{"id":350084,"date":"2026-07-23T17:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T17:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/350084\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T17:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T17:07:08","slug":"interview-how-celestial-goodnight-represents-a-new-era-for-universal-orlando","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/350084\/","title":{"rendered":"(Interview) How Celestial Goodnight represents a new era for Universal Orlando"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Behind the music and magic of Celestial Goodnight<\/p>\n<p>Jason Horne shares, \u201cOur team worked on Universal Celestial Goodnight for over a year and is so proud of what we brought to life,\u201d Horne told us. \u201cWe always knew we wanted our nighttime spectacular to celebrate the adventures our guests would experience throughout their day at Epic Universe. The show was created in a phased approach, and we took the time to produce the type of show that lives up to the park\u2019s impressive scope.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That park-wide approach explains the show\u2019s visual scale. Celestial Goodnight extends far beyond the Cosmos Fountain, coordinating lighting across Celestial Park\u2019s architecture, attractions, walkways and even its stairway banisters to make the entire land part of the performance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven before Epic Universe opened, there were early conversations about what type of spectacular could be performed within Celestial Park, while leaning into the Cosmos Fountain area as a main viewing location. That being said, this show incorporates all of the impressive lighting and fountains throughout Celestial Park. No matter where a guest is in the park, they are going to get an exciting perspective of the show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And then there\u2019s the music. Just as Gavin Greenaway\u2019s magnificent score for the Epcot classic set its mood and emotional tone, the mix of original compositions and recognizable themes does the same for Universal Celestial Goodnight.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"545\" height=\"533\" alt=\"Celestial Goodnight Epic Universe firework light blue fountains and lights \" class=\"wp-image-376031 perfmatters-lazy\" style=\"width:600px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/helio-grand-hotel-nighttime-fountain-fireworks-matt-roseboom.jpg\"  data-\/>Celestial Goodnight Epic Universe fireworks.<br \/> Photo by Matt Roseboom<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMusic is so incredibly important to our show, just as it\u2019s incredibly important to our guests\u2019 experience throughout the day,\u201d Horne explained. \u201cThe score needed to mirror that experience by giving our audience an opportunity to reflect on their day at Epic Universe. It truly all started with the music, and it beautifully sets the tone for our spectacular finale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Universal finds its emotional finale<\/p>\n<p>In summary, this mini-masterpiece provides a fitting sign-off for a wonderfully panoramic theme park experience. And if you\u2019ve always thought Disney holds all the cards when it comes to delivering that heartfelt, passionate emotional pull, there might now be a countermove in Orlando\u2019s pantheon of creative works.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Behind the music and magic of Celestial Goodnight Jason Horne shares, \u201cOur team worked on Universal Celestial Goodnight&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":350085,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[66224,30546,6113,48309,15018,2310,139,141,140,2411,3435,69432],"class_list":["post-350084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-celestial-goodnight","tag-celestial-park","tag-epic-universe","tag-fireworks","tag-interview","tag-interviews","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-theme-parks","tag-universal","tag-universal-destinations-experiences"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}