Alan Menken - Disney's Hercules: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack
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Artist: Alan MenkenEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language)
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered, Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 2001-03-27
Music Label: Disney
Soundtracks:
- Long Ago...
- The Gospel Truth I/Main Titles
- The Gospel Truth ll
- The Gospel Truth lll
- Go The Distance
- Oh Mighty Zeus
- Go The Distance (Reprise)
- One Last Hope
- Zero To Hero
- I Won't Say (I'm In Love)
- A Star Is Born
- Go The Distance (Single) - Michael Bolton
- The Big Olive
- The Prophecy
- Destruction Of The Agora
- Phil's Island
- Rodeo
- Speak Of The Devil
- The Hydra Battle
- Meg's Garden
Music reviews of Disney's Hercules: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack
Music Review: And that's the Gospel of Truth!
Rating: 3 Stars
This was the start of something a bit new. Daivd Zippel & Alan Menken. Once more, Disney goes for bringing adult stories to Disney light. Not many people like this movie because it's untruthful to actual myth. I mean, it'd been nice to see a movie of Hercules doing the ten labors, saving women, but... that's not really what kids want in a disney movie.
But what they DID do is give some greek feel to the music and score. After all, the Muses were the goddesses of art and song, so it makes it fit for them to be telling the story.
Long Ago...--Charleton Heston (famous from Planet of the Apes) does a nice little prologue to the story.
The Gospel of Truth I/Main Titles--David Zippel has catchy lyrics but a more different way of arranging them than Schwartz does. It's complexed, but it rules.
Gospel of Truth--People would think Hades is a bad guy, 'cause he's the greek form of the devil. But if you understand what is right or wrong about this song, it's not that bad.
Go The Distance--I was told by one of my friends that this song was used a lot in the olympics. I never knew that, but pushing that aside, I like it. Also Roger Bart has an amazing singing voice, soon to be a star of The Producers around this time, and possibly starring in You're a Good Man Charlie Brown as Snoopy, I love his singing voice.
Go The Distance (Reprise)--This is nothing new, but it's great to hear Roger's voice again.
One Last Hope--I love Danny DeVito's voice as Phil. This role was tailored for him. He talk sings this song more of than belting it out. Which works, because it's more of a training song. All in all, I think it's witty.
Zero to Hero--The most famous song from Hercules, it's full of rhyme after rhyme lyrics. They give a nice homage to broadway and gospel music, it's awesome. It's so catchy.
I Wont Say (I'm In Love)-- Susan Egan (previously Belle on Broadway for Beauty and the Beast) is an amazing Meg. She's smart, sassy, and she owns this song. This is such a doo-whop song that it's a toe-tapper.
A Star is Born--A nice summary to a nice vareity of music. Gospel, catchy...
Go the Distance (Single)--Michael Bolton was drilled in my head as a child, 'cause my mother liked him. But I find him a pretty good of a singer for this song. I like the added words, and I think it sounds amazing. Though it sounds more like a song for "going the distance for a woman", not "going the distance for your dreams". And so people can kind of get touchy about that.
Now, sad to say, I like Alan Menken, but the music just doesn't do it for me in this soundtrack. It was his last time doing Disney musicals. To others he may have given it his best, but I really don't seem to appreciate it. I also don't like the fact that this was the start of smaller amounts of song in the movies. But out of the composition pieces, I like "Cutting the Thread" & "A True Hero/A Star is Born". Those are beautiful tracks. Perhaps this was because of the pixar take over?
All in all, people like the movie and the soundtrack. I seem to appreciate the movie, but this is not a soundtrack that makes its way into my record player much. Though if you are a disney collector, buy it. I am sure it'll be discontinued sometime soon.
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