Review, buy Ages 5-8: Baby Looney Tunes: Musical Mischief, Mickey Unrapped [CASSETTE], Toy Story 2 [CASSETTE], Cinderella, Simba's Pride: Read-Along [CASSETTE], Cinderella, Jungle 2 Jungle [CASSETTE], Toy Story, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Muppets Christmas Album, A Bug's Life [CASSETTE], Disney's Sebastian from the Little Mermaid, Tarzan [CASSETTE], Princess Collection..., La Vida Mickey Vol.2, Muppet Hits, Vol. 2, Tigger Movie: Songs & Story, Disney's Karaoke Series: One World, Muppets from Space [CASSETTE], La Vida Mickey, Vol. 2

For those who loved Randy Newman's score to the first Toy Story (but maybe not the singer-songwriter's gruff voice), check out Toy Story 2. Here, we get a handful of memorable vocal numbers: Sarah McLachlan sings the breathy "When She Loved Me," Riders in the Sky give their retro-swing treatment to "Woody's Roundup," and Robert Goulet croons Toy Story's anthem "You've Got a Friend in Me. " The soundtrack's orchestrations are pure Newman-sometimes sweeping, sometimes whimsical, and always fitting for this fantasy story of toys coming to life. Of course, the "You've Got a Friend in Me" theme keeps popping up in the instrumentals, as do Western-themed melodies. Nothing monumental here, but a fun soundtrack nonetheless. -Jason Verlinde.

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Cinderella (Original Soundtrack)

Tracks Cinderella

Main Title/Cinderella - Chorus
Reception at the Palace/So This Is Love (The Cinderella Waltz)
Little Dressmakers/The Work Song/Scavenger Hunt/A Dream Is a Wish Your - Mike Douglas, Ilene Woods
King's Plan
Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes
Where Did I Put That Thing/Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo (The Magic Song)
Vistor/Caught in a Trap/Lucifer/Feed the Chickens/Breafast Is Served - Rhoda Williams, Ilene Woods
I'm in the Middle of a Muddle [Demo Recording] - Ilene Woods
Music Lesson/Oh, Sing Sweet Nightingale/Bad Boy Lucifer/A Message from - Verna Felton
Locked in the Tower/Gus and Jaq to the Rescue/Slipper Fittings/Cinder
Stroke of Midnight/Thank You Fairy Godmother

Publisher: Walt Disney Records
Release date: 1997-02-04
RRP: ~~£10.99~~
Price: £17.96

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Simba's Pride: Read-Along [CASSETTE] (Disney)

Publisher: Disney
Release date: 1998-09-08
RRP: ~~£4.99~~
Price: £39.90

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Cinderella (Various)

Publisher: Disney
RRP: ~~£13.99~~
Price: £5.34

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Review Original Soundtrack / Jungle 2 Jungle [CASSETTE]

Jungle 2 Jungle [CASSETTE] (Original Soundtrack)

Tracks Jungle 2 Jungle [CASSETTE]

You Can Do It
Between Two Worlds
Sombra Negra
Awakening - Jam Nation
Big City Secret - Joseph Arthur
It Starts in the Heart - Maxi Priest
Akatswela - Eyuphuro
By the Sea - Rique Pantoja
It's My Life - Dana Hutson
Malanga
Fire Dance - Ceremony Chant - George Acogny
Whirl-Y-Reel I [Beard & Sandals Mix] - Afro Celt Sound System
New York Jungle
Shaking the Tree '97 [Jungle Version]

Publisher: Disney
Release date: 1997-02-18
RRP: ~~£7.99~~
Price: £23.03

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Toy Story (Various)

Tracks Toy Story

On the Move [Instrumental]
Mutants [Instrumental]
I Will Go Sailing No More
You've Got a Friend in Me
Andy's Birthday [Instrumental]
Infinity and Beyond [Instrumental]
You've Got a Friend in Me - Lyle Lovett, Randy Newman
Hang Together [Instrumental]
Woody's Gone [Instrumental]
Presents [Instrumental]
Sid [Instrumental]
Woody and Buzz [Instrumental]
Strange Things
Buzz [Instrumental]
Soldier's Mission [Instrumental]
Big One [Instrumental]

Publisher: Disney
Price: £17.99

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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Alan Menken)

Tracks The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Lus Celestial/Fuego de Infierno
Dios Ayude a los Marginados - Adrián Barba, Fernando Escandón
Y los Malvados Serán Castigados - Fernando Escandón, Julio Sosa, Alejandro Villeli
Sueña - Coros, Julio Sosa
Campanario
Asilo
Corte de los Milagros - Julio Sosa
Topsy Turvy - Coros, Alan Menken
Campanas de Notre Dame - Fernando Escandón, Julio Sosa, Alejandro Villeli
Ser Como Tu
Afuera
Arde París
Humillación
Bajo el Sol - Fernanda
Marginados - Adrián Barba, Fernando Escandón
Campanas de Notre Dame - Luis Miguel

Publisher: Walt Disney Records
Release date: 1996-05-28
RRP: ~~£11.99~~
Price: £46.90

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Muppets Christmas Album (The Muppets)

Publisher: RCA
Release date: 1993-11-25
RRP: ~~£9.99~~
Price: £36.45

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Review Original Soundtrack / A Bug's Life [CASSETTE]

A Bug's Life [CASSETTE] (Original Soundtrack)

Tracks A Bug's Life [CASSETTE]

Red Alert
Circus Bugs
Robin Hood
Bird Flies
Loser
Time of Your Life - Randy Newman
Flik Leaves
Seed to Tree
Hopper and His Gang
Don't Come Back
City
Victory
Atta
Flik Machine
Ants Fight Back
Bug's Life Suite
Return to Colony
Grasshoppers' Return
Flik's Return
Dot's Rescue

Publisher: Walt Disney Records
Release date: 1998-10-27
RRP: ~~£7.99~~
Price: £21.72

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One of the truly great ironies of modern American pop culture is the evolution of Randy Newman, social critic and songwriter superb, into one of the 1990s' preeminent scorers of animated films. As in Toy Story, Newman's music for A Bug's Life forms much of the crucial human dimension of the computer-generated visuals, replete with an upbeat, if ever-so-slyly fatalistic "theme" song, "The Time of Your Life. " Newman's mastery of the orchestra sparkles here as he playfully romps from '40s-tinged big-band swing through Stalling-esque parodies and tomfoolery to mock-heroics worthy of Korngold and Waxman (or Randy's uncles-Alfred, Lionel, and Emil-for that matter). The brain trust at Pixar may have made impressive strides in forging their digital illusions of life, but they still seem eons away from replicating the musical synapses of Randy Newman's brain. If Walt's impending, much-rumored big thaw actually works out, will Newman be next in line for the Disney deep freeze? -Jerry McCulley.

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Disney's Sebastian from the Little Mermaid (Disney)

Tracks Disney's Sebastian from the Little Mermaid

Hot, Hot, Hot
Music Sweet
Dance the Day Away
You Can Get It If You Really Want
Take This Song
Banana Boat Song (Day-O)
Three Little Birds
Arise
Under the Sea
Jamaica Farewell
Dancing Mood

Publisher: Disney

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Review Original Soundtrack / Tarzan [CASSETTE]

Tarzan [CASSETTE] (Original Soundtrack)

Tracks Tarzan [CASSETTE]

Two Worlds (Reprise)
Moves Like an Ape, Looks Like a Man [Score]
Two Worlds (Finale)
One Family [Score]
Strangers Like Me
Son of Man
Gorillas [Score]
Trashin' the Camp [Phil and N'Sync Version] - *NSYNC, Phil Collins
You'll Be in My Heart - Glenn Close, Phil Collins
Trashin' the Camp - Rosie O'Donnell
Two Worlds
You'll Be in My Heart [Phil Version]
Wondrous Place [Score]
Two Worlds [Phil Version]

Publisher: Disney
Release date: 1999-05-18
RRP: ~~£8.99~~
Price: £21.92

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If you've ever cringed in anticipation of the schmaltzy warbling in a Disney picture, then this could be the album to confound your expectations. The idea of Phil Collins is a great start anyway, with his huskily strained vocals bringing a very different sound. On top of that, the marriage of his songs and voice into Mark Mancina's rollicking score is done in a very successful way. Their goal was to integrate Collins as a singing narrator, the trick being to avoid a clash between score ending and song beginning. Pleasingly the album retains much of that seamlessness. You might feel you could do without reprising duets with luscious boy band 'N Sync, but thanks to the jungle rhythms of Speed king Mancina, they do actually feel like a part of the whole. "Two Worlds" is a definite highlight of the collaboration for musicality, but "Trashin' the Camp" has the inventive laughs. And yes, it does finish on the famous Tarzan yodel! -Paul Tonks If anyone belongs in the "Whatever Happened To?" category of a game show, it's Phil Collins. Back in the 1980s, Collins was everywhere, having retinkered Genesis into a smooth, hit-making machine and embarking on a solo career that redefined adult contemporary music. He's still been busy, but nowhere near the spotlight. [+]

His latest project has been writing five songs for Disney's animated Tarzan. "You' ll Be in My Heart"-presented here in two versions, one with actress Glenn Close-is exactly the sort of ersatz orchestrated power ballad you expect from this sentimental guy. A duet with 'N Sync in "Trashin' the Camp" (also issued in two versions) is Phil's concession to the kids. Producer Mark Mancina's instrumental score mixes the expectant ambient sounds of the jungle with the slowly unfolding sounds of daybreak and jungle rhythms (provided by Collins on drums) that denote inevitable conflict. -Rob O'Connor.

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Princess Collection... (Various)

Publisher: Walt Disney
RRP: ~~£17.99~~
Price: £9.19