POCAHONTAS
Rating: 
Original Review: A comparative flop by Disney standards, despite winning an Oscar in 1994. The songs themselves are on the whole good, but a little uninspired, with the obvious exceptions being 'Just Around The Riverbend' and the absolutely spellbinding 'Colours of the Wind', which is one of those spine-tingling, emotional songs that Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz can come up with, both of which are beautifully sung by Judy Kuhn. Mel Gibson even lends his vocal talent to one track ('Mine, Mine, Mine'), but keeps the singing to an absolute minimum. As far as the score goes, there are a few highlight tracks, like 'Ship at Sea' which is an exciting action cue, and the final two on the album: 'Execution' and 'Farewell', which contain the orchestral underscore from 'Colours of the Wind', but the rest is mainly filler music. Overall disappointing, despite its' highlights.
Track Listing:
- The Virginia Company (song) (1:30)
- Ship at Sea (orchestral) (2:43)
- The Virginia Company - Repirse (song) (0:35)
- Steady as the Beating Drum - Main Title (song) (1:46)
- Steady as the Beating Drum - Reprise (song) (0:45)
- Just Around the Riverbend (song) (2:28)
- Grandmother Willow (orchestral) (1:27)
- Listen with your Heart - Part 1 (song) (1:27)
- Mine, Mine, Mine (song) (3:05)
- Listen with your Heart - Part 2 (song) (2:44)
- Colours of the Wind (song) (3:33)
- Savages - Part 1 (song) (1:43)
- Savages - Part 2 (song) (2:14)
- I'll Never See Him Again (orchestral) (1:54)
- Pocahontas (orchestral) (1:23)
- Coucil Meeting (orchestral) (1:11)
- Percy's Bath (orchestral) (0:51)
- River's Edge (orchestral) (1:27)
- Skirmish (orchestral) (2:02)
- Getting Aquainted (orchestral) (1:30)
- Ratcliffe's Plan (orchestral) (1:46)
- Picking Corn (orchestral) (0:54)
- The Warriors Arrive (orchestral) (1:22)
- John Smith Sneaks Out (orchestral) (1:14)
- Execution (orchestral) (1:34)
- Farewell (orchestral) (4:45)
- Colours of the Wind - End Title (performed by Vanessa Williams) (4:17)
- If I Never Knew You - Love Theme from Pocahontas (performed by Jon Secada and Shanice) (4:11)
Running Time: 56 minutes 27 seconds
Walt Disney Records WDR-7546-2 (1995)
Voice Cast: Judy Kuhn, Mel Gibson, Jim Cummings, David Ogden Stiers, Linda Hunt, Bobbi Page, Gordon Tootoosis and Billy Connolly.
Original music score composed by Alan Menken. Original song score composed by Alan Menken. Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz. Conducted by Danny Troob and David Friedman. Orchestrations by Michael Starobin, Danny Troob and Douglas Besterman. Recorded and mixed by John Richards. Edited by Kathleen Fogarty-Bennett. Mastered by Bruce Botnick and John Richards. Album produced by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz.
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