The Lion King

by Original Broadway Cast

The Lion King cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 1997
  • Label: Walt Disney Records
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:04:50
  • Community rating: 4/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Julie Taymor's stage production expands the Elton John and Tim Rice songs with choral music by Lebo M, whose 'One by One' represents the South African sound woven through the score. The production won the Tony Award for Best Musical and made its African choral writing central to a Broadway spectacle.

Genres

Descriptors: theatrical, choral, ensemble, orchestral, storytelling

Tracklist

  1. Circle of Life with Nants' Ingonyama (4:29)
  2. Grasslands Chant (2:22)
  3. The Morning Report (2:31)
  4. The Lioness Hunt (2:04)
  5. I Just Can't Wait To Be King (3:02)
  6. Chow Down (3:17)
  7. They Live in You - From "The Lion King"/Original Broadway Cast Recording (3:01)
  8. Be Prepared - From "The Lion King"/Original Broadway Cast Recording (3:26)
  9. The Stampede (2:38)
  10. Rafiki Mourns (2:05)
  11. Hakuna Matata (3:13)
  12. One By One (1:51)
  13. The Madness Of King Scar (5:27)
  14. Shadowland (4:28)
  15. The Lion Sleeps Tonight - From "The Lion King"/Original Broadway Cast Recording (1:09)
  16. Endless Night (4:41)
  17. Can You Feel The Love Tonight (4:59)
  18. He Lives In You (Reprise) (4:12)
  19. Simba Confronts Scar (2:25)
  20. King Of Pride Rock / Circle Of Life (Reprise) (3:22)

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