Pocahontas: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack is the soundtrack to Disney's 1995, thirty-third animated feature Pocahontas. It contains songs from the film written by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz, conducted by David Friedman, and performed by Judy Kuhn, Mel Gibson, Linda Hunt, Jim Cummings and David Ogden Stiers among others, and singles by Jon Secada and Shanice, and Vanessa L. Williams, along with the film's score composed by Alan Menken. It was released on May 30, 1995 on CD and audio cassette.
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The film's sountrack is probably best known for the track that serves as the film's anthem, "Colors of the Wind", which went on to win an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Grammy Award. As a single, "Colors of the Wind" went on to reach #4 on the U.S. pop charts in 1995, and was one of Vanessa L. Williams' biggest hits.
The soundtrack also won The Academy Award for Best Original Score, sold 2.3 million copies in the remaining two months of 1995 alone, and went on to reach #1 on the Billboard 200.[1]
Track listing
- Side one
- The Virginia Company - Chorus
- Ship At Sea (Score)
- The Virginia Company (Reprise) - Mel Gibson & Chorus
- Steady As The Beating Drum (Main Title) - Chorus
- Steady As The Beating Drum (Reprise) - Jim Cummings
- Just Around The Riverbend - Judy Kuhn
- Grandmother Willow (Score)
- Listen With Your Heart I - Linda Hunt & Bobbi Page
- Mine, Mine, Mine - David Ogden Stiers, Mel Gibson & Chorus
- Listen With Your Heart II - Linda Hunt & Bobbi Page
- Colors of the Wind - Judy Kuhn
- Savages (Part 1) - David Ogden Stiers, Jim Cummings & Chorus
- Savages (Part 2) - Judy Kuhn, David Ogden Stiers, Jim Cummings & Chorus
- I'll Never See Him Again (Score)
- Side two
- Pocahontas (Instrumental)
- Council Meeting (Score)
- Percy's Bath (Score)
- River's Edge (Score)
- Skirmish (Score)
- Getting Acquainted (Score)
- Ratcliffe's Plan (Score)
- Picking Corn (Score)
- The Warriors Arrive (Score)
- John Smith Sneaks Out (Score)
- Execution (Score)
- Farewell (Score)
- Colors of the Wind (End Title) - Vanessa L. Williams
- If I Never Knew You (End Title) - Jon Secada & Shanice
Changes Between the Soundtrack and the Film
- Lyrical changes were made to the song "Savages" in the film, causing it to differ from the version on the soundtrack.
- In the 10th Anniversary Edition DVD release of the film, "If I Never Knew You" is performed within the film's narrative by Judy Kuhn and Mel Gibson. Unlike Disney's re-releases of their soundtracks from Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King to include newly added songs, Disney chose not to re-release the soundtrack to Pocahontas to include this song and its reprise at the end of the film.
Charts
Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1995 | The Billboard 200 | #1 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Artist | Chart | Position |
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| 1995 | "Colors of the Wind" | Vanessa L. Williams | Billboard Hot 100 | #4 |
| 1995 | "Colors of the Wind" | Vanessa L. Williams | Hot R&B / Hip Hop Singles & Tracks | #53 |
| 1995 | "Colors of the Wind" | Vanessa L. Williams | Australia Singles Chart | #16 |
| 1995 | "Colors of the Wind" | Vanessa L. Williams | UK Singles Chart | #21 |
| 1995 | "If I Never Knew You" | Jon Secada and Shanice | UK Singles Chart | #51 |
See also
References
- ^ http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12040603 "Pocahontas"]