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Emily Garbutt

35 years on, It miniseries composer reveals the unlikely inspiration behind one of his most sinister tracks: Disneyland

Tim Curry as Pennywise in It (1990).

What connects Pennywise and Disneyland? Well, it's It miniseries composer Richard Bellis, it turns out, as he reveals the unlikely inspiration behind one of his spookiest tracks.

"I went to Disneyland the year it opened, and in the middle of Fantasyland, there was a big beautiful carousel. In the center of that carousel were instruments – drums, cymbals, bells, a calliope and horns – which you could see autonomously playing," Bellis, who won an Emmy for his score, told Gold Derby.

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