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- link: artist/25960
  names:
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- link: artist/14967
  names:
    en: Michael Starobin
- names:
    en: Brian Besterman
- names:
    en: Walter Afanasieff
- names:
    en: Michael Bolton
- link: artist/28192
  names:
    en: Jeremy Lubbock
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catalog: 60864-7
categories:
- Animation
category: Animation
classification: Original Soundtrack, Vocal
composers:
- link: artist/14965
  names:
    en: Alan Menken
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- disc_length: '47:51'
  name: Disc 1
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: Long Ago...
    track_length: 0:30
  - names:
      English: The Gospel Truth I/Main Titles
    track_length: '2:24'
  - names:
      English: The Gospel Truth II
    track_length: 0:59
  - names:
      English: The Gospel Truth III
    track_length: '1:04'
  - names:
      English: Go the Distance
    track_length: '3:13'
  - names:
      English: Oh Mighty Zeus
    track_length: 0:46
  - names:
      English: Go the Distance (Reprise)
    track_length: 0:57
  - names:
      English: One Last Hope
    track_length: '3:00'
  - names:
      English: Zero to Hero
    track_length: '2:20'
  - names:
      English: I Won't Say (I'm In Love)
    track_length: '2:20'
  - names:
      English: A Star Is Born
    track_length: '2:03'
  - names:
      English: Go the Distance (Single)
    track_length: '4:41'
  - names:
      English: The Big Olive
    track_length: '1:05'
  - names:
      English: The Prophecy
    track_length: 0:54
  - names:
      English: Destruction of the Agora
    track_length: '2:06'
  - names:
      English: Phil's Island
    track_length: '2:26'
  - names:
      English: Rodeo
    track_length: 0:40
  - names:
      English: Speak of the Devil
    track_length: '1:29'
  - names:
      English: The Hydra Battle
    track_length: '3:28'
  - names:
      English: Meg's Garden
    track_length: '1:14'
  - names:
      English: Hercules' Villa
    track_length: 0:37
  - names:
      English: All Time Chump
    track_length: 0:38
  - names:
      English: Cutting the Thread
    track_length: '3:23'
  - names:
      English: A True Hero/A Star Is Born
    track_length: '5:34'
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lyricists:
- link: artist/29728
  names:
    en: David Zippel
media_format: CD
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  added_date: 2017-02-25T13:51
  edited_date: 2022-05-03T12:04
  fetched_date: 2026-01-15T10:02
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name: Hercules An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack
names:
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  ja: Hercules An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack
  ja-latn: Hercules An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack
notes: '"The Gospel Truth I"

  Vocals: Lillias White, Cheryl Freeman, LaChanze, Roz Ryan and Vaneese Thomas (The
  Muses)

  Music by Alan Menken

  Lyrics by David Zippel

  © 1997 Wonderland Music Company, Inc. (BMI)/Walt Disney Music Company (ASCAP). All
  rights reserved. International © secured.

  Lyrics reprinted by permission.

  "The Gospel Truth II"

  Vocals: Roz Ryan (Muse) and Chorus

  Music by Alan Menken

  Lyrics by David Zippel

  © 1997 Wonderland Music Company, Inc. (BMI)/Walt Disney Music Company (ASCAP). All
  rights reserved. International © secured.

  Lyrics reprinted by permission.

  "The Gospel Truth III"

  Vocals: Cheryl Freeman, LaChanze, Roz Ryan, Vaneese Thomas and Lillias White (The
  Muses)

  Music by Alan Menken

  Lyrics by David Zippel

  © 1997 Wonderland Music Company, Inc. (BMI)/Walt Disney Music Company (ASCAP). All
  rights reserved. International © secured.

  Lyrics reprinted by permission.

  "Go the Distance", "Go the Distance (Reprise)"

  Vocal: Roger Bart (Young Hercules)

  Music by Alan Menken

  Lyrics by David Zippel

  © 1997 Wonderland Music Company, Inc. (BMI)/Walt Disney Music Company (ASCAP). All
  rights reserved. International © secured.

  Lyrics reprinted by permission.

  "One Last Hope"

  Vocal: Danny DeVito (Phil)

  Music by Alan Menken

  Lyrics by David Zippel

  © 1997 Wonderland Music Company, Inc. (BMI)/Walt Disney Music Company (ASCAP). All
  rights reserved. International © secured.

  Lyrics reprinted by permission.

  "Zero to Hero"

  Vocals: Lillias White, Tawatha Agee, Cheryl Freeman, LaChanze, Roz Ryan and Vaneese
  Thomas (The Muses) and Chorus

  Music by Alan Menken

  Lyrics by David Zippel

  © 1997 Wonderland Music Company, Inc. (BMI)/Walt Disney Music Company (ASCAP). All
  rights reserved. International © secured.

  Lyrics reprinted by permission.

  "I Won''t Say (I''m In Love)"

  Vocals: Susan Egan (Meg) and Cheryl Freeman, LaChanze, Vaneese Thomas and Lillias
  White (The Muses)

  Music by Alan Menken

  Lyrics by David Zippel

  © 1997 Wonderland Music Company, Inc. (BMI)/Walt Disney Music Company (ASCAP). All
  rights reserved. International © secured.

  Lyrics reprinted by permission.

  "A Star Is Born"

  Vocals: Lillias White, Cheryl Freeman, LaChanze, Roz Ryan and Vaneese Thomas (The
  Muses) and Chorus

  Music by Alan Menken

  Lyrics by David Zippel

  © 1997 Wonderland Music Company, Inc. (BMI)/Walt Disney Music Company (ASCAP). All
  rights reserved. International © secured.

  Lyrics reprinted by permission.

  "Go the Distance (Single)"

  Vocal: Michael Bolton

  Music by Alan Menken

  Lyrics by David Zippel

  © 1997 Wonderland Music Company, Inc. (BMI)/Walt Disney Music Company (ASCAP). All
  rights reserved. International © secured.

  Lyrics reprinted by permission.

  ---

  Songs: Music by Alan Menken / Lyrics by David Zippel

  Original score by Alan Menken

  Songs and score produced by Alan Menken

  Executive Music Producer: Chris Montan

  Music Production Supervisor: Tod Cooper

  Music arranged and orchestrated by Danny Troob

  Vocal arrangements and conducting by Michael Kosarin

  Score recorded and mixed by John Richards

  Songs recorded and mixed by Frank Wolf, John Richards

  Additional score orchestrations by Michael Starobin, Brian Besterman

  Music Editors: Earl Ghaffari, Kathleen Fogarty-Bennett

  Orchestra Contractors: Sandy De Crescent, John Miller

  Vocal Contractors: Fonzi Thornton, Bobbi Page

  Supervising Music Copyist: Dominic Fidelibus

  Additional song recording by Josh Abbey, Malcolm Pollack

  Music recorded at Sony Music Studios/NY; Todd-AO Scoring; Signet Soundelux Studios;
  Capitol Studios; Paramount Stage M; Sony Pictures Studios; Conway Studios

  Music Recording Assistants: Thom Cadley, Tom Hardisty, Dave Marquette, Andrew Page,
  Brian Vibberts, Paul Wertheimer

  Album mastered by Bruce Botnick and Ric Wilson

  "Long Ago..." Charlton Heston, Narrator

  "Go the Distance" (Single)

  Music by Alan Menken

  Lyrics by David Zippel

  Performed by Michael Bolton

  Produced and arranged by Walter Afanasieff and Michael Bolton

  Recorded by Dana Jon Chappelle

  Orchestra recorded by John Kurlander

  Orchestra arranged and conducted by Jeremy Lubbock

  Mixed by Mick Guzauski

  Michael Bolton appears courtesy of Columbia Records

  Walter Afanasieff appears courtesy of Sony Music

  From the Walt Disney animated feature Hercules

  Music by Alan Menken Lyrics by David Zippel Original Score by Alan Menken

  Screenplay by Ron Clements & John Musker, Bob Shaw & Donald McEnery and Irene Mecchi

  Produced by Alice Dewey and John Musker & Ron Clements

  Directed by John Musker & Ron Clements

  Cover pencil by Sandra Bhardwaj

  Cover illustration by Russ Farrell

  Interior illustrations by Walt Disney Feature Animation

  Album art direction by Eileen Mooney and Luis M. Fernández

  Album design by Susan Andrade

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

  © Disney Distributed by Walt Disney Records'
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- names:
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- catalog: 0946 3 51030 2 1
  date: '2006'
  link: album/92190
  names:
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    ja: Disney's Hercules Original Soundtrack
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  type: anime
- catalog: 0946 3 53053 2 6
  date: '2006-03-31'
  link: album/91927
  names:
    en: Hercules Deutscher Original Film-Soundtrack
    ja: Hercules Deutscher Original Film-Soundtrack
    ja-latn: Hercules Deutscher Original Film-Soundtrack
  type: anime
- catalog: D002579401
  date: '2017-08-18'
  link: album/70763
  names:
    en: Songs from Hercules
    ja: Songs from Hercules
    ja-latn: Songs from Hercules
  type: anime
release_date: '1997-05-27'
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release_price:
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votes: 0
