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The Little Mermaid: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | 
 enlarge | Artist: Little Mermaid
Label: Disney
Category: Music
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Rating:  46 reviews
Sales Rank: 44302
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.7 x 0.5
UPC: 050086094677
EAN: 0050086094677
ASIN: B000001M3Z
Release Date: October 14, 1997
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| Tracks:
| • | Fathoms Below | | • | Main Titles | | • | Fanfare | | • | Daughters of Triton | | • | Part of Your World | | • | Under the Sea | | • | Part of Your World (Reprise) | | • | Poor Unfortunate Souls | | • | Les Poissons | | • | Kiss the Girl | | • | Fireworks | | • | Jig | | • | The Storm | | • | Destruction of the Grotto | | • | Flotsam and Jetsam | | • | Tour of the Kingdom | | • | Bedtime | | • | Wedding Announcement | | • | Eric to the Rescue | | • | Happy Ending |
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Amazon.com essential recording
Before Broadway was Disneyfied and Times Square became a mall, the best Broadway musicals were being written for Disney animated features by Alan Menken and the late Howard Ashman. Their songs for IThe Little Mermaid/I created the mold from which their even more popular work (IBeauty the Beast, Aladdin/I) would be cast. Almost every tune in IMermaid/I has its (slightly inferior) counterpart in IBeauty/I, for example. But there's no topping the Oscar-winning calypso show-stopper, "Under the Sea"--in which a Caribbean crab convinces you that "Darlin' it's better/Down where it's wetter." Other songs, just as delightful, are even more impressive in the context of the movie. The rapturous "Kiss the Girl" accompanies a scene in which, despite the whispered urgings of creatures all around, the romantic hero Idoes not act/I on the title's advice! That's the kind of abstract dramatic (OK, comedic) conceit you'd expect from Harold Pinter rather than Disney. And the gruesomely hilarious "Les Poissons" gives us a fisheye view of a kitchen where the seafood chef is a sort of French Ed Gein--a sadistic murderer who brutally tortures and chops up his victims, then eats them! Who says Disney never did black comedy? "...I stuff you with bread/It won't hurt, 'cause you're dead/And you're certainly lucky you are...." Lyricist Ashman may not have been Cole Porter, but he was the next best thing. I--Jim Emerson/I
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| Customer Reviews: Read 41 more reviews...
 ~Enhanced VS Original~ August 23, 2008
W. Malecha
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As of The Little Mermaid's rerelease an 'Enhanced' version of the music was also released. br / br /And after reading the reviews on the 'Enhanced' version I was inclined to spend my money on the 'Original' for these reasons. br / br /1.) The 'Enhanced' version has been recorded (I personally favor originals) br /2.) The 'Enhanced' versions re-recording has been redone with a whole new cast (Not a very good situation for anyone including myself who likes the original) br / br /To be fair I have not listened to the 'Enhanced' version because I didn't want to spend $15.00 for something that would end up collecting dust. So I can't say on how 'good' or 'bad' it is. br / br /I purchased and just finished listening to the original and I found it to be superb recording identical to the movie and I highly recommend it for anyone (like me) who is an original kind of person. br / br /Thank you
The Little Mermaid music delivers!!! January 27, 2007
B. Aoun (Beirut, Lebanon)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Hats off for Mr. Alan Menken for the breathtaking score for this motion picture. br / br /Winner of 2 academy awards, this cartoon movie has excelled and reached heights a lot of other movies wanted to reach.. br / br /This soundtrack is kinda short but the music in it is just AWESOME! br /(and by the way, I added the music to my iPod with no problem)
Wonderful Part of the Sea! July 27, 2006
Any - Ren He (Nanning, Guangxi/Wuxi, Jiangsu China)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
When I was a very little girl, my parents told me the story about a little mermaid that written by Anderson. This was one of the most wonderful stories that I couldn't forget. Several years later, I watched the movie "The Little Mermaid" of Disney. I was deeply attracted by it. And what attracted me most was the music in it. Then my parents bought this soundtrack CD for me as my 14th birthday gift. br /I suppose many girls' favorite song in this soundtrack is "Part of Your World". I love this song very much. It still feels so classic even though almost 20 years went by. In this song, Ariel showed that she was so eager to go up to the land. Though the tune is tender and slow, we can feel Ariel's heart and her dreams were so strong, feel how much she believed that her dreams would come true someday. Beautiful and glorious instrumental music, lovely lyric with sweet and dreamy lady vocal, all these made this song so classic and will always be classic. The reprise version of "Part of Your World" is so great as the original version. The tableaux of this reprise version are most unforgettable to me in this movie. "I don't know when, I don't know how, but I know something's starting right now." I'm deeply attracted by this song when every time I listen to it. After I listened to this song, I began to pay more attention to songs that created by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken or performed by Jodi Benson. The song "Under the Sea" is really famous to every Disney fan, though it's not my favorite in the movie. This song is a typical song for the sea in my opinion. It's full-filled with Caribbean feelings, spirited tune, comical lyric and Sebastian's wonderful vocal. At first, I thought Sebastian's voice was strange, and I always skipped "Under the Sea" when every time I listened to this soundtrack. But now, I love his voice very much, then I bought the album "Sebastian from The Little Mermaid" and often listen to it. "Les Poissons" is really a strange but very comical song. When I first listened to it in the movie with my cousin, we couldn't help laughing very loudly. "Poor Unfortunate Souls" is a wonderful song too, it reflected Ursula's ambition. "Kiss the Girl" is a lovely song too, Sebastian's performance and the chorus are great! br /Besides all these songs, there is something that made the movie so great, the scores. All these scores are very beautiful, the musical instruments in the scores have been placed perfectly. The scores made the movie very dramatic. I love the track "Main Title" very much, the principal melody in this track is that of "Part of Your World". It's really beautiful, feels just like Ariel's magical stories. The track which I can't help listening to over and over again is "Happy Ending". I always be attracted by the chorus at the end of this track. "Now we can walk, now we can run, now we can stay all day in the sun..." Some other scores are glorious too, and some of them feels just like symphony. br /I think that this soundtrack is one of the best of Disney. All the songs were performed by wonderful leading vocals and lovely chorus, all the scores are very beautiful. Well, some of my friends consider that Disney movies and music are only for little kids. I don't agree with this absolutely. Because I think Disney music have not only kids' innocence but also adult thoughts, music in "The Little Mermaid" is a good example. This wonderful soundtrack can be accepted by kids easily, and can be loved by many adults. So, if you're a Disney fan or a person who love music very much, this glorious soundtrack shouldn't be missed by you!
I loved this movie! June 4, 2006
Ariella Vaccarino creator of Voice Lessons To Go v.1.2
3 out of 10 found this review helpful
I loved The Little Mermaid! Total family entertainment. The music is awesome and clever- great voices wonderful to watch. br /Other classics not to forget about are: br /Mary Poppins br /My Fair Lady br /The Wizard of Oz br /Chitty Chitty Bang Band br /The first Charlie and the Chocolate Factory br /The Sound of Music br /Oliver br /West Side Story br /Fiddler on the Roof br /Singing in the Rain br /The Wiz br /Little Mermaid br /Aladdin br /Beauty and the Beast br /Grease br /The King and I br /Oklahoma br /The Music Man br /South Pacific br / br /My Voice Students are always asking me for recommendations so I though I'd post it for all! We can't forget about these great musicals!
Works with iPod March 14, 2006
mimihopps
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
To all those who might hesitate to buy this wonderful CD, of one of the greatest Disney movies ever, because of a review here on Amazon that the CD could not be downloaded to the iPod. This is NOT true. I got my CD yesterday and downloaded it directly onto my iPod without any problems. Now I can hear the gorgeous music of "The little Mermaid" wherever I want!!! Don't hesitate to buy this CD, the songs are great and a must for every fan of Disney movies and this in particular. I, also had been concerned about buying this CD, becuse this review said it would not work with the iPod. But I did buy it then and it DOES work !!!!
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