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. Released on November 22, 1994 on Walt Disney Records, the set includes work tape recordings, demos, previously released final recordings, and unreleased master recordings of songs and score cues.

Track listing
All music composed by Alan Menken. The Little Mermaid 1. 	"Fathoms Below, Main Titles" (demo) 	Howard Ashman 	Howard Ashman & Alan Menken 	4:39 2. 	"Fathoms Below" (final) 	Ashman 	Chorus 	1:41 3. 	"Main Titles" (final) 	 	(score) 	1:26 4. 	"Fanfare" (final) 	 	(score) 	0:26 5. 	"Daughters of Triton" (final) 	Ashman 	Chorus 	0:37 6. 	"Part of Your World" (work tape) 	Ashman 	Ashman & Menken 	0:46 7. 	"Part of Your World" (demo) 	Ashman 	Ashman & Menken 	0:47 8. 	"Part of Your World" (final) 	Ashman 	Jodi Benson 	3:12 9. 	"Fireworks" (final) 	 	(score) 	0:38 10. 	"Jig" (final) 	 	(score) 	1:32 11. 	"Under the Sea" (work tape) 	Ashman 	Ashman & Menken 	1:20 12. 	"Under the Sea" (demo) 	Ashman 	Ashman & Menken 	2:32 13. 	"Under the Sea" (final) 	Ashman 	Samuel E. Wright 	3:12 14. 	"Sebastian and Triton" (final) 	 	(score) 	1:41 15. 	"Part of Your World, Reprise" (demo) 	Ashman 	Ashman & Menken 	1:32 16. 	"The Storm" (final) 	 	(score) 	3:18 17. 	"Part of Your World, Reprise" (final) 	Ashman 	Benson 	2:15 18. 	"Silence Is Golden" (demo) 	Ashman 	Ashman & Menken 	2:35 19. 	"Poor Unfortunate Souls" (demo) 	Ashman 	Ashman & Menken 	5:06 20. 	"Poor Unfortunate Souls" (final) 	Ashman 	Pat Carroll 	4:48 21. 	"Les Poissons" (demo) 	Ashman 	Ashman & Menken 	2:07 22. 	"Les Poissons" (final) 	Ashman 	René Auberjonois 	1:32 23. 	"Tour of the Kingdom" (final) 	 	(score) 	1:24 24. 	"Kiss the Girl" (demo) 	Ashman 	Ashman & Menken 	1:05 25. 	"Kiss the Girl" (final) 	Ashman 	Wright 	1:35 26. 	"Bedtime" (final) 	 	(score) 	1:20 27. 	"Wedding Announcement" (final) 	 	(score) 	2:16 28. 	"Eric to the Rescue" (final) 	 	(score) 	3:40 29. 	"Part of Your World/Happy Ending" (work tape/final) 	Ashman 	Ashman & Menken/(score) 	2:34 Total length: 62:43 	Beauty and the Beast 1. 	"Belle" (demo/final) 	Howard Ashman 	Howard Ashman, Alan Menken/Paige O'Hara, Richard White 	4:52 2. 	"Prologue" (final/no dialogue) 	 	(score) 	2:31 3. 	"Belle (Reprise)" (demo) 	Ashman 	Ashman & Menken 	0:58 4. 	"Belle (Reprise)" (final) 	Ashman 	O’Hara 	1:04 5. 	"Wolf Attack" (unreleased master) 	 	(score) 	2:39 6. 	"Gaston" (demo) 	Ashman 	Ashman & Menken 	3:39 7. 	"Gaston" (final) 	Ashman 	Jesse Corti & White 	3:37 8. 	"Gaston (Reprise)" (demo) 	Ashman 	Ashman & Menken 	2:28 9. 	"Be Our Guest" (demo) 	Ashman 	Ashman & Menken 	3:27 10. 	"Be Our Guest" (final) 	Ashman 	Jerry Orbach & Angela Lansbury 	3:42 11. 	"West Wing" (final) 	 	(score) 	2:19 12. 	"Human Again" (demo) 	Ashman 	Ashman & Menken 	9:10 13. 	"Something There" (final) 	Ashman 	O’Hara, Robby Benson, Orbach, Lansbury, David Ogden Stiers 	2:16 14. 	"The Mob Song" (final) 	Ashman 	White 	3:27 15. 	"Beauty and the Beast" (work tape) 	Ashman 	Ashman & Menken 	1:43 16. 	"Beauty and the Beast" (demo) 	Ashman 	Ashman & Menken 	2:13 17. 	"Beauty and the Beast" (final) 	Ashman 	Lansbury 	2:44 18. 	"The Beast Lets Belle Go" (final) 	 	(score) 	2:20 19. 	"Transformation #1" (final) 	 	(score) 	1:35 20. 	"Transformation #2" (final) 	 	(score) 	5:46 21. 	"Beauty and the Beast" (single) 	Ashman 	Celine Dion & Peabo Bryson 	4:02 Total length: 67:27 	Aladdin 1. 	"Arabian Nights" (demo/final) 	Howard Ashman 	Alan Menken/Bruce Adler 	1:48 2. 	"Legend of the Lamp" (final/dialogue by Robin Williams) 	 	(score) 	1:24 3. 	"On a Dark Night" (final) 	 	(score) 	2:54 4. 	"One Jump Ahead" (final) 	Tim Rice 	Brad Kane 	2:22 5. 	"Street Urchins" (final) 	 	(score) 	1:56 6. 	"One Jump Ahead, Reprise" (final) 	Rice 	Kane 	1:00 7. 	"Count on Me" (demo) 	Alan Menken 	Menken 	2:38 8. 	"Call Me a Princess" (demo) 	Ashman 	Howard Ashman & Menken 	2:40 9. 	"Jasmine Runs Away" (final) 	 	(score) 	0:44 10. 	"Marketplace" (final) 	 	(score) 	2:36 11. 	"Why Me" (unreleased master) 	Rice 	Jonathan Freeman 	3:21 12. 	"Friend Like Me" (work tape) 	Ashman 	Ashman & Menken 	1:07 13. 	"Friend Like Me" (final) 	Ashman 	Robin Williams 	2:27 14. 	"To Be Free" (final) 	 	(score) 	1:37 15. 	"The Cave of Wonders" (final) 	 	(score) 	4:56 16. 	"Prince Ali" (demo) 	Ashman 	Ashman & Menken 	4:13 17. 	"Prince Ali" (final) 	Ashman 	Williams 	2:51 18. 	"A Whole New World" (work tape) 	Rice 	Menken & Tim Rice 	0:50 19. 	"A Whole New World" (final) 	Rice 	Kane & Lea Salonga 	2:39 20. 	"The Kiss" (final) 	 	(score) 	1:50 21. 	"Aladdin’s Word" (final) 	 	(score) 	1:51 22. 	"Humiliate the Boy" (demo) 	Ashman 	Freeman & Menken 	3:42 23. 	"Jafar’s Hour" (final) 	 	(score) 	2:39 24. 	"Prince Ali, Reprise" (final) 	Rice 	Freeman 	1:12 25. 	"The Ends of the Earth" (final) 	 	(score) 	1:35 26. 	"The Battle" (final) 	 	(score) 	3:38 27. 	"Happy End in Agrabah" (final) 	 	(score) 	4:14 28. 	"Arabian Nights, Reprise" (unreleased master) 	Ashman 	Adler 	0:44 29. 	"A Whole New World (Aladdin’s Theme)" (single) 	Rice 	Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle 	4:05 Total length: 70:44 	Aladdin (The Original Score) 1. 	"Arabian Nights, Reprise #1" (demo) 	Howard Ashman 	Howard Ashman & Alan Menken 	0:31 2. 	"Babkak, Omar, Aladdin, Kassim" (demo) 	Ashman 	Ashman & Menken 	2:45 3. 	"Arabian Nights, Reprise #2" (demo) 	Ashman 	Ashman & Menken 	0:32 4. 	"Friend Like Me" (demo) 	Ashman 	Ashman & Menken 	2:35 5. 	"Proud of Your Boy" (demo) 	Ashman 	Ashman & Menken 	2:27 6. 	"How Quick They Forget" (demo) 	Ashman 	Ashman & Menken 	3:57 7. 	"Arabian Nights, Reprise #3" (demo) 	Ashman 	Ashman & Menken 	0:34 8. 	"High Adventure" (demo) 	Ashman 	Ashman & Menken 	4:19 9. 	"Arabian Nights, Reprise #4" (demo) 	Ashman 	Ashman & Menken 	0:43 Total length: 18:47

Reference

 * Entertainment Weekly review by Steve Daly, 11-25-1994