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Celebrating the 20th anniversary (has it really been 20 years already?) and the first in the new Legacy Collection, is the 1994 film The Lion King. Split across 2 discs this is probably as close to a complete soundtrack as we are going to get (when you compare it to the original & the special edition).
Disc 1 is essentially the film with familiar vocal tracks of Circle of Life, Just Can’t Wait To Be King etc. all here but interspaced with Hans Zimmer’s score which beautifully accompanied the film but that we didn’t, in parts, really get to appreciate at the time. Disc 2 contains demo tracks of score segments, two songs omitted from the original film (The Morning Report, which later made an appearance in the re-release and of course, in the stage version of the show and Warthog Rhapsody, the song that Hakuna Matata replaced), an instrumental version of Circle Of Life and of course, Elton John’s versions of Circle of Life, Just Can’t Wait To Be King & Can You Feel The Love Tonight.
As we said, this is probably as close to a complete soundtrack as we’re going to get. It’s a big improvement on the original release as well as the re-release special edition. But who will it apply to? That is the question. For us we could see those who grew up with the film originally or those that have an interest in the lesser heard score. We love the idea of having the score and vocal tracks mixed meaning, in essence and assuming you know the film well enough, you could just stick this on, close your eyes and you’d be there in the film. Now…why can’t all soundtracks be like this?
Rating: 4/5
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