
The Music Behind the Magic Boxed Set
Walt Disney Records celebrates mulitiple award-winning songwriters Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, and Tim Rice in a special behind-the-scenes collection, The Music Behind the Magic: The Musical Artistry of Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, and Tim Rice. Tracing the evolution of the songwriting process, the four-CD or three-cassette boxed set features more than three hours and 20 minutes of music, including never-before-released songs with the original soundtracks and actual composing work tapes. Accompanied by a beautifully illustrated, full-color book of text, photographs, and interviews with Menken, Ashman, and Rice, written by Steve Hochman, the elegant edition also contains an exclusive collector's musical recording of Aladdin, as envisioned by the composers. Bridging the generation gap with their breathtaking, fun-filled scores to Disney's blockbusters The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin, Menken, Ashman, and Rice brought new sophistication and new life to the Hollywood musical through the magical world of Disney animation. This feat did not escape the critics or the public: Fans of all ages flocked to movie theaters to experience these enchanting films. In The New York Times, Janet Maslin praised the "extraordinary songwriting talents" of Menken and Ashman in Beauty and the Beast, commenting, "Here, in the guise of furthering a children's fable, is the brand of witty, soaring musical score that is now virtually extinct on the stage."
The Music Behind the Magic contains 88 songs. CD or cassette One features the original motion picture soundtrack to The Little Mermaid, plus 12 never-before-released demo and work-tape recordings (total running time 1 hour/2 minutes/43 seconds); CD or cassette Two features the original motion picture soundtrack to Beauty and the Beast, plus nine never-before-released demo and work-tape recordings (TRT 1 hour/7 minutes/26 seconds); and CD or cassette Three features the original motion picture soundtrack to Aladdin, plus nine never-before-released demo and work-tape recordings (TRT 1 hour/10 minutes/44 seconds). Cassette Three or a bonus fourth CD features the Aladdin score as originally envisioned by Menken and Ashman. The nearly 19-minute bonus recording presents the original story and song concept of Disney's blockbuster musical through the eyes of composer Alan Menken, as well as 10 never-before-released demo tracks.
The Music Behind the Magic: The Musical Artistry of Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, and Tim Rice is a special journey beyond the music and into the minds of the musical creators of Disney's beloved classics The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin.
Here's the full list of tracks for all four volumes:
Volume 1: The Little Mermaid
- Fathoms Below, Main Titles (Demo)
1.1 MB
- Fathoms Below (Final)
1.3 MB
- Main Titles (Final)
- Fanfare (Final)
- Daughters of Triton (Final)
- Part of Your World (Work Tape)
- Part of Your World (Demo)
- Part of Your World (Final)
- Fireworks (Final)
- Jig (Final)
- Under the Sea (Work Tape)
 - Under the Sea (Demo)
- Under the Sea (Final)
- Sebastian and Triton (Final)
- Part of Your World, Reprise (Demo)
- The Storm (Final)
- Part of Your World, Reprise (Final)
- Silence Is Golden (Demo)
- Poor Unfortunate Souls (Demo)
- Poor Unfortunate Souls (Final)
- Les Poissons (Demo)
- Les Poissons (Final)
- Tour of the Kingdom (Final)
- Kiss the Girl (Demo)
- Kiss the Girl (Final)
- Bedtime (Final)
- Wedding Announcement (Final)
- Eric to the Rescue (Final)
- Part of Your World/Happy Ending (Work Tape/Final)
Volume 2: Beauty and the Beast
- Belle (Demo/Final)
- Prologue (Final)
- Belle, Reprise (Demo)
- Belle, Reprise (Final)
- Wolf Attack (Unreleased Master)
- Gaston (Demo)
- Gaston (Final)
- Gaston, Reprise (Demo)
- Be Our Guest (Demo)
- Be Our Guest (Final)
- West Wing (Final)
- Human Again (Demo)
- Something There (Final)
- The Mob Song (Final)
- Beauty and the Beast (Work Tape)
- Beauty and the Beast (Demo)
- Beauty and the Beast (Final)
- The Beast Lets Belle Go (Final)
- Transformation #1 (Final)
- Transformation #2 (Final)
- Beauty and the Beast (Single)
Volume 3: Aladdin
- Arabian Nights (Final)
- Legend of the Lamp (Final)
- On a Dark Night (Final)
- One Jump Ahead (Final)
- Street Urchins (Final)
- One Jump Ahead, Reprise (Final)
- Count on Me (Demo)
- Call Me a Princess (Demo)
- Jasmine Runs Away (Final)
- Marketplace (Final)
- Why Me (Unreleased Master)
- Friend Like Me (Work Tape)
- Friend Like Me (Final)
- To Be Free (Final)
- The Cave of Wonders (Final)
- Prince Ali (Demo)
- Prince Ali (Final)
- A Whole New World (Work Tape)
- A Whole New World (Final)
- The Kiss (Final)
- Aladdin's Word (Final)
- Humiliate the Boy (Demo)
- Jafar's Hour (Final)
- Prince Ali, Reprise (Final)
- The Ends of the Earth (Final)
- The Battle (Final)
- Happy End in Agrabah (Final)
- Arabian Nights, Reprise (Unreleased Master)
- A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme) (Single)
Volume 4: Aladdin (The Original Score)
- Arabian Nights, Reprise #1
- Babkak, Omar, Aladdin, Kassim
- Arabian Nights, Reprise #2
- Friend Like Me
- Proud of Your Boy
- How Quick They Forget
- Arabian Nights, Reprise #3
- High Adventure
- Arabian Nights, Reprise #4
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