In a more realistic Aladdin, “A Whole New World” would barely be audible

“Do you trust me?” the scheming title character asks his royal paramour at the outset of the scene. Jasmine says yes, but her faith in Aladdin seems ill-considered at best. Once the wind is amplified to realistic levels, their lovey-dovey magic carpet ride becomes significantly less enchanting and exponentially more terrifying. As anyone who has ever tried to film outside on even a slightly breezy day can attest, microphones pick up every single gust of air that passes by. So if Jasmine and Aladdin were live actors, there’s no way that the audio from this scene would be usable at all. Occasionally, a fragment of the song might break through the din, especially when they fly lower to the ground, but mostly all that would be audible is one continuous, deafening WHOOSH! This being a musical, they’d probably be singing to playback anyway. But, then, how are they remaining so calm throughout all of this? Were they both heavily tranquilized right before filming? In the end, maybe Aladdin doesn’t lend itself to logic or realism. Here’s the scene with unrealistic audio.