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  names:
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- link: artist/17429
  names:
    en: Robert Elhai
- names:
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catalog: 0946 353216 2 3
categories:
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- Radio/Audio Drama
category: Animation
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composers: []
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    track_length: '4:29'
  - names:
      English: Grasslands Chant
    track_length: '2:22'
  - names:
      English: The Morning Report
    track_length: '2:32'
  - names:
      English: The Lioness Hunt
    track_length: '2:05'
  - names:
      English: I Just Can’t Wait to Be King
    track_length: '3:02'
  - names:
      English: Chow Down
    track_length: '3:17'
  - names:
      English: They Live in You
    track_length: '3:01'
  - names:
      English: Be Prepared
    track_length: '3:27'
  - names:
      English: The Stampede
    track_length: '2:38'
  - names:
      English: Rakifi Mourns
    track_length: '2:05'
  - names:
      English: Hakuna Matata
    track_length: '3:13'
  - names:
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    track_length: '1:52'
  - names:
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    track_length: '5:27'
  - names:
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    track_length: '4:29'
  - names:
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    track_length: '1:10'
  - names:
      English: Endless Night
    track_length: '4:42'
  - names:
      English: Can You Feel the Love Tonight
    track_length: '4:59'
  - names:
      English: He Lives in You (Reprise)
    track_length: '4:12'
  - names:
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    track_length: '2:25'
  - names:
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  edited_date: 2025-05-28T15:19
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name: The Lion King – Original Broadway Cast Recording
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notes: '01

  Vocals: Tsidii Le Loka, Lebo M, Faca Kulu, Ensemble

  Music and Lyrics by Elton John and Tim Rice

  Produced by Mark Mancina

  © 1994 Wonderland Music Company Inc. (BMI)

  02

  Vocals: Ensemble

  Music and Lyrics by Elton John and Tim Rice

  Produced by Mark Mancina and Lebo M

  © 1997 Wonderland Music Company Inc. (BMI)

  Additional Score/Vocal Score: Lebo M

  © 1997 Walt Disney Music Company (ASCAP)

  03

  Vocals: Geoff Hoyle, Samuel E. Wright, Scott Irby-Ranniar

  Music and Lyrics by Elton John and Tim Rice

  Produced by Mark Mancina

  © 1997 Walt Disney Music Company (ASCAP)

  04

  Vocals: Lebo M, Ensemble

  Music and Lyrics by Elton John and Tim Rice

  Produced by Mark Mancina and Lebo M

  Additional Score/Vocal Score by Lebo M

  © 1997 Walt Disney Music Company (ASCAP)

  05

  Vocals: Geoff Hoyle, Scott Irby-Ranniar, Kajuana Shuford, Ensemble

  Music and Lyrics by Elton John and Tim Rice

  Produced by Mark Mancina

  © 1994 Wonderland Music Company Inc. (BMI)

  06

  Vocals: Tracy Nicole Chapman, Stanley Wayne Mathis, Kevin Cahoon

  Music and Lyrics by Elton John and Tim Rice

  Produced by Mark Mancina

  © 1997 Wonderland Music Company Inc. (BMI)

  07

  Vocals: Samuel E. Wright, Ensemble

  Music and Lyrics by Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin and Lebo M

  Produced by Mark Mancina

  © 1997 Walt Disney Music Company (ASCAP)/Wonderland Music Company Inc. (BMI)

  08

  Vocals: John Vickery, Tracy Nicole Chapman, Stanley Wayne Mathis, Kevin Cahoon,
  Ensemble

  Music and Lyrics by Elton John and Tim Rice

  Produced by Mark Mancina

  © 1994 Wonderland Music Company Inc. (BMI)

  09

  Vocals: Ensemble

  Music and Lyrics by Elton John and Tim Rice

  Produced by Mark Mancina

  © 1997 Walt Disney Music Company (ASCAP)

  Additional Score: Hans Zimmer

  Vocal Score by Lebo M

  © 1997 Wonderland Music Company, Inc. (BMI)/Walt Disney Music Company (ASCAP)

  10

  Vocals: Tsidii Le Loka, Ensemble

  Music and Lyrics by Elton John and Tim Rice

  Produced by Mark Mancina and Lebo M

  Additional Score/Vocal Score by Tsidii Le Loka

  © 1997 Wonderland Music Company, Inc. (BMI)/Walt Disney Music Company (ASCAP)

  11

  Vocals: Max Casella, Tom Alan Robbins, Scott Irby-Ranniar, Jason Raize, Ensemble

  Music and Lyrics by Elton John and Tim Rice

  Produced by Mark Mancina

  © 1994 Wonderland Music Company Inc. (BMI)

  12

  Vocals: Lebo M, Ensemble

  Music and Lyrics by Lebo M

  Produced by Mark Mancina and Lebo M

  © 1996 Walt Disney Music Company (ASCAP)

  13

  Vocals: John Vickery, Geoff Hoyle, Tracy Nicole Chapman, Stanley Wayne Mathis, Kevin
  Cahoon, Heather Headley

  Music and Lyrics by Elton John and Tim Rice

  Produced by Mark Mancina

  © 1997 Wonderland Music Company Inc. (BMI)

  14

  Vocals: Heather Headley, Tsidii Le Loka, Ensemble

  Music by Hans Zimmer and Lebo M

  Lyrics by Mark Mancina and Lebo M

  Produced by Mark Mancina

  © 1996 Walt Disney Music Company (ASCAP)/ Wonderland Music Company Inc. (BMI)

  15

  Lyrics and Revised Music by George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore

  Additional Lyric by Lebo M

  Arranged by Mark Mancina and Jay Rifkin

  Lead Vocal: Lebo M

  Vocal solo: Audrey Wiechman

  Guitar: Robbie Nevil

  Bass: Abe Laboriel

  Drums: Simon Phillips

  Background vocals: South Africa Choir, Ron Kunene, Ricky Nelson, Alfie Silas, Rose
  Stone, Maxine Waters, and Terry Young

  © 1961 Folkways Music Publishers, Inc. Renewed 1989 by George David Weiss, Huro
  Peretti, and Luigi Creatore, Assigned to Abilene Music, Inc. c/o The Songwriters
  Guild of America

  Produced by Mark Mancina and Jay Rifkin

  16

  Vocals: Jason Raize, Ensemble

  Music by Lebo M, Hans Zimmer, and Jay Rifkin

  Lyrics by Julie Taymor

  Produced by Mark Mancina

  © 1997 Walt Disney Music Company (ASCAP)/Wonderland Music Company, Inc. (BMI)

  17

  Vocals: Max Casella, Tom Alan Robbins, Heather Headley, Jason Raize, Ensemble

  Music and Lyrics by Elton John and Tim Rice

  Produced by Mark Mancina

  © 1994 Wonderland Music Company, Inc. (BMI)

  18

  Vocals: Tsidii Le Loka, Jason Raize, Ensemble

  Music and Lyrics by Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin and Lebo M

  Produced by Mark Mancina

  © 1995 Walt Disney Music Company (ASCAP)/Wonderland Music Company, Inc. (BMI)

  19

  Music and Lyrics by Elton John and Tim Rice

  Produced by Mark Mancina

  Additional Score by Mark Mancina and Robert Elhai

  © 1997 Wonderland Music Company, Inc. (BMI)/Walt Disney Music Company (ASCAP)

  20

  Vocals: Tsidii Le Loka, Jason Raize, Heather Headley, Tom Alan Robbins, Max Casella,
  Geoff Hoyle, Lebo M, Ensemble

  “King of Pride Rock”: Music by Hans Zimmer / Lyrics by Lebo M

  © 1997 Wonderland Music Company, Inc. (BMI)/Walt Disney Music Company (ASCAP)

  “Circle of Life (Reprise)”: Music by Elton John / Lyrics by Tim Rice

  © 1994 Wonderland Music Company, Inc. (BMI)

  Produced by Mark Mancina

  Music & Lyrics by ELTON JOHN & TIME RICE

  Additional Music & Lyrics by LEBO M, MARK MANCINA, JAY RIFKIN, JULIE TAYMOR, HANS
  ZIMMER

  Book by: ROGER ALLERS & IRENE MECCHI

  Starring: JOHN VICKERY (Scar), SAMUEL E. WRIGHT (Mufasa), GEOFF HOYLE (Zazu), TSIDII
  LE LOKA (Rafiki), TOM ALAN ROBBINS (Pumbaa), JASON RAIZE (Simba), HEATHER HEADLEY
  (Nala), STANLEY WAYNE MATHIS (Banzai), TRACY NICOLE CHAPMAN (Shenzi), KEVIN CAHOON
  (Ed), SCOTT IRBY-RANNIAR (Young Simba), KAJUANA SHUFORD (Young Nala) and MAX CASELLA
  (Timon)

  Ensemble: KEVIN BAILEY, EUGENE BARRY-HILL, GINA BREEDLOVE, CAMILLE M. BROWN, IRESOL
  CARDONA, ALBERTO CRUZ, JR., MARK ALLAN DAVIS, LINDIWE DLAMINI, NTOMB’KHONA DEAMINI,
  SHEILA GIBBS, LANA GORDON, LINDIWE HLENGWA, TIMOTHY HUNTER, CHRISTOPHER JACKSON,
  JENNIFER JOSEPHS, VANESSA A. JONES, MICHAEL JOY, FACA KULU, RON KUNENE, SOYNA LESLIE,
  AUBREY LYNCH II, PHILIP DORIAN MCADOO, SAM MCKELTON, PETER ANTHONY MOORE, NANDI
  MORAKE, NHLANHLA NGEMA, KARINE PLANTADIT-BAGEOT, DANNY RUTIGLIANO, LEVENSKY SMITH,
  ASHI K. SMYTHE, ANDALYN TAYLOR-SHELLMAN, RACHEL TECORA TUCKER, FRANK WRIGHT II,
  CHRISTINE YASUNAGA and LEBO M

  Adapted from the screenplay by IRENE MECCHI & JONATHAN ROBERTS & LINDA WOOLVERTON

  Scenic Design: RICHARD HUDSON

  Costume Design: JULIE TAYMOR

  Lighting Design: DONALD HOLDER

  Mask & Puppet Design: JULIE TAYMOR & MICHAEL CURRY

  Sound Design: TONY MEOLA

  Hair & Makeup Design: MICHAEL WARD

  Casting: JAY BINDER

  Technical Director: DAVID BENKEN

  Production Stage Manager: JEFF LEE

  Press Representative: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN

  Music Director: JOSEPH CHURCH

  Orchestrators: ROBERT ELHAI, DAVID METZGER, BRUCE FOWLER

  Music Coordinator: MICHAEL KELLER

  Music Produced for the Stage & Additional Score by MARK MANCINA

  Associate Music Producer: ROBERT ELHAI

  Additional Vocal Score, Vocal Arrangements & Choral Director: LEBO M

  Choreography by: GARTH FAGAN

  Directed by JULIE TAYMOR

  Album Produced by Mark Mancina

  Recorded by Steve Kempster and Thom Cadley

  Mixed by Steve Kempster

  Recorded at Sony Music Studios, New York

  Mixed a The Village Recorder, Los Angeles

  Music Arrangements and Incidental Music: Mark Mancina, Robert Elhai

  Choral Director and Vocal Arranger: Lebo M

  Executive Producer: Chris Montan

  Music Director/Conductor: Joseph Church

  Orchestrations: Robert Elhai, David Metzger, Bruce Fowler

  Edited by Christopher Ward (P.O.D.)

  Recording Production Manager: Janet Weber

  Production Executive for Walt Disney Records: Harold J. Kleiner

  Associate Music Producer: Robert Elhai

  Assistant Engineer (Mixing): David Nottingham

  Mastered by Joe Gastwirt at OceanView Digital Mastering

  Album Art Direction: Luis M. Fernández

  Album Design: Susan Andrade

  Photos: Joan Marcus/Marc Bryan-Brown

  Editorial Assistant: Fran Parrish

  Distributed by Walt Disney Records

  Produced by Mark Mancina, Lebo M, Jay Rifkin

  ORCHESTRA:

  Music Director/Conductor: Joseph Church

  Associate Conductor: Karl Jurman

  Music Coordinator: Michael Keller

  Wood Flute solos/Flute/Piccolo: David Weiss

  Flute/Clarinet/Bass Clarinet: Bob Keller

  Baritone & Bass Saxes/Bassoon/Clarinet/Contrabass Clarinet: John Campo

  Concertmistress: Claudia Hafer-Tondi

  Violins: Francisca Mendoza, Avril Brown, Winterton Garvey, Nancy McAlhany, Mary
  Whitaker, Regis Iandiorio, Laura Seaton, Jan Chong

  Violas: Ralph Farris, Juliet Haffner, Ken Burward-Hoy

  Cellos: Eliana Mendoza, Bruce Wang, Diane Barere, Dale Newton, Rebecca Arons

  Upright & Electric Bass: Luico Hopper

  Upright Bass: John Beal

  French Horns: Kait Mahony, Jeff Scott, Larry Di Bello, Rich Hagen

  Trombone: Rock Ciccarone

  Bass Trombone/Tuba: George Flynn

  Drums/Percussion: Tom Igoe

  Mallets/Percussion/Latin & African Drums: Valerie Dee Naranjo

  Mallets/Percussion/M’bira: Tom Brett

  Percussion/Latin & Keyboards: Ted Baker, Karl Jurman, Cynthia Kartman

  Music Development: Nick Glennie-Smith

  Music Coordinator: Michael Keller

  Music Preparation: Donald Oliver, Evan Morris, Chelsea Music Service, Inc.

  Synthesizer Programmer: Ted Baker

  Orchestral Synthesizer Programmer: Christopher Ward

  Additional Percussion Arrangements: Valerie Dee Naranjo

  Music Assistant: Elizabeth J. Falcone

  Associate Producer: Donald Frantz

  Project Manager: Nina Essman

  Company Manager: Steven Chalkelson

  Assistant Directors: Dan Fields, Michele Steckler

  Associate Casting Director: Mark Brandon

  Stage Managers: Mahlon Kruse, Elizabeth Burgess, Steve “Doc” Zorthian

  Assistant to Mark Mancina: Robbie Boyd

  The producer wishes to thank Julie Taymor, Tom Schumacher, Peter Schneider, Chris
  Montan, Roger Allers and Irene Mecchi

  Special thanks to Janet Weber for coordinating, Don Frantz for figuring, Nina Essman
  for solving, Stuart Oken for supporting, and Michael Keller for wrangling, and Liz
  Kalodner, Harold J. Kleiner, and Greg Dobrin, Walt Disney Records

  Based on the Disney film THE LION KING Directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff

  Produced by Don Hahn

  Special thanks to all the artists and staff of Walt Disney Feature Animation'
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  link: album/42244
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- catalog: 60871-7
  link: album/42292
  names:
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    ja-latn: RHYTHM of the PRIDE LANDS
  type: anime
- catalog: N/A
  link: album/148545
  names:
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    ja: The Lion King – Original Broadway Cast Recording
    ja-latn: The Lion King – Original Broadway Cast Recording
  type: anime
- catalog: AVCW-12139
  link: album/42258
  names:
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    ja: ライオン・キング オリジナル・サウンドトラック
    ja-latn: The Lion King Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  type: anime
- catalog: 532 8127
  link: album/42274
  names:
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    ja: The Lion King Special Edition - Original Finnis...
    ja-latn: Leijonakuningas Juhlajulkaisu - Alkuperäinen Su...
  type: anime
- catalog: 353 2212
  link: album/42273
  names:
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    ja: THE LION KING SPECIAL EDITION
    ja-latn: THE LION KING SPECIAL EDITION
  type: anime
release_date: '2006'
release_events: []
release_price:
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  link: album/148545
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- names:
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- names:
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- names:
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- names:
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- names:
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- names:
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- names:
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- names:
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- names:
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- names:
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- names:
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- names:
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- names:
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votes: 0
