Beyonce May Have Recorded A Secret Song For 'The Lion King' Soundtrack
posted by Paris Close - Jun 25, 2019
The listing for The Lion King live-action remake's motion picture soundtrack has been revealed!
The 19-song playlist was unveiled early Tuesday morning (June 25) and features appearances from artists like Beyonce, Donald Glover, and several of the film's cast. Unfortunately for the BeyHive, Queen Bey appears to be confirmed for one song on the soundtrack, "Can You Feel the Love Tonight," along with Glover, who has an additional artist credit on the track "Hakuna Matata."
However, there may still be hope yet the "Drunk in Love" musician will have another record on the project, on which track No. 14 remains to be announced. In a recent interview, director Jon Favreau teased an unconfirmed tune Beyonce wrote and recorded for the Hans Zimmer-scored production.
"We have all the original songs, but there's a song that she performed and wrote in the spirit of the production along with working with Lebo M., who's part of it with Hans Zimmer," he told Fandango. "They were all collaborating with her and helping to bring this new piece of music into a film where there's already a very established musical personality to the piece. So it was nice of them to have them working with her to allow the new song to feel organically a part of the new production."
The film, in theaters July 19, will see Pharrell Williams producing many of the modern reinterpretations as well as a new composition from Elton John, who also composed and performed on much of the 1994 animated original.
The Lion King 2019 Live-Action Motion Picture Soundtrack Listing:
1. "Circle of Life"/"Nants' Ingonyama" – Performed by Lindiwe Mkhize; African vocals performed by Lebo M; written and composed by Elton John and Tim Rice; "Nants' Ingonyama" written by Lebohang Morake and Hans Zimmer; produced by Hans Zimmer; vocals produced by Stephen Lipson
2. "Life's Not Fair" – Hans Zimmer
3. "Rafiki's Fireflies" – Hans Zimmer
4. "I Just Can't Wait to Be King" – Performed by JD McCrary, Shahadi Wright Joseph and John Oliver; written by Elton John and Tim Rice; produced by Pharrell Williams; co-produced by Stephen Lipson
5. "Elephant Graveyard" – Hans Zimmer
6. "Be Prepared" (2019 Version) – Performed by Chiwetel Ejiofor; written by Elton John and Tim Rice; produced by Hans Zimmer and David Fleming
7. "Stampede" – Hans Zimmer
8. "Scar Takes the Throne" – Hans Zimmer
9. "Hakuna Matata" – Performed by Billy Eichner, Seth Rogen, JD McCrary and Donald Glover; written by Elton John and Tim Rice; produced by Pharrell Williams; co-produced by Stephen Lipson
10. "Simba is Alive!" – Hans Zimmer
11. "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" – Performed by Billy Eichner and Seth Rogen; written by Luigi Creatore, Hugo Peretti, George David Weiss and Solomon Linda; produced by Pharrell Williams
12. "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" - Performed by Beyoncé, Donald Glover, Billy Eichner and Seth Rogen; written by Elton John and Tim Rice; produced by Pharrell Williams; co-produced by Stephen Lipson
13. "Reflections of Mufasa" – Hans Zimmer
14. TBA
15. "Battle for Pride Rock" – Hans Zimmer
16. "Remember" – Hans Zimmer
17. "Never Too Late" – Performed by Elton John; African vocal and choir arrangements created and produced by Lebo M; written by Elton John and Tim Rice; produced by Greg Kurstin; additional production by Elton John and Matt Still
18. "He Lives in You" - Performed by Lebo M; written by Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin and Lebohang Morake; produced by Lebo M and Mark Mancina
19. "Mbube" - Performed by Lebo M; African vocal and choir arrangements created and produced by Lebo M; written by Solomon Linda; produced by Pharrell Williams