Now as the King of the Pride Lands, Simba is determined for his cub to follow in his paw prints.
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00:00The Lion King is already a genre of music rooted in African rhythms and then obviously
00:07Lebo Ann's voice is synonymous with Lion King.
00:10That's the first voice you hear in the 1994 original.
00:14It's the first voice you hear in this film.
00:21I read the script and I just saw so many different things that I'd done in my previous work.
00:26The relationship between the brothers, the family dynamics.
00:29Find your place in the circle of life.
00:31I was like oh I have to do this.
00:33What about you my friend?
00:34What was your approach to writing the songs for Mufasa?
00:37It's very rare when you read a script and go a song goes here, a song goes here, a song goes here.
00:45Most of the inspirations for the lyrics are there in that script.
00:49I have a secret Mufasa.
00:50I always wanted a brother.
00:53I always wanted a brother.
00:54I always wanted a brother.
00:56That was the line that made me lean in.
00:58I always wanted a brother.
01:00I always wanted a brother just like you.
01:03We were thinking there might be a song there and it was called like Brother Trouble.
01:07Yes it was called Brother Trouble.
01:08And you were like no no no it's I always wanted a brother.
01:10This song is about him wanting a brother.
01:12I was like oh damn that's great.
01:16What was the most difficult song to write?
01:18Melele was a really tough song.
01:19Really? I'm surprised to hear that.
01:25Melele swells and soars.
01:28Sort of like soaring is difficult.
01:33That's the thing that Disney does so well.
01:35So it was daunting.
01:38That's my favorite song in the film by the way.
01:40I'm so glad.
01:41Which is crazy.
01:44The legacy of Lion King is so intimidating.
01:48It's also like Elton John, Lebo M, Beyonce.
01:53That's a good hang.
01:54Like I want to be in that hang.
01:56Exactly.