Cut Songs
Howard Ashman and Alan Menken composed several songs for an initial story treatment of Aladdin prior to beginning work on Beauty and the Beast. This story treatment incorporated several plot elements from the original folk tale and additional characters that were eliminated during later story development. Three songs from this score - "Arabian Nights," "Friend Like Me" and "Prince Ali" - survive in the final film.
Menken composed several additional songs for the subsequent story revisions following Ashman's 1991 death, prior to Tim Rice's involvement with the project.
Work tape, demo and master recordings of cut songs have been released in several formats, notably on the 1994 The Music Behind the Magic box set, the 2004 special edition soundtrack and the 2004 DVD release of the film.
1990 Original Score - music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman.
- Arabian Nights
- Arabian Nights (Reprise #1)
- Babkak, Omar, Aladdin, Kassim
- Arabian Nights (Reprise #2)
- Friend Like Me
- Proud of Your Boy – A demo version performed by Menken was featured on the 2004 special edition soundtrack. A pop version recorded by Clay Aiken was included on the 2004 DVD release of the film.
- How Quick They Forget
- Arabian Nights (Reprise #3)
- High Adventure – A demo version performed by Menken and Ashman was featured on the 2004 special edition soundtrack.
- Arabian Nights (Reprise #4)
Additional Menken/Ashman demos
- Call Me a Princess – A cover version was recorded by actress/singer Kerry Butler and released on her first solo album, Faith, Trust & Pixie Dust in May 2008.
- Humiliate the Boy
Menken solo demos
- Count On Me
Menken/Tim Rice demos
- My Time Has Come
- Why Me
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