The Little Mermaid Soundtrack

1989

Songs
Instrumental

Vocal Song Tracks

The Little Mermaid featured the following songs:

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Fathoms Below

Alan Menken, Howard Ashman

Daughters of Triton

Alan Menken, Howard Ashman

Part of Your World

Jodi Benson

Under the Sea

Samuel E. Wright

Part of Your World (Reprise)

Jodi Benson

Poor Unfortunate Souls

Pat Carroll

Poissons

René Auberjonois

Kiss the Girl

Samuel E. Wright

Happy Ending

Alan Menken, Howard Ashman

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Opinion

Brilliant soundtrack! A Disney masterpiece!

The songs were written by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken.

The music on this soundtrack can be called so many things. Beautiful, Colorful, Bright, Poignant, Catchy, Touching, Humorous, Adorable, Memorable, Graceful, Romantic... Classic.

The songs range from English folk to French Cabaret to lively Caribbean to show stopping Broadway.Update Us

Song Trivia

Thanks to Nick Napolitano

Update

"Under The Sea" won the Academy Award for Best Song.

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Update

Originally it had been planned that Sebastian have a British accent, but the movie's songwriters were looking for something a bit more upbeat and foot-tapping for the music and so it was decided to give Sebastian's two numbers West Indian rhythms, sung and voiced by the amazing Samuel E. Wright.

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Next: The Instrumental Music

Instrumental Score

Primary Composer(s): Alan Menken

The Little Mermaid featured the following pieces of instrumental music:

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Little Mermaid (Main Titles)

Alan Menken

Alan Menken

Alan Menken

Alan Menken

Alan Menken

Destruction of the Grotto

Alan Menken