Aladdin: Special Edition Soundtrack by Various Artists - DeepRiffs

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The soundtrack to Disney's Aladdin features another first-rate score by composer Alan Menken and lyricists Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, who helped Menken complete the score when Ashman died before it was finished. "A Whole New World" (the film's hit single) and Robin Williams' bravura performance as the magic lamp on songs such as "Friend Like Me" and "Prince Ali" are justifiably credited as the album's highlights. Aladdin's score is consistently good, rivaling the best of Disney's other animated musicals from the '90s. The manic "One Jump" and "Arabian Nights" are cut from the cloth of classic Broadway show tunes, while Menken's instrumental cues range from the sweetly cartoonish "To Be Free" to the romantic "Kiss" to the ominous "Jafar's Hour" and "On a Dark Night." While it's not quite as brilliant as the music from The Little Mermaid or Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin is still a fine soundtrack and an auspicious debut for Menken and Rice's collaboration. This "special edition" of the soundtrack, released to coincide with the appearance of the film as a two-disc DVD, contains two intriguing bonus tracks, Menken and Ashman's demos of songs that didn't make it into the final version. "Proud of Your Boy," which Menken sings effectively, is an earnest ballad in the style of "A Whole New World" in which Aladdin addresses his mother, promising to mend his errant ways. "High Adventure" is a quick-tempo production number sung by Menken and Ashman (also in good voice) in which the genie encourages Aladdin to act heroically. Either song could have served well in the score if the episodes they musicalize had been included in the final film.
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1. Arabian Nights

Primary Artist: Bruce Adler; Main Performer
Performer: Alan Menken
Danny Troob; Performer
Composer: Howard Ashman
Alan Menken; Composer
Mixing: Bruce Botnick; Production
Producer: Alan Menken; Production
Recording Arrangement: Alan Menken
Danny Troob; Production
Studio Personnel: Bruce Botnick; Production
Artist: Alan Menken
Danny Troob; Production
Composer Lyricist: Alan Menken
Howard Ashman; Other
Unknown Contributor Role: Bruce Botnick
Danny Troob
Mike Farrow; Other

2. Legend of the Lamp

Primary Artist: Alan Menken; Main Performer
Composer: Alan Menken; Composer
Mixing: Bruce Botnick; Production
Producer: Alan Menken; Production
Studio Personnel: Bruce Botnick; Production
Composer Lyricist: Alan Menken; Other
Unknown Contributor Role: Bruce Botnick
Danny Troob; Other

3. One Jump Ahead

Primary Artist: Brad Kane; Main Performer
Composer: Tim Rice
Alan Menken; Composer
Mixing: Bruce Botnick; Production
Producer: Tim Rice
Alan Menken; Production
Studio Personnel: Bruce Botnick; Production
Composer Lyricist: Tim Rice
Alan Menken; Other
Unknown Contributor Role: Bruce Botnick
Mike Farrow; Other

4. Street Urchins

Primary Artist: Alan Menken; Main Performer
Composer: Alan Menken; Composer
Mixing: Bruce Botnick; Production
Producer: Alan Menken; Production
Studio Personnel: Bruce Botnick; Production
Composer Lyricist: Alan Menken; Other
Unknown Contributor Role: Bruce Botnick
Danny Troob; Other

5. One Jump Ahead (Reprise)

Primary Artist: Brad Kane; Main Performer
Composer: Tim Rice
Alan Menken; Composer
Mixing: Bruce Botnick; Production
Producer: Tim Rice
Alan Menken; Production
Studio Personnel: Bruce Botnick; Production
Composer Lyricist: Tim Rice
Alan Menken; Other
Unknown Contributor Role: Bruce Botnick
Mike Farrow; Other

6. Friend Like Me

by Robin Williams

Primary Artist: Robin Williams; Main Performer
Composer: Alan Menken; Composer
Composer: Alan Menken; Composer
Author: Howard Ashman; Production
Producer: Alan Menken; Production
Author: Howard Ashman; Production

7. To Be Free

Primary Artist: Alan Menken; Main Performer
Composer: Alan Menken; Composer
Mixing: Bruce Botnick; Production
Producer: Alan Menken; Production
Studio Personnel: Bruce Botnick; Production
Composer Lyricist: Alan Menken; Other
Unknown Contributor Role: Bruce Botnick
Danny Troob; Other

8. Prince Ali

by Robin Williams

Primary Artist: Robin Williams; Main Performer
Composer: Alan Menken
Howard Ashman; Composer
Producer: Alan Menken; Production
Artist: Alan Menken
Danny Troob; Production

9. A Whole New World

Primary Artist: Lea Salonga
Brad Kane; Main Performer
Performer: Alan Menken
Danny Troob; Performer
Composer: Alan Menken
Tim Rice; Composer
Executive Producer: Chris Montan; Production
Mixing: Bruce Botnick; Production
Producer: Chris Montan
Tim Rice
Alan Menken; Production
Recording Arrangement: Alan Menken
Danny Troob; Production
Studio Personnel: Bruce Botnick; Production
Artist: Alan Menken
Danny Troob; Production
Composer Lyricist: Tim Rice
Alan Menken; Other
Unknown Contributor Role: Bruce Botnick
Danny Troob
Mike Farrow; Other

10. Jafar's Hour

Primary Artist: Alan Menken; Main Performer
Performer: Alan Menken
Danny Troob; Performer
Composer: Alan Menken; Composer
Mixing: Bruce Botnick; Production
Producer: Alan Menken; Production
Recording Arrangement: Alan Menken
Danny Troob; Production
Studio Personnel: Bruce Botnick; Production
Artist: Alan Menken
Danny Troob; Production
Composer Lyricist: Alan Menken; Other
Unknown Contributor Role: Bruce Botnick
Michael Starobin; Other

11. Prince Ali (Reprise)

by Jonathan Freeman

Primary Artist: Jonathan Freeman; Main Performer
Performer: Alan Menken
Danny Troob; Performer
Composer: Alan Menken
Howard Ashman; Composer
Mixing: Bruce Botnick; Production
Producer: Tim Rice
Alan Menken; Production
Recording Arrangement: Alan Menken
Danny Troob; Production
Studio Personnel: Bruce Botnick; Production
Artist: Alan Menken
Danny Troob; Production
Composer Lyricist: Alan Menken
Howard Ashman; Other
Unknown Contributor Role: Bruce Botnick
Mike Farrow; Other

12. The Ends Of The Earth

Primary Artist: Alan Menken; Main Performer
Performer: Alan Menken; Performer
Composer: Alan Menken; Composer
Mixing: Bruce Botnick; Production
Producer: Alan Menken; Production
Recording Arrangement: Alan Menken; Production
Studio Personnel: Bruce Botnick; Production
Artist: Alan Menken; Production
Composer Lyricist: Alan Menken; Other
Unknown Contributor Role: Bruce Botnick
Michael Starobin
Danny Troob; Other

13. The Kiss

Primary Artist: Alan Menken; Main Performer
Composer: Alan Menken; Composer
Mixing: Bruce Botnick; Production
Producer: Alan Menken; Production
Studio Personnel: Bruce Botnick; Production
Composer Lyricist: Alan Menken; Other
Unknown Contributor Role: Bruce Botnick
Danny Troob; Other

14. On A Dark Night

Primary Artist: Alan Menken; Main Performer
Composer: Alan Menken; Composer
Mixing: Bruce Botnick; Production
Producer: Alan Menken; Production
Studio Personnel: Bruce Botnick; Production
Composer Lyricist: Alan Menken; Other
Unknown Contributor Role: Bruce Botnick
Danny Troob; Other

15. Jasmine Runs Away

Primary Artist: Alan Menken; Main Performer
Composer: Alan Menken; Composer
Mixing: Bruce Botnick; Production
Producer: Alan Menken; Production
Studio Personnel: Bruce Botnick; Production
Composer Lyricist: Alan Menken; Other
Unknown Contributor Role: Bruce Botnick
Danny Troob; Other

16. Marketplace

Primary Artist: Alan Menken; Main Performer
Composer: Alan Menken; Composer
Mixing: Bruce Botnick; Production
Producer: Alan Menken; Production
Studio Personnel: Bruce Botnick; Production
Composer Lyricist: Alan Menken; Other
Unknown Contributor Role: Bruce Botnick
Danny Troob; Other

17. The Cave of Wonders

Primary Artist: Alan Menken; Main Performer
Composer: Alan Menken; Composer
Mixing: Bruce Botnick; Production
Producer: Alan Menken; Production
Studio Personnel: Bruce Botnick; Production
Composer Lyricist: Alan Menken; Other
Unknown Contributor Role: Bruce Botnick
Danny Troob; Other

18. Aladdin's World

Primary Artist: Alan Menken; Main Performer
Composer: Alan Menken; Composer
Mixing: Bruce Botnick; Production
Producer: Alan Menken; Production
Studio Personnel: Bruce Botnick; Production
Composer Lyricist: Alan Menken; Other
Unknown Contributor Role: Bruce Botnick
Danny Troob; Other

19. The Battle

Primary Artist: Alan Menken; Main Performer
Composer: Alan Menken; Composer
Mixing: Bruce Botnick; Production
Producer: Alan Menken; Production
Studio Personnel: Bruce Botnick; Production
Composer Lyricist: Alan Menken; Other
Unknown Contributor Role: Bruce Botnick
Danny Troob; Other

20. Happy End in Agrabah

Primary Artist: Alan Menken; Main Performer
Composer: Alan Menken; Composer
Mixing: Bruce Botnick; Production
Producer: Alan Menken; Production
Studio Personnel: Bruce Botnick; Production
Composer Lyricist: Alan Menken; Other
Unknown Contributor Role: Bruce Botnick
Danny Troob; Other

21. A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)

by Peabo Bryson

Primary Artist: Peabo Bryson
Regina Belle; Main Performer
Performer: Robbie Buchanan
Walter Afanasieff; Performer
Composer: Tim Rice
Alan Menken; Composer
Engineer: Dana Jon Chappelle; Production
Mixing: Dana Jon Chappelle; Production
Producer: Walter Afanasieff; Production
Recording Arrangement: Robbie Buchanan
Walter Afanasieff; Production
Studio Personnel: Dana Jon Chappelle; Production
Artist: Walter Afanasieff
Robbie Buchanan; Production
Composer Lyricist: Tim Rice
Alan Menken; Other

22. Proud Of Your Boy

Primary Artist: Alan Menken; Main Performer
Composer: Alan Menken; Composer
Composer Lyricist: Alan Menken; Other

23. High Adventure

Primary Artist: Alan Menken; Main Performer
Composer: Alan Menken; Composer
Composer Lyricist: Alan Menken; Other
Unknown Contributor Role: Howard Ashman; Other

Technical Specifications

Volume

1 volume only

Tracks

23 tracks available

Type

COMPILATION

Format

Digital Media

Duration

56 minutes and 51 seconds

Explicit

None

Coverart

Available and up to 1417x1417 px

Booklet

Not available

Max Quality

CD Quality (Lossless)

16bit / 44.1 kHz

Stereo

Audio Extension

Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF

Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA

Archive Format

Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR

Lyrics

12/23 tracks have lyrics

Synchronized Lyrics

10/23 tracks have synced lyrics

Genres

Children, Comedy, Other, Soundtrack, Folk, Sing-Along

Label

EMI Gold

Music Distribution Service

UMG Global

Country

United States

Language

English (United States)

Popularity

Release Date

Dec 31, 2003

Track Preview

Available

Delivery Charge

Free

Delivery Method

Digital download link via Email or Personal Dashboard on this site

UPC

94635102956