Pocahontas (soundtrack)

Pocahontas: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released	May 30, 1995
Recorded	1993-1995
Genre	Pop
Length	55:08
Label	Walt Disney
Producer	Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz
Walt Disney Animation Studios chronology
The Lion King (1994) Pocahontas (1995) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)

Professional ratings
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Allmusic	[1]
Filmtracks	[2]

Pocahontas: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack is the soundtrack to Disney's 1995, thirty-third animated feature Pocahontas. It contains songs from the film written by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz, conducted by David Friedman, and performed by Judy Kuhn, Mel Gibson, Linda Hunt, Jim Cummings and David Ogden Stiers among others, and singles by Jon Secada and Shanice, and Vanessa Williams, along with the film's score composed by Alan Menken. It was released on May 30, 1995 on CD and audio cassette.

The film's soundtrack is probably best known for the track that serves as the film's anthem, "Colors of the Wind", which went on to win an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Grammy Award. As a single, "Colors of the Wind" went on to reach #4 on the U.S. pop charts in 1995, and was one of Williams' biggest hits.

The soundtrack also won The Academy Award for Best Musical or Comedy Score, sold 2.3 million copies in the remaining two months of 1995 alone, and went on to reach #1 on the Billboard 200.^[3]

Track listing

Side One

1. "The Virginia Company" - Chorus
2. "Ship at Sea" (Score)
3. "The Virginia Company (Reprise)" - Mel Gibson & Chorus
4. "Steady as the Beating Drum (Main Title)" - Chorus
5. "Steady as the Beating Drum (Reprise)" - Jim Cummings
6. "Just Around the Riverbend" - Judy Kuhn
7. "Grandmother Willow" (Score)
8. "Listen with Your Heart I" - Linda Hunt & Bobbi Page
9. "Mine, Mine, Mine" - David Ogden Stiers, Mel Gibson & Chorus
10. "Listen with Your Heart II" - Linda Hunt & Bobbi Page
11. "Colors of the Wind" - Judy Kuhn
12. "Savages (Part 1)" - David Ogden Stiers, Jim Cummings & Chorus
13. "Savages (Part 2)" - Judy Kuhn, David Ogden Stiers, Jim Cummings & Chorus
14. "I'll Never See Him Again" (Score)

Side Two

15. "Pocahontas (Instrumental)"
16. "Council Meeting" (Score)
17. "Percy's Bath" (Score)
18. "River's Edge" (Score)
19. "Skirmish" (Score)
20. "Getting Acquainted" (Score)
21. "Ratcliffe's Plan" (Score)
22. "Picking Corn" (Score)
23. "The Warriors Arrive" (Score)
24. "John Smith Sneaks Out" (Score)
25. "Execution" (Score)
26. "Farewell" (Score)
27. "Colors of the Wind (End Title)" - Vanessa Williams
28. "If I Never Knew You (End Title)" - Jon Secada & Shanice

Changes Between the Soundtrack and the Film

• Lyrical changes were made to the song "Savages" in the film, causing it to differ from the version on the soundtrack. The original lyrics were:

What can you expect/ from filthy little heathens?/ Their whole disgusting race is like a curse!

After poor testing with the original highly inflammatory lyrics, they were changed to:

What can you expect/ from filthy little heathens?/ Here's what you get when races are diverse!

As well as a line shouted by Ratcliffe, toward the end of the first portion of the song, originally being:

Let's go kill a few, men!

Was replaced with Ben exclaiming:

Let's go get a few men!

And yet another line at the end of the first chorus:

Dirty redskin devils, now we sound the drums of war!

Was changed to:

Dirty shrieking devils, now we sound the drums of war!

• The Laserdisc release of the film revealed new songs as deleted scenes, including a reprise of "Just Around the Riverbend" before the song "Savages (Part 2)," alternate versions of "Steady as the Beating Drum (Reprise)" and "Virginia Company (reprise)," and songs called "In the Middle of the River" (sung by Pocahontas and John Smith) and "Dancing to the Wedding Drum" (sung by the Native Americans to Pocahontas). On the 10th Anniversary DVD, "If I Never Knew You" as sung by Pocahontas and John Smith within the film's narrative, as well as a reprise, was fully animated and included in the film.

• In the 10th Anniversary Edition DVD release of the film, "If I Never Knew You" is performed within the film's narrative by Judy Kuhn and Mel Gibson. Unlike Disney's re-releases of their soundtracks from Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King to include newly added songs, Disney chose not to re-release the soundtrack to Pocahontas to include this song and its reprise at the end of the film.

Charts

Album

Chart (1995)	Peak position
Billboard 200	1

Singles

Chart (1995)	Peak position	Single	Artist
Billboard Hot 100	4	"Colors of the Wind"	Vanessa L. Williams
Hot R&B / Hip Hop Singles & Tracks	53
Australia Singles Chart	16
UK Singles Chart	21
UK Singles Chart	51	"If I Never Knew You"	Jon Secada and Shanice

See also

• Pocahontas (1995 film)
• "Colors of the Wind"
• "If I Never Knew You"

Preceded by HIStory by Michael Jackson

Billboard 200 number-one album July 22 - July 28, 1995

Succeeded by Cracked Rear View by Hootie & the Blowfish

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Filmtracks review
3. ^ http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12040603 "Pocahontas"