete soundtrack can be found on a promotional Don Dorsey album.