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Audio CD
Publisher: Walt Disney Records
Format: Cast Recording
An Oscar win might suggest a score that would need a miracle to be bettered--but this colorful stage adaptation of Disney's The Lion King does so with flair. Composers Mark Mancina and Lebo M worked closely together to fuse the movie's many disparate elements. Where there was a veritable army exercising creative influences for the animated tale, this brings it all under the wings of a like-minded few. This is genuinely apparent as one track flows into the next. The African rhythms--both vocal and in instrumentation--come across as authentic and original all at once. No doubt this is largely through Mancina's passion for peculiar instruments and the possibilities suggested from nightly live performances. "Grasslands Chant" is a good place to hear this. The hit favorites are here of course, but both "Circle of Life" and "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" are pleasingly unrecognizable with chorus and shifting beats. Better still is the likelihood they will now be eclipsed by some of the new numbers. Mancina's own "He Lives in You" being a strong contender. With a sound mix as crisp as you'd hope to find, this is rousing stuff. --Paul Tonks
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| Lion King Sound Track |
| Customer Rating: 4 out of 5 |
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We saw the Broadway Play and had to have the sound track. Great, fast shipping. thanks
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| sounds great |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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Purchased this CD for one of my children as a gift. The quality of the music from the Broadway production is great.
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| Lion King |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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Took forever to get it, ordered 07/13/08 and received 08/02/08, but well worth it as it is the original Broadway Cast recording. Awesome!
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| Love it!!! |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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We've taken the kids to see the lion king broadway musical twice and this CD has all of the songs from the musical exactly as they are in the show. The kids love to listen to it--and so do I! The music is absolutely beautiful.
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| The best "Lion King" |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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We have seen the movie and own it. We just saw the live Broadway performance and enjoy the differences in the music very much. My son refuses to listen to the movie sound track anymore. This CD is the best!
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Circle of Life - John, Elton
Grasslands Chant - M., Lebo
The Morning Report - John, Elton
The Lioness Hunt - M., Lebo
I Just Can't Wait to Be King - John, Elton
Chow Down - John, Elton
They Live in You - Mancina, Mark
Be Prepared - John, Elton
The Stampede - Zimmer, Hans
Rafiki Mourns - Loka, Tsidii Le
Hakuna Matata - John, Elton
One by One - M., Lebo
The Madness of King Scar - John, Elton
Shadowland - Zimmer, Hans
The Lion Sleeps Tonight - Weiss, George David
Endless Night - Lauture, Jean
Can You Feel the Love Tonight - John, Elton
He Lives in You (Reprise) - Mancina, Mark
Simba Confronts Scar - Mancina, Mark
King of Pride Rock/Circle of Life (Reprise) - Zimmer, Hans
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