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Nick’s Blog: The Top Five Disney Movie Songs of All Time

This is a completely musical perspective on the movies.  I’m a devout athiest, yet you’ll see “The Prince of Egypt” on my list.  Feel free to comment on this- disagree, agree, fight, whatever.  I was to hear your opinions.  If there is enough talk, I might even start a poll of sorts.  If I can find youtube clips of the songs, I will link them.  Here goes:

Disney Movie Five: Aladdin

One of the best, but unfortunitely, way too overplayed.  The most well known song is “A Whole New World“, of course; however, one of my other favorites are “Prince Ali“.  Not only am I really surprised that someone like Robin Williams can sing so well, but the son is actually really good.  The chorus is catchy, the tune isn’t simple, and the ending leaves you very up beat.  One of my favorites.

Disney Movie Four: Lion King

The Lion King is another classic, but a genius one at that.  The Circle of Life still to this day gives me goosebumps when I hear it.  When you watch the movie with the song, the effect is completely phenominal.  The movie also has some amazing songs like Can You Feel the Love Tonight? and Hakuna Matata.  Can You Feel the Love Tonight is another of Disney’s killer long songs, it makes me tear up every time I watch it.

Disney Movie Three: Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast not only teaches kids to not be selfish or judge a book by its cover, it also contains some pretty smashing songs.  Belle and Be Our Guest are two of my personal favorites, but yet again, Disney hits it out of the park with a Tale as Old As Time, another classic love song, backed up by Something There.  When the movie accompanies the song, Belle’s yellow dress leaves a great image in your mind for the rest of your life.

Disney Movie Two: Pocahontas

One of my all time favorites.  Not only does Paint With All the Colors of the Wind teach about protecting the environment, but also to not be hasty about judging people or situations.  Around The River Bend,  Listen with Your Heart (short but sweet!), and Steady as the Beating Drum are all phenomenal songs, but my personal favorite is Savages. It sums up how people really feel about people different from themselves, and it’s extremely depressing but true.

The Best Disney Movie: The Prince of Egypt

The Prince of Egypt has some of the best songs ever.  Plagues is completely amazing, and along with the movie, it’s even better.  Deliver Us gives me goosebumps every time I hear it because of the combination of the music, the singing, and the actual movie.  My all-time favorite, the song that makes me cry at times, would be There Can Be Miracles (When You Believe).  This song is completely, absolutely, amazingly beautiful.  There have been lots of remakes, but none even come close to Michelle Pfeiffer and Sally Dworsky’s duo.  If this surprises you, again, it has nothing to do with God or religion.  It’s just a work of art; the music is phenominal.  If you’ve never seen “The Prince of Egypt”, you should see it.  It’s a spectacular movie.  Another few songs worth mentioning are In Heaven’s Eyes and Playing with The Big Boys Now

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