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Whatever the "Disney Formula" is, I must have stumbled across it. For quite a few of my compositions, I constantly either get "Sounds like something out of a video game" or "Sounds like something out of a Disney movie". I tend to notice Disney's music formula is very embellished. For the soft parts, they use quiet and saccarhine instruments, like flutes/panflutes/piccolos and lighter strings. Emotional parts use swelling strings, occasionally trumpets swelling as well. Happier music is light-hearted and quick, like a toccatina or a fantasy, with instruments with light, higher-pitched instruments being common (like chromatic percussion, woodwinds, strings and pizzicato), at a fast tempo and a key signature with more beats. That's the lighter aspect. For the grand pieces, they usually use dramatic instruments, depending on what emotion is being conveyed. Parts of tension and painful emotion are usually very strong and wildly chromatic, using instruments like organ, brass instruments, operatic or solemn voices, timpani, bass drum, among others. They stick to dramatic chords, slow builds, and steadily increasing dynamics. When resolution comes, you turn back to halycon instrumentation, usually with vocalization alone or vocals and soft strings. At least, this is what I gather.