The Little Mermaid (soundtrack)

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The Little Mermaid: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack
The Little Mermaid: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack cover
Soundtrack by Various Artists
Released December 13, 1989
October 3, 2006 (SE)
Genre Broadway Musical Style Soundtrack
Label Walt Disney Records
Producer Alan Menken
Howard Ashman
Professional reviews
Disney film soundtracks chronology
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
(1989)
The Little Mermaid
(1989)
The Rescuers Down Under
(1990)
2006 Special Edition
2006 Special Edition

The Little Mermaid: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack 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 album received the Academy Award for Best Original Score and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score.

In October 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 includeds two videos, as well as new cover art.

[edit] Track listing

  1. Fathoms Below - Chorus
  2. Main Titles (Score)
  3. Fanfare (Score)
  4. Daughters of Triton - Kimmy Robertson, Caroline Vasicek, Matthew Balaban
  5. Part of Your World - Jodi Benson
  6. Under the Sea - Samuel E. Wright and Chorus
  7. Part of Your World (Reprise) - Jodi Benson
  8. Poor Unfortunate Souls - Pat Carroll
  9. Les Poissons - René Auberjonois
  10. Kiss the Girl - Samuel E. Wright
  11. Fireworks (Score)
  12. Jig (Score)
  13. The Storm (Score)
  14. Destruction of the Grotto (Score)
  15. Flotsam and Jetsam (Score)
  16. Tour of the Kingdom (Score)
  17. Bedtime (Score)
  18. Wedding Announcement (Score)
  19. Eric to the Rescue (Score)
  20. Happy Ending - Chorus

[edit] Disc two (special edition)

  1. "Kiss the Girl" - Ashley Tisdale
  2. "Poor Unfortunate Souls" - Jonas Brothers
  3. "Part of Your World" - Jessica Simpson
  4. "Under the Sea" - Raven-Symoné

[edit] Unreleased Songs/Score

Several pieces of music from the movie remain unreleased in any format from Disney. The most important and most puzzling is a short reprise of Ursula's song Poor Unfortunate Souls which appears in the movie right before Eric and Vanessa's wedding. This song has been unofficially named "Vanessa's Song" but has never been recognized or named by Disney. The piece is sung by Vanessa (Jodi Benson). It has a short prelude of Scuttle humming (Buddy Hackett) and the ending laugh is by Ursula (Pat Carrol)

  1. Main Titles (NOTE: Full version, heard over end credits)
  2. Sebastian’s Fanfare
  3. Tuning
  4. Ariel!/Shipwreck
  5. Scuttle
  6. You Went Up to the Surface Again/Sebastian In Charge/Ariel’s Cavern
  7. "Part of Your World" (Full Version)
  8. It’s Too Easy/Ariel’s In Love
  9. What to Do/He Loves Me
  10. Somebody’s Gotta Nail That Girl’s Fins to the Floor
  11. Sebastian and Triton (Included on the "Music Behind the Magic" CD set, but not on the commercial release)
  12. Poor Sweet Child
  13. Going to See the Sea Witch
  14. She’s a Human
  15. I’ll Try to Help
  16. Eric and Max Find Ariel/At the Castle/The Kitchen
  17. Getting Ready For Dinner
  18. "Les Poissons" (Full Version)
  19. Sebastian Escapes
  20. What Have I Done?
  21. Ursula Takes Matters Into Her Own Tentacles
  22. Vanessa On the Beach
  23. "Vanessa’s Song"
  24. Making a Plan/Crash the Wedding/Ariel’s Voice/The Sun Sets/The Deal


Awards
Preceded by
The Milagro Beanfield War
Academy Award for Best Original Score
1989
Succeeded by
Dances with Wolves
Preceded by
Gorillas in the Mist
Golden Globe for Best Original Score
1989
Succeeded by
The Sheltering Sky