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"I See the Light" is the love theme from Disney's 2010 animated feature film, Tangled. It was written by composer Alan Menken and lyricist Glenn Slater. A duet, the song was recorded by American singer and actress Mandy Moore and American actor Zachary Levi in their co-starring film roles as Rapunzel and Flynn Rider. "I See the Light" is a down-tempo love ballad that combines elements of folk, musical theatre and pop music. Its lyrics describe how Rapunzel and Flynn feel about each other, knowing now that they have found each other, they can finally "see the light."
"I See the Light" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 83rd Academy Awards in 2011, becoming composer Alan Menken's fourteenth nomination in the category, but lost to Randy Newman's "We Belong Together" from Disney/Pixar's Toy Story 3. The song won a Grammy Award for Best Song Written For Visual Media as well as Best Song at the Las Vegas Film Critics Society. Renditions of the song can be heard in Disney Dreams!, Mickey's Soundsational Parade and The Magic, the Memories and You, and Celebrate the Magic.
Plot
Rapunzel's dream to see the "floating lights" was finally fulfilled with the help of Flynn Rider. That evening, Flynn rowed Rapunzel out in a small dinghy to the middle of an adjacent lake to get a good view of the lantern release. Later on, both she and Flynn release their own lanterns into the sky. Now that she has finally realized her dream, she discovers that she wants to pursue a relationship with Flynn. Meanwhile, Flynn realizes that his previous dream of becoming rich was nearsighted, and they both find that their new dream is each other.
Lyrics
Rapunzel:
All those days watching from the windows
All those years outside looking in
All that time never even knowing
Just how blind I've been
Now I'm here, blinking in the starlight
Now I'm here, suddenly I see
Standing here, it's all so clear
I'm where I'm meant to be
And at last I see the light
And it's like the fog has lifted
And at last I see the light
And it's like the sky is new
And it's warm and real and bright
And the world has somehow shifted
All at once everything looks different
Now that I see you
Flynn:
All those days chasing down a daydream
All those years living in a blur
All that time never truly seeing
Things the way they were
Now she's here shining in the starlight
Now she's here, suddenly I know
If she's here it's crystal clear
I'm where I'm meant to go
Both: And at last I see the light
Flynn: And it's like the fog has lifted
Both: And at last I see the light
Rapunzel: And it's like the sky is new
Both:
And it's warm and real and bright
And the world has somehow shifted
All at once, everything is different
Now that I see you
Now that I see you...
All those years hidden in this tower
All this time staring at the sun
All those lights burning on my birthday
Could I?
Am I?
Background
Soon after completing scores for The Shaggy Dog (2006) and Enchanted (2007), eight-time Oscar-winning composer Alan Menken was called upon to score and compose new songs for Tangled, then originally titled Rapunzel. Menken asked lyricist Glenn Slater to collaborate with him.
Originally, Menken and Slater wrote a song called "You Are My Forever", which was to be sung to Rapunzel first by Mother Gothel in a motherly way, and then by Flynn in a romantic rendition. The song was eventually scrapped and replaced by two new songs, Gothel's "Mother Knows Best" and a duet between lovers Rapunzel and Flynn called "I See the Light".
Composition and film setting
"I See the Light" was written by Alan Menken (Music) and Glenn Slater (Lyrics) with dialogue from the film's only writer. In the film, the song is performed by Rapunzel (Mandy Moore) and "Flynn Rider" (Zachary Levi) during the launching of thousands of flying lanterns.
Cover versions
- Jackie Evancho included the song on her 2012 album Songs from the Silver Screen.
- On 2012 album Disney - Koe no Oujisama Vol.2 (ディズニー 声の王子様 第2章), which features various seiyus covering Disney songs, this song was covered by Hikaru Midorikawa and Takahiro Sakurai
- David Harris included the song (as a duet with Lucy Durack) on his 2011 album 'At This Stage'
Awards and Nominations
83rd Academy Awards | 2010 | Best Original Song | Tangled: Official Soundtrack | Nominated | ||||
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Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2010 | 2010 | Best Song | Tangled: Official Soundtrack | Nominated | ||||
68th Golden Globe Awards | 2010 | Best Song | Tangled: Official Soundtrack | Nominated | ||||
Las Vegas Film Critics Society | 2010 | Best Song | Tangled: Official Soundtrack | Won | ||||
54th Grammy Awards | 2011 | Best Song Written For Visual Media | Tangled: Official Soundtrack | Won |
Trivia
- The romantic moment/scene has often been compared to the famous, romantic ballroom dance from Beauty and the Beast, the Kiss the Girl scene from The Little Mermaid and A Whole New World from Aladdin. The song Set the Record Straight from the Phineas and Ferb episode "The Great Indoors", which was premiered just before the movie went to DVD, also has these similarities.
- At one point, a lantern floats very low and near the boat and Rapunzel gently guides it back up to the sky. It appears that this is the lantern her parents released, because it has a sun print on it, which is what the King and Queen lifted up, and virtually every other lantern does not have a sun print and are different.
- I See The Light is the fifth duet performed by a Disney Princess and Prince, the first being So This Is Love from Cinderella, the second being Once Upon a Dream from Sleeping Beauty, the third being A Whole New World from Aladdin, and the fourth being If I Never Knew You from the special edition of Pocahontas. This is also the second duet not sung onscreen; the first was So This Is Love.
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External Links
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