Movie Magic, Vol. 2: You'll Be in My Heart

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Description

Disney's animated film catalog has produced some of the most recognizable songs of the last thirty years, and this fourteen-track collection draws from across that range — The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Hercules, Moana, Tarzan, and several others all represented within a single solo piano album. The arrangements bring a classical sensibility to the material, with chord voicings and phrasing that add some harmonic depth to what were largely orchestral originals.

Orchestral pieces like Colors of the Wind, Go the Distance, and How Far I'll Go are given more harmonic movement than the simpler pop-oriented songs in the set, their original arrangements lending themselves well to a more developed piano treatment. Can You Feel the Love Tonight, Beauty and the Beast, and I See the Light are the most familiar titles here, and all three are handled at a measured pace with enough space in the arrangements for the harmonic movement to come through clearly. God Help the Outcasts and When She Loved Me sit at the quieter end of the track list, both moving slowly and with a careful, deliberate touch throughout.

Bundle of Joy and Nemo Egg are the most score-driven entries — both instrumental pieces in their original form — and both translate to solo piano without requiring any melodic adaptation.

For anyone who grew up with these films, the collection offers a more considered take on a catalog of songs that has held up well across several decades.

Track List:

1. Can You Feel the Love Tonight (The Lion King) - 3:47
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2. Beauty and the Beast (Beauty and the Beast) - 4:09
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3. Go the Distance (Hercules) - 4:07
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4. You'll Be in My Heart (Tarzan) - 3:47
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5. Nemo Egg (Finding Nemo) - 2:06
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6. Colors of the Wind (Pocahontas) - 3:35
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7. God Help the Outcasts (The Hunchback of Notre Dame) - 2:49
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8. I Won't Say I'm in Love (Hercules) - 2:32
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9. When She Loved Me (Toy Story 2) - 3:04
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10. How Far I'll Go (Moana) - 2:27
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11. I See the Light (Tangled) - 3:52
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12. Bundle of Joy (Inside Out) - 2:54
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13. So Close (Enchanted) - 3:12
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14. Proud of Your Boy (Aladdin the Musical) - 2:34
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15. Total Runtime - 44:55