The Music of The Rock (1996 film)

Copyright © 1996 Hollywood Pictures Company

Music Composed by

Nick Glennie-Smith and Hans Zimmer

Supervising Music Editor

Bob Badami

Music Editor

John Finklea

Assistant Music Editors

Shannon Erbe and Sienna Pascarella

Executive in Charge of Music for

The Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group

Kathy Nelson

Score Production Services by

Media Ventures

Score Arranged by

Nick Glennie-Smith and Hans Zimmer

Additional Music by

Harry Gregson-Williams

The Chase by

Don Harper

Orchestration by

Bruce Fowler

Suzette Moriarty

Ladd McIntosh

Walt Fowler

Dennis Dreith

Score Recorded and Mixed by

Alan Meyerson

Music Recorded at

Paramount and Sony

Music Preparation

Dominic Fidelibus

Music Contractor

Sandy DeCrescent

Assistants to Composers

Emma Burnham, Marc Streitenfeld, Justin Burnett

Soundtrack Available on

Hollywood Records

2012 Buena Vista Home Entertainment releases

Labels

• Disney
• Touchstone Home Entertainment
• Hollywood Pictures Home Entertainment
• ABC Studios

BVHE Releases

Blu-ray / Blu-ray 3D / DVD Releases (My List)

• January 17: Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) [25th Anniversary Edition]
• January 17: Dead Poets Society (1989)
• January 24: Real Steel (2011) — DVD-Video
• March 20: The Muppets (2011) — Disney DVD
• April 3: War Horse (2011) — DVD-Video
• May 15: Father of the Bride: 2-Movie Collection (1991–95) [Father of the Bride: 20th Anniversary Edition]
• June 5: John Carter
• June 5: The Color of Money (1986) [25th Anniversary Edition]
• June 5: Cocktail (1988)
• June 5: Ransom (1996) [15th Anniversary Edition]
• June 19: Newsies (1992) [20th Anniversary Edition]
• June 19: Sister Act: 2-Movie Collection (1992–93) [Sister Act: 20th Anniversary Edition]
• June 19: Evita (1996) [15th Anniversary Edition]
• July 3: Phenomenon (1996)
• July 3: The Horse Whisperer (1998)
• July 3: Step Up (2006)
• August 7: Adventures in Babysitting (1987) [25th Anniversary Edition]
• August 7: The Preacher’s Wife (1996)
• August 7: Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) [15th Anniversary Edition]
• August 7: Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion (1997) [15th Anniversary Edition]
• August 7: High Fidelity (2000)
• August 21: Disneynature’s Chimpanzee
• August 21: Pocahontas: 2-Movie Collection (1995–98) 
• August 28: Once Upon a Time: The Complete First Season (2011–12)
• September 4: The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992)
• September 4: Cold Creek Manor (2003) [10th Anniversary Edition]
• September 18: Ed Wood (1994)
• September 18: Judge Dredd (1995)
• September 25: Arachnophobia (1990)
• October 2: People Like Us
• November 6: Beaches (1988)
• November 6: Sweet Home Alabama [10th Anniversary Edition]
• November 13: Brave
• November 13: Pixar Short Films Collection Vol. 2 (2007–12)
• December 4: The Odd Life of Timothy Green
• December 11: Dick Tracy (1990)
• December 11: The Joy Luck Club (1993)
• December 11: Heavyweights (1995)

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Narration of Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

Narrated by Academy Award®-winner Matt Damon

 

“The story that I want to tell you cannot be found in a book. They say the history of the West was written from the saddle of a horse, but it’s never been told from the heart of one… not ‘till now. I was born here in this place that would come to be called the Old West, but to my kind, the land was ageless. It had no beginning and no end, no boundary between earth and sky. Like the wind in the buffalo grass we belonged here. We would always belong here. They say the mustang is the spirit of the West. Whether that West was won or lost in the end, you’ll have to decide for yourself, but the story I want to tell you is true. I was there, and I remember. I remember the sun and the sky and the wind calling my name in a time when wild horses ran free.”

“And so I grew from colt to stallion as wild and reckless as thunder over the land, racing with the eagle, soaring with the wind. Flying? There were times I believed I could.”

“Like my father before me I became leader of the Cimarron herd and with that honor… came responsibility.”

“Something new came upon the land one night — something that would change my life forever — and so, my journey began.”

“A wiser horse might have turned and run, but I wanted to know what strange creatures were here.”

“I was scared, and I didn’t know what was going to happen to me, but at least my mother and the herd were safe.”

“I remember the first time I saw a rattler curled up in my path. This one didn’t look like a rattler, but I was still thinking… snake.”

“My heart galloped through the skies that night, back to my herd, where I belonged, and I wondered if they missed me as much as I missed them.”

“He was called Little Creek and he seemed different from the rest.”

“There was just no end to the strange ways of the Two-leggeds.”

“Sometimes a horse has gotta do what a horse has gotta do. And this was one of those times.”

“I wasn’t sure what happened back there and I wasn’t about to stop and ask. All I knew was that I was headed home.”

“I couldn’t believe it. One moment I was free, and the next… more ropes.”

“I couldn’t understand it. She treated this scrawny Two-legged like one of our kind, prancing around him like a love-struck yearling. It was downright unnatural.”

“Mares!”

“Okay, I admit it, she was charming… in a stubborn irritating kind of way. So, I let her show me her world.”

“For the first time in my life, I felt my heart torn two ways.”

“I had to hand it to that boy — he just wouldn’t give up.”

“I knew this was hard for her and that she was scared, but more than anything I wanted to share my homeland with her.”

“I lay beside her that night, hoping… praying that somehow she would be okay.”

“I didn’t know why we were brought here. What I did know was we had to find a way to escape and get back home.”

“That was the moment I understood. They were headed to my homeland, and I had to stop them.”

“I don’t know where he came from or how he got there. But I sure was happy to see him.”

“Oh, yes.”

“I’ve been waiting so long to run free, but that goodbye was harder than I ever imagined. I’ll never forget that boy, and how we won back our freedom together.”

The screenplay was scripted by

John Fusco

David Midthunder

Birthdate: August 8, 1962 (63 years old)

Birthplace: Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana, USA

Nationally: American (Sioux Nation)

Education: University of Utah

Occupation: Actor

Relatives: Angelique (wife) and Amber Midthunder (daughter)

Motion Pictures (My List)

Actor

2004: Hidalgo — Black Coyote
2013: The Lone Ranger — Fuller’s Native American Scout
2019: Maleficent: Mistress of Evil — Forest Spiritual Fey #2

Additional Crew

2004: Hidalgo — Dialogue Consultant

Television (My List)

Actor

2003: Dreamkeeper (miniseries) — Eagle Boy

2023: Echo — Ancestor (3 episodes)

Producer

2006: Silent Thunder (documentary) — Associate Producer

Additional Crew

2003: Dreamkeeper (miniseries) — ADR Voice

2006: Silent Thunder (documentary) — Cultural Advisor

Collaborators

• John Fusco
• Amber Midthunder
• Angelique Midthunder

Brothers Under the Sun (Bryan Adams’ song)

I had a dream - of the wide open prairie

I had a dream - of the pale morning sky

I had a dream - that we flew on golden wings

And we were the same - just the same - you and I

Follow you heart - little child of the west wind

Follow the voice - that’s calling you home

Follow your dreams - but always remember me

I am your brother - yeah under the sun

We are like birds of the feather

We are two hearts joined together

We will be forever as one

My brother under the sun

Whenever you hear - the wind and the canyon

Whenever you see - the buffalo run

Wherever you go - I’ll be there beside you

‘Cause you are my brother - my brother under the sun

We are like birds of the feather

We are two hearts joined together

We will be forever as one

My brother under the sun

Under the sun (2x)

My brother under the sun

Written by

Bryan Adams, Steve Jablonsky and Gretchen Peters

Produced by

Steve Jablonsky and Bryan Adams

Engineered by

Kevin Globerman, Slamm Andrews, Phil Western

Copyright © 2002 Badams Music Limited (ASCAP) / Songs of SKG (BMI) / SKG Songs (ASCAP)

The song Brothers Under the Sun by Bryan Adams appears to convey a message of unity, brotherhood, and the lasting bond between individuals. The lyrics describe a dream where the narrator envisions flying on golden wings with someone, emphasizing their shared experiences and similarities.

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

Music from the Original Motion Picture

Available on CD from A&M Records / UMG Soundtracks

Disneyland Resort

Disneyland Resort celebrates 70th Anniversary

Founded: July 17, 1955; 70 years ago

Founded: Walt Disney

Location: 1313 S. Disneyland Dr., Anaheim, CA 92802

Website: disneyland.disney.go.com

Theme Parks (My List)

Disneyland Park (1955)

1. Main Street, USA
2. Adventureland
3. Frontierland
4. Fantasyland
5. Tomorrowland
6. New Orleans Square (1966)
7. Mickey’s Toontown (1993)

Disney California Adventure (2001)

1. Buena Vista Street (formerly known as Sunshine Plaza; 2001–12)
2. Hollywood Land
3. Grizzly Peak
4. Pixar Pier (formerly known as Paradise Pier; 2001–18)
5. Cars Land (2012)
6. Avengers Campus (2021)

Lebo M.

Lebohang Morake

Lebo M. is known as the “voice and spirit of The Lion King”. Once a teenage singer in Soweto, the GRAMMY® Award winner and Tony® nominee’s music brings audiences to tears with hauntingly inspiring African rhythms and melodies. Lebo’s talents have been hailed by the worldwide press in superlatives that might describe the most delightfully poetic of musical deities. Since his arrival in America, Lebo has attracted music industry giants such as Quincy Jones, Jimmy Cliff and Hans Zimmer as mentors, allies and collaborators. Lebo has performed and produced four albums, Rhythm of the Pride Lands (Disney), Deeper Meaning (Gallo) and The Lion King (Japanese and Hamburg cast recordings). Other credits include The Power of One, Back on the Block and Listen Up with Quincy Jones; the feature films Outbreak (Warner Bros.), Congo (Paramount) and Born to Be Wild (Warner Bros.); he is the composer and co-producer of The Legend of Tarzan theme song, “Opar”; and the Disney television special People. He has performed on the Academy Awards® and the Essence Awards Show, with Vanessa Redgrave at Kthimi-The Return in Kosovo, and been honored by Artists for a Free South Africa.

Date of Birth: July 11, 1964 (61 years old)

Birthplace: Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa

Occupation

• African vocals performer
• Songwriter/producer/arranger

Instrument: Vocals

Relatives

• Boiki Morake (father)
• Nomvula Morake (mother)
• Tshepiso E. Morake (brother)
• Viveca Gipson (1st ex-wife)
• Nandi Ndlovu Morake (wife)
• Z. Naledi Morake (daughter)

Nthabiseng, and Refilwe Morake (daughter)

Motion Pictures (My List)

Music Department

1994: The Lion King — African Vocal Solos and Improvisations, Choral Arrangement and Conducting

1998: Mighty Joe Young — Choir Direction and Arrangements

1999: Tarzan — Vocal Contractor (uncredited)

2000: Dinosaur — Choir Conductor and Additional Vocal Arrangements

2004: The Lion King 1½ (video) — Vocal Score and Lyrics

2004: One by One (short) — Music Arranger/Producer and Lead Vocal Performance

2005: Tarzan II (video) — African Chorus Arranger/Producer and Vocal Contractor, Johannesburg

2019: The Lion King — African Vocal and Choir Arrangements Creator/Producer, African Music Consultant

2024: Mufasa: The Lion King — Choral Conductor

Composer

2004: One by One (short)

Recommendations

1992: The Power of One

1995: Congo

2016: The Legend of Tarzan

Albums (My List)

1995: Rhythm of the Pride Lands

Theatre

Broadway

1997–present: The Lion King — Additional Music & Lyrics, Additional Vocal Score, Vocal Arrangements and Choral Director

Collaborators

• Marlon E. Espino
• Bruce L. Fowler
• Nick Glennie-Smith
• Don L. Harper
• Elton John
• Mark Mancina
• Dave Metzger
• Tim Rice
• Jay Rifkin
• Julie Taymor
• John Van Tongeren
• Hans Zimmer

Awards

1995: Grammy Award — Winner for Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocals (Circle of Life)

1998: Tony Award — Nominated for Best Original Score (The Lion King)

2005: Annie Award — Nominated for Outstanding Music in an Animated Feature Production (The Lion King 1½)