Okay, rather than start a redundant new topic, I think it's time I replied to this to suggest that 2014 would be the prime time to release the expanded score for The Lion King, what with 2014 being the 20th anniversary of the film's release. The long-running bootleg leaked out in higher quality earlier this year, true, but I still think the score is worth releasing as a 2-CD set, in fact more so now than ever.
I could see a set being something like this:
CD 1 (Main body, songs would be film versions):
01 Circle Of Life 02 Scar's Dinner 03 What Am I Going To Do/Sunrise At Pride Rock 04 Hyenas In The Pride Lands 05 I Just Can't Wait To Be King 06 Elephant Graveyard 07 Father's Footsteps 08 Be Prepared 09 The Trap 10 Stampede 11 Mufasa's Dead 12 As Good As Dead 13 Hakuna Matata 14 Scar, Zazu/What Did You Say? 15 Under The Stars 16 Nala Attacks 17 Can You Feel The Love Tonight 18 Nala and Simba/Mufasa Ghost 19 Homeward Bound 20 Simba And Nala Move In/Finale/End Title 21 Can You Feel The Love Tonigh (End Title)
CD 2 (Just guessing here, some alternates are in the film though): 01 Circle Of Life (Alternate) 02 Scar's Dinner (Alternate) 03 Sunrise At Pride Rock (Alternate) 04 Hyenas In The Pride Lands (Film Version) 05 Be Prepared (Instrumental Version) 06 Stampede (Alternate) 07 Mufasa's Dead (Alternate) 08 Warthog Rhapsody (Early Concept) 09 Be Prepared Reprise (Early Concept) 10 Can You Feel The Love Tonight (Early Concept) 11 Nala And Simba/Mufasa Ghost (Alternate) 12 Simba And Nala Move In/Finale/End Title (Alternate)
And imagine the liner notes, which would detail the processes behind each cue! From what I gather the amount of work was quite phenominal.
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