Saturday, March 11, 2006

The Lion King / Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

CML call number: CD/SOUNDTRACKS/Lion
Contents:
Circle of Life, I Just Can't Wait to Be King, Be Prepared, Hakuna Matata, Can You Feel The Love Tonight (songs by Elton John and Tim Rice); This Land, … To Die For, Under the Stars, King of Pride Rock (instrumental music cues by Hans Zimmer).
From the Disney animated film, later revived as a Broadway musical.
Painless listening even if you haven't seen the movie. Incorporates amusing dialogue spoken by Rowan Atkinson ("Blackadder") as Zazu the hornbill, and Jeremy Irons ("Brideshead Revisited") as the evil lion Scar. Other celebrities involved include Whoopi Goldberg and Cheech Marin as villainous hyenas and Nathan Lane as Timon the meerkat, apparently a kind of Falstaff figure in relation to the lion prince Simba. Matthew Broderick voiced the adult Simba's dialogue in the film, but the character's singing voice as heard here is that of Joseph Williams.
Released in 1994, new to our collection. Our thanks to the anonymous donor!

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