Walt Disney Records will release a new soundtrack album for the 1992 animated classic Aladdin directed by John Musker & Ron Clements and starring Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, Linda Larkin, Jonathan Freeman, Frank Welker, Gilbert Gottfried & Douglas Seale. The Legacy Collection release coincides with the movie’s 30th anniversary and features the original songs from the film written by Academy Award winner Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Enchanted, Tangled) and featuring lyrics by Howard Ashman (Beauty and the Beast) & Tim Rice (The Lion King, Jesus Christ Superstar), the remastered original score by Menken, as well as outtakes and alternate tracks. The 2-CD set is now available to order on the Disney Music Emporium website. A digital version will be released digitally on September 16 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and other major digital music services. Aladdin is now available to stream on Disney+ and to purchase on VOD, Blu-ray and DVD.
Here’s the track list of the album:
Disc 1:
1. Arabian Nights – Bruce Adler
2. Legend of the Lamp – Robin Williams
3. On a Dark Night
4. Diamond In the Rough
5. One Jump Ahead – Brad Kane
6. Street Urchins
7. One Jump Ahead (Reprise) – Brad Kane
8. Intro to Jasmine and Jafar
9. Jasmine Runs Away
10. Marketplace
11. Alchemy
12. Rooftop
13. Aladdin and Jasmine Confront Jafar
14. Dungeon
15. The Cave of Wonders (Film Version)
16. Search For the Lamp
17. Confiding In Papa
18. Intro to Genie
19. Friend Like Me – Robin Williams
20. Provisos and Quid Pro Quo
21. Jafar and Iago Scheme
22. To Be Free (Film Version)
23. Jafar Finds a Solution
24. Prince Ali – Robin Williams
25. Journeyed From Afar
26. Sultan’s Magic Carpet Ride
27. A Very Impressive Youth
28. Ali Comes Courting
29. A Whole New World – Brad Kane and Lea Salonga
Disc 2:
1. The Kiss
2. Genie Rescues Aladdin
3. Sultan Under a Spell
4. Maniacal Jafar
5. Aladdin’s Word
6. Iago Impersonates Jasmine
7. Jafar’s Hour
8. Prince Ali (Reprise) – Jonathan Freeman
9. The Ends Of The Earth
10. Jafar In Charge
11. The Battle
12. Happy End In Agrabah
13. Finale
14. A Whole New World (Aladdin’s Theme) – Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle
15. Why Me? (Outtake) – Jonathan Freeman
16. Marketplace (Alternate)
17. Dungeon (Alternate)
18. Intro to Carpet (Alternate)
19. Search For the Lamp (Alternate)
20. Jafar and Iago Scheme (Alternate)
21. Make You a Star (Alternate)
22. Happy End In Agrabah (Alternate)
I kinda expected it, given the timeframe and resurrection of the Legacy Collection, but it’s welcomed nonetheless. I hope the mixing is better is this than Hunchback, though. The singing was very difficult to hear at times.
Just saw it was released on itunes. Huge bummer it doesn’t include the film version of A Whole New World, yet another release of the OST version. Odd for the legacy collection to have such a huge miss.
“WE BEEN BAMBOOZLED BY A MOUSE!”
Gilbert Gottfried’s Iago (from the House of Mouse episode, House of Magic)
For what it’s worth, the intro to the film version of AWNW is actually included at the end of the track “Ali Comes Courting”. Still, it would have made more sense to have it segue into the beginning of the vocal like it does in the movie, and had the soundtrack version as a separate “alternate” track.