The Music Behind the Magic

The Musical Artistory of
ALAN MENKEN, HOWARD ASHMAN & TIM RICE


The Music Behind the Magic
is dedicated to the memory of
my friend and collaborator,
Howard Ashman.
This world is a brighter place
because of his brilliance and a
better place because of his love.
-Alan Menken


Howard, standing,
and Alan, at piano,
running through songs for
The Little Mermaid.
ONE: THE LITTLE MERMAID
  1. Fathoms Below, Main Titles (Demo)
  2. Fathoms Below (Final)
  3. Main Titles (Final)
  4. Fanfare (Final)
  5. Daughters of Triton (Final)
  6. Part of Your World (Work Tape)
  7. Part of Your World (Demo)
  8. Part of Your World (Final)
  9. Fireworks (Final)
  10. Jig (Final)
  11. Under the Sea (Work Tape)
  12. Under the Sea (Demo)
  13. Under the Sea (Final)
  14. Sebastian and Triton (Final)
  15. Part of Your World, Reprise (Demo)
  16. The Storm (Final)
  17. Part of Your World, Reprise (Final)
  18. Silence Is Golden (Demo)
  19. Poor Unfortunate Souls (Demo)
  20. Poor Unfortunate Souls (Final)
  21. Les Poissons (Demo)
  22. Les Poissons (Final)
  23. Tour of the Kingdom (Final)
  24. Kiss the Girl (Demo)
  25. Kiss the Girl (Final)
  26. Bedtime (Final)
  27. Wedding Announcement (Finlal)
  28. Eric to the Rescue (Final)
  29. Part of Your World / Happy Ending
    (Work Tape / Final)

TWO: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
  1. Belle (Demo / Final)
  2. Prologue (Final)
  3. Belle, Reprise (Demo)
  4. Belle, Reprise (Final)
  5. Wolf Attack (Unreleased Master)
  6. Gaston (Demo)
  7. Gaston (Final)
  8. Gaston, Reprise (Demo)
  9. Be Our Guest (Demo)
  10. Be Our Guest (Final)
  11. West Wing (Final)
  12. Human Again (Demo)
  13. Something There (Final)
  14. The Mob Song (Final)
  15. Beauty and the Beast (Work Tape)
  16. Beauty and the Beast (Demo)
  17. Beauty and the Beast (Final)
  18. The Beast Lets Belle Go (Final)
  19. Transformation #1 (Final)
  20. Transformation #2 (Final)
  21. Beauty and the Beast (Single)

Howard Ashman, Danny Troob,
Alan Menken


Alan and Tim finishing Aladdin
after the loss of Howard Ashman.
THREE: ALADDIN
  1. Arabian Nights (Final)
  2. Legend of the Lamp (Final)
  3. On a Dark Night (Final)
  4. One Jump Ahead (Final)
  5. Street Urchins (Final)
  6. One Jump Ahead, Reprise (Final)
  7. Count On Me (Demo)
  8. Call Me a Princess (Demo)
  9. Jasmine Runs Away (Final)
  10. Marketplace (Final)
  11. Why Me (Unreleased Master)
  12. Friend Like Me (Work Tape)
  13. Friend Like Me (Final)
  14. To Be Free (Final)
  15. The Cave of Wonders (Final)
  16. Prince Ali (Demo)
  17. Prince Ali (Final)
  18. A Whole New World (Work Tape)
  19. A Whole New World (Final)
  20. The Kiss (Final)
  21. Aladdin's Word (Final)
  22. Humiliate the Boy (Demo)
  23. Jafar's Hour (Final)
  24. Prince Ali, Reprise (Final)
  25. The Ends of the Earth (Final)
  26. The Battle (Final)
  27. Happy End In Agrabah (Final)
  28. Arabian Nights, Reprise
  29. A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme) (Single)

FOUR: ALADDIN (THE ORIGINAL SCORE)
  1. Arabian Nights, Reprise #1
  2. Babkak, Omar, Aladdin, Kassim
  3. Arabian Nights, Reprise #2
  4. Friend Like Me
  5. Proud of Your Boy
  6. How Quick They Forget
  7. Arabian Nights, Reprise #3
  8. High Adventure
  9. Arabian Nights, Reprise #4

    (All tracks are demos)

Tim Rice, Alan Menken

All demos written, produced, and performed by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken

Boxed set produced by Alan Menken
Boxed set edited and mastered by Bruce Botnick at a Pacific Ocean Post Studio
Creative direction by Antoinette Portis
Art direction by Clifford Selbert Design Collaborative

Special thanks to:

Sarah Ashman Gillespie and William Lauch for providing lyrics, tapes, photos, anecdotes, and memories, and for helping keep this project on course and in tune with Howard's wishes.
Bruce Botnick for making a crazy idea real.
Jeffrey Katzenberg, Chris Montan, Peter Shneider, and my manager, Scott Shukat, for making this project possible.
Rick Kunis, Joe Kurasz, Leah Menken, and Sharon Berken Seymour for invaluable assistance in coordinating and assembling materials for this boxed set.
And last, but not least, all my friends at Walt Disney Records, most especially Mark Jaffe and Harold J. Kleiner, for their extraordinary support.