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| rdfs:label | - The Lion King (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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| rdfs:comment | - The Lion King: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the original motion picture soundtrack for Walt Disney's 1994, 32nd animated feature The Lion King. It contains songs from the film written by Elton John and Tim Rice, composed by Hans Zimmer (who also provided selections of his instrumental score for the film), performed by Carmen Twillie, Jason Weaver, Rowan Atkinson, Whoopi Goldberg, Jeremy Irons, Cheech Marin, Jim Cummings, Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella, and Sally Dworsky among others, and singles by Elton John. It was released on July 13, 1994 on CD and audio cassette. The soundtrack was recorded in three different countries: USA, UK and South Africa.
- The Lion King: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the original motion picture soundtrack for Walt Disney Picture's The Lion King. It contains songs from the film written by Elton John and Tim Rice, and a score composed by Hans Zimmer with African chants by Lebo M. The soundtrack was recorded in three different countries: the United States, the United Kingdom, and South Africa, and was released on May 31, 1994 on CD and audio cassette. It holds the record as the best-selling successful soundtrack for an animated movie with over 7 million copies sold; 4,934,000 copies of which were sold in 1994. Also, it held the record for the longest charting animated movie soundtrack at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart for 10 weeks, until it was surpassed by Frozen which continues to hold the record for 1
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| Lyricist | - Elton John, Tim Rice, and Lebo M
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| abstract | - The Lion King: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the original motion picture soundtrack for Walt Disney Picture's The Lion King. It contains songs from the film written by Elton John and Tim Rice, and a score composed by Hans Zimmer with African chants by Lebo M. The soundtrack was recorded in three different countries: the United States, the United Kingdom, and South Africa, and was released on May 31, 1994 on CD and audio cassette. It holds the record as the best-selling successful soundtrack for an animated movie with over 7 million copies sold; 4,934,000 copies of which were sold in 1994. Also, it held the record for the longest charting animated movie soundtrack at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart for 10 weeks, until it was surpassed by Frozen which continues to hold the record for 13 weeks. The soundtrack won both the Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Original Score and Best Original Song (for "Can You Feel the Love Tonight"), and was given to Hans Zimmer, Elton John, and Tim Rice respectively. There is also an officially unreleased expanded score. As part of the Walt Disney Records' Legacy Collection of titles, an official expanded version featuring 30 minutes of previously unreleased score was released on June 24, 2014.
- The Lion King: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the original motion picture soundtrack for Walt Disney's 1994, 32nd animated feature The Lion King. It contains songs from the film written by Elton John and Tim Rice, composed by Hans Zimmer (who also provided selections of his instrumental score for the film), performed by Carmen Twillie, Jason Weaver, Rowan Atkinson, Whoopi Goldberg, Jeremy Irons, Cheech Marin, Jim Cummings, Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella, and Sally Dworsky among others, and singles by Elton John. It was released on July 13, 1994 on CD and audio cassette. The soundtrack was recorded in three different countries: USA, UK and South Africa.
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