The Music Behind the Magic

The Music Behind the Magic: The Musical Artistry of Alan Menken, Howard Ashman & Tim Rice
Box set by
ReleasedNovember 22, 1994
Recorded1987–1992
GenreSoundtrack
LabelWalt Disney
ProducerThe Little Mermaid:
Alan Menken
Howard Ashman
Robert Kraft
Beauty and the Beast:
Alan Menken
Howard Ashman
Walter Afanasieff
Aladdin:
Alan Menken
Tim Rice
Walter Afanasieff
Aladdin (The Original Score):
Alan Menken
Howard Ashman

The Music Behind the Magic: The Musical Artistry of Alan Menken, Howard Ashman & Tim Rice is a four-disc box set highlighting the creative evolution behind the music of Disney's The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin. Released on November 22, 1994[1] on Walt Disney Records, the set includes work tape recordings, demos, previously released final recordings, and unreleased master recordings of songs and score cues.[2]

All 3 film soundtracks were later re-released with the complete score under the label "Walt Disney Records: The Legacy Collection" with The Little Mermaid in 2014, Beauty and the Beast in 2018, and Aladdin in 2022.

  1. ^ "Music Behind Magic: Menken / Ashman / Rice". Amazon. Retrieved 2013-05-31.
  2. ^ Entertainment Weekly review by Steve Daly, 11-25-1994