Review, buy Ages 5-8: Little Mermaid, Toy Story: Read-Along [CASSETTE], Sesame Street: Get Up and Dance [1997] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Beauty and the Beast, Little Mermaid, Pixar, Vol. 2: Cars/Toy Story/Toy Story 2, Sesame Street: Kids' Favorite Songs (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Lion King (Original Soundtrack) Import, Mickey, Donald and Goofy: the Three Musketeers, The Muppet Christmas Carol [1992] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo [1996] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Disney's Winnie the Pooh Lullabies, Belle's Enchanted Christmas, Aladdin Sing-a-Long, Sesame Street: All-Star Alphabet (REGION 1) (NTSC), Sing, Elmo's Musical Adventures: Story of Peter and the Wolf [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Walt Disney's the Best of the Mickey Mouse Club (REGION 1) (NTSC), Sesame Street: CinderElmo [2000], Lilo & Stitch 2: Island Favorites

After the success of their score for The Little Mermaid, the songwriting team of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken returned to Disney for their second fairy-tale adaptation. Sadly, it was the duo's last completed score before Ashman's untimely death at age 41. This soundtrack contains more-conventional show music than The Little Mermaid, owing in large part to Broadway stalwart Angela Lansbury and to Jerry Orbach's Yves Montand impersonation. Most of the songs here were included in the subsequent Broadway adaptation and its cast album, but this disc is superior in its studio polish and cast, which is better suited to the score. -John Sanchez.

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Little Mermaid (Various)

Tracks Little Mermaid

Poor Unfortunate Souls [*]
Eric to the Rescue
Part of Your World (Reprise)
Fanfare
Under the Sea
Jig
Bedtime
Part of Your World [*]
Kiss the Girl/Making Of [DVD][*]
Tour of the Kingdom
Poor Unfortunate Souls [DVD][*]
Poor Unfortunate Souls
Under the Sea [*]
Wedding Announcement
Storm
Poissons
Happy Ending
Main Titles
Daughters of Triton
Flotsam and Jetsam
Kiss the Girl [*]
Fathoms Below
Part of Your World
Fireworks
Kiss the Girl
Destruction of the Grotto

Publisher: Disney
Run time: 56 min.
RRP: ~~£19.99~~
Price: £5.95

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Review Original Soundtrack / Pixar, Vol. 2: Cars/Toy Story/Toy Story 2

Pixar, Vol. 2: Cars/Toy Story/Toy Story 2 (Original Soundtrack)

Publisher: Disney Kids
Release date: 2008-06-10
RRP: ~~£11.99~~
Price: £4.58

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Review Sesame Street / Sesame Street: Kids' Favorite Songs (REGION 1) (NTSC)

Sesame Street: Kids' Favorite Songs (REGION 1) (NTSC) (Sesame Street)

Publisher: Sony Wonder
Release date: 2001-10-30
Run time: 30 min.
Price: £4.30

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Review Elton John / The Lion King (Original Soundtrack) Import

The Lion King (Original Soundtrack) Import (Elton John)

Publisher: Disney Records
Price: £12.37

Review The Lion King (Original Soundtrack) Import / Elton John:

Elton John doesn't seem like a natural choice to write for a Disney musical, but he rose to the task on The Lion King, transcending his usual penchant for the softest of soft rock. Sir Elton's collaboration with Tim Rice (former writing partner of Andrew Lloyd Webber) helps connect the soundtrack to the theatrical lineage of all Disney musicals-so much so that, like Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King was eventually adapted for Broadway. Undistinguished songs like "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" are far outnumbered by stirring, stately tunes that lent the film so much of its sense of pageant and play. -John Sanchez.

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Review Donald and Goofy Mickey / Mickey, Donald and Goofy: the Three Musketeers

Mickey, Donald and Goofy: the Three Musketeers (Donald and Goofy Mickey)

Tracks Mickey, Donald and Goofy: the Three Musketeers

L'Opera
This Is The End
Sweet Wings Of Love
Three Is A Magic Number
All For One And One For All
Petey's King Of France
Love So Lovely
Chains Of Love

Publisher: Walt Disney
Release date: 2006-03-06
RRP: ~~£6.99~~
Price: £1.82

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Review Walt Disney Video / The Muppet Christmas Carol [1992] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

The Muppet Christmas Carol [1992] (REGION 1) (NTSC) (Walt Disney Video)

Tracks The Muppet Christmas Carol [1992] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

Steve Whitmire
Michael Caine
Brian Henson
Frank Oz
Dave Goelz
Jerry Nelson

Publisher: Walt Disney Video
Release date: 2005-11-29
Run time: 86 min.
Price: £7.45

Review The Muppet Christmas Carol [1992] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Walt Disney Video:

Brian Henson directs his late father's creations in the Charles Dickens classic, the best known (and most oft-filmed) Christmas story of all time. Michael Caine plays the old miser Scrooge with Kermit as his long-suffering but ever-hopeful employee Bob Cratchit, Miss Piggy as Cratchit's wife, and a host of Muppets (including the Great Gonzo as an unlikely Charles Dickens) taking other primary roles in this bright, playful adaptation of the sombre tale. Or at least it starts brightly enough-the anarchic humour soon settles into mirthful memories and a sense of melancholy as the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future take Scrooge on a journey of his lonely, wasted life. Michael Caine makes a wonderful Scrooge, delightfully rediscovering the meaning of life as fantastic creations from Henson's Creature Shop (developed specially for this film) take the reins as the three ghosts. While the odd mix of offbeat humour and sombre drama undercuts the power of Dickens's drama, this kid-friendly retelling makes an excellent family drama that adults and children alike can enjoy. -Sean Axmaker.

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