The Little Mermaid is the soundtrack to Disney's 1989 animated feature The Little Mermaid. It contains the songs from the film written by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman, as well as the film's score composed by Alan Menken. The score was orchestrated by Thomas Pasatieri.
The soundtrack was first released on October 13, 1989 on both CD and cassette tape. On October 3, 2006, a new two-disc special edition version of the soundtrack was released to correspond with the two-disc Platinum Edition DVD release of The Little Mermaid. The first disc remains identical to the original release, yet with remastered audio, while the newly added second disc is composed of various newly recorded version of the film's songs by different artists, such as Ashley Tisdale, Raven-Symoné, The Jonas Brothers, and Jessica Simpson. It also included two videos, as well as new cover art.
The soundtrack was later followed up with The Legacy Collection: The Little Mermaid, a more comprehensive release that contained all of the music and songs from the original soundtrack, but also much instrumental and some vocal material that was previously unreleased.
Track listing[]
- Fathoms Below - Ship's Chorus
- Main Title (Score)
- Fanfare (Score)
- Daughters of Triton - Kimmy Robertson, Sherry Lynn
- Part of Your World - Jodi Benson
- Under the Sea - Samuel E. Wright
- Part of Your World (Reprise) - Jodi Benson
- Poor Unfortunate Souls - Pat Carroll
- Les Poissons - René Auberjonois
- Kiss the Girl - Samuel E. Wright
- Fireworks (Score)
- Jig (Score)
- The Storm (Score)
- Destruction of the Grotto (Score)
- Flotsam and Jetsam (Score)
- Tour of the Kingdom (Score)
- Bedtime (Score)
- Wedding Announcement (Score)
- Eric to the Rescue (Score)
- Happy Ending - Disney Chorus
- Part of Your World - Alana De Roma (Australian Bonus Track)
Disc Two (Special Edition)
- Kiss the Girl - Ashley Tisdale
- Poor Unfortunate Souls - Jonas Brothers
- Part of Your World - Jessica Simpson
- Under the Sea - Raven-Symoné
- Poor Unfortunate Souls - Jonas Brothers (Music Video) (Enhanced feature)
- Making of "Kiss the Girl" Music Video (Enhanced feature) - Ashley Tisdale
Previously unreleased songs/score[]
Certain pieces of music from the movie remain unreleased in any format from Disney. At one time, the most important and most puzzling is a short reprise of "Poor Unfortunate Souls." This song has been unofficially named "Vanessa's Song" but until the release of The Legacy Collection soundtrack was never recognized or named by Disney.
- "Fathoms Below" (Instrumental) [1:41]
- Main Titles (Full version as heard over end credits – the last 7 seconds haven't been released commercially) [1:34]
- Sebastian's Fanfare [0:06]
- Orchestra Tuning (Source Music) [0:17]
- "Daughters of Triton" (Instrumental) [0:36]
- The Shipwreck [3:09]
- Scuttle, the know-it-all [1:14]
- Ariel's Restriction [1:47]
- Following Ariel [0:42]
- Part of Your World (Full Version - The version heard in the film includes about 25 seconds of score before the song starts) [3:23]
- Part of Your World (Instrumental) [3:23]
- The Grotto Revealed [0:12]
- "Part of Your World Reprise" (Instrumental) [2:14]
- Ursula's Demented Plan / Ariel's in Love [0:46]
- Sebastian Pacing / He Loves Me [0:23]
- Under the Sea (Instrumental) [3:11]
- Somebody's Gotta Nail That Girl's Fins to the Floor [0:10]
- Sebastian and Triton (This cue was included on the "Music Behind the Magic" CD set, but wasn't included on any of the commercial albums) [1:38]
- The Power of Suggestion [1:46]
- Going to See the Sea Witch / Ursula's Lair [1:26]
- Poor Unfortunate Souls (Part 1 - Instrumental) / Ursula's Deal [2:15]
- The Subject of Payment [0:31]
- Poor Unfortunate Souls (Part 2 - Instrumental) [1:14]
- Taking Ariel's Voice [0:39]
- New Pair of Legs [1:10]
- Soft Shell Sebastian [0:26]
- Eric and Max Find Ariel [1:23]
- In Eric's Kingdom [0:53]
- Sebastian in the Kitchen [0:10]
- A Beautiful Maiden [1:06]
- "Les Poissons" (Instrumental) [1:32]
- Sebastian Versus Louis [0:40]
- Dinner at the Castle [0:27]
- Triton Worried [0:34]
- Kiss the Girl (Instrumental) [2:40]
- Ursula Takes Charge [0:39]
- Vanessa on the Beach (with and without vocal) [1:00]
- "Vanessa's Song" ("Poor Unfortunate Souls" Reprise) [0:32]
- "Vanessa's Song" (Instrumental) [0:32]
- Making a Plan / Crashing the Wedding / Ariel's Voice Returns / The Sun Sets / The Final Deal [4:21]
- A Happy Ending (film version) [3:10]
- A Happy Ending (sans Disney chorus) [3:10]
- Eric's Flute (Source) [0:10]
Trivia[]
- The album received the Academy Award for Best Original Score, Academy Award for Best Original Song, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score.
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