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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. "Circle of Life" – 4:00. Sung by
    Music by Elton John, Lyrics by Tim Rice, Performed by Carmen Twillie; African vocals performed by Lebo M and his African chorus with Mbongeni Ngema
  2. "I Just Can't Wait to Be King" – 2:50. Sung by Simba, Zazu, Nala
    Music by Elton John, Lyrics by Tim Rice, Performed by Jason Weaver with Rowan Atkinson and Laura Williams
  3. "Be Prepared" – 3:40. Sung by Scar, Hyenas
    Music by Elton John, Lyrics by Tim Rice, Performed by Jeremy Irons with Whoopi Goldberg, Cheech Marin and Jim Cummings
  4. "Hakuna Matata" – 3:33. Sung by Timone, Pumba, Simba
    Music by Elton John, Lyrics by Tim Rice, Performed by Nathan Lane and Ernie Sabella with Jason Weaver and Joseph Williams
  5. "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" – 2:57. Sung by Simba, Nala, Timone, Pumba
    Music by Elton John, Lyrics by Tim Rice, Performed by Joseph Williams and Sally Dworsky with Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella and Kristle Edwards
  6. "This Land" – 2:55.
    Instrumental by Hans Zimmer
  7. "...To Die For" – 4:17.
    Instrumental by Hans Zimmer
  8. "Under the Stars" – 3:45.
    Instrumental by Hans Zimmer
  9. "King of Pride Rock" – 5:59.
    Instrumental by Hans Zimmer
  10. "Circle of Life" – 4:51
    Music by Elton John, Lyrics by Tim Rice, Performed by Elton John
  11. "I Just Can't Wait to Be King" – 3:36
    Music by Elton John, Lyrics by Tim Rice, Performed by Elton John
  12. "Can You Feel the Love Tonight (End Title)" – 3:59
    Music by Elton John, Lyrics by Tim Rice, Performed by Elton John
  13. "Tente Outra Vez (Try Again)" (Brazilian edition only) – 3:59.
    Music by Elton John and Hans Zimmer, Lyrics by Paulo Coelho, Marcelo Motta and Raul Seixas, Performed by Zezé Di Camargo & Luciano
  14. "Sacrifice" (UK edition only) – 5:07.
    Music by Elton John, Lyrics by Tim Rice and Bernie Taupin, Performed by Elton John

Special edition

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

  2. "The Morning Report" - James Earl Jones, Jeff Bennett, Evan Saucedo
  3. "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

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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