Best and Worst Songs Added to Disney Musicals
Best and Worst Songs Added to Disney Musicals
RW3
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#1Best and Worst Songs Added to Disney Musicals
Posted: 11/8/16 at 11:50am
What do you think are some of the best and worst songs that have been added to Disney musicals?
#2Best and Worst Songs Added to Disney Musicals
Posted: 11/8/16 at 12:07pm
Best: "Home" and "Maison Des Lunes" from Beauty and the Beast, "She's in Love" from The Little Mermaid, "He Lives in You" from The Lion King
I can't really think of too many worst ones that have been ADDED, but there were certainly some egregious CUTS in the screen-to-stage transition...two that come to mind are "Sister Suffragette" in Mary Poppins and "The Morning Report" in earlier performances of Lion King.
#3Best and Worst Songs Added to Disney Musicals
Posted: 11/8/16 at 12:12pm
"A Change in Me" (Beauty and the Beast), "I Want the Good Times Back" (The Little Mermaid), "He Lives in You" (The Lion King), "Anything Can Happen" (Mary Poppins), "For the First Time" (Tarzan), "These Palace Walls" (Aladdin)
#4Best and Worst Songs Added to Disney Musicals
Posted: 11/8/16 at 12:30pm
A few of my favorite new songs:
"Being Mrs. Banks" - MARY POPPINS
"He Lives in You" - THE LION KING
"Shadowland" - THE LION KING
If Only (Quartet) - THE LITTLE MERMAID
"A Change in Me" - BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
"Home" - BEAUTY AND THE BEST
#5Best and Worst Songs Added to Disney Musicals
Posted: 11/8/16 at 12:41pm
A lot of my favorites have been mentioned. I think "A Change in Me" is probably my favorite followed by "He Lives in You." There are definitely some underrated songs in Tarzan like "For the First Time" and "Everything That I Am." I also love "Made of Stone" from Hunchback and "A Million Miles Away" as well as "To Be Free" from the Aladdin show at California Adventure which I would have liked to hear in the Broadway production.
#6Best and Worst Songs Added to Disney Musicals
Posted: 11/8/16 at 1:06pm
For best "Home" from BEAUTY & THE BEAST and "Made of Stone" from HUNCHBACK hands down. Both so good!!
#7Best and Worst Songs Added to Disney Musicals
Posted: 11/8/16 at 1:19pm
My favourites are
A Million Miles Away from Aladdin and
Someday from Hunchback (it played over the closing credits in the movie but was added to the show on stage and i like the music and lyrics better in the show compared to the pop version that played with the credits).
Alex Kulak2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/11/16
#8Best and Worst Songs Added to Disney Musicals
Posted: 11/8/16 at 1:37pm
My top 3 best are:
3. "Maison De Lunes" from Beauty and the Beast
2. "Made of Stone" from Hunchback
1. "If I Can't Love Her" from Beauty and the Beast
^^They better freaking put that one in the movie.
nolanativeny
Stand-by Joined: 3/29/16
#9Best and Worst Songs Added to Disney Musicals
Posted: 11/8/16 at 1:45pm
My favorites are
"Shadowland" from The Lion King
"If I can't Love Her" from Beauty and the Beast
and I know this is a bit of a controversial opinion but I love "Babkak, Omar, Aladdin, Kassim" from Aladdin
#10Best and Worst Songs Added to Disney Musicals
Posted: 11/8/16 at 1:48pm
The description of the new songs in the Beauty and the Beast movie has me worried. I'll wait until I see it but those may end up being on my worst list. I don't even like the titles.
#11Best and Worst Songs Added to Disney Musicals
Posted: 11/8/16 at 1:52pm
How could I forget "Someday" and "If I Can't Love Her!" Those are amazing ballads.
lucas_glenn
Understudy Joined: 11/5/14
#12Best and Worst Songs Added to Disney Musicals
Posted: 11/8/16 at 3:52pm
Alex Kulak2 said: "My top 3 best are:
3. "Maison De Lunes" from Beauty and the Beast
2. "Made of Stone" from Hunchback
1. "If I Can't Love Her" from Beauty and the Beast
^^They better freaking put that one in the movie.
"
Alan Menken said they cut it from the movie and wrote a new song. He said it was a perfect song to end act 1, but wouldn't make sense in the middle of a movie.
#13Best and Worst Songs Added to Disney Musicals
Posted: 11/8/16 at 5:20pm
"Someday" isn't really new, it was the song that was originally written to replace by "God Help the Outcasts" in the film but then the decision was reversed.
"Home" is one of my favorite Disney songs period. One of my least favorites is "The World Above" in Little Mermaid not because of the quality but because it robs "Part of Your World" of its impact imo.
#14Best and Worst Songs Added to Disney Musicals
Posted: 11/8/16 at 5:25pm
"Home"
"If I Can't Love Her"
"He Lives in You" AND its reprise which I actually think is even better.
"Shadowland"
Pretty much all of the African music they added to Lion King
"These Palace Walls" - very underrated IMO. Easily my favorite song added to Aladdin, and one of the best melodies Menken has written in years.
"Practically Perfect"
I'm sad to say that, for the most part, I've found the rest of the added music to the Disney musicals to be pretty underwhelming. There are definitely exceptions - some good songs that I like but didn't mention above, but I think a large percentage of the additions over the years have been far outshone by the original songs.
#15Best and Worst Songs Added to Disney Musicals
Posted: 11/8/16 at 6:30pm
"Home", "A Change In Me", and "If I Can't Love Her" definitely. Echoing others who said "He Lives In You" and the reprise. I'm actually quite partial to "Her Voice", if just as a lovely tenor song. "Made of Stone", certainly.
Does "Proud of Your Boy" count, since it was written for but cut from the movie? And "A Million Miles Away" is lovely as well.
#16Best and Worst Songs Added to Disney Musicals
Posted: 11/8/16 at 6:36pm
I can't think of any I dislike, but here are my favorite added songs to each Disney Musical...
Beauty & the Beast-No Matter What, Home, If I Can't Love Her, A Change in Me
The Lion King-They Live in You, Shadowland, Endless Night
Tarzan-I Need to Know, Sure As Sun Turns to Moon, Waiting for This Moment, For the First Time, Everything That I Am
Mary Poppins-Cherry Tree Lane, Practically Perfect, Being Mrs. Banks, Anything Can Happen
The Little Mermaid-The World Above, Her Voice, Beyond My Wildest Dreams, One Step Closer, If Only (Quartet)
Newsies-Watch What Happens, Letter From the Refuge, Something to Believe In
Aladdin-These Palace Walls and A Million Miles Away
davp
Chorus Member Joined: 1/27/13
#17Best and Worst Songs Added to Disney Musicals
Posted: 11/8/16 at 9:49pm
I kind of like the song "Me!" that was added to Beauty and the Beast.
broadwayguy91
Broadway Star Joined: 12/23/15
#18Best and Worst Songs Added to Disney Musicals
Posted: 11/8/16 at 10:01pm
BEST - To Be Free - written for the Aladdin musical @ Disney California Park but never used in any other iteration of the stage production
WORST - She's In Love..
Emmaloucbway
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/16/11
#19Best and Worst Songs Added to Disney Musicals
Posted: 11/8/16 at 10:46pm
If I Can't Love Her!!! One of my favorites.
Also Shadowland and Endless Night.
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