


Menken said that "he job really was to be following along with the camera as it soars through Agrabah, setting up this world for the audience", to which " rewrote some of the lyrics to go with the visuals that Guy had in mind, introducing Jafar and basically setting the stage for the rest of the film", and said that "t's a much bigger, much more ambitious number than it was ". Menken, Pasek and Paul also wrote new lyrics for the original film's song " Arabian Nights", which was reworked as a musical number that introduces the film's story and characters to the audience. Menken said that his score "is obviously pulled from the themes of the songs, almost exclusively, but it is much more live action in its textures and its tone" than the original film's. Menken will also compose the film's score, which will also include new versions of the original film's songs written by him, Howard Ashman and Tim Rice. Background and composition Alan Menken, who composed the score and co-wrote songs for the original film, returned to compose the remake's score and to co-write two new songs, as well as to re-write songs from the original film.Īt the 2017 D23 Expo, Alan Menken, who composed the score and co-wrote songs for the animated film Aladdin, was revealed to be co-writing new songs for its 2019 live-action remake with Pasek and Paul, the songwriters of La La Land. The soundtrack was released on May 17, 2019. The soundtrack features a cover of " A Whole New World" by Zayn Malik and Zhavia Ward, songs from the original film, a new song written by the original film's composer Alan Menken and Pasek and Paul, and a score composed by Menken. “I should have maybe felt more pressure and all these things, but when you’re in that bubble, that lovely bubble of making the movie, and you’re with all these people and you feel really confident about the choices that you’re making and you are very clear about what it is you are looking to achieve, that’s all you can really do because ultimately you know that there are gonna be people that dig it and people that don’t, and that’s like anything that I’ve done up till now, so I’m kind of like, there’s no point over-worrying.Aladdin (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is a soundtrack for the film of the same name, released by Walt Disney Records on May 17, 2019. Scott also added something about her approach to dealing with the “Speechless” pressure that really could come in handy when working on just about anything there’s really no point in excessive worrying.

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Some people are kind of like, ‘No, just stick to how it is.’ You’re never gonna please everyone, but at the very least, I loved the song, I loved the meaning behind the song, I loved the moment that it came in the movie, I loved the fact that away from the movie it felt somewhat modern.” I’m just like, ‘I think it’s a great song! If I think it’s a great song, everyone else …’ But, you know, some people like new things, some people don’t. Probably because maybe I just go into these things quite blind. “I think I was more excited than anything else.
