The Lion King (1994 soundtrack)

The Lion King: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
	One of cover arts for the original 1994 release
Soundtrack album by Elton John and Hans Zimmer with various artists
Released	May 31, 1994 (original release); September 30, 2003 (Special Edition)
Recorded	1993–94
Studio	Media Ventures, Los Angeles; Ocean Way Studios, Los Angeles; Snake Ranch, London; Angel Recording Studios, London; BOP studios, Mmabatho
Genre	Pop, world, film score
Length	46:40 (1994 original release); 52:08 (2003 Special Edition)
Label	Walt Disney
Producer	Hans Zimmer, Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin, Chris Thomas
Walt Disney Animation Studios chronology
Elton John chronology

The Lion King: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album for the 1994 Disney animated film, The Lion King. It contains songs from the film written by Elton John and Tim Rice, and a score composed by Hans Zimmer. Elton John has a dual role of performer for several tracks. Additional performers include Lebo M, Carmen Twillie, Jason Weaver, Rowan Atkinson, Joseph Williams, Whoopi Goldberg, Jeremy Irons, Cheech Marin, Jim Cummings, Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella, and Sally Dworsky. The album was released on May 31, 1994 on CD and audio cassette. The soundtrack was recorded in three different countries: the U.S., the U.K. and South Africa. It is the best-selling soundtrack album to an animated film in the United States with over 7 million copies sold, with 4,934,000 copies sold in 1994.[6]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	(for 2003 Special Edition)[1]
Robert Christgau	C[2]
Filmtracks	[3]
Vox	(10/10)[4]
Sputnikmusic	5/5[5]

An expanded version of The Lion King soundtrack, featuring 30 minutes of previously-unreleased material, was released as part of the Walt Disney Records: The Legacy Collection series on June 24, 2014. In 2014, Hot Topic released a vinyl picture disc of the soundtrack.[7]

Track listing

All music is composed by Elton John with lyrics by Tim Rice. All scores composed by Hans Zimmer.

*The Lion King: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack*[8]
No.	Title	Performer(s)	Length
1.	"Circle of Life"	Carmen Twillie and Lebo M.	3:59
2.	"I Just Can't Wait to Be King"	Jason Weaver, Rowan Atkinson, and Laura Williams	2:50
3.	"Be Prepared"	Jeremy Irons, Whoopi Goldberg, Cheech Marin, and Jim Cummings	3:40
4.	"Hakuna Matata"	Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella, Jason Weaver, and Joseph Williams	3:33
5.	"Can You Feel the Love Tonight"	Joseph Williams, Sally Dworsky, Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella, and Kristle Edwards	2:57
6.	"This Land (score)"	Hans Zimmer	2:55
7.	"...To Die For (score)"	Hans Zimmer	4:17
8.	"Under the Stars (score)"	Hans Zimmer	3:45
9.	"King of Pride Rock (score) (featuring a chorus version of "Circle of Life")"	Hans Zimmer	5:59
10.	"Circle of Life"	Elton John	4:51
11.	"I Just Can't Wait to Be King"	Elton John	3:37
12.	"Can You Feel the Love Tonight" (End Title)	Elton John	4:01
Total length:			46:40

*The Lion King: Special Edition*[9]
No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
13.	"The Morning Report"	James Earl Jones, Jeff Bennett and Evan Saucedo	1:36
14.	"Can You Feel the Love Tonight" (Remix)	Elton John	4:08
Total length:			5:44

The Legacy Collection release

Walt Disney Records released an expanded edition of The Lion King soundtrack containing an additional thirty minutes of previously unreleased material from the film, as well as a collection of demo versions of cues.[7] This revision contains a new remastered mix by Alan Meyerson.

Chart and commercial success

The soundtrack shipped over 10 million copies in the U.S. and eventually went 10x platinum in 1995, thus becoming the biggest-selling soundtrack ever from an animated film. Its certification was promoted to Diamond when the award was instituted in 1999. According to Nielsen Soundscan the soundtrack, as of April 2014, has sold a total of 7.873 million copies in the US.[6] It is also the best-selling vinyl album in the Nielsen SoundScan era (starting 1991), with 1,043,000 copies sold as of June 2014.[10]

In 2010, Rhapsody called it one of the all-time great Disney and Pixar Soundtracks.[11]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart	Peak position
Australian ARIA Album Chart[12]	3
Austrian Albums Chart[13]	4
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders) [14]	16
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[15]	5
Canadian RPM Albums Chart[16]	1
Dutch Albums Chart[17]	6
Finnish Albums Chart[18]	19
French SNEP Albums Chart[19]	1
German Media Control Albums Chart[20]	7
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart[21]	20
New Zealand Albums Chart[22]	1
Swedish Albums Chart[23]	4
Swiss Albums Chart[24]	1
U.S. Billboard 200[25]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)	Position
Australian Albums Chart[26]	6
Canadian Albums Chart[27]	4
French Albums Chart[28]	4
U.S. Billboard 200[29]	4
Chart (1995)	Position
Australian Albums Chart[30]	32
Austrian Albums Chart[31]	17
Canadian Albums Chart[32]	26
German Albums Chart[33]	37
Swiss Albums Chart[34]	19
U.S. Billboard 200[35]	10

Decade-end charts

Chart (1990–1999)	Position
U.S. Billboard 200[36]	21

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Original album release
Austria (IFPI Austria)[37]	Platinum	50,000^*
Belgium (BEA)[38]	Platinum	50,000^*
Brazil	—	1,200,000[39]
Canada (Music Canada)[40]	Diamond	1,000,000^{^}
China	—	1,000,000[41]
France (SNEP)[42]	Platinum	1,260,000[43]
Germany (BVMI)[44]	3× Platinum	1,500,000^{^}
Japan (RIAJ)[45]	Gold	150,000[46]
Netherlands (NVPI)[47]	Platinum	100,000^{^}
New Zealand (RMNZ)[48]	Platinum	15,000^{^}
Poland (ZPAV)[49]	Gold	50,000^*
Sweden (GLF)[50]	Gold	50,000^{^}
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[51]	2× Platinum	100,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)[52]	Platinum	300,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)[53]	Diamond	10,000,000^{^}
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[54]	3× Platinum	3,000,000^*
Original cast recording
Australia (ARIA)[55]	Gold	35,000^{^}
France (SNEP)[56]	Gold	100,000^*
Germany (BVMI)[57]	Gold	250,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)[58]	Silver	60,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)[59]	Platinum	1,000,000^{^}
Sing-Along shortform
United Kingdom (BPI)[60]	Silver	60,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)[61]	2× Platinum	1,000,000^{^}
Hans Zimmer Re-release
United Kingdom (BPI)[62]	Silver	60,000^{^}
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

Accolades

Awards
Award	Category	Recipient(s) and nominee(s)	Result
Academy Awards	Best Original Song	"Can You Feel the Love Tonight" – Elton John and Tim Rice	Won
		"Circle of Life" – Elton John and Tim Rice	Nominated
		"Hakuna Matata" – Elton John and Tim Rice	Nominated
	Best Original Score	Hans Zimmer	Won
Golden Globe Awards	Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy	Don Hahn	Won
	Best Original Song	"Can You Feel the Love Tonight" – Elton John and Tim Rice	Won
	Best Original Song	"Circle of Life" – Elton John and Tim Rice	Nominated
	Best Original Score	Hans Zimmer	Won
Grammy Awards	Song of the Year	"Can You Feel the Love Tonight" – Elton John and Tim Rice	Nominated
	Song of the Year	"Circle of Life" – Elton John and Tim Rice	Nominated
	Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television	"Can You Feel the Love Tonight" – Elton John and Tim Rice	Nominated
		"Circle of Life" – Elton John and Tim Rice	Nominated
	Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media	Hans Zimmer	Nominated
	Best Male Pop Vocal Performance	"Can You Feel the Love Tonight" performed by Elton John	Won
	Best Musical Album for Children	Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin, Chris Thomas, Hans Zimmer	Won
	Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)	Hans Zimmer and Lebo Morake – "Circle of Life" performed by Carmen Twillie	Won

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[United_StatesVariousLion_King_Sing-AlongalbumCertRef-61] "American album certifications – Various – Lion King Sing-Along". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved April 22, 2017. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.

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Elton John
Discography Songs Albums Singles Videography Awards
Studio albums	Empty Sky Elton John Tumbleweed Connection Madman Across the Water Honky Château Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Caribou Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy Rock of the Westies Blue Moves A Single Man Victim of Love 21 at 33 The Fox Jump Up! Too Low for Zero Breaking Hearts Ice on Fire Leather Jackets Reg Strikes Back Sleeping with the Past The One Duets Made in England The Big Picture Songs from the West Coast Peachtree Road The Captain & the Kid The Diving Board Wonderful Crazy Night
Live albums	17-11-70 Here and There Live in Australia with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Elton John One Night Only – The Greatest Hits Elton 60 – Live at Madison Square Garden
Soundtrack albums	Friends The Lion King (1994) Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida The Muse The Road to El Dorado Gnomeo & Juliet Rocketman The Lion King (2019)
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits Greatest Hits Volume II The Thom Bell Sessions Lady Samantha Greatest Hits Vol. 3 The Complete Thom Bell Sessions To Be Continued The Very Best of Elton John Rare Masters Greatest Hits 1976–1986 The Superior Sound of Elton John Chartbusters Go Pop Classic Elton John Love Songs Prologue Greatest Hits 1970–2002 Elton John's Christmas Party Rocket Man: The Definitive Hits Diamonds
Other albums	Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin The Union Good Morning to the Night Revamp & Restoration
Video albums	The Afternoon Concert The Night Time Concert Night and Day Concert Live in Australia The Very Best of Elton John Live in Barcelona Love Songs Elton John One Night Only – The Greatest Hits Dream Ticket Elton 60 – Live at Madison Square Garden The Red Piano
Concert tours	1970 World Tour West of the Rockies Tour Louder Than Concorde Tour 1979 tour of the Soviet Union 1980 World Tour Jump Up Tour Too Low for Zero Tour European Express Tour Breaking Hearts Tour Ice on Fire Tour Tour De Force Reg Strikes Back Tour Sleeping with the Past Tour The One Tour Face to Face 1994 Face to Face 1995 Made in England Tour Big Picture Tour Face to Face 1998 An Evening with Elton John Medusa Tour Stately Home Tour Face to Face 2001 Songs from the West Coast Tour Face to Face 2002 A Journey Through Time 2003 Tour Face to Face 2003 2004 Tour Peachtree Road Tour 2006 European Tour The Captain and the Kid Tour Rocket Man: Greatest Hits Live Face to Face 2009 Face to Face 2010 2010 European Tour Greatest Hits Tour 40th Anniversary of the Rocket Man The Diving Board Tour Follow the Yellow Brick Road Tour All the Hits Tour The Final Curtain Tour Wonderful Crazy Night Tour Farewell Yellow Brick Road
Concert residencies	The Red Piano The Million Dollar Piano
Miscellaneous performances	List of Elton John and Ray Cooper concert tours The Union Tour
Musicals	The Lion King 1994 film 2019 film 1997 musical Billy Elliot the Musical Aida Lestat Tumbleweed Connection The Devil Wears Prada
Related articles	Bernie Taupin Gus Dudgeon Paul Buckmaster John Reid Ray Williams Dick James David Furnish Kiki Dee Elton John AIDS Foundation Watford F.C. Bluesology Hookfoot Woodside, Old Windsor Rocket Pictures The Union Elton John: Me, Myself & I Elton John: Tantrums & Tiaras Elton John: The Classic Years Rocketman (film) Me
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Hans Zimmer
Soundtracks	The Lion King The Thin Red Line Gladiator Mission: Impossible 2 Beyond Rangoon Black Hawk Down Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Batman Begins The Da Vinci Code Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End The Simpsons Movie Pirates of the Caribbean: Soundtrack Treasures Collection The Dark Knight Sherlock Holmes Inception Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows The Dark Knight Rises Man of Steel The Lone Ranger 12 Years a Slave Rush The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Interstellar Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Blade Runner 2049
Related	Discography Remote Control Productions
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Academy Award for Best Original Score
1930s	Louis Silvers (1934) Max Steiner (1935) Leo F. Forbstein (1936) Charles Previn (1937) Erich Wolfgang Korngold / Alfred Newman (1938) Herbert Stothart / Richard Hageman, W. Franke Harling, John Leipold and Leo Shuken (1939)
1940s	Leigh Harline, Paul J. Smith and Ned Washington / Alfred Newman (1940) Bernard Herrmann / Frank Churchill and Oliver Wallace (1941) Max Steiner / Ray Heindorf and Heinz Roemheld (1942) Alfred Newman / Ray Heindorf (1943) Max Steiner / Morris Stoloff and Carmen Dragon (1944) Miklós Rózsa / Georgie Stoll (1945) Hugo Friedhofer / Morris Stoloff (1946) Miklós Rózsa / Alfred Newman (1947) Brian Easdale / Johnny Green and Roger Edens (1948) Aaron Copland / Roger Edens and Lennie Hayton (1949)
1950s	Franz Waxman / Adolph Deutsch and Roger Edens (1950) Franz Waxman / Johnny Green and Saul Chaplin (1951) Dimitri Tiomkin / Alfred Newman (1952) Bronisław Kaper / Alfred Newman (1953) Dimitri Tiomkin / Adolph Deutsch and Saul Chaplin (1954) Alfred Newman / Robert Russell Bennett, Jay Blackton and Adolph Deutsch (1955) Victor Young / Alfred Newman and Ken Darby (1956) Malcolm Arnold (1957) Dimitri Tiomkin / Andre Previn (1958) Miklós Rózsa / Andre Previn and Ken Darby (1959)
1960s	Ernest Gold / Morris Stoloff and Harry Sukman (1960) Henry Mancini / Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal (1961) Maurice Jarre / Ray Heindorf (1962) John Addison / Andre Previn (1963) Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman / Andre Previn (1964) Maurice Jarre / Irwin Kostal (1965) John Barry / Ken Thorne (1966) Elmer Bernstein / Alfred Newman and Ken Darby (1967) John Barry / Johnny Green (1968) Burt Bacharach / Lennie Hayton and Lionel Newman (1969)
1970s	Francis Lai / The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr) (1970) Michel Legrand / John Williams (1971) Charlie Chaplin, Raymond Rasch and Larry Russell / Ralph Burns (1972) Marvin Hamlisch / Marvin Hamlisch (1973) Nino Rota and Carmine Coppola / Nelson Riddle (1974) John Williams / Leonard Rosenman (1975) Jerry Goldsmith / Leonard Rosenman (1976) John Williams / Jonathan Tunick (1977) Giorgio Moroder / Joe Renzetti (1978) Georges Delerue / Ralph Burns (1979)
1980s	Michael Gore (1980) Vangelis (1981) John Williams / Henry Mancini and Leslie Bricusse (1982) Bill Conti / Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman (1983) Maurice Jarre / Prince (1984) John Barry (1985) Herbie Hancock (1986) Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne and Cong Su (1987) Dave Grusin (1988) Alan Menken (1989)
1990s	John Barry (1990) Alan Menken (1991) Alan Menken (1992) John Williams (1993) Hans Zimmer (1994) Luis Enríquez Bacalov / Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz (1995) Gabriel Yared / Rachel Portman (1996) James Horner / Anne Dudley (1997) Nicola Piovani / Stephen Warbeck (1998) John Corigliano (1999)
2000s	Tan Dun (2000) Howard Shore (2001) Elliot Goldenthal (2002) Howard Shore (2003) Jan A. P. Kaczmarek (2004) Gustavo Santaolalla (2005) Gustavo Santaolalla (2006) Dario Marianelli (2007) A. R. Rahman (2008) Michael Giacchino (2009)
2010s	Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (2010) Ludovic Bource (2011) Mychael Danna (2012) Steven Price (2013) Alexandre Desplat (2014) Ennio Morricone (2015) Justin Hurwitz (2016) Alexandre Desplat (2017) Ludwig Göransson (2018) Hildur Guðnadóttir (2019)

Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
1940s	Life with Father – Max Steiner (1947) The Red Shoes – Brian Easdale (1948) The Inspector General – Johnny Green (1949)
1950s	Sunset Boulevard – Franz Waxman (1950) September Affair – Victor Young (1951) High Noon – Dimitri Tiomkin (1952) On the Beach – Ernest Gold (1959)
1960s	The Alamo – Dimitri Tiomkin (1960) The Guns of Navarone – Dimitri Tiomkin (1961) To Kill a Mockingbird – Elmer Bernstein (1962) (1963) The Fall of the Roman Empire – Dimitri Tiomkin (1964) Doctor Zhivago – Maurice Jarre (1965) Hawaii – Elmer Bernstein (1966) Camelot – Frederick Loewe (1967) The Shoes of the Fisherman – Alex North (1968) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – Burt Bacharach (1969)
1970s	Love Story – Francis Lai (1970) Shaft – Isaac Hayes (1971) The Godfather – Nino Rota (1972) Jonathan Livingston Seagull – Neil Diamond (1973) The Little Prince – Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe (1974) Jaws – John Williams (1975) A Star is Born – Kenneth Ascher and Paul Williams (1976) Star Wars – John Williams (1977) Midnight Express – Giorgio Moroder (1978) Apocalypse Now – Carmine Coppola and Francis Ford Coppola (1979)
1980s	The Stunt Man – Dominic Frontiere (1980) (1981) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – John Williams (1982) Flashdance – Giorgio Moroder (1983) A Passage to India – Maurice Jarre (1984) Out of Africa – John Barry (1985) The Mission – Ennio Morricone (1986) The Last Emperor – David Byrne, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Cong Su (1987) Gorillas in the Mist – Maurice Jarre (1988) The Little Mermaid – Alan Menken (1989)
1990s	The Sheltering Sky – Richard Horowitz and Ryuichi Sakamoto (1990) Beauty and the Beast – Alan Menken (1991) Aladdin – Alan Menken (1992) Heaven & Earth – Kitarō (1993) The Lion King – Hans Zimmer (1994) A Walk in the Clouds – Maurice Jarre (1995) The English Patient – Gabriel Yared (1996) Titanic – James Horner (1997) The Truman Show – Burkhard Dallwitz and Philip Glass (1998) The Legend of 1900 – Ennio Morricone (1999)
2000s	Gladiator – Lisa Gerrard, Hans Zimmer (2000) Moulin Rouge! – Craig Armstrong (2001) Frida – Elliot Goldenthal (2002) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Howard Shore (2003) The Aviator – Howard Shore (2004) Memoirs of a Geisha – John Williams (2005) The Painted Veil – Alexandre Desplat (2006) Atonement – Dario Marianelli (2007) Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman (2008) Up – Michael Giacchino (2009)
2010s	The Social Network – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (2010) The Artist – Ludovic Bource (2011) Life of Pi – Mychael Danna (2012) All Is Lost – Alex Ebert (2013) The Theory of Everything – Jóhann Jóhannsson (2014) The Hateful Eight – Ennio Morricone (2015) La La Land – Justin Hurwitz (2016) The Shape of Water – Alexandre Desplat (2017) First Man - Justin Hurwitz (2018) Joker - Hildur Guðnadóttir (2019)