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| The Music Behind the Magic: The Musical Artistry of Alan Menken, Howard Ashman & Tim Rice | |
|---|---|
Box set by Various artists | |
| Released | November 22, 1994 |
| Recorded | 1989-1992 |
| 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.
Track listing
All music composed by Alan Menken.
| The Little Mermaid | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Performed by: | Length |
| 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 | |||
| Beauty and the Beast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Performed by: | Length |
| 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 | |||
| Aladdin | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Performed by: | Length |
| 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 | |||
| Aladdin (The Original Score) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Performed by: | Length |
| 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 | |||
See also
The Little Mermaid soundtrack
Beauty and the Beast soundtrack
Aladdin soundtrack
References
Entertainment Weekly review by Steve Daly, 11-25-1994
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