The Music Behind the Magic: The Musical Artistry of Alan Menken, Howard Ashman & Tim Rice
Box set by
Various artists
ReleasedNovember 22, 1994
Recorded1987-1992
GenreSoundtrack
LabelWalt Disney
ProducerThe 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]

Track listing

All music is composed by Alan Menken

The Little Mermaid
No.TitleLyricsPerformed by:Length
1."Fathoms Below, Main Titles" (demo)Howard AshmanHoward Ashman & Alan Menken4:39
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)AshmanJodi Benson3:12
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)AshmanSamuel E. Wright3:12
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)AshmanPat Carroll4:48
21."Les Poissons" (demo)AshmanAshman & Menken2:07
22."Les Poissons" (final)AshmanRené Auberjonois1:32
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 AshmanHoward Ashman, Alan Menken/Paige O'Hara, Richard White4:52
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)AshmanJesse Corti & White3:37
8."Gaston (Reprise)" (demo)AshmanAshman & Menken2:28
9."Be Our Guest" (demo)AshmanAshman & Menken3:27
10."Be Our Guest" (final)AshmanJerry Orbach & Angela Lansbury3:42
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 Stiers2:16
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)AshmanCeline Dion & Peabo Bryson4:02
Total length:67:27
Aladdin
No.TitleLyricsPerformed by:Length
1."Arabian Nights" (demo/final)Howard AshmanAlan Menken/Bruce Adler1:48
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 RiceBrad Kane2:22
5."Street Urchins" (final) (score)1:56
6."One Jump Ahead, Reprise" (final)RiceKane1:00
7."Count on Me" (demo)Alan MenkenMenken2:38
8."Call Me a Princess" (demo)AshmanHoward Ashman & Menken2:40
9."Jasmine Runs Away" (final) (score)0:44
10."Marketplace" (final) (score)2:36
11."Why Me" (unreleased master)RiceJonathan Freeman3:21
12."Friend Like Me" (work tape)AshmanAshman & Menken1:07
13."Friend Like Me" (final)AshmanRobin Williams2:27
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 Rice0:50
19."A Whole New World" (final)RiceKane & Lea Salonga2:39
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)RicePeabo Bryson & Regina Belle4:05
Total length:70:44
Aladdin (The Original Score)
No.TitleLyricsPerformed by:Length
1."Arabian Nights, Reprise #1" (demo)Howard AshmanHoward Ashman & Alan Menken0:31
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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See also

References

  1. ^ "Music Behind Magic: Menken / Ashman / Rice". Amazon. Retrieved 2013-05-31.
  2. ^ Entertainment Weekly review by Steve Daly, 11-25-1994
  3. ^ AllMusic
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