Drawn to Sound - Animation Film Music and Sonicity - Rebecca Coyle †
13 Disney Does Broadway: Musical Storytelling in The Little Mermaid and The Lion King
Drawn to Sound - Animation Film Music and Sonicity - Rebecca Coyle †
Rebecca Coyle † [+]
Rebecca Coyle published on screen music and sound in a number of journals and books, including two anthologies on Australian feature film music. She was the editor of Screen Sound, the Australasian Journal of Soundtrack Studies and on the editorial board for such international journals as Convergence and Music and the Moving Image. She taught in the Media programme at Southern Cross University, Australia, until her death in November 2012.
Jon Fitzgerald [+]
Southern Cross University
Jon Fitzgerald is an associate professor at Southern Cross University, Lismore, and a practising guitarist and composer. He has previously written on a variety of musical topics and is author of Popular Music: Theory and Musicianship (1999).
Description
This chapter discusses approaches to the place and role of music in The Little Mermaid, and analyses some of the specific techniques employed in the songs and orchestral score. It then discusses the ways in which The Lion King successfully adapted and extended these approaches, using additional musical elements.