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- link: artist/14965
  names:
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- link: artist/25959
  names:
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- names:
    en: David Friedman
- link: artist/14967
  names:
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- names:
    en: Walter Afanasieff
- names:
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- names:
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catalog: 60014-7
categories:
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category: Animation
classification: Original Soundtrack, Vocal, Prototype/Unused
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  names:
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  - names:
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  - names:
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  - names:
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    track_length: 0:47
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  - names:
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    track_length: 0:38
  - names:
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    track_length: '1:32'
  - 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:
      English: Eric to the Rescue (Final)
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    track_length: 0:58
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    track_length: '1:04'
  - names:
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    track_length: '2:39'
  - names:
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    track_length: '3:39'
  - names:
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    track_length: '3:37'
  - names:
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  - names:
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  - names:
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  - names:
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    track_length: '2:19'
  - names:
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    track_length: '9:10'
  - names:
      English: Something There (Final)
    track_length: '2:16'
  - names:
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    track_length: '3:27'
  - names:
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    track_length: '1:43'
  - names:
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    track_length: '2:13'
  - 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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    track_length: '1:48'
  - 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:
      English: Humiliate the Boy (Demo)
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  - names:
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  - names:
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  - names:
      English: Proud of Your Boy
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  - names:
      English: How Quick They Forget
    track_length: '3:57'
  - names:
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  - names:
      English: High Adventure
    track_length: '4:19'
  - names:
      English: 'Arabian Nights, Reprise #4'
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  edited_date: 2013-10-08T12:40
  fetched_date: 2026-01-16T18:52
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notes: 'THE LITTLE MERMAID Notes (CD 1)

  Featuring the voices of:

  Rene Auberjonois, Jodi Benson, Pat Carroll, Buddy Hackett, Samuel E. Wright

  Work tape and demo vocal perfomances by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken

  Songs by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken

  Original score by Alan Menken

  Songs produced by Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Robert Kraft

  Songs arranged by Robbie Merkin and Alan Menken

  Orchestrations by Thomas Pasatieri

  Orchestra conducted by J.A.C. Record

  Engineered by John Richards

  BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Notes (CD 2)

  Featuring the voices of:

  Robby Benson, Jesse Corti, Angela Lansbury, Paige O''Hara, Jerry Orbach, David Ogden
  Stiers, Richard White

  Work tape and demo vocal perfomances by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken

  Songs by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken

  Original score by Alan Menken

  Songs produced by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken

  Score produced by Alan Menken

  Songs arranged by Alan Menken and Danny Troob

  Song and score orchestrations by Danny Troob

  Music conducted and vocal arrangements by David Friedman

  "The Beast Lets Belle Go" orchestrations by Michael Starobin

  Songs recorded and mixed by Michael Farrow

  Score recorded and mixed by John Richards

  Album re-mix and mastering by Bruce Botnick

  Music Editor: Kathy Bennett

  Music Production Supervisor: Andy Hill

  End title duet "Beauty and the Beast":

  Performed by Celine Dion and Beabo Bryson

  Produced by Walter Afanasieff

  Arranged by Walter Afanasieff and Robbie Buchanan

  Celine Dion appears courtesy of Epic Records

  Peabo Bryson appears courtesy of Columbia

  ALADDIN Notes (CD 3)

  Featuring the voices of:

  Bruce Adler, Jonathan Freeman, Brad Kane, Lea Salonga, Robin Williams

  Work tape and demo vocal perfomances by Howard Ashman Alan Menken and Jonathan Freeman

  Original score by Alan Menken

  Score produced by Alan Menken

  Songs arranged by Alan Menken and Danny Troob

  Songs and score orchestrations by Danny Troob

  "Jafar''s Hour" and "The Ends of the Earth" orchestrations by Michael Starobin

  "Arabian Nights" (Final), "Friend Like Me" (Final), and "Prince Ali" (Final) produced
  by Alan Menken

  "One Jump Ahead" (Final), "One Jump Ahead, Reprise" (Final),  "A Whole New World"
  (Final), and "Prince Ali, Reprise" (Final) produced by Alan Menken and Tim Rice

  Vocal arrangements by David Friedman

  Songs recorded by Bruce Botnick and Michael Farrow

  Scroe recorded by Bruce Botnick

  Music mixed by Bruce Botnick

  Album mastered by Bruce Botnick and Josh Gabriel and Pacific Ocean Post/Digital
  Magnetics

  Music Editor: Kathleen Bennett

  Music Production Supervisor: Andy Hill

  Music preparation: Dominic Fidelibus

  Music contracting: Ken Watson

  Vocal contracting: David Friedman and Bobbi Page

  End title dued "A Whole New World (Aladdin''s Theme)":

  Performed by Beabo Bryson and Regina Belle

  Produced by Walter Afanasieff

  Arranged by Walter Afanasieff and Robbie Buchanan

  Engineered and Mixed by Dana Jon Chappelle

  Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle appear courtesy of Columbia

  ALADDIN (THE ORIGINAL SCORE) Notes (CD 4)

  All demos written, produced, and performed by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken

  Shared Notes (CD 1-4)

  All demos produced by Howard Ashman Alan Menken

  Boxed set produced by Alan Menken

  Boxed set edited and mastered by Bruce Botnick at Pacific Ocean Post Studio

  Boxed set design:

  Creative direction by Antoinette Portis

  Art direction by Clifford Selbert Design Collaborative

  Special thanks to:

  Sarah Ashman Gillespie and William Lauch for providing lyrics, tapes, photos, anecdotes
  and memories, and for helping keep this project on course and in tune with Howard''s
  wishes

  Bruce Botnick for making a crazy idea real.

  Jeffrey Katzenberg, Chris Montan, Peter Schneider, and my manager, Scott Shukat,
  for making this project possible.

  Rick Kunis, Joe Kurasz, Leah Menken, and Sharon Berken Seymour for invaluable assitance
  in coordinating and assembling materials for this boxed set.

  And last, but not least, all my friends at Wald Disney Records, most especially
  Mark Jaffe and Harold J. Kleiner, for their extraordinary support.'
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votes: 0
