Witch Mountain

Is the beginning music from Escape to witch Mountain and Fox and the Hound the same?

I was just watching Escape to Witch Mountain from 1975 and the music sounded remarkably similar to the Disney music from Fox and the Hound. Does anyone know for sure?

It’s feasible. A lot of studios do that when they own the rights to music to keep the cost of new films down. It’s like all those movie trailers you’ve seen with White Zombie’s More Human Than Human playing even though the actual film doesn’t contain the song in it’s soundtrack. Disney is notorious for using the practice. You’ll notice a lot of the background music in Disney films reminds you of other Disney movies. It’s an intentional subliminal jab at your subconscious to make you want to watch more of their films so you can remember exactly where you heard that tune before. In Aladdin, it’s used more openly, to heighten some of Genie’s jokes, for instance.

Race to Witch Mountain Trailer