''Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' is the soundtrack for the 1992 Disney animated film ''

Aladdin Aladdin ( ; , , ATU 561, 'Aladdin') is a Middle-Eastern folk tale. It is one of the best-known tales associated with '' One Thousand and One Nights'' (often known in English as ''The Arabian Nights''), despite not being part of the original ...

''. The album was released by

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on CD and

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on October 27, 1992. The soundtrack was intertwined with demos, work tapes and unreleased masters, as well as original scores in 1994 in a four-disc

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entitled '' The Music Behind the Magic: The Musical Artistry of Alan Menken, Howard Ashman & Tim Rice''. A

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reissue with altered lyrics and new artwork was released on March 27, 2001. A special edition reissue featuring two previously released demos and new artwork was released on September 28, 2004. '' The Legacy Collection: Aladdin'' was released on September 9, 2022, to coincide with the 30th anniversary of ''Aladdin.'' The music on the album earned composer

Alan Menken Alan Irwin Menken (born July 22, 1949) is an American composer and conductor. Over his career he has received List of awards and nominations received by Alan Menken, numerous accolades including winning eight Academy Awards, a Tony Awards, Tony ...

the

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and the

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, as well as a nomination for the

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. Menken, along with lyricist

Tim Rice Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice (born 10 November 1944) is an English songwriter. He is best known for his collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber, with whom he wrote, among other shows, '' Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'', ''Jesus C ...

, also won the

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, the

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and a

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for the song "

A Whole New World "A Whole New World" is the signature song from Walt Disney Animation Studios, Disney's 1992 animated feature film Aladdin (1992 Disney film), ''Aladdin'', with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Tim Rice. A duet originally recorded by singers B ...

". It is currently the first and only Disney song to win Song of the Year at the

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. The album is one of the best-selling soundtrack albums to an animated film, with 3million copies sold in the United States and 300,000 copies sold in Canada.

Track listing

Notes

Unreleased songs and score

Cut songs

Howard Ashman Howard Elliott Ashman (May 17, 1950 – March 14, 1991) was an American playwright, lyricist and stage director. He is most widely known for his work on feature films for Walt Disney Animation Studios, for which Ashman wrote the lyrics and Alan M ...

and

composed several songs for an initial story treatment of Aladdin prior to beginning work on ''

Beauty and the Beast "Beauty and the Beast" is a fairy tale written by the French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve and published in 1740 in (''The Young American and Marine Tales''). Villeneuve's lengthy version was abridged, rewritten, and publish ...

''.Hochman, Steve (1994). ''The Music Behind the Magic: The Musical Artistry of Alan Menken, Howard Ashman & Tim Rice''. Burbank: Walt Disney Records.Culhane, John (1992). ''Disney's Aladdin: The Making of an Animated Film'' (1st ed.). New York: Hyperion. This story treatment incorporated several plot elements from the original folk tale and additional characters that were eliminated during later story development. Three songs from this score - "Arabian Nights", "

Friend Like Me "Friend Like Me" is the song from Disney's 1992 animated feature film '' Aladdin'', performed by Robin Williams in his role as the Genie. The song is also performed by Will Smith in 2019 live-action remake. It was nominated for the Academy Award ...

" and " Prince Ali" - survive in the final film. Menken composed several additional songs for the subsequent story revisions following Ashman's 1991 death, prior to Tim Rice's involvement with the project. Work tape, demo and master recordings of cut songs have been released in several formats, notably on the 1994 ''

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 ...

'' box set, the 2004 special edition soundtrack and the 2004 DVD release of the film. 1990 Original Score - music by

, lyrics by

. *Arabian Nights *Arabian Nights (Reprise #1) *Babkak, Omar, Aladdin, Kassim *Arabian Nights (Reprise #2) *

*To Be Free *

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– A demo version performed by Menken was featured on the 2004 special edition soundtrack. A pop version recorded by

Clay Aiken Clayton Holmes Aiken (''né'' Grissom; born November 30, 1978) is an American singer, television personality, actor and political activist. Aiken finished second place on the second season of ''American Idol'' in 2003, and his debut album, '' Me ...

was included on the 2004 DVD release of the film. In 2011, it was restored in the film's stage musical adaptation. *How Quick They Forget *Arabian Nights (Reprise #3) *High Adventure – A demo version performed by Menken and Ashman was featured on the 2004 special edition soundtrack. *Arabian Nights (Reprise #4) — This was later used as the ending for ''

Aladdin and the King of Thieves ''Aladdin and the King of Thieves'' (also known as ''Aladdin 3: The King of Thieves'') is a 1996 American direct-to-video animated musical fantasy adventure film produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. It is the second sequel to Disney's 19 ...

''. Additional Menken/Ashman demos *Call Me a Princess – A cover version was recorded by actress/singer

Kerry Butler Kerry Butler is an American actress and singer known primarily for her work in theater. She is best known for originating the roles of Barbara Maitland in ''Beetlejuice'', Penny Pingleton in '' Hairspray'', and Clio/Kira in '' Xanadu'', the latt ...

and released on her first solo album, ''Faith, Trust & Pixie Dust'' in May 2008. *Humiliate the Boy Menken solo demos *Count on Me Menken/

demos *Why Me *My Time Has Come *My Finest Hour

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Cut lyrics from ''Aladdin''
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