Geoff Hoyle, Heather Headley, Jason Raize, Lebo M.Now, two decades later, The Lion King still holds its place atop the Broadway throne. Jason Raize, Tsidii Le Loka & The Lion King Ensemble Heather Headley, Jason Raize, Max Casella, The Lion King Ensemble & Tom Alan Robbins Heather Headley, Tsidii Le Loka & The Lion King Ensemble Geoff Hoyle, Heather Headley, John Vickery, Kevin Cahoon, Stanley Wayne Mathis & Tracy Nicole Chapman Jason Raize, Max Casella, Scott Irby-Ranniar, The Lion King Ensemble & Tom Alan Robbins John Vickery, Kevin Cahoon, Stanley Wayne Mathis, The Lion King Ensemble & Tracy Nicole Chapman

Kevin Cahoon, Stanley Wayne Mathis & Tracy Nicole Chapman Geoff Hoyle, Kajuana Shuford, Scott Irby-Ranniar & The Lion King Ensemble Hover your mouse over the performing artist to view the full list.įaca Kulu, Lebo M., The Lion King Ensemble & Tsidii Le Loka Paul Tonks, Album TracksĬlick on a song title to learn more about the song and read its lyrics. With a sound mix as crisp as you'd hope to find, this is rousing stuff.

Mancina's own 'He Lives in You' being a strong contender. Better still is the likelihood they will now be eclipsed by some of the new numbers. The hit favorites are here of course, but both 'Circle of Life' and 'Can You Feel the Love Tonight' are pleasingly unrecognizable with chorus and shifting beats. 'Grasslands Chant' is a good place to hear this.

No doubt this is largely through Mancina's passion for peculiar instruments and the possibilities suggested from nightly live performances. The African rhythms-both vocal and in instrumentation-come across as authentic and original all at once. This is genuinely apparent as one track flows into the next. Where there was a veritable army exercising creative influences for the animated tale, this brings it all under the wings of a like-minded few. Composers Mark Mancina and Lebo M worked closely together to fuse the movie's many disparate elements. Music and lyrics by Elton John & Tim Rice additional music & lyrics by Lebo M, Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin, Julie Taymor, Hans ZimmerĪn Oscar win might suggest a score that would need a miracle to be bettered-but this colorful stage adaptation of Disney's The Lion King does so with flair.

The Lion King Original Broadway Cast Recording

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