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One of the most popular Disney animated musicals, The Lion King presents the story of a lion cub's journey to adulthood and acceptance of his royal destiny. Simba (voiced first by Jonathan Taylor Thomas, then by Matthew Broderick) begins life as an honored prince, the son of the powerful King Mufasa (voiced by James Earl Jones). The cub's happy childhood turns tragic when his evil uncle, Scar (voiced by Jeremy Irons), murders Mufasa and drives Simba away from the kingdom. In exile, the young lion befriends the comically bumbling pair of Pumbaa the warthog (voiced by Ernie Sabella) and Timon the meerkat (voiced by Nathan Lane), he and lives a carefree jungle life. As he approaches adulthood, however, he is visited by the spirit of his father, who instructs him to defeat the nefarious Scar and reclaim his rightful throne. Borrowing elements from Hamlet, classical mythology, and African folk tales, The Lion King tells its mythic coming-of-age tale with a combination of spectacular visuals and lively music, featuring light, rhythmic songs by Elton John and Tim Rice, and a score by Hans Zimmer. Embraced by children and adults alike, the film also spawned hit songs ("Can You Feel the Love Tonight,""The Circle of Life") and a hit Broadway musical. In late 2002, The Lion King was re-released in the large-screen IMAX format. ~ Judd Blaise, Rovi
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Disc #1 -- Lion King
1. "Circle Of Life" [4:39]
2. Scar [3:30]
3. Father And Son [3:18]
4. Uncle Scar [2:40]
5. "I Just Can't Wait To Be King" [3:41]
6. Elephant Graveyard [5:03]
7. Under The Stars [2:41]
8. "Be Prepared" [4:47]
9. Stampede [5:27]
10. The King Is Dead [4:21]
11. Scar Takes Over [1:00]
12. Timon And Pumbaa [3:02]
13. "Hakuna Matata" [4:03]
14. Scar In Command [1:46]
15. Pumbaa And Timon Wax Philosophical [3:07]
16. Nala And Simba Reunite [:32]
17. "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" [4:03]
18. Trouble In Paradise [3:05]
19. He Lives In You [1:35]
20. Simba Returns [6:16]
21. Simba Confronts Scar [3:51]
22. The Fight [4:01]
23. Simba Ascends [4:02]
24. End Credits [2:38]
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Disc 1 - Blu-ray Feature Film + Bonus
4 Never-Before-Seen Deleted Scenes
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Deleted Song
The Morning Report: Extended Scene
Pride Of The Lion King
The Lion King: A Memoir - Don Hahn
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Art Department Coordinator - Randy Fullmer
Art Director - Andy Gaskill
Associate Producer - Alice Dewey
Background Artist - Doug Ball
Camera Operator - Joe Jiuliano
Casting - Brian Chavanne
Character Animation - Vera Lanpher
Composer (Music Score) - Hans Zimmer
Executive Producer - Sarah McArthur
Executive Producer - Thomas C. Schumacher
Graphic Design - Scott F. Johnston
Layout - Dan St.Pierre
Lyricist - Tim Rice
Production Designer - Chris Sanders
Songwriter - Elton John
Storyboard Artist - Brenda Chapman
Supervising Sound Editor - Richard L. Anderson
Visual Effects Supervisor - Scott Santoro
Arriving in theaters with a roar, The Lion King quickly became the ruler of Disney's vast jungle, far outgrossing any of the studio's previous releases (a whopping 312 million dollars domestically) and assuring itself a timeless legacy through its incarnation as one of the most popular Broadway musicals of all time. A fairly simple tale is told with sweeping visual brush strokes of verdant Africa, and an Oscar-winning score (by Hans Zimmer) and songs (by Elton John and Tim Rice) to match. It's noteworthy that The Lion King represents Disney's anomalous return to entirely non-human characters; whether this was key to its success or not is uncertain, but the studio did not try to duplicate this formula until it was basically forced to with Dinosaur in 2000. Because The Lion King hews fairly closely to Disney's usual patterns in all other respects, it's hard to pinpoint exactly why this film struck viewers so much more profoundly than others. It exists as a testament to clean, straightforward storytelling featuring proud heroes and hissable villains, as well as numerous lessons to be gleaned by its younger viewers. Even so, the film was not without controversy -- some critics and watchdog groups decried the fact that Scar's seedy hyenas, voiced by Whoopi Goldberg and Cheech Marin, were played too ethnically to come across as anything but vicious stereotypes of blacks and Latinos. Ultimately, however, concerns like this were lost in the multitude of accolades heaped on what was, at the time, Disney's most successful animated feature ever. ~ Derek Armstrong, Rovi
Hans Zimmer : Best Original Score - Hollywood Foreign Press Association, 1994
Elton John : Best Original Song - Hollywood Foreign Press Association, 1994
Tim Rice : Best Original Song - Hollywood Foreign Press Association, 1994
Hans Zimmer : Best Score - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1994
Elton John : Best Song - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1994
Tim Rice : Best Song - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1994
![The Lion King [Special Edition] , Hans Zimmer](http://image.allmusic.com/13/amg/cov75/drg000/g049/g04921y0dxj.jpg "The Lion King [Special Edition] , Hans Zimmer")
