The Lion King: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Soundtrack]

the lion king: original motion picture soundtrack [soundtrack]

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Elton John doesn't seem like a natural choice to write for a Disney musical, but he rose to the task on The Lion King, transcending his usual penchant for the softest of soft rock. Sir Elton's collaboration with Tim Rice (former writing partner of Andrew Lloyd Webber) helps connect the soundtrack to the theatrical lineage of all Disney musicals--so much so that, like Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King was eventually adapted for Broadway. Undistinguished songs like "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" are far outnumbered by stirring, stately tunes that lent the film so much of its sense of pageant and play. --John Sanchez

From Parents' Choice®
If you've seen the movie (and you should have if you're over six), you know that one reason this Disney instant classic inspired tears of joy from both parents and kids was the music. Elton John's swirling rhythms and melodies and Tim Rice's lyrics create a sweeping musical panorama of Africa. Rarely has a soundtrack added such depth and magic to a screen narrative, making the animated characters and the storyline come to life in striking fashion.

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The Lion King: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Soundtrack]
The Lion King & The Lion King II: Return to Pride Rock (1994 & 1998 Original Motion Picture Soundtracks)
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Touching
  • The combination of Tame and wild
  • great movies make great music
 The Lion King & The Lion King II: Return to Pride Rock (1994 & 1998 Original Motion Picture Soundtracks)
Hans Zimmer , and Elton John
Manufacturer: Musicrama/Koch
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004WK6M
Release Date: 2000-07-17

Tracks:

  1. The Lion King: Circle Of Life - Carmen Twillie/Lebo M.
  2. The Lion King: I Just Can't Wait To Be King - Jason Weaver/Rowan Atkinson/Laura Williams
  3. The Lion King: Be Prepared - Jeremy Irons/Whoopi Goldberg/Cheech Marin/Jim Cummings
  4. The Lion King: Hakuna Matata - Nathan Lane/Ernie Sabellla/Jason Weaver/Joseph Williams
  5. The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight - Joseph Williams/Sally Dworsky/Nathan Lane/Ernie Sabella/Kristle
  6. The Lion King: This Land (Instrumental) - The Lion King 'Special Edition' Double Pack
  7. The Lion King: ...To Die For (Instrumental) - The Lion King 'Special Edition' Double Pack
  8. The Lion King: Under The Stars (Instrumental) - The Lion King 'Special Edition' Double Pack
  9. The Lion Kng: King Of Pride Rock (Instrumental) - The Lion King 'Special Edition' Double Pack
  10. The Lion King: Circle Of Life - Elton John
  11. The Lion King: I Just Can't Wait To Be King - Elton John
  12. The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight (End Title) - Elton John

Tracks:

  1. The Lion King II - Return To Pride Rock: He Lives In You - Lebo M
  2. The Lion King II - Return To Pride Rock: We Are One - Cam Clarke/Charity Sanoy/Ladysmith Black Mambazo/Chorus
  3. The Lion King II - Return To Pride Rock: Upendi - Robert Guillaume/Liz Callaway/Gene Miller/Ladysmith Black Mambazo
  4. The Lion King II - Return To Pride Rock: One Of Us - Chorus
  5. The Lion King II - Return To Pride Rock: My Lullaby - Suzanne Pleshette/Crysta Macalush/Andy Dick/Chorus
  6. The Lion King II - Return To Pride Rock: Love Will Find A Way - Liz Callaway/Gene Miller/Tom Snow/Chorus
  7. The Lion King II - Return To Pride Rock: We Are One - Angelique Kidjo
  8. The Lion King II - Return To Pride Rock: She Believes In You - Lebo M
  9. The Lion King II - Return To Pride Rock: Song For The Children - Lebo M
  10. The Lion King II - Return To Pride Rock: I Want To See The Moon - Lebo M
  11. The Lion King II - Return To Pride Rock: The Lion Sleeps Tonight - Lebo M
  12. The Lion King II - Return To Pride Rock: Love Will Find A Way - Kenny Lattimore/Heather Headley

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Touching.......2005-10-18

I recomend this product because The Lion King is one of the most touching movies I ever seen, and I think the soundtrack justified the emotion of the film. The chorous of the african people are amazin.-

5 out of 5 stars The combination of Tame and wild.......2001-08-09

I was crying when I listened to the" He lives in you"...

All I can say is Hans` music really touches our mind...

With soft feelings and strong will...

5 out of 5 stars great movies make great music.......2000-08-26

it's great music, and if you love the movie, you'll love the soundtrack
The Lion King: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Blisterpack]
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • A must have for any youngster's library
  • the lion king
  • A great Disney movie, for kids AND adults!
  • Excellent Family movie!!
  • One Feature Length Advertisement In A Series Of Feature Length Advertisements
 The Lion King: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Blisterpack]
Elton John , and Tim Rice
Manufacturer: Disney
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B000001M7S
Release Date: 1994-05-31

Tracks:

  1. Circle of Life - Carmen Twillie
  2. I Just Can't Wait to Be King - Jason Weaver
  3. Be Prepared - Jeremy Irons
  4. Hakuna Mata - Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella
  5. Can You Feel the Love Tonight? - Sally Dworsky, Joseph Williams
  6. This Land [Instrumental]
  7. To Die For [Instrumental]
  8. Under the Stars [Instrumental]
  9. King of Pride Rock [Instrumental]
  10. Circle of Life - Elton John
  11. I Just Can't Wait to Be King - Elton John
  12. Can You Feel the Love Tonight? (End Title) - Elton John

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A must have for any youngster's library.......2007-07-03

This classic story is filled with important life lessons presented with appropriate viewer language. My kids have been introduced to how all life is connected on this planet. It is a great resource for kids to associate how life works between species. The family story is also important. All of this packaged with great songs and enchanting performances from the actors.

5 out of 5 stars the lion king.......2007-05-21

propably one of the best animated motion pictures ever. I hated the addition of the new song, but I believe that was directed towards the younger audiences. Many extras, most i liked to watch

5 out of 5 stars A great Disney movie, for kids AND adults!.......2007-05-12

This is a great story and it's told with very good music intertwined with the dialogue. "The Lion King" and other Disney animated films are good entertainment keeping me occupied on my daily treadmill walks. I find that I enjoy them as much as I did when I was a child.

5 out of 5 stars Excellent Family movie!!.......2007-05-09

I have a 6 and a 2 year old. They love this movie. I've been looking all over trying to locate it for our movie library. The quality of this movie is awesome. The sound effects are great. I notice they've added a few more songs to the movie since it was first viewed in 1994. I was pleased to see that my two year old was not afraid of the hyenas. He thinks that scar is mean. Moreover, he insist on watching it every weekend.

2 out of 5 stars One Feature Length Advertisement In A Series Of Feature Length Advertisements.......2007-04-15

The problem with this movie is the same problem I see in 90% of movies released by Disney. Although I seem to be the only person to notice this, most Disney movies are a beginning and an end with little to no substance in the middle. In this film for instance, Simba is your normal curious, happy and mischevious child just of course, he's a lion who is next in line to become the next king. His father is thrown off the side of a mountain killing him which causes Simba's problem. Led to believe he is the cause he runs into exile. Good way to start an animated Children's movie I think. About 7-10 minutes later he's grown and on his way to reclaim his place. Where the depth of the story should be is put into a short montage instead of showing his feelings and growing up and when he accepts his reponsability you never fully get a feeling of how hard it is for him. And how easily convinced he is to come back is lame in it self. Timone and Pumba are good characters to have an mixed with The Hiena's(however you spell that) make for really funny characters. But the story as most Disney movies sucks and is really just recycled from every other Disney movie. With exception of the Pirates Of The Carribean movies the company really has done nothing I see should give it half the hype it gets. And on a quick side note. Am I the only one who feels like Disney only spits out these movies to create the endless stream of merchindise that makes the weakest of characers a god in the Disney world. I mean, you can buy an action figure of the midget in the Pirate movies and making Snot Rod who appears in Cars for like 1.5 minutes in like 5 diffent toy car forms that I've seen. Disney Movies in General are nothing more than 85 minute long comercials for a slew of cloths, toys and other worthless collectables. The whole reason the Pirates of The Carribean was ever conceived was to advertise a a ride within Disney World. You can say movies like Dogma, Scarface and The Exorcist are evil. But none try to draw your worship and aww harder than Disney. In other words Disney is the real Devil and Watching Disney movies will damn you to HELL!!!-haha. (for real. watch if you want. but if people gonna dog my taste for being more racey I'm gonna spend that judgemental pendelum around and let you think about what could truly be a sin against God. Remember the 1st Commandment and see if Disney isn't trying to go against it with the way it attempts to pound these characters into your and your kid's head so much that it;s as if these movies, merchindise and mouse ears are the worlds greatest gifts to mankind as if Mickey Mouse is Jesus Christ himself reincarnated as a dirty f**kin' rat)
The Lion King: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • fun but flawed
  • Simply Perfect
  • Great Album!
  • Wonderful, if only for the instrumentals
  • Wonderful Soundtrack
 The Lion King: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Elton John , and Tim Rice
Manufacturer: Disney
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001M1Y
Release Date: 1994-05-31

Tracks:

  1. Circle Of Life - Carmen Twillie/Lebo M.
  2. I Just Can't Wait To Be King - Jason Weaver/Rowan Atkinson/Laura Williams
  3. Be Prepared - Jeremy Irons/Whoopi Godberg/Cheech Marin/Jim Cummings
  4. Hakuna Matata - Nathan Lane/Ernie Sabella/Jason Weaver/Joseph Williams
  5. Can You Feel The Love Tonight - Joseph Williams/Sally Dworksy/Nathan Lane/Ernie Sabella/Kristle Edwards
  6. This Land (Instrumental) - Hans Zimmer
  7. To Die For (Instrumental) - Hans Zimmer
  8. Under The Stars (Instrumental) - Hans Zimmer
  9. King Of Pride Rock (Instrumental) - Hans Zimmer
  10. Circle Of Life - Elton John
  11. I Just Can't Wait To Be King - Elton John
  12. Can You Feel The Love Tonight - Elton John

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Elton John doesn't seem like a natural choice to write for a Disney musical, but he rose to the task on The Lion King, transcending his usual penchant for the softest of soft rock. Sir Elton's collaboration with Tim Rice (former writing partner of Andrew Lloyd Webber) helps connect the soundtrack to the theatrical lineage of all Disney musicals--so much so that, like Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King was eventually adapted for Broadway. Undistinguished songs like "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" are far outnumbered by stirring, stately tunes that lent the film so much of its sense of pageant and play. --John Sanchez

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars fun but flawed.......2007-05-07

in 1994, the lion king came out and broke records. the film itself took in an astounding 312 million dollars in the us. that makes it the highest grossing hand-drawn animated feature EVER (an accomplishment that will never be toppled since niether disney nor dreamworks is producing hand drawn features any more). that year at the oscars it also won two awards for the musical score and best original song (three of its songs were nominated0. so how does the music really stand up compared to other disney features.

first off there's hans zimmer's score. his score is both powerful and moving. it brilliantly incorperates elements of local african music (provided and arranged by lebo m) these elements give it a great feeling of belonging not only to the film but to it's setting. without these tribal elements the score would have been far less compeling. one small problem is when the score abandons these elementsl; they're not carried through in all of the music. but its not enough to be a real distraction. the power of the score allows the listener to feel the wildabeast charging or smell the rain falling during the monsoon or experience the brilliance of the circle of life.

SCORE 5 out of 5


the songs had music by elton john and lyrics by tim rice. the following is a song-by-song breakdown.

THE CIRCLE OF LIFE - this is a great opening number with powerful vocals provided by carmen twillie and impressive african-inspired vocals in the beggining by lebo m. with the actual film, this is not only a moving but inspiring piece of cinema. even without, this is a great song that still gives me goose-bumps. this definately warranted its oscar nomination
5 out of 5

I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO BE KING - this is a really fun song by simba and nala along with zazu. its infectious beat and lyrics definately leave u humming. this may not be the most memorable song, but it definately captures the youth and innocence of simba at this point
5 out of 5

BE PREPARED - this is scar's big number so to speak. it features the hyenas in a very dark yet memorable song. the rhaspy vocals and wonderful musical arrangements make this a great piece that is both eery and impressive.
5 out of 5

HAKUNA MATATA - this is the second oscar nominated song, and although its fun buddy type number, it does get old and doesnt really age as well as the rest. this is honostly one of the weakest songs, believe it or not, its good but just cant really hold up to the other stronger pieces.
4 out of 5

CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE TONIGHT - here it is, 1994's oscar winner for best original song. honostly i feel that the circle of life deserved that award, but here's the song that got it. the film's version is very romantic, especially for featuring a couple of lions, timon and pumba's parts are funny, but it is simba and nala's portion that takes it home. btw elton john's version at the end is a definate winner.
5 out of 5

SONGS OVERALL - 5 out of 5

so if the score gets 5 and the songs get 5, why does the album only get 4? the answer's pretty simple. for the first time since 1989 with the little mermaid, two composers helped on this film. one provided the film's score and one provided the music for the songs. because two composers worked on this, it feels a little incohesive at times. this isn't really noticible within the film but on the soundtrack it definately stands out. elton john and hans zimmer both did a great job and the only really saving factor are the african rhythms that they both used. although this is a great soundtrack, that lack of unity does bring it down.

despite that minor flaw, this is a must-own for any disney fan or music fan in general. this is a great soundtrack that ranks right up there with beauty and the beast and must never be forgotten.

5 out of 5 stars Simply Perfect.......2007-04-09

This is hands down one of the best Disney soundtracks ever! Elton John came up with some killer tunes here! The opening song always give me goosebumps!

4 out of 5 stars Great Album!.......2007-03-31

This album is great, but I can't seem to find the part where simba and scar fight at the end. i was thinking it would be on "King of Pride Rock" but its not... so i'm a little disapointed in that. (thats one of my favorite scenes for some reason) other than that, i love the songs.

5 out of 5 stars Wonderful, if only for the instrumentals.......2007-02-14

The songs with lyrics are cute and memorable, but the strength of this album is in the last four songs. Listen to "This Land" and it instantly transports you back to the scene with Simba and Mufasa laying under the stars, and then to the scene where Simba sees Mufasa in the clouds. Listen to "...To Die For" and you feel an intense claustrophobia as you relive Mufasa's last moments and Simba's discovery of his father. Listen to Under The Stars and you can practically hear Simba screaming, "You said you'd always be there for me!" And when King Of Pride Rock comes along, you can feel your heart swell as you see Simba take his place on Pride Rock. The instrumentals are incredible works of art that never fail to draw intense emotion.

5 out of 5 stars Wonderful Soundtrack.......2006-11-16

I'm writing this review not of the release of this Special Edition, but of the music contained within. Disney's release and re-release of products is nothing new. It's one of the reasons that Disney is so strong in the market today. With that said, I have to admit that this is one of the best Disney soundtracks that has ever been cut to a disc. I never owned the original release of this music, so I'm glad that Disney did decide to re-release the original work with a few extras as part of the "The Lion King: Special Edition" release. Everything on here is wonderful, and the score itself was key to the development of the story. Selections such as "King Of Pride Rock" and "To Die For" encompass the emotional ups and downs of this film. Elton John's music is also wonderful on this disc. His most notable offerings are "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" and "Circle of Life." His only downfall is "I Just Can't Wait To Be King," which should have been left to the youngster who performed Simba's singing voice. It comes acrossed as forced by Elton John as he performs it.

The "extras" for this Special Edition include a mild and unnecessary remix of "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" and "The Morning Report," which is included on the Special Edition DVD release. Neither add to the collection, but it is nice to have "The Morning Report" on the disc.

Overall, this is one of Disney's strongest soundtracks. In my personal list, I rank it in second place behind Phil Collins' wonderfully tribal "Tarzan" soundtrack. If you don't already have the "Lion King" soundtrack, I highly suggest that you purchase this special edition copy if you are a true fan of the film or of Disney soundtracks in general.

Highly recommended.

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