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Hercules An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack

Catalog Number 60864-7
Barcode 050086086474
Release Date May 27, 1997
Publish Format Commercial
Release Price Unknown (U.S.)
Media Format CD
Classification Original Soundtrack, Vocal
LabelWalt Disney Records / /
PublisherWalt Disney Music Company / / , Wonderland Music Company, Inc. / /

Credits

Composer / Alan Menken
Arranger / Danny Troob, Michael Kosarin, Michael Starobin, Brian Besterman, Walter Afanasieff, Michael Bolton, Jeremy Lubbock
Performer / Lillias White, Cheryl Freeman, LaChanze, Roz Ryan, Vaneese Thomas, Roger Bart, Danny DeVito, Tawatha Agee, Susan Egan, Michael Bolton, Charlton Heston
Lyricist / David Zippel
Recording Engineer / John Richards, Frank Wolf, John Kurlander
Recording Studio / Sony Music Studios
Mixing Engineer / John Richards, Frank Wolf
Mastering Engineer / Bruce Botnick
Conductor / Michael Kosarin, Jeremy Lubbock

Tracklist

Disc 1

01 Long Ago... 0:30
02 The Gospel Truth I/Main Titles 2:24
03 The Gospel Truth II 0:59
04 The Gospel Truth III 1:04
05 Go the Distance 3:13
06 Oh Mighty Zeus 0:46
07 Go the Distance (Reprise) 0:57
08 One Last Hope 3:00
09 Zero to Hero 2:20
10 I Won't Say (I'm In Love) 2:20
11 A Star Is Born 2:03
12 Go the Distance (Single) 4:41
13 The Big Olive 1:05
14 The Prophecy 0:54
15 Destruction of the Agora 2:06
16 Phil's Island 2:26
17 Rodeo 0:40
18 Speak of the Devil 1:29
19 The Hydra Battle 3:28
20 Meg's Garden 1:14
21 Hercules' Villa 0:37
22 All Time Chump 0:38
23 Cutting the Thread 3:23
24 A True Hero/A Star Is Born 5:34
Disc length 47:51

 

Notes

"The Gospel Truth I"
Vocals: Lillias White, Cheryl Freeman, LaChanze, Roz Ryan and Vaneese Thomas (The Muses)
Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by David Zippel
© 1997 Wonderland Music Company, Inc. (BMI)/Walt Disney Music Company (ASCAP). All rights reserved. International © secured.
Lyrics reprinted by permission.

"The Gospel Truth II"
Vocals: Roz Ryan (Muse) and Chorus
Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by David Zippel
© 1997 Wonderland Music Company, Inc. (BMI)/Walt Disney Music Company (ASCAP). All rights reserved. International © secured.
Lyrics reprinted by permission.

"The Gospel Truth III"
Vocals: Cheryl Freeman, LaChanze, Roz Ryan, Vaneese Thomas and Lillias White (The Muses)
Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by David Zippel
© 1997 Wonderland Music Company, Inc. (BMI)/Walt Disney Music Company (ASCAP). All rights reserved. International © secured.
Lyrics reprinted by permission.

"Go the Distance", "Go the Distance (Reprise)"
Vocal: Roger Bart (Young Hercules)
Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by David Zippel
© 1997 Wonderland Music Company, Inc. (BMI)/Walt Disney Music Company (ASCAP). All rights reserved. International © secured.
Lyrics reprinted by permission.

"One Last Hope"
Vocal: Danny DeVito (Phil)
Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by David Zippel
© 1997 Wonderland Music Company, Inc. (BMI)/Walt Disney Music Company (ASCAP). All rights reserved. International © secured.
Lyrics reprinted by permission.

"Zero to Hero"
Vocals: Lillias White, Tawatha Agee, Cheryl Freeman, LaChanze, Roz Ryan and Vaneese Thomas (The Muses) and Chorus
Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by David Zippel
© 1997 Wonderland Music Company, Inc. (BMI)/Walt Disney Music Company (ASCAP). All rights reserved. International © secured.
Lyrics reprinted by permission.

"I Won't Say (I'm In Love)"
Vocals: Susan Egan (Meg) and Cheryl Freeman, LaChanze, Vaneese Thomas and Lillias White (The Muses)
Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by David Zippel
© 1997 Wonderland Music Company, Inc. (BMI)/Walt Disney Music Company (ASCAP). All rights reserved. International © secured.
Lyrics reprinted by permission.

"A Star Is Born"
Vocals: Lillias White, Cheryl Freeman, LaChanze, Roz Ryan and Vaneese Thomas (The Muses) and Chorus
Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by David Zippel
© 1997 Wonderland Music Company, Inc. (BMI)/Walt Disney Music Company (ASCAP). All rights reserved. International © secured.
Lyrics reprinted by permission.

"Go the Distance (Single)"
Vocal: Michael Bolton
Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by David Zippel
© 1997 Wonderland Music Company, Inc. (BMI)/Walt Disney Music Company (ASCAP). All rights reserved. International © secured.
Lyrics reprinted by permission.

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Songs: Music by Alan Menken / Lyrics by David Zippel
Original score by Alan Menken
Songs and score produced by Alan Menken
Executive Music Producer: Chris Montan
Music Production Supervisor: Tod Cooper
Music arranged and orchestrated by Danny Troob
Vocal arrangements and conducting by Michael Kosarin
Score recorded and mixed by John Richards
Songs recorded and mixed by Frank Wolf, John Richards
Additional score orchestrations by Michael Starobin, Brian Besterman
Music Editors: Earl Ghaffari, Kathleen Fogarty-Bennett
Orchestra Contractors: Sandy De Crescent, John Miller
Vocal Contractors: Fonzi Thornton, Bobbi Page
Supervising Music Copyist: Dominic Fidelibus
Additional song recording by Josh Abbey, Malcolm Pollack
Music recorded at Sony Music Studios/NY; Todd-AO Scoring; Signet Soundelux Studios; Capitol Studios; Paramount Stage M; Sony Pictures Studios; Conway Studios
Music Recording Assistants: Thom Cadley, Tom Hardisty, Dave Marquette, Andrew Page, Brian Vibberts, Paul Wertheimer
Album mastered by Bruce Botnick and Ric Wilson

"Long Ago..." Charlton Heston, Narrator

"Go the Distance" (Single)
Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by David Zippel
Performed by Michael Bolton
Produced and arranged by Walter Afanasieff and Michael Bolton
Recorded by Dana Jon Chappelle
Orchestra recorded by John Kurlander
Orchestra arranged and conducted by Jeremy Lubbock
Mixed by Mick Guzauski
Michael Bolton appears courtesy of Columbia Records
Walter Afanasieff appears courtesy of Sony Music

From the Walt Disney animated feature Hercules
Music by Alan Menken Lyrics by David Zippel Original Score by Alan Menken
Screenplay by Ron Clements & John Musker, Bob Shaw & Donald McEnery and Irene Mecchi
Produced by Alice Dewey and John Musker & Ron Clements
Directed by John Musker & Ron Clements

Cover pencil by Sandra Bhardwaj
Cover illustration by Russ Farrell
Interior illustrations by Walt Disney Feature Animation
Album art direction by Eileen Mooney and Luis M. Fernández
Album design by Susan Andrade

© 1997 Wonderland Music Company, Inc. (BMI)/Walt Disney Music Company (ASCAP) © 1997 Walt Disney Records
© Disney Distributed by Walt Disney Records

Album Stats

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Category
Animation
Products represented
Hercules
Platforms represented
Movie

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