Toon Talk Special: The 101 Greatest Disney Songs - Part 2 of 2
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#86 - "Stories"
Music by Rachel Portman, Lyrics by Don Black "Stories and stories
'Bout mermaids, kings and sunken treasures
Magic worlds where the impossible
Becomes the everyday"
Vocals: Paige O'Hara as Belle
Source Album: Beauty & the Beast: An Enchanted Christmas Original
Soundtrack
Behind the Music:
Those lyrics could apply to Disney movies.
#87 - "Reflection"
Music by Matthew Wilder, Lyrics by David Zippel "Who is that girl I see?
Staring straight back at me
Why is my reflection someone
I don't know?"
Vocals: Lea Salonga as Mulan
Source Album: Mulan Original Soundtrack
Alternate Track: Christina Aguilera, before she became Christina
Aguilera, sang the pop version on the soundtrack.
Behind the Music:
Golden Globe nominations for Best Song and Best Score, Oscar nomination for Original Score - Musical or Comedy.
Donny Osmond
#88 - "I'll Make A Man Out Of
You"
Mulan - 1998
Music by Matthew Wilder, Lyrics by David Zippel
With all the force of a great typhoon (Be a man)
With all the strength of a raging fire
Mysterious as the dark side of the moon"
Lead Vocals:
Donny Osmond as Shang, with Harvey Fierstein as Yao, Jerry Tondo as Chien-Po, Lea Salonga as Mulan, Eddie Murphy as Mushu and Matthew Wilder as LingSource Album: Mulan Original Soundtrack
Behind the Music:
- Donny Osmond auditioned for the singing voice of Hercules.
The song is reprised later in the film, ironically when the guys don geisha disguises.
#89 - "Where Do I Go From Here"
Music by Marty Panzer, Lyrics by Larry Grossman
"In my heart I don't feel part
Of so much I've known
Now it seems it's time to start
A new life on my own"
Lead Vocals: Judy Kuhn as
Pocahontas
Source Album: Songs from Pocahontas II: Journey To A New World (available
on cassette only)
Behind the Music:
There is also a reprise of this song in the movie, but it oddly isn't on the five song cassette.
#90 - "We Are One"
Music by Tom Snow, Lyrics by Marty Panzer and Jack Feldman
"But you'll see everyday that we'll
never turn away
When it seems all your dreams come undone
We will stand by your side, filled with hope and filled with pride
We are more then we are, we are one"
Lead Vocals: Cam Clarke as Simba,
Charity Sanoy as Kiara and Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Source Album: Return to Pride Rock: Songs From and Inspired by The
Lion King II: Simba's Pride
Behind the Music:
The end credit version of this song is sung by Angelique Kidjo.