The Music Behind the Magic
1994 box set by Various artists
The Music Behind the Magic: The Musical Artistry of Alan Menken, Howard Ashman & Tim Rice | |
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Box set by Various artists | |
Released | November 22, 1994 |
Recorded | 1987–1992 |
Genre | Soundtrack |
Label | Walt Disney |
Producer | The Little Mermaid: Alan Menken Howard Ashman Robert Kraft Beauty and the Beast: Alan Menken Howard Ashman Walter Afanasieff Aladdin: Alan Menken Tim Rice Walter Afanasieff Aladdin (The Original Score): Alan Menken Howard Ashman |
The Music Behind the Magic: The Musical Artistry of Alan Menken, Howard Ashman & Tim Rice is a four-disc box set highlighting the creative evolution behind the music of Disney's The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin. Released on November 22, 1994[1] on Walt Disney Records, the set includes work tape recordings, demos, previously released final recordings, and unreleased master recordings of songs and score cues.[2]
All 3 film soundtracks were later re-released with the complete score under the label "Walt Disney Records: The Legacy Collection" with The Little Mermaid in 2014, Beauty and the Beast in 2018, and Aladdin in 2022.
Track listing
All music is composed by Alan Menken
No. | Title | Lyrics | Performed by: | Length |
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1. | "Fathoms Below, Main Titles" (demo) | Howard Ashman | Howard Ashman & Alan Menken | 4:39 |
2. | "Fathoms Below" (final) | Ashman | Chorus | 1:41 |
3. | "Main Titles" (final) | (score) | 1:26 | |
4. | "Fanfare" (final) | (score) | 0:26 | |
5. | "Daughters of Triton" (final) | Ashman | Chorus | 0:37 |
6. | "Part of Your World" (work tape) | Ashman | Ashman & Menken | 0:46 |
7. | "Part of Your World" (demo) | Ashman | Ashman & Menken | 0:47 |
8. | "Part of Your World" (final) | Ashman | Jodi Benson | 3:12 |
9. | "Fireworks" (final) | (score) | 0:38 | |
10. | "Jig" (final) | (score) | 1:32 | |
11. | "Under the Sea" (work tape) | Ashman | Ashman & Menken | 1:20 |
12. | "Under the Sea" (demo) | Ashman | Ashman & Menken | 2:32 |
13. | "Under the Sea" (final) | Ashman | Samuel E. Wright | 3:12 |
14. | "Sebastian and Triton" (final) | (score) | 1:41 | |
15. | "Part of Your World, Reprise" (demo) | Ashman | Ashman & Menken | 1:32 |
16. | "The Storm" (final) | (score) | 3:18 | |
17. | "Part of Your World, Reprise" (final) | Ashman | Benson | 2:15 |
18. | "Silence Is Golden" (demo) | Ashman | Ashman & Menken | 2:35 |
19. | "Poor Unfortunate Souls" (demo) | Ashman | Ashman & Menken | 5:06 |
20. | "Poor Unfortunate Souls" (final) | Ashman | Pat Carroll | 4:48 |
21. | "Les Poissons" (demo) | Ashman | Ashman & Menken | 2:07 |
22. | "Les Poissons" (final) | Ashman | René Auberjonois | 1:32 |
23. | "Tour of the Kingdom" (final) | (score) | 1:24 | |
24. | "Kiss the Girl" (demo) | Ashman | Ashman & Menken | 1:05 |
25. | "Kiss the Girl" (final) | Ashman | Wright | 1:35 |
26. | "Bedtime" (final) | (score) | 1:20 | |
27. | "Wedding Announcement" (final) | (score) | 2:16 | |
28. | "Eric to the Rescue" (final) | (score) | 3:40 | |
29. | "Part of Your World/Happy Ending" (work tape/final) | Ashman | Ashman & Menken/(score) | 2:34 |
Total length: | 62:43 |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Performed by: | Length |
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1. | "Belle" (demo/final) | Howard Ashman | Howard Ashman, Alan Menken/Paige O'Hara, Richard White | 4:52 |
2. | "Prologue" (final/no dialogue) | (score) | 2:31 | |
3. | "Belle (Reprise)" (demo) | Ashman | Ashman & Menken | 0:58 |
4. | "Belle (Reprise)" (final) | Ashman | O’Hara | 1:04 |
5. | "Wolf Attack" (unreleased master) | (score) | 2:39 | |
6. | "Gaston" (demo) | Ashman | Ashman & Menken | 3:39 |
7. | "Gaston" (final) | Ashman | Jesse Corti & White | 3:37 |
8. | "Gaston (Reprise)" (demo) | Ashman | Ashman & Menken | 2:28 |
9. | "Be Our Guest" (demo) | Ashman | Ashman & Menken | 3:27 |
10. | "Be Our Guest" (final) | Ashman | Jerry Orbach & Angela Lansbury | 3:42 |
11. | "West Wing" (final) | (score) | 2:19 | |
12. | "Human Again" (demo) | Ashman | Ashman & Menken | 9:10 |
13. | "Something There" (final) | Ashman | O’Hara, Robby Benson, Orbach, Lansbury, David Ogden Stiers | 2:16 |
14. | "The Mob Song" (final) | Ashman | White | 3:27 |
15. | "Beauty and the Beast" (work tape) | Ashman | Ashman & Menken | 1:43 |
16. | "Beauty and the Beast" (demo) | Ashman | Ashman & Menken | 2:13 |
17. | "Beauty and the Beast" (final) | Ashman | Lansbury | 2:44 |
18. | "The Beast Lets Belle Go" (final) | (score) | 2:20 | |
19. | "Transformation #1" (final) | (score) | 1:35 | |
20. | "Transformation #2" (final) | (score) | 5:46 | |
21. | "Beauty and the Beast" (single) | Ashman | Celine Dion & Peabo Bryson | 4:02 |
Total length: | 67:27 |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Performed by: | Length |
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1. | "Arabian Nights" (demo/final) | Howard Ashman | Alan Menken/Bruce Adler | 1:48 |
2. | "Legend of the Lamp" (final/dialogue by Robin Williams) | (score) | 1:24 | |
3. | "On a Dark Night" (final) | (score) | 2:54 | |
4. | "One Jump Ahead" (final) | Tim Rice | Brad Kane | 2:22 |
5. | "Street Urchins" (final) | (score) | 1:56 | |
6. | "One Jump Ahead, Reprise" (final) | Rice | Kane | 1:00 |
7. | "Count on Me" (demo) | Alan Menken | Menken | 2:38 |
8. | "Call Me a Princess" (demo) | Ashman | Howard Ashman & Menken | 2:40 |
9. | "Jasmine Runs Away" (final) | (score) | 0:44 | |
10. | "Marketplace" (final) | (score) | 2:36 | |
11. | "Why Me" (unreleased master) | Rice | Jonathan Freeman | 3:21 |
12. | "Friend Like Me" (work tape) | Ashman | Ashman & Menken | 1:07 |
13. | "Friend Like Me" (final) | Ashman | Robin Williams | 2:27 |
14. | "To Be Free" (final) | (score) | 1:37 | |
15. | "The Cave of Wonders" (final) | (score) | 4:56 | |
16. | "Prince Ali" (demo) | Ashman | Ashman & Menken | 4:13 |
17. | "Prince Ali" (final) | Ashman | Williams | 2:51 |
18. | "A Whole New World" (work tape) | Rice | Menken & Tim Rice | 0:50 |
19. | "A Whole New World" (final) | Rice | Kane & Lea Salonga | 2:39 |
20. | "The Kiss" (final) | (score) | 1:50 | |
21. | "Aladdin’s Word" (final) | (score) | 1:51 | |
22. | "Humiliate the Boy" (demo) | Ashman | Freeman & Menken | 3:42 |
23. | "Jafar’s Hour" (final) | (score) | 2:39 | |
24. | "Prince Ali, Reprise" (final) | Rice | Freeman | 1:12 |
25. | "The Ends of the Earth" (final) | (score) | 1:35 | |
26. | "The Battle" (final) | (score) | 3:38 | |
27. | "Happy End in Agrabah" (final) | (score) | 4:14 | |
28. | "Arabian Nights, Reprise" (unreleased master) | Ashman | Adler | 0:44 |
29. | "A Whole New World (Aladdin’s Theme)" (single) | Rice | Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle | 4:05 |
Total length: | 70:44 |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Performed by: | Length |
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1. | "Arabian Nights, Reprise #1" (demo) | Howard Ashman | Howard Ashman & Alan Menken | 0:31 |
2. | "Babkak, Omar, Aladdin, Kassim" (demo) | Ashman | Ashman & Menken | 2:45 |
3. | "Arabian Nights, Reprise #2" (demo) | Ashman | Ashman & Menken | 0:32 |
4. | "Friend Like Me" (demo) | Ashman | Ashman & Menken | 2:35 |
5. | "Proud of Your Boy" (demo) | Ashman | Ashman & Menken | 2:27 |
6. | "How Quick They Forget" (demo) | Ashman | Ashman & Menken | 3:57 |
7. | "Arabian Nights, Reprise #3" (demo) | Ashman | Ashman & Menken | 0:34 |
8. | "High Adventure" (demo) | Ashman | Ashman & Menken | 4:19 |
9. | "Arabian Nights, Reprise #4" (demo) | Ashman | Ashman & Menken | 0:43 |
Total length: | 18:47 |
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See also
- The Little Mermaid soundtrack
- Beauty and the Beast soundtrack
- Aladdin soundtrack
- Walt Disney Records the Legacy Collection
- Disney Records
References
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Disney's The Little Mermaid
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- The Little Mermaid (1992–1994)
- Sebastian (1993)
- Ariel (2024–present)
- Ariel
- Ursula
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- Musical
- The Little Mermaid Jr.
- Live television special
- Once Upon a Time
- "Ariel"
- "Dark Hollow"
- "The Jolly Roger"
- "Poor Unfortunate Soul"
- Part of Your World: A Twisted Tale
- Ariel's Grotto
- Ariel's Undersea Adventure
- A Musical Adventure
- King Triton's Carousel of the Sea
- Mermaid Lagoon
- Voyage of the Little Mermaid
- The Little Mermaid (1991)
- Ariel the Little Mermaid (1992)
- Ariel's Story Studio (1997)
- Disney's The Little Mermaid Print Studio (1998)
- Disney's The Little Mermaid Activity Center (1998)
- The Little Mermaid II: Pinball Frenzy (2000)
- The Little Mermaid Pinball (2005)
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- Adaptations of "The Little Mermaid"
- Disney Renaissance
- Disney Princess
- House of Mouse
- Mickey's Magical Christmas
- Mickey's House of Villains
- Sofia the First: The Floating Palace
- Ralph Breaks the Internet
- Waking Sleeping Beauty
- Howard
- Descendants
- Lego Disney Princess: The Castle Quest
- Once Upon a Studio
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