The Music Behind the Magic

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The Music Behind the Magic: The Musical Artistry of Alan Menken, Howard Ashman & Tim Rice
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ReleasedNovember 22, 1994
Recorded1987–1992
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. [2]

Contents

All 3 film soundtracks were later re-released with the complete score under the label "Walt Disney Records: The Legacy Collection" with The Little Mermaid in 2014, Beauty and the Beast in 2018, and Aladdin in 2022.

Track listing

All music is composed by Alan Menken

The Little Mermaid
No.TitleLyricsPerformed by:Length
1."Fathoms Below, Main Titles" (demo) Howard Ashman Howard Ashman & Alan Menken 4:39
2."Fathoms Below" (final)AshmanChorus1:41
3."Main Titles" (final) (score)1:26
4."Fanfare" (final) (score)0:26
5."Daughters of Triton" (final)AshmanChorus0:37
6."Part of Your World" (work tape)AshmanAshman & Menken0:46
7."Part of Your World" (demo)AshmanAshman & Menken0:47
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)AshmanAshman & Menken1:20
12."Under the Sea" (demo)AshmanAshman & Menken2:32
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)AshmanAshman & Menken1:32
16."The Storm" (final) (score)3:18
17."Part of Your World, Reprise" (final)AshmanBenson2:15
18."Silence Is Golden" (demo)AshmanAshman & Menken2:35
19."Poor Unfortunate Souls" (demo)AshmanAshman & Menken5:06
20."Poor Unfortunate Souls" (final)Ashman Pat Carroll 4:48
21."Les Poissons" (demo)AshmanAshman & Menken2:07
22."Les Poissons" (final)Ashman René Auberjonois 1:32
23."Tour of the Kingdom" (final) (score)1:24
24."Kiss the Girl" (demo)AshmanAshman & Menken1:05
25."Kiss the Girl" (final)AshmanWright1:35
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)AshmanAshman & Menken/(score)2:34
Total length:62:43
Beauty and the Beast
No.TitleLyricsPerformed 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)AshmanAshman & Menken0:58
4."Belle (Reprise)" (final)AshmanO’Hara1:04
5."Wolf Attack" (unreleased master) (score)2:39
6."Gaston" (demo)AshmanAshman & Menken3:39
7."Gaston" (final)Ashman Jesse Corti & White3:37
8."Gaston (Reprise)" (demo)AshmanAshman & Menken2:28
9."Be Our Guest" (demo)AshmanAshman & Menken3:27
10."Be Our Guest" (final)Ashman Jerry Orbach & Angela Lansbury 3:42
11."West Wing" (final) (score)2:19
12."Human Again" (demo)AshmanAshman & Menken9:10
13."Something There" (final)AshmanO’Hara, Robby Benson, Orbach, Lansbury, David Ogden Stiers 2:16
14."The Mob Song" (final)AshmanWhite3:27
15."Beauty and the Beast" (work tape)AshmanAshman & Menken1:43
16."Beauty and the Beast" (demo)AshmanAshman & Menken2:13
17."Beauty and the Beast" (final)AshmanLansbury2:44
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.TitleLyricsPerformed 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)RiceKane1:00
7."Count on Me" (demo) Alan Menken Menken2:38
8."Call Me a Princess" (demo)Ashman Howard Ashman & Menken2:40
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)AshmanAshman & Menken1:07
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)AshmanAshman & Menken4:13
17."Prince Ali" (final)AshmanWilliams2:51
18."A Whole New World" (work tape)RiceMenken & Tim Rice 0:50
19."A Whole New World" (final)RiceKane & Lea Salonga 2:39
20."The Kiss" (final) (score)1:50
21."Aladdin’s Word" (final) (score)1:51
22."Humiliate the Boy" (demo)AshmanFreeman & Menken3:42
23."Jafar’s Hour" (final) (score)2:39
24."Prince Ali, Reprise" (final)RiceFreeman1:12
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)AshmanAdler0:44
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.TitleLyricsPerformed by:Length
1."Arabian Nights, Reprise #1" (demo) Howard Ashman Howard Ashman & Alan Menken 0:31
2."Babkak, Omar, Aladdin, Kassim" (demo)AshmanAshman & Menken2:45
3."Arabian Nights, Reprise #2" (demo)AshmanAshman & Menken0:32
4."Friend Like Me" (demo)AshmanAshman & Menken2:35
5."Proud of Your Boy" (demo)AshmanAshman & Menken2:27
6."How Quick They Forget" (demo)AshmanAshman & Menken3:57
7."Arabian Nights, Reprise #3" (demo)AshmanAshman & Menken0:34
8."High Adventure" (demo)AshmanAshman & Menken4:19
9."Arabian Nights, Reprise #4" (demo)AshmanAshman & Menken0:43
Total length:18:47

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