Original Soundtrack - Aladdin Special Edition (Disney/Alan Menken)

Artist:

Disney Read-Along

UPC:

050086116379

Description:

Original score by Alan Menken.
Digitally remastered by Bruce Botnick & Josh Gabriel.
"A Whole New World (Aladdin`s Theme)," performed by Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle, won 1994 Grammy Awards for Record Of The Year, for Pop Duo Or Group With Vocal and for Song For A Motion Picture Of Television. It was nominated for Song Of The Year.
ALADDIN won the 1994 Grammy Award for Musical Album For Children and for Instrumental Composition for a Motion Picture or Television Production.
Composer: Alan Menken.
The soundtrack to Disney`s Aladdin features another first-rate score by composer Alan Menken and lyricists Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, who helped Menken complete the score when Ashman died before it was finished. The film`s hit single "A Whole New World" and Robin Williams` bravura performance as the magic lamp on songs such as "Friend Like Me" and "Prince Ali" are justifiably credited as the album`s highlights. Aladdin`s score is consistently good, rivaling the best of Disney`s other animated musicals from the `90s. The manic "One Jump" and "Arabian Nights" (which was later re-recorded to remove lyrics potentially offensive to Arabs) are cut from the cloth of classic Broadway show tunes, while Menken`s instrumental cues range from the sweetly cartoonish "To Be Free" to the romantic "Kiss" to the ominous "Jafar`s Hour" and "On a Dark Night." While it`s not quite as brilliant as the music from The Little Mermaid or Beauty & the Beast, Aladdin is still a fine soundtrack and an auspicious debut for Menken and Rice`s collaboration. ~ Heather Phares

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Aladdin, film score: Arabian Nights
2. Aladdin, film score: Legend of the Lamp
3. Aladdin, film score: One Jump Ahead
4. Aladdin, film score: Street Urchins
5. Aladdin, film score: One Jump Ahead (Reprise)
6. Aladdin, film score: Friend Like Me
7. Aladdin, film score: To Be Free
8. Aladdin, film score: Prince Ali
9. Aladdin, film score: A Whole New World
10. Aladdin, film score: Jafar`s Hour
11. Aladdin, film score: Prince Ali (Reprise)
12. Aladdin, film score: The Ends of the Earth
13. Aladdin, film score: The Kiss
14. Aladdin, film score: On a Dark Night
15. Aladdin, film score: Jasmine Runs Away
16. Aladdin, film score: Marketplace
17. Aladdin, film score: The Cave of Wonders
18. Aladdin, film score: Aladdin`s Word
19. Aladdin, film score: The Battle
20. Aladdin, film score: Happy End in Agrabah
21. Aladdin, film score: A Whole New World (Aladdin`s Theme)
22. Aladdin, film score: Proud of Your Boy (Demo Version)
23. Aladdin, film score: High Adventure (Demo Version)

Album Information

Release Date:

09/28/2004

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Film Composers

Label:

Walt Disney

Catalog Number:

861163

Original Release Year:

1992

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Runtime:

56 : 53

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