Menken says his goal with these high-profile Disney redos is “still keep the original as the emotional center of it, but to have these new songs that just expand the experience.” The Oscar-winning duo of Menken and Ashman did the songs for “Little Mermaid” as well as best picture nominee “Beauty and the Beast” and “Aladdin” in the 1990s – and for the recent live-action reimaginings, Menken teamed with Tim Rice for “Beast,” Benj Pasek and Justin Paul for “Aladdin,” and Lin-Manuel Miranda for “Mermaid.” Halle Bailey: New 'Little Mermaid' had to push herself 'past what I thought I could ever do'īut going to bat for emotionally resonant – and narratively important – songs “is what we do,” Menken adds. Though if then-Disney chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg had his way back in the day, the number would have been scrapped after mixed test screenings.
The beloved song – a nostalgic hit for anyone who grew up with the original film – appears on the soundtrack (out now) for Disney’s new live-action “Little Mermaid,” with Halle Bailey inheriting the role of Ariel from '89 star Jodi Benson. We had to fight for it,” composer Alan Menken says of “Part of Your World,” one of many classic tunes he wrote with his late lyricist partner Howard Ashman. Imagine a landscape where “Part of Your World” doesn’t exist.Īriel’s popular “I want” ballad and other songs from Disney’s 1989 classic “The Little Mermaid” kicked off a golden age of animation including “Beauty and the Beast,” “Aladdin,” “The Lion King” and more, though would it have been the same without that teenage girl with a tail yearning to spend a day warm on the sand?īut “we almost lost it.
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