Both score and songs feature in the stage musical adaptation, along with some new material. Two of the film’s other songs – Circle Of Life and Hakuna Matata – were also nominated. At the 1995 Oscars it won the awards for Best Music: Original Score for Hans Zimmer’s score and Best Music: Original Song for Elton John and Tim Rice’s Can You Feel The Love Tonight. Released in 1994, The Lion King quickly became one of Disney’s most popular modern movies. But without a real king, the pride soon falls on hard times and a hero is needed to bring back prosperity. Devastated, he flees the kingdom and soon finds a carefree life. Young Simba survives the heinous plot but is led to believe that his father died because of him. Unimpressed with his future prospects, Scar plots to kill both Simba and his father, Mufasa, becoming king in the process. When the young lion prince Simba is born, his evil uncle Scar is pushed back to second in line to the throne. Occupied by lions, giraffes, birds, zebras, hyenas and even a stampede of wildebeest, the show is perhaps most famous for its Circle Of Life opening number, which provides one of the most spectacular sights and atmospheres in the West End. Set against the majesty of the Serengeti, the awe-inspiring musical is directed by Julie Taymor, who also designed the Olivier Award-winning costumes that transform the stage and auditorium of the Lyceum Theatre into the African plains. Disney’s The Lion King is the much-loved musical stage adaptation of the hugely successful animated film.ĭisney’s award-winning musical is now in its 23rd triumphant year at London’s Lyceum Theatre, having entertained over 15 million theatregoers and become the West End’s sixth longest-running musical of all time.

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