Mufasa: The Lion King | Featurette: Music Of Mufasa - video Dailymotion

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.