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===Special edition===
===Special edition===
On September 30, 2003, Disney released a Special Edition of the soundtrack with two newly-added tracks:
On September 30, 2003, Disney released a Special Edition of the soundtrack with two newly-added tracks.

#<li value=13> "The Morning Report" - [[James Earl Jones]], [[Jeff Bennett]], Evan Saucedo
# "[[Can You Feel the Love Tonight]] (Remix)" - Elton John


In addition, on the same day, a vinyl record picture disc of the original soundtrack was released in a limited edition of 4,000.


===International editions===
===International editions===

Revision as of 23:48, 24 March 2012

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Filmtracks[2]
Vox(3/10)[3]

The Lion King: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the original motion picture soundtrack for Walt Disney's 1994, 32nd animated feature The Lion King. It contains songs from the film written by Elton John and Tim Rice, and a score composed by Hans Zimmer. Elton John has a dual role of performer for several tracks. Additional performers include Carmen Twillie, Jason Weaver, Rowan Atkinson, Whoopi Goldberg, Jeremy Irons, Cheech Marin, Jim Cummings, Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella, and Sally Dworsky. The album was released on July 13, 1994 on CD and audio cassette. The soundtrack was recorded in three different countries: the USA, the UK and South Africa. There is also an unreleased complete score CD, entitled The Lion King 2005 Expanded Score[citation needed]. .

Track listing

Standard edition

  1. THE LION KING - Nants' Ingonyama / Circle of Life (Opening): Prologue
  2. THE LION KING - Grasslands Chant
  3. THE LION KING - The Morning Report
  4. THE LION KING - The Lioness Hunt
  5. THE LION KING - I Just Can't Wait to Be King
  6. THE LION KING - Chow Down
  7. THE LION KING - They Live in You
  8. THE LION KING - Be Prepared
  9. THE LION KING - The Stampede!
  10. THE LION KING - Rafiki Mourns
  11. THE LION KING - Hakuna Matata
  12. THE LION KING - One by One
  13. THE LION KING - The Madness of King Scar
  14. THE LION KING - Shadowland
  15. THE LION KING - Endless Nights
  16. THE LION KING - The Lion Sleeps Tonight
  17. THE LION KING - Can You Feel the Love Tonight?
  18. THE LION KING - He Lives in You (Remix)
  19. THE LION KING - Timon's Gangsta-Rap / Simba Confronts Scar
  20. THE LION KING - King of Pride Rock / Circle of Life (Reprise) (Ending): Finale

Special edition

On September 30, 2003, Disney released a Special Edition of the soundtrack with two newly-added tracks.

International editions

In most international releases of the CD, Elton John's versions were removed except for "Can You Feel the Love Tonight (End Title)." In addition, a previously unreleased track from Hans Zimmer's score was included, entitled "Hyenas (Instrumental)". Except in Brazil, when after the track 12 ("Can You Feel the Love Tonight") appears an extra track of the CD, "Tente Outra Vez" from brazilian music duo Zezé Di Camargo & Luciano.

B-sides

Song Format
"Can You Feel the Love Tonight (Instrumental Version)" Can You Feel the Love Tonight 7"/CD (UK)

Chart positions

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1994 The Billboard 200 1

End of decade charts

Chart (1990–1999) Position
U.S. Billboard 200[4] 21

Awards and acclaim

The soundtrack has managed to ship over 10 million copies in the U.S. and eventually went 10x Platinum (diamond record) in 1995, thus becoming the biggest selling soundtrack ever from an animated film.

In 2010, Rhapsody (online music service) called it one of the all-time great Disney & Pixar Soundtracks.[5]

Academy Awards

Award Recipient
Best Original Score Hans Zimmer
Best Original Song ("Can You Feel the Love Tonight") Elton John
Tim Rice
Nominated:
Best Original Song ("Circle of Life") Elton John
Tim Rice
Best Original Song ("Hakuna Matata") Elton John
Tim Rice

Golden Globe Awards

Award Recipient
Best Original Score Hans Zimmer
Best Original Song ("Can You Feel the Love Tonight") Elton John
Tim Rice
Nominated:
Best Original Song ("Circle of Life") Elton John
Tim Rice

Award and album chart succession

Awards
Preceded by Academy Award for Best Original Score
1994 		Succeeded by
Best Dramatic Score
Il postino (The Postman)
Preceded by Golden Globe for Best Original Score
1994 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Billboard 200 number-one album
July 16 - September 16, 1994
April 29 - May 5, 1995 		Succeeded by

See also

References

  1. ^ Legget, Steve. "The Lion King - Hans Zimmer". allmusic (Allrovi). Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  2. ^ Clemmensen, Christian (September 24, 1996). "Review: The Lion King". Filmtracks Publications. Retrieved 19 August 2009.
  3. ^ Phillips, Shaun. "Review: Various Artists - The Lion King (Phonogram 522690-2)". Vox (VOX48, September 1994). IPC Media: 104.
  4. ^ Geoff Mayfield (December 25, 1999). 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade - The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s. Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2010. {{cite book}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ 10 Essential Disney & Pixar Soundtracks Referenced July 27, 2010
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