The Music Behind the Magic

The Music Behind the Magic: The Musical Artistry of Alan Menken, Howard Ashman & Tim Rice is a four-disc box set highlighting the creative evolution behind the music of Disney's The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin. Released on November 22, 1994^[1] on Walt Disney Records, the set includes work tape recordings, demos, previously released final recordings, and unreleased master recordings of songs and score cues.^[2]

The Music Behind the Magic: The Musical Artistry of Alan Menken, Howard Ashman & Tim Rice
Box set by Various artists
Released	November 22, 1994
Recorded	1987–1992
Genre	Soundtrack
Label	Walt Disney
Producer	The Little Mermaid: Alan Menken Howard Ashman Robert Kraft Beauty and the Beast: Alan Menken Howard Ashman Walter Afanasieff Aladdin: Alan Menken Tim Rice Walter Afanasieff Aladdin (The Original Score): Alan Menken Howard Ashman

All 3 film soundtracks were later re-released with the complete score under the label "Walt Disney Records: The Legacy Collection" with The Little Mermaid in 2014, Beauty and the Beast in 2018, and Aladdin in 2022.

Track listing

The Little Mermaid

No.	Title	Lyrics	Performed by:	Length
1.	"Fathoms Below, Main Titles" (demo)	Howard Ashman	Howard Ashman & Alan Menken	4:39
2.	"Fathoms Below" (final)	Ashman	Chorus	1:41
3.	"Main Titles" (final)		(score)	1:26
4.	"Fanfare" (final)		(score)	0:26
5.	"Daughters of Triton" (final)	Ashman	Chorus	0:37
6.	"Part of Your World" (work tape)	Ashman	Ashman & Menken	0:46
7.	"Part of Your World" (demo)	Ashman	Ashman & Menken	0:47
8.	"Part of Your World" (final)	Ashman	Jodi Benson	3:12
9.	"Fireworks" (final)		(score)	0:38
10.	"Jig" (final)		(score)	1:32
11.	"Under the Sea" (work tape)	Ashman	Ashman & Menken	1:20
12.	"Under the Sea" (demo)	Ashman	Ashman & Menken	2:32
13.	"Under the Sea" (final)	Ashman	Samuel E. Wright	3:12
14.	"Sebastian and Triton" (final)		(score)	1:41
15.	"Part of Your World, Reprise" (demo)	Ashman	Ashman & Menken	1:32
16.	"The Storm" (final)		(score)	3:18
17.	"Part of Your World, Reprise" (final)	Ashman	Benson	2:15
18.	"Silence Is Golden" (demo)	Ashman	Ashman & Menken	2:35
19.	"Poor Unfortunate Souls" (demo)	Ashman	Ashman & Menken	5:06
20.	"Poor Unfortunate Souls" (final)	Ashman	Pat Carroll	4:48
21.	"Les Poissons" (demo)	Ashman	Ashman & Menken	2:07
22.	"Les Poissons" (final)	Ashman	René Auberjonois	1:32
23.	"Tour of the Kingdom" (final)		(score)	1:24
24.	"Kiss the Girl" (demo)	Ashman	Ashman & Menken	1:05
25.	"Kiss the Girl" (final)	Ashman	Wright	1:35
26.	"Bedtime" (final)		(score)	1:20
27.	"Wedding Announcement" (final)		(score)	2:16
28.	"Eric to the Rescue" (final)		(score)	3:40
29.	"Part of Your World/Happy Ending" (work tape/final)	Ashman	Ashman & Menken/(score)	2:34
Total length:				62:43

All music is composed by Alan Menken

Beauty and the Beast

No.	Title	Lyrics	Performed by:	Length
1.	"Belle" (demo/final)	Howard Ashman	Howard Ashman, Alan Menken/Paige O'Hara, Richard White	4:52
2.	"Prologue" (final/no dialogue)		(score)	2:31
3.	"Belle (Reprise)" (demo)	Ashman	Ashman & Menken	0:58
4.	"Belle (Reprise)" (final)	Ashman	O’Hara	1:04
5.	"Wolf Attack" (unreleased master)		(score)	2:39
6.	"Gaston" (demo)	Ashman	Ashman & Menken	3:39
7.	"Gaston" (final)	Ashman	Jesse Corti & White	3:37
8.	"Gaston (Reprise)" (demo)	Ashman	Ashman & Menken	2:28
9.	"Be Our Guest" (demo)	Ashman	Ashman & Menken	3:27
10.	"Be Our Guest" (final)	Ashman	Jerry Orbach & Angela Lansbury	3:42
11.	"West Wing" (final)		(score)	2:19
12.	"Human Again" (demo)	Ashman	Ashman & Menken	9:10
13.	"Something There" (final)	Ashman	O’Hara, Robby Benson, Orbach, Lansbury, David Ogden Stiers	2:16
14.	"The Mob Song" (final)	Ashman	White	3:27
15.	"Beauty and the Beast" (work tape)	Ashman	Ashman & Menken	1:43
16.	"Beauty and the Beast" (demo)	Ashman	Ashman & Menken	2:13
17.	"Beauty and the Beast" (final)	Ashman	Lansbury	2:44
18.	"The Beast Lets Belle Go" (final)		(score)	2:20
19.	"Transformation #1" (final)		(score)	1:35
20.	"Transformation #2" (final)		(score)	5:46
21.	"Beauty and the Beast" (single)	Ashman	Celine Dion & Peabo Bryson	4:02
Total length:				67:27

Aladdin

No.	Title	Lyrics	Performed by:	Length
1.	"Arabian Nights" (demo/final)	Howard Ashman	Alan Menken/Bruce Adler	1:48
2.	"Legend of the Lamp" (final/dialogue by Robin Williams)		(score)	1:24
3.	"On a Dark Night" (final)		(score)	2:54
4.	"One Jump Ahead" (final)	Tim Rice	Brad Kane	2:22
5.	"Street Urchins" (final)		(score)	1:56
6.	"One Jump Ahead, Reprise" (final)	Rice	Kane	1:00
7.	"Count on Me" (demo)	Alan Menken	Menken	2:38
8.	"Call Me a Princess" (demo)	Ashman	Howard Ashman & Menken	2:40
9.	"Jasmine Runs Away" (final)		(score)	0:44
10.	"Marketplace" (final)		(score)	2:36
11.	"Why Me" (unreleased master)	Rice	Jonathan Freeman	3:21
12.	"Friend Like Me" (work tape)	Ashman	Ashman & Menken	1:07
13.	"Friend Like Me" (final)	Ashman	Robin Williams	2:27
14.	"To Be Free" (final)		(score)	1:37
15.	"The Cave of Wonders" (final)		(score)	4:56
16.	"Prince Ali" (demo)	Ashman	Ashman & Menken	4:13
17.	"Prince Ali" (final)	Ashman	Williams	2:51
18.	"A Whole New World" (work tape)	Rice	Menken & Tim Rice	0:50
19.	"A Whole New World" (final)	Rice	Kane & Lea Salonga	2:39
20.	"The Kiss" (final)		(score)	1:50
21.	"Aladdin’s Word" (final)		(score)	1:51
22.	"Humiliate the Boy" (demo)	Ashman	Freeman & Menken	3:42
23.	"Jafar’s Hour" (final)		(score)	2:39
24.	"Prince Ali, Reprise" (final)	Rice	Freeman	1:12
25.	"The Ends of the Earth" (final)		(score)	1:35
26.	"The Battle" (final)		(score)	3:38
27.	"Happy End in Agrabah" (final)		(score)	4:14
28.	"Arabian Nights, Reprise" (unreleased master)	Ashman	Adler	0:44
29.	"A Whole New World (Aladdin’s Theme)" (single)	Rice	Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle	4:05
Total length:				70:44

Aladdin (The Original Score)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Performed by:	Length
1.	"Arabian Nights, Reprise #1" (demo)	Howard Ashman	Howard Ashman & Alan Menken	0:31
2.	"Babkak, Omar, Aladdin, Kassim" (demo)	Ashman	Ashman & Menken	2:45
3.	"Arabian Nights, Reprise #2" (demo)	Ashman	Ashman & Menken	0:32
4.	"Friend Like Me" (demo)	Ashman	Ashman & Menken	2:35
5.	"Proud of Your Boy" (demo)	Ashman	Ashman & Menken	2:27
6.	"How Quick They Forget" (demo)	Ashman	Ashman & Menken	3:57
7.	"Arabian Nights, Reprise #3" (demo)	Ashman	Ashman & Menken	0:34
8.	"High Adventure" (demo)	Ashman	Ashman & Menken	4:19
9.	"Arabian Nights, Reprise #4" (demo)	Ashman	Ashman & Menken	0:43
Total length:				18:47

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See also

• The Little Mermaid soundtrack
• Beauty and the Beast soundtrack
• Aladdin soundtrack
• Walt Disney Records the Legacy Collection
• Disney Records

References

1. "Music Behind Magic: Menken / Ashman / Rice". Amazon. Retrieved 2013-05-31.
2. Entertainment Weekly review by Steve Daly, 11-25-1994
3. AllMusic