Disney Princess: The Ultimate Song Collection

by Disney

Overview

Disney Princess The Ultimate Song Collection is one of the better ideas for a Disney compilation: it's a collection of most of the memorable songs sung by the princesses in films spanning Snow White and the Seven Dwarves to Pocahontas and Mulan. The album opens with "If You Can Dream," a new song featuring all of the vocal talents behind the princesses in the later Disney movies. Like most diva collaborations, it's less than the sum of its parts, with bland songwriting detracting from the performances of Jodi Benson (The Little Mermaid's Ariel), Lea Salonga (Aladdin's Jasmine and Mulan), Judy Kuhn (Pocahontas), and Paige O'Hara (Beauty and the Beast's Belle). However, the rest of the collection is strong, serving up memorable songs from latter-day Disney films like The Little Mermaid's "Part of Your World" and "Kiss the Girl" and The Lion King's "Can You Feel the Love Tonight." Kuhn's performances of Pocahontas' "Just Around the Riverbend" and "Colors of the Wind" are also standouts due to her striking voice, which is stronger and more womanly than most of the other singers who have given their voices to Disney princesses. Happily, the love songs from the studio's classic films get their due as well: the purity and sweetness of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves' "Someday My Prince Will Come," Cinderella's "So This Is Love," and Sleeping Beauty's "Once Upon a Dream" are welcome reminders of these films' enduring quality. While it's not as necessary as some other Disney best-ofs, Disney Princess: The Ultimate Song Collection is still a charming celebration of fairy-tale romance. ~ Heather Phares

Product Details

Release Date:	09/21/2004
Label:	Walt Disney
UPC:	0050086115075

Tracks

1. If You Can Dream  - Robbie Buchanan  -  Disney  - Jay Landers
2. Part of Your World  - Howard Ashman  -  Disney  - Alan Menken
3. A Whole New World  -  Disney  - Alan Menken  - Tim Rice
4. Just Around the Riverbend  -  Disney  - Alan Menken  - Stephen Schwartz
5. Colors of the Wind  -  Disney  - Alan Menken  - Stephen Schwartz
6. Some Day My Prince Will Come  - Frank Churchill  -  Disney  - Larry Morey
7. So This Is Love  - Mack David  -  Disney  - Al Hoffman  - Jerry Livingston
8. A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes  - Mack David  -  Disney  - Al Hoffman  - Jerry Livingston
9. Once Upon a Dream  -  Disney  - Sammy Fain  - Jack Lawrence
10. Can You Feel the Love Tonight  -  Disney  - Elton John  - Tim Rice
11. Belle  - Howard Ashman  -  Disney  - Alan Menken
12. Reflection  -  Disney  - Matthew Wilder  - David Zippel
13. Kiss the Girl  - Howard Ashman  -  Disney  - Alan Menken
14. If You Can Dream  - Robbie Buchanan  - Ashley Gearing  - Jay Landers

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Disney   Primary Artist
Sleeping Beauty Chorus   Primary Artist
Beauty and the Beast Chorus   Primary Artist
Cinderella Mice Chorus   Primary Artist
Mary Costa   Primary Artist,Vocals
Bill Shirley   Primary Artist,Vocals
Jodi Benson   Primary Artist,Vocals
Chorus   Primary Artist
Joseph Williams   Primary Artist,Vocals
Sally Dworsky   Primary Artist,Vocals
Judy Kuhn   Primary Artist,Vocals
Samuel E. Wright   Primary Artist
Mike Douglas   Primary Artist,Vocals
Adriana Caselotti   Primary Artist,Vocals
Brad Kane   Primary Artist,Vocals
Ilene Woods   Primary Artist,Vocals
Ashley Gearing   Primary Artist,Vocals
Lea Salonga   Primary Artist,Vocals
Susie Stevens Logan   Primary Artist,Vocals
Sleeping Beauty   Primary Artist
Paige O'Hara   Primary Artist,Vocals
Mice Chorus   Primary Artist
Richard White   Primary Artist,Primary Artist,Vocals
Christie Houser   Primary Artist
Ernie Sabella   Vocals
J.A.C. Redford   Conductor
Nathan Lane   Vocals
Kristle M. Edwards   Vocals

Technical Credits

Mack David   Composer
David Braucher   Design
Jack Lawrence   Composer
Larry Morey   Composer
Frank Churchill   Composer
David Zippel   Composer
Jordan Foley   Art Direction
Jay Landers   Composer,Executive Producer
Howard Ashman   Composer,Producer
Robert Kraft   Producer
Tim Rice   Composer,Producer
Randy Thornton   Mastering
Alan Menken   Composer,Producer
Ilene Woods   Composer
George Bruns   Composer
William Ross   Orchestral Arrangements
Ted Kryczko   Compilation Supervisor
Stephen Schwartz   Composer,Producer
Elton John   Composer
Robbie Buchanan   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Mark Mancina   Arranger,Producer
Jerry Livingston   Composer
Matthew Wilder   Composer
Oliver Wallace   Composer
Al Hoffman   Composer
Sammy Fain   Composer